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The landslide that occurred on July 30 killed 308 people and injured hundreds more. (Photo credit: X)
Neetu was apparently talking to a staff member at Dr. Moopen's medical college, who asked for all the details and assured that help was on the way.
Neethu Jojo, a woman staff member at a private hospital in Wayanad, was probably one of the first to inform emergency services about the devastating landslide on July 30, but she was killed before rescuers could arrive. died.
An audio recording of her calling for help for herself and several other families trapped in their homes after the first wave of devastating landslides hit Chooralmala here went viral.
According to the recording, she recounted the horrific details of what she faced when the first wave of landslides hit her home in the early hours of July 30.
In her distress call, she was heard saying water was flowing inside her house, which was surrounded by debris, including cars that had been swept away in the landslide.
She said in the recording that five or six families who used to live near her home came to the relatively safe place of her home to take refuge from the attacks of nature.
Neetu was apparently talking to a staff member at Dr. Moopen's medical college, who asked for all the details and assured that help was on the way.
She was probably one of the first whistleblowers of the incident, but unfortunately she could not be rescued and her body was found days later.
In a recording of the call, she can be heard saying she was making panic calls to everyone she knew.
“There's been a landslide in Chooralmala. I live behind the school. Can someone come and help us?” she was heard saying on the phone.
Neethu's first call was to Dr Shanavas Palliyal, deputy general manager of Dr Moopen Medical College, where she was working as an office clerk in the school of nursing.
“She sounded in agony and was calling for help. I immediately informed the police and our ambulance set off from the hospital to Chooralmala. The road was blocked as trees were uprooted.
“Our ambulance driver and another staff member were in regular contact with her, but after the second wave of landslides, the contact was lost,” Paliyar told PTI.
Ambulances and emergency personnel were unable to reach Nittu as the Chooralmala bridge was washed away.
However, her husband Jojo, their children and Jojo's mother survived the landslide.
“It appears that after the first landslide, she and other neighbors were trapped in a room and unable to escape before the next landslide occurred,” Paliyar said.
Four hospital staff, including Neethu, lost their lives in the devastating landslides that hit Mundakkai and Chooralmala.
The side of the house where she and others were trapped was destroyed in a landslide.
Around three bodies were found in the area, while Neetu's body was recovered from elsewhere.
(This article has not been edited by News18 staff and is published by PTI)
