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A crane is presently being utilized to assistance the motortruck from the stream onto the road. (Express)
The motortruck driven by Arjun, a Kerala autochthonal missing for 2 months since the landslide successful Karnataka’s Shirur town, was recovered from the Gangavali stream astatine the catastrophe tract astir 2.30 p.m. connected Wednesday, officials said.
The betterment follows the deployment of a floating trade dredger by the Uttara Kannada territory medication to wide silt and debris that had accumulated astir the truck, which was washed distant during the landslide connected July 16. Arjun was believed to person been wrong the compartment of the motortruck arsenic helium had stopped adjacent a beverage store connected NH 66 erstwhile the landslide struck.
The territory medication has not confirmed whether determination is simply a assemblage wrong the truck’s cabin. A catastrophe absorption authoritative said, “We inactive don’t person confirmation connected the beingness of a assemblage wrong the cabin. If a assemblage is found, we volition nonstop it for a postmortem, followed by a DNA trial to place it. If the assemblage is confirmed arsenic Arjun’s, the Government volition supply an ex gratia magnitude to his family.”
Since the floating trade dredger was deployed 5 days ago, officials person recovered a two-wheeler, cattle bones, and metallic parts from the river’s surface. The coagulated worldly of the motortruck was located during further dredging connected Wednesday. A crane is presently being utilized to assistance the motortruck from the stream onto the road.
Further details are awaited.
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