A debris slip at a road tunnel construction site in Wayanad (a hilly district in the southern Indian state of Kerala) has killed three migrant workers and left five others missing, with search teams using cadaver dogs and NDRF units scouring four designated zones amid ongoing monsoon rains. The three confirmed dead — identified as workers from the central Indian states of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand — were struck when excavated soil accumulated at the Wayanad–Kalladi tunnel project site gave way during extreme rainfall of 265 mm in 24 hours. Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan has ordered a detailed government probe and said construction work on the tunnel, intended to link Wayanad with the coastal city of Kozhikode, will not resume until investigators determine whether the contractor violated environmental clearance conditions — a question that has become contentious, with state officials calling the incident a man-made disaster while the construction company denies responsibility.