Wayanad(Kerala), One more body was recovered from the Wayanad landslide site bringing the total number of persons killed in the disaster to four, Kerala Minister A P Anilkumar said.The minister told reporters here that the body was recovered from zone 1 of the search area in the morning."Searches will be carried out in zone 1 and 2 of the area. Will be focusing search operations near the river also," he said.A landslide had occurred on July 7 at the site of the Anakkompoyil-Meppadi tunnel project for connecting Wayanad and Kozhikode districts.Now four persons remain missing.Chief Minister V D Satheesan on Wednesday had said that search operations will be given priority.He had also said that of the 10 persons injured in the incident, three were discharged, four were still hospitalised but stable and three others were in the ICU of whom two were critical.
One more body recovered from Wayanad landslide site; death toll rises to four
One more body was recovered from the Wayanad landslide site, bringing the total fatalities to four. Search operations will continue in zones one and two, focusing near the river. The landslide occurred on July 7 at the Anakkompoyil-Meppadi tunnel project site. Of the ten injured, three were discharged while seven remain hospitalized. Four persons are still reported missing following the disaster.
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