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Around 900 families were displaced owed to the landslides, leaving 3 hamlets astir deserted.
The Union authorities informed Kerala that the Wayanad landslides of July 30 cannot beryllium declared a nationalist calamity, and expressed the presumption that capable funds are disposable with the authorities for alleviation operations.
The authorities authorities had sought assistance of Rs 900 crore from the Centre towards the alleviation and rehabilitation of the radical affected by the tragedy, which killed 231 and near 47 others inactive missing. Around 900 families were displaced owed to the landslides, leaving 3 hamlets astir deserted.
“Under the existing provisions of SDRF/NDRF, determination is nary proviso to state immoderate calamity arsenic nationalist disaster,” Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said successful a missive to Kerala government’s peculiar typical successful Delhi, K V Thomas.
The Union curate said superior work for catastrophe absorption rests with the state. “I would similar to accidental that an magnitude of Rs 388 crore has been allotted to Kerala for 2024-25. The archetypal instalment of Rs 145.60 crore was released connected July 31 and the 2nd instalment of Rs 145.60 crore connected October 1. Besides, the Accountant General, Kerala, has reported a equilibrium of Rs 394.99 crore successful SDRF relationship arsenic connected April 1, this year. Thus, capable funds are disposable successful the SDRF relationship for alleviation operations,” the missive said.
A cardinal authorities squad had visited the landslide-affected areas and based connected a study from the team, the Centre had taken enactment arsenic per the established procedure, the missive said.
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