Mugu An excavator and its driver were buried and their driver injured when a dry landslide occurred during road construction at Khatyad Rural Municipality of Mugu district. <\/p>\n
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landslide occurred at around 8.30 am on Monday while cutting a new road linking Bailey Bridge along the Mugu-Rara inner road section at Bira Khola at Khatyad Rural Municipality-11. <\/p>\n
The landslide buried the excavator (Ba 3 Ka 3276) and its driver Bimal Bag, 24, of Bajhang. Police said that the search and rescue operation is underway after the driver of the excavator was buried in the landslide. The co-driver of the excavator, Binay Malla, 22, of Soru Rural Municipality-1 was injured in the accident. He was sitting outside the excavator and watching for the stone to fall, while he was injured in his hand and leg after being hit by a stone falling from above. The condition of the injured Malla is normal and he is in a condition to talk, said Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Rabiraj Thapaliya of the District Police Office. A police team has been deployed for the rescue operation immediately after the incident.<\/p>\n
A 13-member police team led by Senior Sub Inspector Nibandh Budha from Area Police Office, Ratapani, Mugu and seven police personnel under the command of Assistant Sub Inspector (Administration) Ananda Kumar Pyakurel from Majhchaur Police Post reached the incident site and carried out rescue operations. <\/p>\n
The incident site is about seven kilometers east of the Area Police Office Ratapani and 11 kilometers west of the police post Majhchaur. Further details of the incident are awaited, police said. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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