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Houses built by government in Wayanad’s Puthumala riddled with complaints
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Houses built by government in Wayanad’s Puthumala riddled with complaints

New Indian Express  

KALPETTA: Just a few kilometres from the Mundakkai-Chooralmala landslide site lies Puthumala, a stark reminder of the destruction caused by the 2019 landslide. While the community is still recovering from the disaster that claimed several lives, frustration runs high as the government’s promises remain unfulfilled. Despite the promises of rehabilitation and resettlement, the houses built by the government in Puthumala …

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Fatwa council: No need to disinter body parts of Wayanad landslide victims
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Fatwa council: No need to disinter body parts of Wayanad landslide victims

New Indian Express  

KOZHIKODE: The Council of Fatwa and Research of Darul Huda Islamic University has clarified that there is no need to exhume different body parts of the victims of Chooralmala and Mundakkai landslides, which are buried in different graves and to bury them again in one grave. Some victims were buried in five different graves as the body parts were recovered …

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Kerala govt envisages 3-phase project to rehabilitate survivors of Wayanad landslide
5 months ago

Kerala govt envisages 3-phase project to rehabilitate survivors of Wayanad landslide

New Indian Express  

CHOORALMALA / KOZHIKODE: The Kerala government is facing a formidable task in rehabilitating the survivors of the Wayanad landslide, who are currently sheltered in 16 camps around Meppadi. The government has to find temporary houses, preferably in Wayanad itself, for a total of 2,225 people from 648 families. A project with the help of the local bodies has been prepared …

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Wayanad landslides: 221 dead as agencies continue search ops
5 months ago

Wayanad landslides: 221 dead as agencies continue search ops

Hindustan Times  

The toll in Wayanad rose to 221 on Sunday, as rescue personnel from various agencies continued their search for landslide victims under the debris of three villages flattened on the morning on July 30. A release from the chief minister’s said that apart from the dead, 172 body parts were also retrieved from the affected areas, and from the Chaliyar …

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Wayanad landslide bears a resemblance to a dam break, says expert
5 months, 1 week ago

Wayanad landslide bears a resemblance to a dam break, says expert

The Hindu  

The landslide triggered by excess precipitation at Mundakkai in Mepadi panchayat, Wayanad, on Tuesday bore close resemblance to a dam break, C. Muraleedharan, Deputy Director General, Geological Survey of India, told The Hindu. According to a report compiled under the supervision of Mr. Muraleedharan after the 2019 tragedy, the realised 24-hour rainfall on August 7 and 8 was 259 mm …

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Hume Centre had alerted Wayanad district administration at least 16 hours ahead of landslide
5 months, 1 week ago

Hume Centre had alerted Wayanad district administration at least 16 hours ahead of landslide

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: Kalpetta-based Hume Centre for Ecology and Wildlife Biology, which has been collecting rainfall data from over 200 locations in Wayanad, had alerted the district administration about the possibility of landslides in Mundakkai and surrounding areas a full 16 hours prior to the disaster which claimed two villages. “We have a comprehensive rainfall monitoring system in Wayanad, with over 200 …

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Kerala landslides: Experts say change in land-use, forest cover likely triggers
5 months, 1 week ago

Kerala landslides: Experts say change in land-use, forest cover likely triggers

Hindustan Times  

The absence of forest cover and land use change such as construction activities and expansion of monoculture plantations may have exacerbated the impact of continuous heavy rainfall that triggered landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad on Tuesday and left at least 121 people dead and scores injured, experts said. This needs to be investigated further.” Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology scientist Roxy …

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Wayanad landslide: Army dogs that can sniff out life from under mud to be deployed
5 months, 1 week ago

Wayanad landslide: Army dogs that can sniff out life from under mud to be deployed

The Hindu  

Expertly-trained dogs, such as Belgian Malinois, Labradors, and German Shepherds, from the Army’s elite canine unit are on their way to the landslide-ravaged Meppadi in Wayanad. These dogs can smell human remains and even the faintest of breath buried deep under mud, These dogs have been trained for several years at the prestigious Remount Veterinary Corps Centre in Meerut, Uttar …

