Wayanad/Shimla, July 13 -- The toll in the July 7 landslide at the tunnel project site in Kerala's Wayanad rose to eight on Sunday after the body of the last person feared trapped in the debris was recovered following an intensive search operation, officials aware of the development said.

The incident took place in Kalladi at the site of the Anakkampoyil-Meppadi twin-tube tunnel project, which is intended to connect Wayanad and Kozhikode districts.

According to officials, the deceased identified as Vikram Rana, 58, a resident of Thakoli-Girthan village in the Fatehpur subdivision of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh, was the project manager at the tunnel construction site and had been deputed to the project in February this year.

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