Two labourers killed after avalanche hits Sonamarg in Jammu & Kashmir

Srinagar: Two labourers were killed after an avalanche hit Sonamarg in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Thursday, officials said.

The avalanche hit the Sarbal area close to Nilgrath where Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL) is executing work on the Zojila Tunnel.

Two dead bodies, identified as Sandeep Singh and Bal Krishna -- both residents of Kishtwar -- have been retrieved so far, officials said.

The bodies have been shifted to Primary Health Centre in Sonamarg for medico legal formalities, they added.

The video of avalanche in Sonamarg went viral on Thursday.

#WATCH #Avalanche hit the Sarbal area close to Nilgrath of #Sonmarag. One of the two labourers trapped dies. They were working on Zojila Tunnel.#Kashmir #snowfall #Avalanche pic.twitter.com/ApJMTGfa6Y

— NewsDrum (@thenewsdrum) January 12, 2023