Video: Massive Landslide in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag, Disaster Management Teams on Spot | WATCH

Disaster management and administration teams are present on the spot.

Rudraprayag: A massive landslide occurred on Monday morning at Jhali Math in Sari village of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand. A video shared by news agency ANI showed a major chunk of land collapsing in the hills and a cloud of dust rising upward. The landslide razed several cowsheds and toilets, prompting the administration to shift close to a dozen families to safer places.

Disaster management and administration teams are present on the spot, said Rudraprayag DM Manuj Goyal. As of now, there is no information about any loss of life or property, he added.

Watch the landslide video here:

#WATCH | Uttarakhand | A landslide occurred today morning at Jhali Math in Sari village of Rudraprayag district.

Disaster management and administration teams are present on the spot. As of now, there is no information about loss of life or property: Rudraprayag DM Manuj Goyal pic.twitter.com/dmGUqZTriJ

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The landslide occurred in the hilly Jhalimath village of Rudraprayag in the Monday morning as a chunk of the slope beneath the village slid several hundred metres down to the banks of River Alaknanda, District Disaster Management Officer Nandan Singh said. The landslide was not caused by rain as the day was clear and sunny, he said.

As the landslide is active, eleven families living in houses, which have become unsafe, have been shifted to safer places, Singh said.

(With agency inputs)