Shirur : After nine days of search operations, the Karnataka police confirmed that the truck located in the Gangavali river belonged to Kozhikode native Arjun. As per police and the navy, the truck was found 15 meters beneath the river and 20 meters from the land.
The confirmation has been made officially by the Karnataka minister Krishna Byre Gowda in his twitter account.
Meanwhile, the search operations by the navy and the police has been stopped for the time being due to the adverse weather conditions.
“One truck has been definitively located in the water and that the naval deep divers will attempt anchoring shortly. The long arm boomer excavator will be used to dredge the river. Advanced drone based Intelligent Underground Buried Object Detection system was also deployed for search. The Coast Guard will do a helicopter search for missing bodies in water,” Karnataka Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda posted on social media platform X.
The Navy and disaster management forces are using advanced technology, including sonar and radar, in the search operation. The Navy on Wednesday released a side scan sonar image of Ankola landslide location. The search team initially used Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), a geophysical method that uses radio waves to capture images below the Earth’s surface. Four teams of experts from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Surathkal, Dakshina Kannada district, have also arrived to assist in the search.
High Court issues notice to centre, state govts
The Karnataka High Court has issued notices to the Karnataka State Government and the Union Government regarding a petition requesting additional Army troops to assist in locating individuals, including Arjun from Kozhikode, who went missing in a landslide at Shirur in Dakshina Kannada.
Arjun, a truck driver along with nine others went missing following a massive landslide that took place in Ankola near Shirur in Uttara Karnataka
The rescue team locates the truck 15 meters beneath the river Gangavali. Kerala States News India: Top News India, States News, States News Headlines, Online State News India, State Politics news
