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Video: Massive landslide in India buries 6 vehicles

No reports of any casualty

A massive landslide on a much-frequented National Highway near Indian city of Shimla on Saturday buried at least six vehicles and parts of a temple, police said. However, there were no reports of any casualty.
Videos of rubble and boulders carrying along with a car as they rolled down the hill went viral on the social media.
"A portion of the cliff opposite the temple near Bhattakufer caved in. Boulders rolled down and smashed six-seven vehicles parked along the highway," a police official said.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Rajinder Singh told reporters that three persons were rescued from the spot.
The area has been witnessing heavy rainfall for the past three days.
Police have diverted traffic via Sanjauli, on Shimla's outskirts.

The highway links the state capital with prominent tourist destinations like Kufri and Naldhera and apple belts of Jubbal, Narkanda and Kharapathar and the entire Kinnaur district.
A massive mudslide in state's Mandi district on August 13 swallowed a 150 metre stretch of road burying three homes, two buses and a bike and leaving 46 dead.
The incident occurred in the early hours on the Mandi-Pathankot highway near Kotropi village in Jogindernagar tehsil, 220 km from Shimla, when two Himachal Road Transport Corporation buses had stopped at a kiosk on the highway for refreshments.
Four people were killed in landslides in two different parts of the state on Friday as the state experienced moderate to heavy rains, officials said.
"Three people were killed when boulders smashed their vehicle near Gambrola (in Bilaspur district)," a police official said. A child was killed when boulders rolled down on to his house in Rohru town in Solan district, police said, adding he was sleeping alone in the house when the incident occurred.