SHIMLA: The 11 days long search operation finally concluded on Thursday with the recovery remaining 3 bodies from the Shiv Bawdi temple landslide site at Summerhill in Shimla after which the total death toll on this site reached 20.
A massive landslide on August 14 had swept away the temple along with the debris in the morning when it was filled with devotees busy in "aarti". With August 14 being the last Monday of "Sawan" month, some devotees were busy in arranging for "bhandara" (community feast).
For last four days, the search teams were making all efforts to retrieve the last remaining 3 bodies from the debris but without any success as the heavy rainfall was also disrupting the search operation.
