Odisha landslide toll mounts to five as rescuers retrieve three more bodies

Bhubaneswar, Nov 5 (UNI) Rescuers recovered three more bodies from the Gidipabali landslide debris in Odisha's Ganjam district on Thursday, taking the death toll to five and vindicating the families' refusal to perform symbolic last rites for the missing. Eight people still remain unaccounted for. The death toll has risen to five with the recovery of a woman and two minor boys, identified as Bhumika Pradhan, Arun Pradhan and another boy. Eight people remain missing. The search operation resumed on Thursday after being suspended for a day due to difficult terrain and safety concerns. Around 100 personnel from the Fire…