Uppinangady: Landslide on Mangaluru-Bengaluru highway
Uppinangady, August 20: For the continuous rainfall, landslides were occurred at Shiradi Ghat on Mangaluru-Bengaluru national highway.
In some places, the retention walls were collapsed and soil below the concretised road was eroded due to rain inviting the danger. Though the mud covered on the road due to landslides is being removed, further rain may cause more problem in the area. Going by the present situation, the movement on the road is difficult as of now and it might take months to repair the damaged parts and resume the traffic movement on the road, according to locals.
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Five crushed to death after truck ploughs into tent in Kerala
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): At least five people, including two children, were killed and as many persons injured when a truck ploughed into the roadside tent where they were sleeping in this central Kerala district early on Tuesday, police said.
The victims, nomads living in tents set up along the highway, were struck by the truck on a national highway in Nattika, under the Valapad police station limits, at 4.30 am, they said.
The injured have been admitted to Thrissur Government Medical College Hospital, with the condition of two individuals reported as serious, police said.
Among the deceased are two children, aged one-and-a-half and four years. Two women were also killed.
The driver and cleaner of the vehicle have been taken into custody, police added.
