The Kerala Governor also mentioned that the Prime Minister immediately gave instructions to all the agencies of the central government, particularly the defence forces after getting the information of the disaster.
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.
Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal launched a scathing attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remark that a 'raid is being planned', saying that the latter is leveling false allegations against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to divert attention from Wayanad landslides that claimed t
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday alleged that BJP and Congress were indulging in politics over the loss of life and property in natural disasters in different parts of the country and there is a need to pay urgent attention to "imbalanced growth" and environmental degrada
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
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said that the state government will construct 100 houses for victims of the landslide-hit Wayanad in Kerala.
The MLAs of the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Kerala will donate one month's salary- Rs 50,000- as a contribution to the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund for the affected in Wayanad landslides.
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.
As many as 78 naval personnel have been deployed to carry out rescue and relief operations at multiple locations in Chooralmala and Mundakkai areas of Kerala's Wayanad following landslides.
The Chief Minister said that 206 people are still missing and 83 are undergoing treatment at various hospitals in Wayanad, Kozhikode and Malappuram districts.
The death toll in the massive landslides that occurred on July 30 in Chooralmala and Mundakkai of Wayanad stands at 308 as of Friday, Kerala Health Minister Veena George said.
Mohanlal was pictured dressed in Army uniform as he visited the affected sites this morning. The actor, who is also a Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Territorial Army met with the Army personnel carrying out the rescue operations on site.