"chaliyar-river"

Official says a small contingent will remain in the area to maintain Bailey bridge and to assist with the search operations

Special teams search in Chaliyar River from where several bodies and dismembered body parts were recovered

Rescue personnel recover three more bodies and 13 body parts in 169-km river, which has become a haunting symbol of destruction

Over 300 people still missing; private companies and volunteers join operations led by army, police and emergency service units

The worst affected areas include Churalpara, Velarimala, Mundakayil and Pothukalu and the locals from these areas who managed to escape are shattered as hundreds of homes have been totally destroyed.

Locals, who managed to escape, are deeply shattered by the intensity of the devastation