All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sushmita Dev and Saket Gokhale on Saturday met the disaster-affected communities in Wayanad and offered them support.
As the search and rescue operations are still underway in landslide-hit Wayanad, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor called for an active policy framework on disaster response and mitigation on Saturday and asserted that long-term responses from the government are needed to rehabilitate the people
The death toll in the massive landslides that occurred on July 30 in Chooralmala and Mundakkai of Wayanad stands at 308 as of Friday, Kerala Health Minister Veena George said.
The death toll in the massive landslides that occurred on July 30 in Chooralmala and Mundakkai of Wayanad stands at 308 as of Friday, Kerala Health Minister Veena George said.
According to the officials, 84 people are undergoing treatment in various hospitals in Wayanad, Kozhikode and Malappuram districts while 187 have been discharged.
The telecom infrastructure has been augmented and restored to provide continuous coverage in Wayanad by major telecom service providers, including BSNL, Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vi.
NDRF DIG Mohsen Shahidi said that over 200 deaths have been declared and bodies were being recovered on Thursday following the landslides in Kerala's Wayanad.
Speaking to ANI, Suresh said that the death toll has been increasing every day in Wayanad. He added that Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi did not go to Wayanad on Wednesday because of the weather conditions.