Around 200 people were feared to have been buried alive in Sri Lanka after a deadly landslide destroyed the homes of mostly Indian origin tea plantation workers with weak chances of any survivors being found even as India offered help to deal with the disaster.
The landslide struck on Wednesday due to heavy rains and wiped out 120 workers’ homes at the Meeriabedda tea estate in the central Badulla district. “I have visited the scene and from what I saw I don’t think there will be any survivors,” Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said.
