Seven people including a five-member family may have♏ lost their lives on Tuesday due to a massive landslide that happened at Shirur in Karnataka's Uttara Kannada district.
The police officials told🌱 PTI that the rescue work is underway.
The family members ran a road-side petty shop on National Highway 66. That exact spot isܫ currently piled with mud and soil which plunged down a hill above during the landslide.
Reportedly, the landslide also pushed a gas tanker to nearby Gangavཧali river. The vehicle's driver and cleaner were reportedly having t🌊ea at the shop at the time of the incident and have been missing since.
The police suspec𒊎t that the entire family got trapp♉ed inside the landslide along with the two customers.
Raising the issue in the Assembly, Karwar MLA Satish Sail said as per the reports he has got, 10-15 people might have fallen into the 🐽Gangavali river following the landslide, reported PTI.
Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda told the Hoಞuse that he has asked for a report from the district administration and would makeꦿ a statement later in the day.
Weather In Karnataka
With heavy and incessant rains continuing to l🧜ash several parts of Karnataka, IMD has reiterated its red alert for south inter﷽ior and coastal parts of the state on July 16.
Meanwhile, heavy rain had brought many꧑ places to a standstill, especially in Uttara Kannada and Kodagu on July 15.
In Karwar taluk of Uttara꧒ Kannada district, four-lane national highway work and the barricade at Kadamba naval𓄧 base have resulted in the flooding of the surrounding villages.
More than 100 vehicles were stranded on the highway. The hill w💛as situated in one of the worst affected districts of Karnataka, near Kharwa in Uttara Kannada.
