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

Srinagar based news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) quoted officials as saying 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.