Baramulla, March 30 -- At least four residential houses, a cowshed and an apple orchard was damaged after a landslide hit them in Latiefabad Chandoosa area of Baramulla district on Sunday.

The landslide triggered by incessant rains hit the four residential houses and a cowshed, leaving the four families homeless.

"14 people from four families were rescued after a landslide hit four residential houses and a cowshed in Latiefabad Chandoosa. An apple orchard was also badly damaged as trees of the orchard got buried and uprooted," said a police official involved in rescue operation.

The houses which have been damaged are owned by Abdul Rashid Chechay, son of Mohmmad Rafeeq Chechay; and Bashir Ahmad Chechay, Abdul Majeed Chechay, and Nazir ...