Dharamshala, July 10 -- Rescue teams on Thursday recovered the body of a 26-year-old site engineer of the tunnel project in Kerala's Wayanad that was hit by a landslide on July 7, informed an official at the disaster control room, adding that the victim hailed from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district. The victim, Rahul Sharma, had gone missing after the landslide struck on July 7. "On Thursday, rescue teams recovered three bodies, including Rahul's, on the third day of the search operation," the official said. According to Rahul's family, he and his wife Kalpana had moved to Wayanad after getting married in February. Since the accident, the victim's family members, including his father Roop Dev Sharma, had reached Wayanad on Wednesday with the hope of finding him alive. Rahul's maternal uncle Ramveer Sharma, who was also in Wayanad, said, "We came here hoping that he would be rescued. On Thursday morning, I was able to locate his body near the accident site, following which we informed the rescue team. It is an extremely difficult time for all of us. Losing our son in such a tragic manner, just a few months after his marriage, is heartbreaking." Meanwhile, Vikram Rana, 59, a resident of the Fatehpur area in Kangra district and a project manager at the tunnel construction site, remains missing, with his family clinging to the hope that he will be found alive. His family members, including his elder brother, have reached Wayanad and are anxiously waiting for news from the rescue teams. "We have been in Wayanad since Wednesday, waiting for our brother. Our family is devastated, but we are still hopeful. We are a joint family, and we feel incomplete without him," said his elder brother, Kulwant Rana. "Vikram's son is flying in from Paris, where he is pursuing his studies. His wife and daughter are in Fatehpur, anxiously awaiting updates on the search and rescue operation," his elder brother, Kulwant Rana, added. According to family members, Vikram had been working in Wayanad since February. Before taking up the assignment there, he had worked in Kota for nearly a decade. Three more bodies were recovered on Thursday, taking the toll in Tuesday's mudslide to six, an official at the disaster control room said. The other two victims were identified as Azharuddin Ansari, 32 from Uttar Pradesh and Mohd Imran Khan, 30, from Bihar. Two people were stillmissing. The disaster struck on Tuesday in Kalladi when the debris, accumulated as part of the excavation works of the tunnel on the Meppadi side, slid down under the force of heavy monsoonrains. The mudslide swept away several temporary shelters housing labourers, a house, and a church. Officials said Ansari was a surveyor and Khan was employed as an excavator operator at the project site. "Ansari's body was retrieved first on Thursday by rescue personnel from an area near the Meenakshi bridge. Subsequent searches from an area below the bridge and close to the river banks led to the bodies of Sharma and Khan being found. Searches continue tomorrow," said a district official. The three bodies were identified by victims' family members who had arrived in Wayanad. Agriculture Minister and local MLA T Siddique, who is overseeing the rescue operations, said favourable weather conditions on Thursday played a big role in finding the bodies of those missing....