Shirur landslide: Search ops gain momentumUttara Kannada Deputy Commissioner K Lakshmipriya said that a crane had been brought to the spot for shifting a tree which has fallen into the river.
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Excavators at the site of the landslide in Shirur, Uttara Kannada district.
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A month after three persons went missing in a landslide near Shirur in Ankola taluk, search operations gained momentum on Friday.
A team of diving experts, members of the SDRF and NDRF and local fishermen conducted search operation in the River Gangavali to trace the missing persons and the truck which was washed away. Some parts of the truck were recovered during the search operation.
Uttara Kannada Deputy Commissioner K Lakshmipriya said that a crane had been brought to the spot for shifting a tree which has fallen into the river.