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Rescue operations in Puthumala Landslide

On 08.08.2018 a massive landslide occurred at Puthumala, buried a large area under debris, Entire hill slope came crushing down over several acres which housed two residential quarters (padis) of a tea estate, apart from a temple and a mosque. Meppadi Police reached at Puthumala very next movement and conducted rescue operation and shifted ten persons to a hospital. Over 200 residents have been evacuated from the area to the nearby Mudakkai Forest Station building.