MUNNAR: A housewife died after a landslide fell on top of her house in Munnar due to heavy rains. Kumar's wife Mala Kumar (42) died in Munnar MG Colony. The landslide fell on top of the house behind the mosque in the colony around 5 pm yesterday. Mala was working in the kitchen area when the soil fell from a height of 20 feet.

Munnar Fire and Rescue Department and local people reached the spot and took half an hour to pull out the housewife who was trapped under the soil. Mala was rushed to a private hospital in Munnar, but her life could not be saved. Mala was the only one in the house when the incident took place. Kumar, a clerk in the Devikulam SC-ST office, was at work. Their children are Srinidhi, Srihari and Sriram. Srinidhi and Sriram are students of Kulamavu Navodaya School. The calamity happened when Srihari was returning home from tuition. It was Sriram who gathered the locals and carried out the rescue operation.

As heavy rain continues, around 20 families in the area have been shifted to a temporary camp prepared at the Munnar Panchayat Community Hall.