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- A landslip triggered by heavy rain struck zinc-sheet sheds housing migrant workers at Gandhi Nagar in Tirthahalli, killing three members of one family — Mallikarjun, 30, his wife Nagaveni, 27, and their three-year-old son Santhosh — while around 25 other people escaped.
- The families had travelled from Kakkaragol village in Koppal district days earlier in search of work, and had planned to return home on the very day the landslip struck.
- Rescue teams recovered the bodies after hours of effort with earthmovers, and the taluk administration has shifted the surviving workers to a temporary care centre at Dr. B.R.
- Ambedkar Bhavan.
- The tragedy highlights the annual migration of hundreds of workers from north Karnataka to the Malnad region for plantation, construction and quarry work, driven by inadequate incomes from small landholdings back home.
What to watch next
- Support or compensation announced by authorities for the affected families
- Whether the displaced migrant workers return home or continue seeking work in the Malnad region
- Rainfall and further landslip risk in Tirthahalli as heavy rain was forecast to continue
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