Families living on elevated eroding terrain await rehabilitation

Area became unstable after sand was mined off the foot of the hill over the past two decades

Whenever the sky turns overcast, 13 families at Keerelimala in Athani ward of Thrikkakara municipality start packing their bags.

The families, living precariously on the top and foot of a fast eroding elevated terrain, move in and out of the relief camp depending on the ferocity of the rain.

Last month, they spent nearly a week at the camp opened at Mar Athanasius High School at Kakkanad in the wake of unseasonal torrential rain.