One person was killed and seven others were injured in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in remote area of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said here on Tuesday.
After heavy rains, the landslide occurred at Massu, about 280-kms from Jammu, in Kishtwar district on Monday evening, they said, adding that a group of eight pilgrims, on way to Machail Mata, came under the debris.
One of them, identified as Romesh Kumar, was killed and seven others were injured, they said.
The injured have been admitted at Primary Health Centre at Atholi. The traditional Chandi Mata Machail yatra starts on Tuesday and will conclude on August 28 in the mountainous Paddar in Kishtwar district.
The yatra starts from Bhaderwah in Doda district and further proceeds towards Atholi, Gulabgarh, Massu, Chandoli and finally concludes at Machail.