Ankola landslide: Exact location identified, wood from lorry found

 Ankola: 25 July,2024 (Agencies)  The search for lorry driver Arjun, a native of Kozhikode, who went missing in a landslide at Shirur, is in progress on the tenth day since the landslide. Reports indicate that the exact position of the lorry in the river has been identified. It is reported that the pieces of wood that the lorry was carrying has been found. The wood was found over 8 kms away from the site of the landslide The lorry owner has identified the wood marked ‘PA1’ as the same which Arjun’s lorry was carrying.
A critical mission is underway in Shirur to bring out the lorry, detected at the bottom of the river, to the shore during the Navy’s sonar inspection.As the first phase of the mission, divers in three boats inspected the suspected area.  The flow and downstream were examined. Officials say that strong current and turbulent water makes it challenging to access the bottom of the river where the lorry is believed to be.