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Hundreds of people from all walks of life on Sunday paid their last respects to the six persons who were killed in the landslide at Kadavoor Fourth Block in Paingottoor. The bodies of victims - Iype, Leela, Narayanan, Ouspeh, Madhu and Nalini - were kept for public viewing at Kadavoor Government Vocational Higher Secondary School.
The death toll rose to six as the body of Kaduvakkuzhiyil Nalini, 50, was recovered on Sunday morning. The police and the Fire and Rescue Services personnel recovered the body from a pool of mud, about 25 metres away from her house. The body of her husband Madhu was recovered earlier.
Madhu and Nalini were cremated on the premises of the house of their son Ratheesh at Poovalloor.
The bodies of couple Iype and Leela were laid to rest at the Njarakkad St John’s Jacobite church. The funeral of Ouseph was held at Njarakkad St Joseph’s Catholic church while Narayanan was cremated on his house premises. Ministers P J Joseph and Anoop Jacob, Joseph Vazhakkan MLA and P T Thomas MP participated in funerals.
The preliminary loss due to landslide is estimated to be around Rs 1.5 crore. Ten houses were destroyed completely and three houses partially along with the cultivation in the one and half acres of land.
The landslide hit the hilly village, situated 30 kilometres away from Muvattupuzha bordering Ernakulam and Idukki districts, about 3.30 pm on Friday.
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