’No one left alive in Mundakkai landslide hit area”, says Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan

’No one left alive in Mundakkai landslide hit area”, says Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan The state government has decided to ask the central government to declare the Wayanad landslides, which claimed over 275 lives as a national disaster. On this, the state government will officially ask the central government to take necessary action under the Disaster Management Act to declare it as a national disaster.

Tamil Nadu weather warning:IMD predicts heavy rainfall in Nilgiris,other districts for next 3 days

Tamil Nadu weather warning:IMD predicts heavy rainfall in Nilgiris,other districts for next 3 days Tamil Nadu weather forecast: Light to moderate rain with thunderstroms and lightning is likely at many places over Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Theni, Dindigul, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, and Kanyakumari districts, at a few places in other districts and over Puducherry and Karaikal.

Wayanad tragedy: ‘We had warned Kerala government of potential landslides’, says HM Amit Shah

Wayanad tragedy: ‘We had warned Kerala government of potential landslides’, says HM Amit Shah Amit Shan said that the NDRF team members were sent to Kerala a week ago, however the state government did not act as per the warnings issued by the central government.
Speaking in Parliament, Shah stated, “The Kerala government should have acted on the Centre’s early warnings and evacuated the residents from high-risk areas. Had they taken timely action, many lives could have been saved.”