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Landslides occurred in Mundakkai, Choorlamala, Attamala and Noolpuzha villages in Wayanad between 2 am and 4 am on the night of 29-30 July. Houses, bridges, roads and vehicles were washed away.
The Kerala High Court will hear the Wayanad landslide case today. The High Court itself took action on the landslide that occurred in Wayanad on July 30 and the death of 400 people in it. 10 days after the accident, 138 people are still missing, while thousands have become homeless.
A bench of Justices Jayasankaran Nambiar and VM Shyamkumar directed the registry to register the case. The court summoned the Advocate General and asked him to consider the matters including the law.
It also said that the government should think about what can be done legally to stop things like illegal mining and floods.
High Court said- many places in Kerala are sensitive zones
The bench said that some areas of Kerala are eco-sensitive zones. There is a need to reconsider whether sustainable development is possible here. If necessary, the existing rules and regulations in these cases should be repealed.
Updates from the last 24 hours…
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Wayanad on Saturday (August 10) to meet the victims. PM’s special flight will land in Kannur. From Kannur, he will conduct an aerial survey of the landslide-affected areas by helicopter. After this, he will meet the victims in relief camps, where more than 10 thousand people have taken shelter.
- Fraudster Sukesh Chandrashekhar has written a letter to Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan and appealed to accept Rs 15 crore in the Chief Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund. Sukesh, who is lodged in Mandoli jail, also wrote in the letter that he is promising to build 300 houses for the disaster affected people.
- The Kerala government has formed a task force to help Wayanad landslide victims with insurance claims for the losses they suffered. It will collect details about vehicle insurance, life insurance, home insurance, crop insurance and insurance for pets and animals.
Photos of Wayanad rescue operation…
Army personnel were seen searching for people in the mud and debris even on the 10th day.
Today is the 11th day of the search operation
So far, post-mortem of 420 bodies has been done in Wayanad. Today is the 11th day of the search operation. Body parts of 195 people have been found in the landslide affected villages and around the Cheliyar river. Their DNA samples have been sent for testing. 178 bodies have been handed over to the family and 233 bodies have been buried.
What is the reason for the landslide in Wayanad
Wayanad is in the North-East of Kerala. This is the only plateau area of Kerala. That is, an area with high and low mounds of soil, stones and trees and plants growing on it. According to the 2021 report of the Geological Survey of India, 43% of Kerala is affected by landslides. 51% of the land in Wayanad has hilly slopes. That is, the possibility of landslides remains very high.
The Wayanad plateau is situated in the Western Ghats at an altitude of 700 to 2100 meters. The Arabian Sea branch of the monsoon hits the Western Ghats of the country and rises up, so this area receives heavy rainfall during the monsoon season. Wayanad has the Kabini River. Its tributary Mananthavady originates from the ‘Thondaramudi’ peak. Flooding in this river due to landslides has caused heavy damage.
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