Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Tuesday visited the Health Department Directorate and assessed the ongoing arrangements following massive landslides that struck the Meppadi area in Wayanad.
Minister Rajesh said that 250 people have been rescued so far and were shifted to temporary shelters. He added that rescue operations are undertaken on war-footing.
The NDRF is conducting search and rescue operations on a war footing. The second team is on its way to further strengthen the response operation. My condolences to the families of the deceased and prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured, Shah said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of deceased in the landslides that hit Kerala's Wayanad on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and assured all possible help from the Centre after massive landslides hit Wayanad in the early hours of Tuesday as heavy rainfall continued in Kerala.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan expressed grief over the deaths of three students following flooding in a coaching centre in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar on Saturday evening.
CPI MP P Sandosh Kumar expressed his disappointment with the Union Budget 2024 and said that this is an anti-federal budget and Kerala did not get anything. He alleged that the budget was prepared arbitrarily to save the alliance and should be scrapped and reforms should be introduced based