Perumannu
Perumannu | |
|---|---|
village | |
  Perumannu Location in Kerala, India | |
| Coordinates: 11°59′05″N 75°34′51″E / 11.98472°N 75.58075°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kannur |
| Government | |
| • Body | Padiyoor-Kalliad Grama Panchayat |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 670593 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-KL |
| Vehicle registration | KL-78 |
| Nearest Town | Irikkur (2.8 km) |
| Sex ratio | Mattanur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kannur |
Perumannu is a village in Padiyoor-Kalliad panchayat in Kannur district of Kerala, India. It is located on State Highway 36 near Irikkur on the way towards Iritty.
Incidents
On 4 December 2008, ten school children were killed and twelve injured in a road accident at Perumannu, when a Jeep hit the children as they were on their way home from school. One of the injured victims died a few days later, raising the death toll to 10 children. And the driver gets ten years of imprisonment and Rs.1 lakh fine for rash driving by the Thalassery additional district court.
Transportation
The national highway passes through Taliparamba town. Mangalore and Mumbai can be accessed on the northern side and Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east connects to Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway station is Kannur on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There are airports at Mangalore and Calicut.
References
- ↑ "Routes & Locations". keralatourism.org.
- ↑ "Steps to ensure road safety". The Hindu. 6 December 2008.
- ↑ "Tearful adieu to children killed in accident". The Hindu. 6 December 2008.
- ↑ "Perumannu road accident victim buried". The Hindu. 15 December 2008.
- ↑ "Van mows down 9 school kids". The New Indian Express. 14 May 2012.
- ↑ "Driver gets 10-year RI for rash driving that took 10 lives". Times of India. 5 April 2019.
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