Ten Nepali workers were killed in Chetra Village in Dehradun, India, after they were buried under boulders after a landslide hit the region on Sunday afternoon.

They were construction workers at a road project. Surya Bikram Shahi, a representative of the Nepali community in Dehradun, said the injured were undergoing treatment at local health facilities. 

“Their identities are yet to be ascertained,” said Shahi. Officials at the Embassy of Nepal in New Delhi said they were trying to collect information on the incident. 

Sanotsh BK, one of the injured, told the Post over phone from hospital that the victims were from Jajarkot, Bardiya and Rukum districts.

According to Hindustan Times newspaper, 16 labourers, who were taking shelter under the boulders, were trapped after the landslide dislodged the rocks. 

“According to the Premlal, sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) at Tyuni block, rescue operations started on Monday morning as soon as information regarding the incident reached him,” the newspaper said.

“All the bodies were recovered after a more than five hours-long rescue operation by local police and disaster management rescue and search teams. Victims were from Nepal and worked as road construction workers. 

They were buried under the landslide debris that included heavy boulders triggered by a tempest and storm late Sunday at around 2am,” said Premlal.