New Delhi, July 21 -- In Jammu and Kashmir a massive landslide struck the old track to the Vaishno Devi Shrine in Reasi district today, leaving one devotee dead and at least 9 other persons including five pilgrims, injured. A reports said that a booking office and an overhead iron structure caved in under the weight of the landslide, triggered by heavy rains which lashed Katra town, the base camp for the pilgrims visiting the shrine atop Trikuta hills. The incident occurred around 8.30 PM at Gulshan Ka Langar near Banganga, the starting point for the yatra where mostly pony riders gather along the old track and register before taking the pilgrims to the cave shrine, 12 km from the town. The landslide resulted in critical injuries to three...
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