Another landslide breaks houses in HP's Shimla, 2 dead

Amid continuous spells of heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh, a couple of houses including a slaughter in a fresh landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla. At least two people have died in the incident. 

The incident happened after a hill collapsed in the Krishna Nagar area in Shimla. There were around five to seven houses that collapsed.

So far no details of people being stranded have been received, said Aditya Negi, Deputy



Commissioner, Shimla. 

The houses were vacated as cracks had surfaced there. As the houses crashed, they fell on a slaughter-house, where some people were reportedly working.

Several nearby houses have been vacated as a preventive measure, said an official, adding that the people have been moved to safer places.

Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu reached Krishna Nagar area and inspected the landslide scene.