On Tuesday evening, two persons were killed when eight houses, including six makeshift ones, collapsed and a slaughterhouse was buried under the debris following a landslide in the Krishnanagar locality in Shimla.

The uprooting of a large tree caused a landslip leading to the collapse of a cluster of houses with deafening noise.

Cracks had developed in some houses in the morning following which most of the residents vacated them, the officials said.

Even after the construction of retaining walls, there was seepage the problem persist, an eyewitness of the incident told PTI. He said that at least 15 families have been rendered homeless after the incident.

On Monday, two landslides took place in Shimla, one at a Shiva temple in Summer Hill and the other at Fagli, which claimed 16 lives.

Earlier today morning, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that around 55 people have lost their lives in the state till now and the death toll might go up.