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A total of 800 people, belonging to 237 families, have so far been shifted to safety by the district administration, according to the daily bulletin of the Disaster Management Authority.
On the basis of ISRO's preliminary report, the Uttarakhand govt is conducting rescue operations in danger-prone areas and shifting the people there to safer places on priority.
Officials said 13 more families living in houses with huge cracks were moved by the administration to safe locations on Sunday. The number of families evacuated to temporary relief centres now stands at 68.
A temple in the town collapsed on Friday and several houses, establishments and roads have developed cracks.
An initial investigation showed an embankment of about 450,000 cubic metres of earth had collapsed. The earth fell from an estimated height of 100 ft and covered an area of about an acre.
The landslide in Selangor state, on the outskirts of capital, Kuala Lumpur, occurred before 3 a.m.
The landslide that occured on Sunday buried a bus carrying passengers from Cali to Condoto, along with a car and a motorcycle on the Pereira-Quibdo Highway in the western-central department of Risaralda, reports Xinhua news agency.
The man was pulled out after a three-hour-long rescue operation. According to officials, almost three-quarters of his body was trapped under the debris.
The van in which 11 persons, including Rupesh, had come on a tour to Munnar, was washed away in the landslip that occurred at Kundala at 3 p.m. on Saturday. All other occupants of the vehicle escaped.
Authorities have banned travel along the Munnar-Vattavada road following the landslide near Kundala Dam.
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