LDF, UDF hold hartal in landslide-hit Wayanad over lack of Central assistance

Both the ruling and the absorption parties wanted the BJP-led national authorities to state the landslide calamity arsenic a nationalist catastrophe and supply required assistance for the alleviation and rehabilitation of the survivors astatine the earliest.

While the LDF alleged that the denying of Central assistance to Wayanad was owed to governmental reasons and the national authorities had grudges towards the state, the UDF criticised the Left authorities successful the authorities for the continuing plight of the landslide survivors.

In galore places, those supporting the hartal blocked vehicles, causing postulation snarls since morning.

The state-run KSRTC buses could beryllium seen operating successful respective areas with constabulary escorts.

Though comparatively little successful number, backstage vehicles were plying without immoderate hurdles.

In Lakdi, determination was a insignificant statement betwixt UDF workers and constabulary successful transportation with the blocking of vehicles.

Both LDF and UDF volition transportation retired protestation marches successful large centres of the territory aboriginal successful the day, sources said.

The state, past week, witnessed an aggravated governmental enactment pursuing the Centre’s caller missive to the authorities authorities stating that nether the existing guidelines of SDRF and NDRF, determination is nary proviso to state immoderate calamity a ‘national disaster”.

The disaster, which struck connected July 30, devastated ample parts of 3 villages –Punchirimattam, Chooralmala, and Mundakkai–along with sections of Attamala successful Wayanad.

As per the government, the deadly catastrophe claimed 231 lives, portion 47 radical are inactive missing.