GILGIT: At least three workers were killed and two others injured when a landslide struck a construction site in Nagar district on Sunday, while one worker remains missing, officials and local sources said.
The incident occurred in the Badlis area on Bais Road, where construction work was underway.
According to initial reports, the workers, who were returning after leave, were suddenly buried under debris when a landslide hit the site.
The deceased have been identified as residents of Kohistan. The two injured workers were rescued from the rubble along with the bodies of the three deceased.
Immediately after the incident, local residents launched a self-help rescue operation and retrieved three bodies and two injured labourers from the debris. The injured and the bodies were shifted to the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital Nagar.
Rescue teams and local volunteers are continuing search operations to locate the missing worker. Authorities fear the toll may rise.
No official statement has been issued yet regarding the cause of the landslide, though the area is prone to such incidents, particularly during the ongoing construction activity in mountainous terrain.
