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.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami conducted a field inspection of rescue and relief operations in the areas affected by heavy rains and disasters in Beheda area of Tehri Garhwal district.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami held a review meeting with officials at the State Emergency Operation Centre on Thursday morning, to assess the situation of rescue and relief operations in areas affected by heavy rainfall.
Major General VT Mathew, General Officer Commanding, Karnataka and Kerala Sub Area on Thursday said that more than 100 bodies have been recovered after multiple devastating landslides struck Wayanad in Kerala, adding that over 500 Army personnel are engaged in the search and rescue operat
After two massive landslides struck Wayanad, Kerala, on Tuesday morning, causing extensive destruction, rescue operations are being intensified, political leaders are engaged in discussions, and financial aid is being mobilized for the region.
The number of people who died in the landslides that struck the hilly areas of Meppadi in Wayanad district on Tuesday following incessant rainfall has gone up to 167, the Kerala Revenue Department said today.
In the wake of the devastating landslide in Kerala's Wayanad district, Union Minister George Kurien visited the affected area on Wednesday to assess the ongoing rescue operations.
"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.
"This is not a time for blaming each other. We are currently confronting a disaster, and many people are left in desperate and destitute conditions. Act now to rescue those who can be saved and locate those who are buried. Push hard to restore the area and rebuild the lost village. Keepin
The cubs were rescued from Midghat track, Budhni in Sehore district and brought to Van Vihar National Park where one cub died on Tuesday morning and another one on Wednesday.
The doctor and his wife, together with another doctor couple, were on vacation when the when the area was hit by landslides. Two other doctors have been rescued and undergoing treatment while a third doctor is still missing.