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The last police station located before the India-China border in the Gangotri range also suffered damage in the August 5 mudslide that struck the Army camp in Harsil, report Ashish Mishra & Kalyan Das. Around 20 police personnel present escaped death by a whisker, as they managed to run to safety after hearing the rumbling noise of the impending danger. Sub-inspector Deepak Rawat, in-charge of Harsil police station, said it was business as usual when the staff inside came out to check the rumbling sound. “They saw it (mudslide) hitting the camp anddashed out to safe ground. Within seconds, the muck hit the police station and the residence-cum-office of the station in-charge adjacent to it, ” Rawat said.