India, June 29 -- Two labourers were killed, and seven others feared dead after a massive landslide, triggered by a cloudburst, struck their campsite near Silai Bend on the Yamunotri National Highway in Uttarkashi in the early hours of Sunday, police said.

The incident took place at around 1 am, approximately 5 kms ahead of Paligad in Barkot tehsil on the national highway. Twenty nine people were present at the campsite when the landslide struck. Of these, 20 were moved to safety.

As the rescuers, involving personnel from National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and police, started a search and rescue operation, they recovered two bodies from the debris.

The bodies of Duje Lal (55), a resident of Pi...