On 6 August 2020, 66 people died in Pettimudi, Idukki in the South Indian state of Kerala due to a landslide.
[2][3] The boulder burst from the border of the Iravikulam National Park with a loud noise and fell into the Pettimudi river destroying the labor camps two kilometers below.
The area got covered with soil up to a height of ten feet and huge rocks fell in many places.
The possibility of an air rescue mission was also sought but the attempt was not made due to bad weather.
A 10-month-old Belgian Malinois police dog, Lily, found the bodies of three people buried under the ground.