Wayanad landslide: Body of Jharkhand man could not be brought to Ranchi due to bad weather

Khunti (Jharkhand), Jul 8 (PTI) The body of a 25-year-old man from Jharkhand's Khunti district, who died in the Wayanad landslide in Kerala a day ago, could not be brought here on Wednesday due to inclement weather in Kerala, an official said. Khunti Labour Superintendent Walter Kujur told reporters at 9.20 pm that they received communication from the Kerala officials that the plane carrying the body could not take off due to heavy rains. Kujur, along with family members of the deceased person Anmol Dodrai, had been waiting at the Birsa Munda Airport in Ranchi for the arrival of his mortal remains. "We have been told that the body will reach Ranchi on Thursday morning," the official said. Ranchi's state migration control room team leader Shikha Lakra told PTI that Anmol Dodrai was a resident of Jariya panchayat area in Patpur under the Torpa block. Dodrai was among the three people killed in the landslide at a tunnel road construction site in the hill district of the southern state. “We have established contact with the Wayanad district administration and also with the relatives of the deceased youth. We are also trying to get adequate compensation through the Wayanad authorities for the deceased’s family,” Lakra said. Khunti Labour Superintendent Walter Kujur told PTI that they made arrangements for bringing the body of the deceased, who hailed from a poor family, from Ranchi to his ancestral village. Walter Hembrom, a neighbour and a relative of the deceased youth, said Dodrai was the sole breadwinner of the family. “Dodrai was the eldest son of his parents. He has two sisters and a younger brother, who is studying in school. One of the sisters is unmarried. I helped Dodrai complete graduation (BA) last year, after which he got a job as a worker in the tunnel project at Wayanad in February this year,” Hembrom said. PTI ANB BDC NN