After landslides wreaked havoc in Kerala's Wayanad, Congress MLA and KPCC General Secretary T Siddique said on Sunday that their main focus is to rebuild every person's life, shelter, livelihood and education.
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED)'s Srinagar unit conducted searches at six locations in Leh, Jammu, and Sonipat (Haryana) in connection with a cryptocurrency scam and seized Rs 1 crore cash along with incriminating documents and property records.
In a statement, Glacier National Park officials said, "After weeks of searching, rangers at Glacier National Park believe they have recovered the body of 26-year-old Siddhant Vitthal Patil from India today after Patil fell into Avalanche Creek on July 6, 2024, and drowned."
The search and rescue operations in Wayanad, Kerala, have entered the sixth consecutive day on Sunday, as several people are still feared trapped in the debris.
Search and rescue operations are currently underway in flood-affected Samej village near Rampur in Shimla district following catastrophic cloudbursts in different areas of Himachal Pradesh.
Indian Air Force on Saturday airlifted one ZAWER and four REECO radars from Siachen and Delhi to fasten the search operations in the landslide-affected areas of Wayanad.
During their morning combing operation along the river banks from Mundakai to Soochipara, the ICG search team sighted three individuals stranded near the waterfalls. The presence of the survivors was immediately reported to the control centre at Mepadi.
47 people are still missing in various parts of the state including 36 missing in the Samej area In the Rampur Region of Shimla district. Rescue and search operations are continued in the region.
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
As the search and rescue operation continued in the landslide-affected areas in Rudraprayag to rescue the pilgrims stranded in Kedarnath and adjoining areas, the National Disaster Response Force said on Saturday that they have evacuated around 7,000 people from different places.
Mohanlal thanked all the rescue volunteers engaged in the search and relief operations in Chooralmala and Mundakkai where around 206 people are still feared trapped.