Heavy rainfall in Kerala has caused landslides and heavy destruction in the state. The CMO has confirmed the death of 8 people, and 13 are injured.
According to the latest forecast issued by the IMD’s Meteorological Centre in Srinagar, an active weather system fuelled by favourable monsoon conditions and local atmospheric instability is expected to bring widespread rainfall, increasing the likelihood of heavy precipitation in several districts.
Six women had gone to the forest area to extract clay when the soil of a mine-like pit suddenly collapsed, burying them underneath. The incident occurred so abruptly that the women had no time to escape.
Almost every resident in Tarasin village died SLM-A said that according to initial reports, almost all the residents of Tarasin village have died in this landslide.
This committee will be headed by the Additional Chief Secretary of the Water Power Department and he will submit his report within two weeks. 34 devotees lost their lives while more than 20 people were injured in this landslide.
While several devotees are returning from there without having Darshan of the Shrine, a large number of pilgrims are still stranded.
The death toll in Vaishno Devi landslide has jumped to 34. The pilgrimage to the Shrine still remained suspended. Educational institutions in the Union Territory remained closed.
The cloudburst tragedy in Dharali and Harshil occurred on 5 August. So far more than 1300 people have been evacuated but over 100 are still reoirted missing.
Due to rain, the Tanakpur-Tawaghat highway, Tawaghat-Lipulekh, Jauljibi-Munsiyari, Thal-Munsiyari roads are closed and the connectivity of the China border is disrupted.
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