Wayanad landslide: One more body recovered, death toll rises to 4
Speaking to mediapersons, Kerala Minister AP Anilkumar said that the body was recovered from zone 1 of the search area in the morning.
Speaking to mediapersons, Kerala Minister AP Anilkumar said that the body was recovered from zone 1 of the search area in the morning.
A massive landslide struck near the under-construction Anakkompoyil-Kalladi-Meppadi twin-tunnel road site on Tuesday turned Wayanad into a disaster zone again.
Kerala Chief Minister VD Satheesan said that he has directed Revenue Minister A.P. Anil Kumar and Agriculture Minister T. Siddique to reach the spot.
On the occasion, the Congress leader praised the resilience and compassion of Wayanad residents, saying, “You lost a lot, but not your courage or your humanity.”
Kumar accused the BJP of indulging in politics and using the disaster as a tool to “financially choke” the state that he said has consistently rejected the saffron outfit’s agenda.
The landslide in Wayanad has caused immense destruction, with hundreds of lives lost and thousands rendered homeless.
On the first anniversary of the disaster on Wednesday, many survivors visited the site where their loved ones were buried, recalling their memories and placing flowers on the graves.
The construction work of the model township for the rehabilitation of the Mundakai-Churalmala landslide victims commenced on Saturday morning at the Elstone Estate near Kalpetta.
The Kerala government will lay the foundation stone for a township for the rehabilitation of the survivors of the devastating landslides at the Mundakai-Churalmala in Wayanad on March 27.
Workers of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) stormed the Wayanad Collectorate in Kalpetta on Friday, accusing the Centre and state governments of neglecting the rehabilitation of survivors of Mundakkai-Chooralmala landslides, which caused widespread devastation in Wayanad last year.
