Not less than 226 individuals died and lots of stay unaccounted for after Wayanad landslides
Wayanad (Kerala):
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday carried out an aerial survey of disaster-hit areas of this north Kerala district the place landslides claimed a whole lot of lives.
PM Modi performed aerial survey of the landslide-ravaged Chooralmala, Mundakkai, and Punchirimattom hamlets aboard an Indian Air Drive helicopter, on which he departed to Wayanad from Kannur Airport round 11.15 am.
He was accompanied by Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Union Minister of State for Tourism and Petroleum and Pure Fuel Suresh Gopi.
After the aerial survey, he’ll land on the SKMJ Greater Secondary Faculty in Kalpetta right here from the place PM Modi will proceed to sure landslides-hit areas by street.
His go to comes at a time when the Kerala authorities has sought Rs 2,000 crore in help for rehabilitation and aid work within the disaster-stricken area.
Not less than 226 individuals died and lots of stay unaccounted for after landslides hit the area on July 30 in what’s seen as one of many greatest pure disasters to have impacted the southern state.
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