Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Tuesday that 93 bodies have been recovered and 128 people have been injured after massive landslides hit hilly areas near Meppadi in Kerala's Wayanad district.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday condoled the loss of lives in the tragic landslides which hit the Meppadi area of Kerala's Wayanad, resulting in the death of 84 people.
The death toll has risen to 84 and around 116 injuries have been reported in the landslides that hit the Meppadi area of Kerala's Wayanad, the Kerala Revenue Minister's office said on Tuesday.
Kerala Chief Secretary V Venu said that over 80 bodies were recovered as rescue operations continued in the landslide-hit regions in Kerala's Wayanad on Tuesday.
According to the office of the State Revenue Minister K Rajan, at least 63 people were dead and a total of 116 people are reported to be injured in the landslides that hit the district in the early hours today.
The death toll has risen to 63 and around 116 people were injured in the landslides that hit the Meppadi area of Kerala's Wayanad, the Kerala Revenue Minister's office said on Tuesday.
Kerala Minister AK Saseendran confirmed that 54 people have died so far in the landslides that hit the Meppadi area in Wayanad in the early hours of Tuesday.
Reacting to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's "gaccha" remarks, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday hit back and said that CM Yogi ne Delhi ko gaccha diya hai (Yogi has fooled Delhi).
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge urged the central and state governments to expedite relief and rescue operations after landslides in Kerala's Wayanad claimed 24 lives on Tuesday.