Amid rains, search for missing persons continue in Uttara Kannada district

Search for the remaining three persons out of the 10 who went missing, after the landslip near Shirur village in Uttar Kannada district on Monday, has continued amid rains along with clearance of the rubble.

The search for the lorry, whose GPS location had been traced to the landslip site, has also continued with new equipment and experts from Suratkal being pressed into service.

Minister for Fisheries, Port and Inland Transport and District in charge for Uttar Kannada Mankal Vaidya, who visited the site on Saturday, told presspersons that all-out efforts were being made to trace the remaining three persons, and it was likely to take another day or two to complete the relief operations.