Vijayan, who did not hesitate to help in the rescue operation, was still shocked by the accident in Wayanad. Vijayan lost close friends including his mother and sister in the tragedy.
‘At half past midnight there was a loud noise and a smell. When he opened the door, the house was shaking. People in nearby houses were crying loudly. A few people were rescued from there and taken upstairs. He says that by the time he came back down and entered a house, the next landslide occurred.
Another said ‘The whole house was destroyed except for one room. He escaped by holding on to the window wire. The mud was piled up to the head. My mother and sister-in-law have to watch as they wash away. Nothing could be done. The body of the sister-in-law was found. At the same time, the Fire Force had informed last night that they had rescued the people who were trapped in many places in the Mundakai landslide disaster. People were shifted from the epicenters of the landslides, Mundakkai and Smilimuttam. The dead bodies in this area were shifted to Meppadi Hospital.
