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Search Ops To Resume In Landslides-Hit Wayanad On Sunday
The search operation to find those who are still missing following the devastating landslides that hit Wayanad district on July 30, will resume on Sunday. The search operations were put on hold on Friday afternoon as the area was handed over to the SPG in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit.
PM Modi visited the disaster-hit Mundakkai and Chooralmala regions of the northern hilly district of Kerala.
Survivors of the landslides and kin of the victims would also be part of the search operations. “The state cabinet sub-committee on Saturday informed that the search operations will resume at 8 am on Sunday.The local representatives, volunteers and those in the camps, who wish to join the search operations, need to register before 9 am on Sunday,” the government said in a release.
It also said the Army will comb the downstream area of the Chaliyar river on Sunday.
Earlier in the day, Modi assured that the Central government will do all the efforts in helping Kerala in relief and rehabilitation as he visited the landslides-hit Wayanad district. He described the tragedy as nature displaying its furious form.
IMD Issues Orange Alert For Kerala Districts On Sunday
After a brief respite, several places in Kerala received intermittent rains on Saturday with the India Meteorological Department predicting very heavy rainfall in several districts in the upcoming days.
As per IMD’s latest update, the northern districts of Palakkad and Malappuram have been placed under an Orange alert on Sunday.
The Orange alert was issued in Pathanamthitta and Idukki for August 12 and for Pathanamthitta, Idukki, Palakkad, and Malappuram on August 13.
Meanwhile, the weather department also forecast heavy rainfall in Palakkad and Malappuram districts on Saturday and in Kozhikode, Idukki, and Wayanad districts on Sunday.
In view of the heavy rainfall alert, authorities warned people to be cautious and directed those living in dilapidated houses to move to safer places.
They also warned people to avoid crossing rivers and other water bodies or taking bath there in the wake of heavy rains.
