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1 killed, 5 feared trapped as landslide hits project site in J-K's Kishtwar

One person was killed on Saturday and five are feared trapped after a landslide hit an area where labourers were constructing a link road near a power project site in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, officials said. Five people were also injured in the incident that occurred in the Ratle area, they said. Labourers were working on the construction of a link road near the Ratle power project site and a JCB machine was digging when a big boulder rolled down, trapping the workers, Kishtwar Deputy Commissioner (DC) Devansh Yadav told PTI. A rescue operation was launched immediately and five people were pulled out from the debris and taken to the hospital. One person died in the incident, he said. Five people are still feared trapped under the debris. Army, police and administration are carrying out the rescue operation, Yadav said. Jitendra Singh, Union minister and MP from Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur, said that he spoke to Yadav after receiving a report on the landslide at the

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