The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Wayanad debris slip: experts, residents blame poor safeguards
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Sam Paul A.
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Experts and local residents attribute the deadly debris slip in Wayanad to engineering failures caused by tunnel construction rather than just natural causes. They argue that large-scale excavation and slope modification destabilized the terrain before the heavy monsoon rains.
Ariff, a cleaning staff member at a hotel at Kalladi near Meppadi in Wayanad, vividly recalls the terrifying moments when the debris slip struck the area on Tuesday (July 7, 2026).
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