Madikeri: Four months after catastrophic floods and landslides struck the northern hilly areas of Madikeri and Somwarpet Taluks in Kodagu district, landslides due to loose soil continue to take lives. Two women were buried alive when earth caved in while they were doing some digging work to construct a compound wall of a house at Madikeri yesterday.
The women, migrant labourers, were trapped inside the soil along with one more labourer who was rescued. They were digging the soil to lay the foundation for the compound of a house when the earth under their feet gave way. Officials and the Police attributed the accident to loose soil that has not yet stabilised after the natural calamity.
