Heartbreaking Viral Video: Loyal Dog Searches for Buried Owner After Landslide Near Shirur on NH66

The destruction of tragedies always leaves behind the whole scene in bits and pieces, in which people try to find the older things. Recently, a heartbreaking video surfaced on the internet after the landslide that happened near Shiruru on National Highway 66, where a whole hill collapsed on a shop near Shirur in Ankola taluk, and more than five people are suspected to be buried under the soil of this hill. 

And amidst all this, a dog was seen jumping around and smelling the leftover hill soil, and it was searching for its owner, who got buried under this sudden landslide and didn’t get a chance to leave the place. The viral video shows the dog roaming on the leftover soli and trying to smell the trace of his owner.

Check out the viral video:

The video was shared by @ns_subhash on X (formerly Twitter), in which he wrote, “A #Dog searches for its master on #NH66 on #Ankola-Shirali road where its owner lay buried beneath. About #10people are said to be buried alive due to landslide on this strtech in #UttaraKannadaDistrict.”

The video has garnered more than 25,000 views and over 200 likes. And people in the comment sections can be seen reminiscing about the prior instances where these tragedies happened. 

Users reactions to the post:

“Very tragic that people have lost their lives in landslide. Hope the canine’s trail leads him to them. Very poignant indeed!”

“IRB constructions has got the contract to widen the highway.

Many people have died due to this and there has been a demand for a hospital for a while for very same reason.

Now this is due to improper planing and unscientific quaring of mountain.”

“Nobody else can be so faithfull.... God bless....”

“Same kind of incident happened few years ago in Munnar where 80+ people got killed in a landslide.”

According to the reports, a portion of the hill collapsed on the National Highway 66 near Shirur village in Ankola taluk. And it washed away more than five people who were standing on the banks of the Gangavali River. Although the district administration has to confirm this incident.

Rescue and search operations are underway to find the missing individuals, but the overflowing Gangavali River is hampering them. A few days ago, the National Highway that connects Honnavar and Bengaluru was also stopped because of the debris.