Local police on Thursday updated the death toll to 15 and said 113 others were missing after landslides in six villages of the mountainous district of Bulambulion Wednesday.
As the winter session of Parliament is set to start today, CPI (M) Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas has given zero-hour notice in the Rajya Sabha to discuss the issue of Wayanad landslides.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday lashed out at Centre, accusing it of neglecting the state's needs and failing to provide adequate disaster relief and financial assistance.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday lashed out at the centre and said that the BJP government has refused to declare Wayanad landslides a national disaster and has denied essential relief to victims. She called it a shocking injustice to victims of Wayanad landsli
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Friday hit out at the Congress party over its recent accusations regarding the Central government's response to the devastating floods and landslides that struck Kerala in the first week of August.
Rahul Gandhi has given up his seat in Wayanad to retain his seat in Raebareli. When the people of Wayanad faced the landslides, they did not have a representative to raise their issues in the Parliament," Navya Hariprasad told ANI.
India reaffirmed its support to Nepal by supplying the first consignment of components for 10 prefabricated steel bridges. This infrastructure support aims to restore road connectivity disrupted by recent devastating floods and landslides.
The Government of Nepal is set to bring in 20 bailey bridges from India to restore critical river crossings damaged by severe flooding and landslides in September. Nepal's Minister for Physical Infrastructures and Transport, Devendra Dahal, announced the decision during an inspection of the
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday visited landslides and flood-affected areas of Dalu in West Garo Hills and Atisia Songmong in South Garo Hills district and handed over an ex-gratia amount of Rs 4 lakh each for individuals who died in multiple landslides to the next of kin
The death toll caused due to floods and landslides in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills and South Garo Hills districts has risen to 15, per the Chief Minister Office.