Three, who go missing in Dhading landslide, still not found

DHADING, Jan 13: Three people, who have gone missing in a landslide near Puru of Tipling in Ruby Bhayli Rural Municipality in Dhading district since Wednesday night, have not been found yet. 

The landslide, which occurred in the course of road construction linking Labdung and Lingjo, also buried an excavator.

Those missing in the incident are the excavator driver Aakash Tamang, 28, his assistant Raju Tamang, 20, and a local resident Anish Tamang, 25,. 

The missing people are yet to be found as of Thursday evening despite the day-long rescue operation launched by a 36-member joint squad of the Nepal Army, Nepal Armed Police (APF) and Nepal Police, according to Chief District Officer (CDO), Krishna Prasad Lamsal.