India, June 18 -- Two porters from Jammu and Kashmir were killed and three others, including a pilgrim, were injured in a landslide that struck the Kedarnath Dham trek route near Jungle Chatti in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district on Wednesday morning, officials said.

"Falling debris from the landslide swept several individuals into a deep gorge at 11.20 am near the Jangalchatti stream (gadhera)," district disaster management officer Nandan Singh Rajwar said.

Teams from the national disaster response force (NDRF), state disaster response force (SDRF), local police, and district disaster response force (DDRF) launched a coordinated rescue operation.

The deceased were identified as Nitin Kumar and Chandrashekhar, both palanquin porters f...