Tamil Nadu Disaster Rescue team rescues 10 people trapped in landslide

The Tamil Nadu Disaster Rescue team rescued 10 people on Friday who were trapped due to a landslide in the Sengal Combai Tribal Settlement since Thursday evening, located in an interior forest area 20 km from Coonoor.

Coonoor Tahsildar Gani Sundaram said, “A landslide of 50 meters wide and 20 meters deep occurred in Sengal Combai, a tribal community



settlement of Coonoor Uli Kal municipality, 20 km inside the forest area in Nilgiris district due to heavy rain yesterday.”

As a result, the tribals were trapped in the landslide area and were unable to get out. The disaster rescue team, the revenue department, and the forest department made a path with bamboo sticks in the area and rescued them safely.