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Karnataka rescue workers recover bodies of hugging sisters who died in a landslide

Monsoon rains continued to ravage Karnataka for the third successive day, with the death toll rising to six on Wednesday, 3 August.

BySaurav Kumar

Published Aug 03, 2022 | 3:04 PM ⚊UpdatedAug 03, 2022 | 6:40 PM

Rescue team pull out bodies of two minor girls holding to each other from landslide rubble in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada. (Creative Commons)

They were just two sisters playing in the rain, and the last anyone saw of them was Shruti (11) and Jnanashree (6) going into their house before a hill collapsed on it and buried them alive.

When rescue workers retrieved their bodies from the rubble of the house in the Subramanya village of the Dakshina Kannada district on Tuesday, 2 August, they found that the sisters’ last act was to hold on to each other tightly.

“The sisters were holding each other firmly. It seemed they were protecting each other,” a senior police officer from Dakshina Kannada said.

A senior officer of the Dakshina Kannada Police told reporters that residents of Subramanya heard a long sound on Monday evening.

The two sisters playing on the balcony went inside the house but unfortunately, a hill collapsed on their house trapping them.

The officer added that rescue workers reached the place late due to flooding streams and damaged roads.

Rain deaths

As many as six people, including the two minors, lost their lives and several houses were damaged in Karnataka as heavy rains continued to lash the state for the third day on Wednesday, 3 August.

Deaths have been reported from the Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada, Mysuru, Tumakuru, and Ballari districts.

According to officials, at least 30 houses had been damaged in the Sullia and Kadaba taluks of Dakshina Kannada.

Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner KV Rajendra told South First, “30 houses [have been] damaged, 23 places with road damage were reported in the Sullia and Kadaba taluks of the district. Road connectivity to Balagodu, Kollamogra, and Kalmakar has been affected due to the rains. ”

He added: “The rescued have been shifted to makeshift camps and a compensation relief amount of ₹11.05 lakh will be given to affected families.”