New Delhi: Three more bodies were recovered from the landslide site in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district after the search and rescue operation resumed early on Thursday, August 12, raising the death toll to 13.All three were passengers in the Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus, which, along with other vehicles, was buried under the debris, State Disaster Management Director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta told PTI.Visuals of Drone camera of the landslide site in #Kinnaur, HP earlier today. The 200 meter stretch seen covered with rubble. 2 ITBP teams are searching for the ill fated Bus from different directions in the downslopes to the river bed.#kinnaurlandslide pic.twitter.com/UOvRHFn1PL— ITBP (@ITBP_official) August 11, 2021The bus was found in a badly damaged condition, he added. Another vehicle, a Bolero, still lies buried under the rubble.The rescue work, being carried out jointly by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and the members of local police and home guards, resumed at 6 am today.The ITBP has been providing Twitter updates of the search and rescue efforts on its official handle @ITBP_official.#Kinnaur landslide update: ITBP troops of 17, 19 & 43 Battalions are undertaking search & rescue operations with sister organizations. 3 dead bodies were retrieved since morning. Total 13 dead bodies have been retrieved till now.#kinnaurlandslide pic.twitter.com/ri3KMN4T3b— ITBP (@ITBP_official) August 12, 2021The authorities had suspended the operation on Wednesday at around 10 pm.The HRTC bus, which had been on its way from Reckong Peo to Haridwar via Shimla, was hit by the boulders after a landslide around Wednesday noon near Chaura village on national highway-5 in Nigulsari area of Nichar tehsil.The wreckage of the Bus found early morning today.#kinnaurlandslide pic.twitter.com/b0y5CS8pHy— ITBP (@ITBP_official) August 12, 2021Ten bodies were recovered on Wednesday, while 13 others were rescued with injuries.Several others are still feared buried under the debris.Eight of the dead were found trapped in a Tata Sumo taxi during the search and rescue operation on Wednesday.Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund to the next of kin of those who lost their lives due to the landslide. Rs 50,000 each would be given to the injured, his office added.Several have pointed to deforestation as a triggering factor behind recent landslides. The Tribune had reported, on August 10, that Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur had said that the Supreme Court had granted approval in 600 cases for forest clearances.(With PTI inputs)