Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will carry out an aerial survey of some of the flood hit areas of Kerala on Sunday as rescue operations in the state continue with 50,000 people shifted to relief camps.
Flash floods in Kerala have so far killed 37 people, officials said on Saturday, after torrential downpours led to landslides and overflowing reservoirs across the state.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will carry out an aerial survey of some of the flood hit areas of Kerala on Sunday as rescue operations in the state continue with 50,000 people shifted to relief camps.
The Army, Navy, Air Force, and the Coast Guard along with the National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) have been carrying out relief operations as the Ministry of Home Affairs is keeping a close watch on the situation.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who took an aerial survey, has made a personal contribution of Rs 1 lakh to the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund and has urged others to contribute.
He said Rs 10 lakh compensation would be given to people who lost their homes and land and Rs four lakh to those who lost a member of their family.
A home ministry statement said that 14 teams of NDRF consisting of 404 rescuers and 31 boats are deployed in various parts of flood-hit districts of Thrissur, Ernakulam, Alappuzha, Wayanad, Kozhikode and Idukki to assist the State administration in the relief and rescue operation as well as distribution of essential relief material and to provide medical support to affected people at the time of emergency.
So far, NDRF teams have rescued seven people and evacuated 398 others and 12 livestock.
"In view of possible inundation, NDRF teams are kept on standby in vulnerable locations and keeping close vigil over the development of the situation. Additional teams are also kept as standby at nearest NDRF battalion, Arakkonam and shall be mobilised, if required. Director General, NDRF, is supervising the ongoing rescue operations," the home ministry stated.
The Air Force has been involved in airlifting the NDRF teams who are carrying relief operations, while the navy and army have boots on the ground rescuing people.
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