Three persons died hit by shooting stone
Three persons hit by a shooting stone(boulders) during a landslide occurredthis afternoon near Menus under Shllai subdivision of Sirmaur district on PoantasahibShallai National Highway 707in Himachal Pradesh.
Spokesperson of state disaster management Sudehs Mokta said that shooting stones during a landslide) hit a Taxi and earthmover driver and a labourer when the widening work of PoantasahibShallai National highway 707 was under way by Poaklane near Menus.
He said that an earthmover(Poaklane) driver , labourer and a Taxi driver was gone near the spot when a heavy boulderinform of shouting stone hit them. The deceased were evacuated under thedebris one died on the spot while two others declared dead in Chopal Hospital/.
The deceased are identified as Kahan Chand(Taxi driver -60) S/o Fakir R/o Sainj PO Atal Tehsil Tiyuni Distt. Dehradoon Uttrakhand, Jitender Singh (worker) S/o Sh. Khem Singh Rathor R/o Girwar Tehsil Hurda Distt Behlwara Rajasthan and Ashok(Poaklane driver) S/o Sh. Late U.B. Sharma Village Rajgarh Distt Churu Rajasthan.
District Administration Sirmaur has sent SDM , Patwari to the incident site and bodies of the deceasedare sent to Ronat (Shallai) and Chopalfor Autopsy. The district administration handed over immediate relief of Rs.10,000/ to the next of deceased.Deputy Superintendent of Police Virbhadur said that police would the incidents .He said that Two deceased are engaged in widening works of Rs 1350 Cr NH Project 25 km works was handed overto Dharatal Construction company .
