Patient carried on makeshift bamboo stretcher to hospital in Keralam’s Edamalakkudy; fourth incident in a month
Tribespeople carry a patient on a makeshift bamboo stretcher from Parappayarkudy to Keppakkady at Edamalakkudy in Idukki on Monday (August 31, 2026). | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The lack of proper roads and bridges continues to severely disrupt daily life for the Muthuvan tribal community in Edamalakkudy, Keralam’s first tribal panchayat near Munnar. Transporting critically…