Kerala govt to provide Rs 6 lakh ex gratia to kin of Wayanad landslide victims
In cases where the deceased has no immediate family, the aid will be given to the closest relatives, provided they present a succession certificate, he said.
In cases where the deceased has no immediate family, the aid will be given to the closest relatives, provided they present a succession certificate, he said.
Following the heavy rain, the footoverbridge constructed over the Chooralmala river for search and rescue operations was destroyed by the raging river. The cow that was swept away by the gushing riverwaters was rescued by fire force personnel with much effort.
The Kerala Bank decided to write off all the loans disbursed from its Chooralmala branch, considering the exceptional situation in landslide-hit areas in Churalmala and Mundakkai in Wayanad .
A honeymoon trip to the picturesque Wayanad turned into a heart-wrenching nightmare for two Odisha young women medical professionals
During the visit, Modi is scheduled to conduct an aerial survey of the worst-affected areas, followed by an on-ground assessment of the ongoing rescue and relief operations.
Kerala is once again in the news for an extreme weather event, as its Wayanad district reels from destruction wreaked by one of the most devastating landslides triggered by incessant monsoon rains.
Pinarayi Vijayan said the Union Minister Bhupender Yadav is levelling false allegations, without even the slightest understanding of the hilly region of Kerala.
Meanwhile, rescue operations to trace the missing persons continued on Tuesday, eight days after the disaster.
Famous environmental scientist Madhav Gadgil ,who was the chairman of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), has termed the disaster in Wayanad a man-made tragedy, attributing it to the Kerala government's failure to implement crucial ecological recommendations.
According to information given by the district administration as many as 2514 people belonging to 723 families are staying in 16 relief camps functioning in the district.
