5 still missing in wayanad, govt to order probe
Thiruvananthapuram, July 9 -- Kerala chief minister VD Satheesan on Wednesday said the state would order a thorough probe into the causes of the mudslide in Wayanad district that killed at least three people and left five others missing on Tuesday, even as he ordered a pause on construction on the Wayanad twin tunnel project, pending the probe's outcome.
Satheesan also visited the site in Kalladi with Kalpetta MLA and agriculture minister T Siddique and revenue minister A Anil Kumar. "Five people continue to be missing.... Tonight, the rescue personnel will begin searches in a new zone of the affected site," he said. He also met the 10 survivors in hospital.
The decision to conduct a probe was taken at a cabinet meeting earlier in the day, ...
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