Two persons die in land slide in J-K

Two labourers were killed and another was injured when a landslide hit Batote-Doda highway.

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Jammu | June 22, 2011 03:31 PM IST

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Two labourers were killed and another was injured when a landslide hit Batote-Doda highway in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir,police said.

The landslide hit the highway during construction at Khellani area of the district in which three labourers were buried yesterday,Doda Police Control Room (PCR) official said.

The workers were rescued and admitted to a hospital,where Mool Raj (35) and Ramesh Kumar (30) died,he said,adding that Yog Raj was shifted to GMC hospital in Jammu for specialised treatment.