🦩Heavy rains continued to lash the Idukki district in Kerala on Saturday with minor landslides being reported from the Munnar-Vattavada road in the hilly region where a tempo traveller and its driver have washed away, police said.
🉐Vadakara resident Roopesh (45) was unable to escape from his vehicle when the landslide hit the Munnar-Vattavada road, police said.
🗹"The tempo traveller was part of a three-vehicle tour group from Vadakara. All other vehicles and passengers managed to escape but he is suspected to have been trapped inside the vehicle," Munnar police told PTI.
♛Police said they have located the vehicle some 700 metres downhill, a region which is frequented by wild elephants.
✅Meanwhile, Idukki District Collector Sheeba George said the rescue operation has been halted for the night and will resume at 6 am on Sunday.
🌃The operation was stopped due to a lack of light and heavy rains, she added.
ꦓThe weatherman had issued an Orange alert for Idukki today and a Yellow alert for the next two days indicating heavy rains.
(Inputs from PTI)
