Bijbehera, Aug 14: Two labourers died after they came under a huge sand slide in Gadhanchipora area of Bijbehera in south Kashmir’s Anantnag on Wednesday, officials said.

An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a group of people came under the sand slide in Gadhanjipora during extraction of sand.

He said soon after a rescue operation was launched and those who got buried under the sand slide were rescued and shifted to a nearby hospital.

“Among them two labourers died in the hospital, while further details will be shared accordingly,” he said—(KNO)

*More details awaited*