At least 12 persons, including five children, were on Friday night killed while four others went missing due to a landslide.
Some had even remarked that the occurrence of landslides in deep forests during this period indicates that quarrying has nothing to do with the phenomenon. This stupidity was mouthed by quarry owners and repeated their well-wishers in Kerala Assembly. (In pic: A scene of landslide in Idukki)
PARALAKHEMENDU: At least 12 persons, including five children, were on Friday night killed while four others went missing due to a landslide following incessant rain triggered by cyclonic storm Titli in Barghara village under Gangabada panchayat under Rayagada block in Gajapati district, reports said on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Dandapani Bhuyan, Sumitra Bhuyan, Somanath Kathren, Jagan Kathi, Minakshi Shabar, Gangadhara Behera, Dinesh Bhuyan, Lalu Behera, Jayachandra Bhutan, Suramati Jani and Champa Bhutan.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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