A mudslip that claimed the life of a 47-year-old man and injured his wife, and damaged eight homes in the Laksham Veedu colony at Kumbanpara, near Adimaly, in Idukki on the Kochi-Dhanushkodi National Highway resulted from the cutting of slopes of the road without proper stability measures, according to experts.
According to geologists, soil condition plays a major role in triggering mudslips in these areas.
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