On Thursday night A 60-meter portion of the Kedarnathgya highway collapsed due to heavy debris falling from the hill with boulders in Tarsali. During this, a vehicle was buried in the debris.
Five pilgrims were killed after a car they were travelling in was buried under the debris of a landslide at Tarsali under Chowki Phata in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district, police said on Saturday.
Police said that their bodies were recovered on Friday as there was a let-up in incessant rains.
The deceased have been found Jigar R Modi, Mahesh Desai, Parik divyansh from the Gujarat and mintu Kumar and Manish from haridwar.
Meanwhile, the Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami took stock of the ground inspection of the rain-hit Kotdwar area where a man had gone missing in a landslide a few days ago. Several bridges were damaged here cutting off a large population from the rest of the state. Assembly Speaker and local MLA Ritu Khanduri was also present during the ground inspection.
Pushkar Singh dhami assured the people
Of all possible help and relief measures.
The weather department warned of heavy rains in six districts of the state for the next few days
