New Delhi, July 7 -- Rescue and relief operations are underway in Kerala's Wayanad district after a major landslide was reported at the Kalladi tunnel construction site on Tuesday due to heavy rains. According to officials, the landslide occurred near Meenakshi Bridge at Kalladi, where work on a tunnel road project connecting Malappuram and Wayanad districts was underway.

Officials said local residents rescued three persons from the site, where workers associated with the tunnel project were staying.

Apart from that, a few vehicles that transport tunnel employees were damaged in the landslide.

Police and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel have also been deployed for the rescue operation. Local media reports said that at ...