Bhubaneswar, Nov. 1 -- For survivors of Gidipabali, every update from the landslide site brings fresh hope and anxiety as rescuers race against time to locate 10 people still missing beneath tonnes of mud and boulders.
As a massive rescue operation gathers pace at landslide-hit Gidipabali village along Odisha's Ganjam-Kandhamal district border, survivors sheltered at a relief centre near G Udayagiri and Raikia are anxiously awaiting news of their missing family members, hoping against hope thatsome may still be found alive.
The hilltop hamlet under Baipali gram panchayat of Bhanjanagar block in Ganjam district, witha population of around 26 people living in seven houses, was virtually wiped out by a massive landslide triggered by incessan...