Three more bodies, including that of two children, were recovered from Pettimudi landslide near Munnar in Kerala on Wednesday taking the death toll to 55.
About 15 more persons are missing six days after the landslide that took place late on Thursday.
At present, the rescue workers are carrying out searches in the nearby river. Many bodies were already recovered.
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan were planning to visit the landslide hit areas on Thursday. There were criticisms that though he CM rushed to visit Kozhikode plane crash victims, he did not visit the landslide victims who are plantation workers. More compensation and relief measures for the landslide victims will be also announced by the government.
(Published 12 August 2020, 17:50 IST)
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