24 News AI World: Two pilgrims were killed & a girl was injured in a landslide on the route of Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir.
It is known that, Two pilgrims from Punjab and Uttar Pradesh were killed and a five-year-old girl was injured in a landslide on the pilgrimage route of Sri Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir's Katra town on Monday. The disaster management team of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Board reached the spot.
The dead have been identified. The deceased have been identified as Sapna (27) of Dhianpur village in Gurdaspur, Punjab and Neha (23) of Kanpur district in Uttar Pradesh. The injured baby girl, Sanvi, also a resident of Kanpur, was rushed to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayan Superspeciality Hospital for treatment. The child's elder brother, L. Prasad said they paused their journey to the temple when the police started clearing the track for fear of monkeys. "Suddenly, a landslide occurred, and the debris fell on the tin shed where the pilgrims were standing waiting for the road to open,
Reasi Deputy Commissioner Bishesh Paul Mahajan confirmed the death of two and the injury of a girl, saying that senior officials of the police and civil administration have reached the spot. The disaster management team of Sri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) rushed to the spot and started the rescue operation, officials said.
