Wayanad, July 8 -- The bodies of the three workers who died in the Kalladi landslide in Wayanad were handed over to representatives of the contracting company, DBL, the District Medical Officer said.

The DMO, Dr. P.M. Moideen Shah stated that the bodies were released after embalming procedures were completed at the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital.

The body of Anmol, a native of Jharkhand, has been handed over and will be flown to Ranchi on an IndiGo flight.

DBL officials said the remaining bodies will also be transported to their respective native places, subject to flight availability.

The landslide struck at around 11:15 am on Tuesday within a 200-metre radius of the tunnel construction site at Kalladi in Meppadi Grama Panchayat,...