Reckong highway

A landslide occurred on the Reckong Peo-Shimla highway in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district on August 11. According to the deputy commissioner Abid Hussain Sadiq, a bus of Himachal Road Transport Corporation carrying 40 passengers stuck under the wreckage. Besides, ITBP tweeted, ''At around 12.45 Hrs. One truck, an HRTC bus and few vehicles reported came under the rubble.'' However, CM Jairam Thakur directed the ''rescue operations''.