Wayanad landslides: 6 extra our bodies discovered, Kerala official toll 407 | Kozhikode Information

KOZHIKODE: That they had lived as one within the villages of Mundakkai and Puthumala earlier than the catastrophic landslides washed them away seven days in the past and mutilated their our bodies so severely that they have been unidentifiable even to their family members.
Twenty-nine unidentified however full our bodies and elements of 154 our bodies have been interred in graves on 64 cents of land (1 cent is 1/a hundredth of an acre) at Puthumala after a solemn funeral operate of round seven hours that prolonged late into Monday evening.
In the meantime, six our bodies have been discovered within the search carried out on Monday, the seventh day of the catastrophic Mundakkai landslide, taking the official dying toll to 407 (226 full our bodies and the rest physique elements from 181 our bodies) and the variety of lacking to 186.
Of the our bodies recovered on Monday, 5 have been present in Wayanad and one in Nilambur downstream.
The our bodies and physique elements have been interred as all-faith prayers have been recited, encompassing Hindu, Muslim and Christian beliefs. Fourteen ladies and 13 males have been amongst these buried. Three our bodies that might not be recognized as male or feminine (as a consequence of mutilation by the weather) have been additionally interred.
The stays have been dropped at the burial floor in a convoy of ambulances in batches from 3.30pm onwards. Some have been the dimensions of small packs that could possibly be held in a hand, the stays wrapped in white fabric. The landslide victims had been swept over 25km down the Chaliyar river.
They have been laid to relaxation and particular person numbers comparable to their DNA samples have been inscribed onto concrete markers put in over the graves.
The method to determine corpses utilizing scientific strategies is underway. As many as 83 blood samples have been collected to date for DNA examination.
Income minister Ok Rajan stated one other 50 cents of land belonging to Harrisson Malayalam plantation will likely be taken over underneath the Catastrophe Administration Act for the funerals of our bodies and physique elements of unidentified individuals.