Landslide hits excavator digging road in Mugu, driver buried, co-driver injured

A landslide hit an excavator digging a road in Mugu, burying the driver. The co-driver was injured.

According to Mugu Police, a dry landslide occurred around 8:30 am today in the Birakhola area of Khatyad Rural Municipality-11, along the Mugu-Rara inner road section. The landslide struck while a new road connecting to the Beli Bridge was being dug.

The landslide buried excavator number Ba 3 Ka 3276 along with its 24-year-old driver, Bimal Bagh. The excavator's co-driver, Binay Malla, was injured.

The excavator had been working on digging the road in the Birakhola area of the Mugu-Rara inner road section. The landslide buried the driver along with the excavator.