Landslide kills bus driver, 300 rescued in Nilgiris after heavy rain

A TNSTC bus driver was killed when a landslide hit his bus at Burliyar on the Coimbatore–Nilgiris border after 250 mm of rain in 24 hours triggered multiple landslips on ghat roads. Rescue operations saved 300 people, including schoolchildren. The event highlights infrastructure vulnerability in the Nilgiris during extreme rainfall, with ongoing risk of further slides.

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