Two injured as landslide hits gypsum mine

STATE TIMES NEWS

Banihal: Two people were seriously injured on Sunday when they came under a landslide while working at a gypsum mine in Ramban district, police officials said.
The landslide struck the mine at Haroog area of Dharamkund, 26 km from Ramban district headquarters, trapping a JCB machine operator and a dumper driver, the officials said. They said police along with State Disaster Response Force and local volunteers immediately launched a rescue operation and pulled out driver of earthmover Ajaz Ahmed of Bhathan-Ghandri Ramban and driver Anil Singh of Dhar Road Udhampur.
The two had suffered multiple injuries and were hospitalised, the officials said.

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