IDUKKI: The cause of the landslide in Adimali was found to be the lapse of the National Highway Authority. The district collector informed that the inspection found that unscientific excavation was carried out as part of the construction work. The collector informed that the inspection will continue at more places and further action will be taken after receiving the report of the expert committee. One had died and eight houses collapsed in the landslide on the Kochi-Dhanushkodi National Highway. The dead was Biju (46) of Nedumpillikudi.

Meantime, it was decided to rehabilitate 29 houses that the expert committee found to be at risk following the landslide by providing the amount as per insurance cover. The decision was taken at the meet convened by district collector Dr Dinesan Cheruvat a

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