The collector said 82 people were affected by the August 7 landslide (Representation)
The death toll in the landslide at Pettimudi near Munnar in the upscale Idukki neighborhood rose to 55 and three more bodies were recovered from the debris on Wednesday, officials said.
Operations by the National Disaster Assistance Force (NDRF) continue in the region, even on the sixth day today, to locate 15 more missing people.
“So far we have recovered 55 bodies. Previously we have rescued 12 people. Today 15 people are missing. The search is even on the sixth day .. the weather is now favorable for the operations of research, ”collector Idukki H Dineshan told PTI.
The collector said 82 people were affected by the August 7 landslide.
Settlements of estate workers were washed away by the landslide near Rajamala here and various agencies have been engaged in the rescue operations since then.
Huge mounds of dirt and melting snow had destroyed a row of 20 one-room tin and asbestos sheet “townhouses”, which housed at least 82 workers and their families by early Friday morning.
