Summary:
By Express News ServiceKOCHI: Two days of incessant rain have made life miserable in tribal areas of Kuttampuzha in Kothamangalam taluk. According to Kuttampuzha Forest authorities, the rescue workers have not been able to reach tribal colonies as water level rose in pooyamkutty river submerging the two bund roads connecting the tribal areas with the outside world. As the river is in full spate, rescue workers could not cross at Blavana Kadavu making the forest areas inaccessible. There were four landslides near Thalavachapara tribal colony in Kuttampuzha forest area. Around 20 families in Pinavoorkudi tribal settlement colony remain cut off as the road connecting the colony with Kuttampuzha is submerged..