Missing Himachal engineer killed in Wayanad landslide, body recovered

The body of Rahul Sharma, a civil engineer from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district, was recovered after a landslide at Kerala's Anakkompoyil-Meppadi tunnel project. Sharma had been missing since July 7, while his family remained at the site awaiting rescue updates

Shimla: The body of a civil engineer from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district, who had gone missing after a massive landslide in Kerala’s Wayanad district, was recovered from debris on Thursday. The landslide occurred on July 7 at the site of the Anakkompoyil-Meppadi tunnel project, which connects Wayanad and Kozhikode districts.

The rescue teams recovered the body of Rahul Sharma, a resident of Rewalsar in the Mandi district, who was working at the project site in Wayanad. The family members of Sharma, who got married in March this year, had been camping at the site since the incident. His maternal uncle Ramveer confirmed the recovery of the body.

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