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A mudslide astatine Kumbanpara adjacent Adimaly successful Idukki connected the Kochi-Dhanushkodi National Highway connecting Munnar, precocious Saturday (October 25, 2025), claimed the beingness of a resident, Biju, and earnestly injured his wife, Sandhya.
The incidental occurred astatine Kumbanpara Laksham Veedu colony astatine astir 8 p.m. District authorities said that respective days of dense rainfall destabilised the terrain. They shifted respective residents to adjacent alleviation camps.
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The mishap occurred erstwhile Biju and Sandhya returned location from the campy to retrieve important documents and valuables. Emergency responders, including the Fire and Rescue Department, a National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team, constabulary and volunteers, rushed to the spot.
According to exigency responders, piles of sodden mud partially buried their home, trapping them inside.
Emergency responders and section volunteers sensed signs of beingness nether the collapsed factual roof. They rushed world movers to region the fallen mud and utilized a pneumatic drill to interruption done the factual extortion to rescue the trapped family.
The exigency responders extricated Sandhya astatine astir 9.45 p.m. and evacuated her to the hospital. However, reaching Biju proved much difficult. Finally, they rescued Biju astatine astir 5 a.m. connected Sunday (October 26, 2025).
They recovered him showing scarce signs of life. Doctors astatine the adjacent infirmary aboriginal pronounced Biju dead.
Meanwhile, residents alleged that the drastic excavation of mud for the operation of the Koch-Dhanushkodi National Highway had caused the mishap. They accused the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) contractors of showing scarce interest for nationalist safety.
Meanwhile, the authorities has sought a study from the NHAI. Water Resources Minister Rosy Augustine, Idukki MP Dean Kuriakose, and Idukki District constabulary Chief KM Sabu Mathew led the rescue operations.
On Friday (October 24, 2025) different mudslide occurred adjacent the spot, causing postulation snarls and diversions. The territory authorities person moved residents successful the locality to a alleviation campy astatine the Adimali Government School.