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Greens seek intervention against felling of trees on eco-sensitive area in Wayanad
2 years, 2 months ago

Greens seek intervention against felling of trees on eco-sensitive area in Wayanad

The Hindu  

Environmental organisations in Wayanad have urged for a quick intervention of the district administration in the alleged tree felling and illegal construction of a check dam across a tributary of the Chaliyar river at Thollayiram Kandi, a highly ecologically sensitive area in the hill district. Badusha, president Wayanad Prakruthi Samrakshana Samiti, said that the construction works for the check dam …

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‘Unscientific changes in land utilisation caused disasters in Wayanad’
2 years, 5 months ago

‘Unscientific changes in land utilisation caused disasters in Wayanad’

The Hindu  

A seminar on climate change and man-made disasters that concluded here on Tuesday stressed the need for conserving the remaining patches of forest in the State. The undesirable and unscientific changes in the utilisation of land in ecologically fragile areas were the major reasons behind the recent disasters in the district, P.U. The hill district, spread over 3.5 lakh hectares, …

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It was a different battle, and so was its commanding officer
5 years, 4 months ago

It was a different battle, and so was its commanding officer

Deccan Chronicle  

KOZHIKODE: The battle to save the people hit by the devastating landslide at Puthumala in Wayand was led by Wayanad sub-collector N.S.K. For 18 days from the time the calamity struck on August 8, Mr Umesh struggled hard along with over 800 workers and volunteers and relocated over 3,000 people and retrieved 11 bodies facing adverse weather and danger to …

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Toll in Kerala floods, landslides rises to 116; ground penetrating radars being used to locate bodies in Malappuram, Wayanad
5 years, 4 months ago

Toll in Kerala floods, landslides rises to 116; ground penetrating radars being used to locate bodies in Malappuram, Wayanad

Firstpost  

After the second spell of the monsoon rains triggered landslides in Kerala, over 80,000 people were shifted to relief camps. Thiruvananthapuram: Ground penetrating radars were put into use on Sunday to locate bodies at Kavalappara in Malappuram and Puthumala in Wayanad, where massive landslides had wiped out two villages, even as the toll in rain-battered Kerala climbed to 116 with …

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Kerala floods: Rahul Gandhi visits flooded areas in Wayanad, including worst-hit Puthumala area, assures help to victims
5 years, 4 months ago

Kerala floods: Rahul Gandhi visits flooded areas in Wayanad, including worst-hit Puthumala area, assures help to victims

Firstpost  

Wayanad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday visited flood-affected areas in his Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, including worst-hit Puthumala and assured all help to those hit by the calamity to rebuild their lives. He told flood-affected people at Meppadi and Kaithapoil that as their representative, he has spoken to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi “to …

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Kerala floods: Toll rises to 59; IMD issues red alert for 3 districts; Rahul Gandhi to arrive on two-day state visit today
5 years, 5 months ago

Kerala floods: Toll rises to 59; IMD issues red alert for 3 districts; Rahul Gandhi to arrive on two-day state visit today

Firstpost  

The death toll in the monsoon fury in Kerala rose to 59 on Sunday Thiruvananthapuram: The death toll in the monsoon fury in Kerala rose to 59 on Sunday with two bodies being recovered while there was a slight let-up in the rains in some regions in the state, officials said. They also discussed the search operations at Kavalappara and …

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Puthumala goes down with temple, mosque, cottages
5 years, 5 months ago

Puthumala goes down with temple, mosque, cottages

Deccan Chronicle  

WAYANAD: The Puthumala area at Kalladi, near Meppadi, lies devastated following the landslip that struck on Thursday evening burying an entire stretch of land with its temple, mosque, estate canteen and labourers’ cottages under the soil. The rescue workers were trying to recover the bodies trapped in mud and debris using logs of trees to keep them above the slush. …

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