In the latest landslide that happened in Munnar, 18 persons were killed and 52 others are missing after a series of landslips at the Nayamakkad tea estate at Pettimudy, near Rajamala in Idukki district, late on Thursday. Four layams (housing lines of tea garden workers) were buried under debris as a hill nearly 3 km away from the housing lines, located in a landlocked valley, slid down. Most of the victims were asleep and were trapped under the debris.
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Twelve of the 82 residents escaped, as per official figures. Three injured workers were admitted to the Tata General Hospital at Munnar. They were Deepan, 25, Seethalakshmi, 35 and Saraswathy, 50. One seriously injured woman, Palaniyamma, was admitted to the Kolencherry Medical College. Bad weather and lack of road accessibility have hampered rescue operations, Devikulam sub-collector S. Premkrishan said. M. Mohandas, member of the nearby Luckham ward of the Munnar Grama Panchayat, said the area had never witnessed landslips and none thought it would ever occur there.
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Health Minister K. K. Shylaja said a special mobile medical team and 15 ambulances were sent to the accident spot. Directions have been issued to set up emergency hospital facilities there, she added. The State Government has declared financial assistance of ₹5 lakh each to the families of the landslip victims