Many rescue teams deployed in Wayanad resumed their operations to trace people suspected to be trapped in the Wayanad landslides tragedy
Forest and district authorities in Kerala’s Wayanad started compiling the list of missing people since the tragedy on July 31 when the search for the trapped people resumed. Some of the measures being used include; Helicopters are being used to transport the affected people back from the scene.
Homes have expressed that their members have not been accounted for to date. As many as 45 Relief Camps have been established in Wayanad and 3069 people are accommodated in them. Many different rescue organizations had continued their operation early in the morning in search of people who are believed to be still trapped into the disaster that caused at least 150 people to die and 197 to be injured.
In response to the calamity the Kerala Government announced July 30 and 31 as mourning days. Innocent civilians losing their lives in terror attacks deserves an amplification of security; instead, they again fallen prey to the brutal terror attacks last night in J&K; the Prime Minister, however, announced an ex-gratia payment of ₹2 lakh to the tune of the next of kin of the deceased and ₹ 50,000 to the injured. They Kerala Government has also set up two control rooms for receiving the panic calls from the people (9656938689 & 8086010833).
Research shows that the effects of climate change, as well as environmental pollution, are fruitful sources of death. It may be noted that, thanks to climatic change, fragile geographical location and deforestation, the long-term researches pointed to the possibility of the terrible landslides happened in Wayanad district in Kerala.
Over 70 dead in Wayanad landslides & flooding in Kerala. The death toll is likely to increase in the coming hours as rescue ops continue. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has spoken to Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Army’s role in rescue ops along with NDRF, SDRF etc. pic.twitter.com/03S4yzR6tD
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) July 30, 2024
In a landslide atlas published in 2015 by the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) National Remote Sensing Centre, 10 out of the 30 most susceptible districts in India for landslides are in Kerala of which Wayanad comes in at 13th. It identified 0. Landslide-prone area is reported to be 09 million square kilometers in the Western Ghats and the Konkan hills (Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra).
“The vulnerability of inhabitants and households is comparatively higher in the Western Ghats region because the population and household’s density is very high; particularly in the state of Kerala,” the report added. Some scholars have affirmed that due to climate change, landslides are becoming common in the Western Ghats region, which is the one of the eight mega biodiverse hotspots in the world.
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