New Delhi: A massive search operation using man and machine, is underway on Saturday to find 50 odd people reported missing after a landslide in Kerala’s Idukki district. While bodies of 18 people who were under the debris have been recovered so far. 3 bodies were recovered today morning after the rescue operation resumed, taking the death toll to 21.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD, meanwhile has predicted that rainfall will continue for the next two days in Idukki and Wayanad districts.
More than a dozen have been rescued and are under treatment in various hospitals in Idukki, Kottayam and Ernakulam districts, since Thursday midnight the tragedy struck Rajamalai.
About 30 km from the popular tourist destination of Munnar, the tragedy took place when big boulders came down on four lines of estate houses.
State Minister for Electricity, MM Mani, who hails from the district said the state government will do everything possible to help the victims, so would the Tea company, that owns the estate.
