Landslide near Gandi Bagilu: Hundreds of rubber, areca trees damaged
Belthangady, August 9: Hundreds of rubber trees were washed away in the water due to a major landslide creating a new stream near Gandi Bagilu of Neriya village in the taluk and two houses were also damaged in the incident.
A house belonging to Renni was also washed away in the gushing water and the family members escaped unhurt. The incident happened at 7 am. Renni, his wife and two children ran out of the house hearing the sound. Surprisingly, 70-year-old Eliyamma who was sleeping inside the house escaped miraculously. She sustained minor injuries as the water washed away the wall of the room where she was sleeping.
Rubber trees were also damaged in the incident. A tank situated in the plantation belonging to Joseph was also covered with mud and more than hundred areca trees were washed away. The intensity of the incident was so much that it has created a big sound with the sliding of an entire hill due to which a canal was created. Till now, the water is flowing in the canal. A few years ago, two houses were washed away in the same kind of incident in Neriya village.
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Accept Congress decision appointing V D Satheesan as Kerala CM: K C Venugopal
Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi (PTI): Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal on Thursday accepted the party decision to select V D Satheesan as the chief minister of Kerala and congratulated him.
Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Venugopal, who was one of the three persons being considered for the post, said he will provide all support to the CM and the UDF government in Kerala.
The decision comes more than 10 days after the results of the April Assembly polls in Kerala were declared.
The Congress-led UDF secured a more than two-thirds majority in the Kerala Assembly elections, but the party has been unable to decide its chief ministerial face due to lobbying by different camps and protests by workers at the ground level.
Besides, Satheesan and Venugopal, senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala was also in the race for the CM post.
