By Vikram Muthanna
While everyone was busy mourning Vajpayee’s death, tragedy struck Kodagu as rains and landslides swallowed everything — humans, livestock, coffee estates, vehicles and homes. On the evening of August 18, I got a call from Kushalnagar where my uncle informed me that he had taken in three families as floods made their homes uninhabitable. He also informed me that there were some camps in Suntikoppa which needed some sanitary napkins and innerwears urgently and if I could arrange for it. I loaded my Innova and left for Kodagu. I went to the district every other day after that. Here is a report of what I saw.
