"It is feared that by the time the rescue operation is over we will have lost more than 200 lives...Not everything in our country is politics," Tharoor said.
West Bengal Governor CV Anand Bose said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is fully committed to providing all necessary support for the rescue and relief operations in the Wayanad tragedy.
Congress MP KC Venugopal said on Wednesday that there is a need for maximum support from the Central Government, State Government, and all other state governments to effectively address the tragedy in Wayanad.
The Commandant of the Para Regimental Training, Brigadier Arjun Seagan, said that 500 to 600 personnel from the NDRF, army, state police, forest officials, and volunteers have been carrying out the rescue operations on Wednesday.
The Indian Army has ramped up its rescue operations in Kerala's Wayanad following devastating landslides, successfully evacuating more than 1,000 people from affected areas to safety. As of Wednesday morning, the bodies of around 70 victims have been recovered.
As many as 108 people lost their lives and 128 individuals were injured after massive landslides hit the hilly areas of Kerala's Wayanad earlier on Tuesday.
A high-level meeting was held under the leadership of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday to coordinate rescue operations in the landslide hit areas of Wayanad and discuss further steps on it.
Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said that more than 250 people have been evacuated to a safer location and 300 personnel have been deployed for the rescue operations after a landslide hit the Meppadi area of Kerala's Wayanad 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.
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.