In Mundakkai, 16 of household swept away in landslide | Kochi Information

Eleven of the 16 members of Nousheeba’s household who’ve gone lacking within the landslide are seen on this {photograph}

MEPPADI (WAYANAD): Destiny cannot be a lot crueller than this. Eleven members of Kalathingal Nousheeba’s household have been swept away by the Mundakkai landslide – her father, mom, elder brother, two sisters-in-law and 6 nieces and nephews – all of whom have been staying at her ancestral home at Mundakkai that fateful evening. As if this immense loss was not sufficient, Nousheeba has additionally misplaced 5 members of her husband’s household – her mother-in-law, two sisters-in-law, and their two youngsters.
Grief-stricken Nousheeba (40) has been standing earlier than the Meppadi household well being centre for the final three days with swollen eyes.She walks as much as the makeshift pandal every time a brand new physique dug out of the landslide ravaged villages of Chooralmala and Meppadi is introduced in for identification.
On Saturday, a brand new physique wrapped in white fabric with “Quantity 168-Feminine baby” written on it in blue ink was introduced. The volunteer requested out loud if there was anybody to establish the physique. Nousheeba walked as much as test, pondering it may very well be her niece, however discovered it wasn’t her. She’s been repeating this traumatic routine for the final three days.
‘Now, a mammoth rock sits the place our home stood’
When Nousheeba walked as much as the physique alongside along with her daughters Nahla and Thafseena, the volunteer confirmed them the leg of the physique, saying the face can’t be proven as it’s badly disfigured. The mehendi on the fingers introduced a flicker of recognition and Nousheeba contemplated the potential for the physique being of her niece, Shahla. However Thafseena noticed an anklet on the leg and mentioned it wasn’t her cousin as she didn’t put on anklets. So the household walked again.
“I’ve misplaced all my household. I’ve to face right here ready (to see) if in any respect they’re introduced in. All of them have been staying in my father’s home simply in entrance of the Mundakkai mosque. My elder brother and his five-member household, who have been staying within the property quarters, had come to be with my father in view of the heavy rains. There have been 11 members of the family in the home, and all went lacking after the landslide swept away your complete home and not using a hint,” mentioned Nousheeba.
She mentioned the our bodies of her father Kunhammed, mom Ayisha, and her two nieces — Ayisha Amana and Nafla — have been discovered, however all of the others, together with brother Mansoor, his spouse Muhsina, their two youngsters Shahla and Shafna, and her sister-in-law Sajna (youthful brother Noufal’s spouse) and the couple’s two youngsters, Nihal and Isha Mehrin, are lacking.
“I used to be staying in my home, which is shut by, as my husband had come on go away a month in the past. In any other case I, too, would have been swept away with all of them. On listening to the loud thunderous sound, we ran up the woods and stayed there your complete evening. It was when daybreak broke that I noticed that my ancestral home and all my expensive ones who stayed there have been gone,” mentioned Nousheeba.
“On the place the place our home stood now sits a mammoth rock,” she mentioned, including that her niece Shahla’s wedding ceremony had been fastened for Sept 22.
Nousheeba has additionally misplaced her mother-in-law Pathuma, sisters-in-law Sumayya and Nazeera, and Nazeera’s youngsters Munaveer and Rinsha Fathima. The our bodies of Sumayya, Nazeera and Munaveer have been recovered.