Tree felling to blame for Kodagu landslides
(WorldNews India)

Bengaluru: The hills are coming down in ‘Coffee Land,’ Kodagu with a virtual exodus of residents as incessant rains battered the picturesque district. Old-timers blamed the calamity on reckless construction activity and indiscriminate felling of trees. Fear has gripped people in the ‘Kashmir of Karnataka’ as they really don't know when the hills will come down on them. Three days ago, several houses had slid from...