UDHAGAMANDALAM (PTI): At least 26 persons were killed and several others injured when two buses were caught in a landslide near Condoor in Nilgiris district in south Indian state of Tamil Nadu on Nov, 11. About 80 persons with injuries were rescued Search operations for survivors had been severely hampered following heavy rainfall in the area, police said, Police said 14 houses in the area were also razed to the ground, The fate of the inmates was not known.
The Nilgiris district collector, police chief and medical terms from neighboring areas have rushed to the spot.
Several parts of Tamil Nadu received widespread rainfall dutast few days following the setting in of the north east Monsoon and a depression over the Bay of Bengal.
Article extracted from this publication >> November 19, 1993
