The people living around Chaliyar River in Kerala’s Malappuram district, 100 KM away from Wayanad, were caught by shock when they found nearly 10 bodies floating in the River on Tuesday.
The ten bodies includes some men, a women and rest of them are children.
Locals doubts that the bodies belong to residents of Wayanad who lost their lived following the landslides in the district.
Ten dead had been found in the overflowing river, a resident told on the condition of anonymity.
Also Read: SC Grants Bail to TMC Leader Anubrata Mondal in Cattle Smuggling Case
The number of those killed in the Wayanad landslide tragedy now stands at 56 following the retrieval of these bodies. But official confirmation was still pending.
The Wayanad district’s most severely impacted areas are Mundakayil, Churalpara, Velarimala, and Pothukalu. The extent of the destruction has left the residents of these areas, who were able to flee, completely broken. Nearly everyone has experienced the loss of their homes and some close ones.
“There are hundreds of people living in Mundakayil where I have been living for the past 24 years. What happened is terrible. I am deeply saddened. In this hospital there is no one from the area where I live,” said a deeply upset Kunju Mohammed, who said he had lost his house.
“I hail from the Pothukalu area and this is going to be the worst tragedy that Wayanad has witnessed. None has a clue of the number of lives lost as the entire place is ravaged by the landslides,” said a local who was inconsolable while searching for his immediate family members in the hospital.
