Thousands of people in flood-hit areas in Kerala are battling all odds to survive as the death toll has touched over 300 in the past 10 days in the second spell of monsoon fury since August 8.
Thousands of people in flood-hit areas in Kerala are battling all odds to survive as the death toll has touched over 300 in the past 10 days in the second spell of monsoon fury since August 8.
In some relief, Kochi Naval airport has started operating commercial flights. The first commercial flight landed at INS Garuda Kochi Naval Air Station on Monday after the closure of the Kochi International airport till August 26 following flooding of the runway and airport areas in the heavy rains.
On Sunday, Union Civil Aviation minister Suresh Prabhu tweeted that his ministry has advised airlines to cap airfares to a maximum of Rs 10,000 for flights to and from Kerala and nearby airports. Though officially the capping came on Wednesday, on Sunday the ministry tweeted compliance of its directives.
Many are still stranded in their homes with no food and sheaths of water around them at various places in Alapuzha, Thrissur and Ernakulam districts.
At Chengannur in Alapuzha district, at least 5,000 are stranded, according to revenue officials. Many people are still stranded as they prefer to be in their homes.
The number of those displaced in the torrential rains has been put at 7.24 lakh by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who also said most of the affected had been rescued and the government's focus would now be their rehabilitation.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had undertaken an aerial survey of some of the flood affected regions yesterday and reviewed the situation. The Centre had sanctioned Rs 500 crore as immediate assistance to the state.
Along with personnel of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and the NDRF, hundreds of fishermen and local people are engaged in relief operations.
14:31 IST Monday, 20 August 2018
► Supreme Court judges will contribute to Kerala flood relief fund
"We are also making some contribution. Judges of this court are also making contribution for the flood relief fund," the bench said.
14:31 IST Monday, 20 August 2018
► Around 70 teams are present there with boats, life vests & food packets. Places where light & helicopters cant reach my boys have reached: General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command, Lt Gen DR Soni
4:30 IST Monday, 20 August 2018
Kerala floods: We need electricians, plumbers and carpenatrs to put life back , says Union Minister KJ Alphons
► Today we have close to a million people in relief camps. District collectors are working as coordinators and providing supplies. Central forces are providing amazing service to Kerala. Biggest heroes are fishermen. 600 boats are rescuing people.
Alphons also said that the state need hundreds of thousands of electricians, plumbers, carpenatrs to rush to Kerala. "We don't need clothes/food.People with technical capabilities are required to put life back into Kerala."
12:08 IST Monday, 20 August 2018
► Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu called a review meeting on #KeralaFloods with Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha Harivansh and other senior officials of Rajya Sabha and Vice President Secretariat and decided to donate a month’s salary for relief measures.
11:54 IST Monday, 20 August 2018
► Indian Navy rescue team joined six ropes across a stream in Thrissur yesterday rescuing 109 people who were stranded on the other side after the bridge over it collapsed
11:53 IST Monday, 20 August 2018
Shiv Sena Yuva Sena Chief Aaditya Thackeray said that all party MPs and MLAs will contribute their one month salary to the Kerala Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.
9:26 IST Monday, 20 August 2018
8:40 IST Monday, 20 August 2018
► Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MPs to donate their one month salary to Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund
8:34 IST Monday, 20 August 2018
► First commercial flight lands at INS Garuda Kochi Naval Air Station
8:30 IST Monday, 20 August 2018
► Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today said his state would give Rs 3 crore aid to rain-ravaged Kerala,
8:29 IST Monday, 20 August 2018
► Kerala floods: Telangana Dy CM to donate one month's salary
Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali has decided to donate his one-month salary. As a gesture of support, Telangana Home Minister, Nayani Narshimha Reddy also handed over a cheque of Rs 25 crore to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday.
8:20 IST Monday, 20 August 2018
► NCMC asks to focus on food, medicine supply
National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) on Sunday directed the central ministries to focus on provision of emergency supplies of food, water, medicines and restoration of essential services in the southern state.
So far
► At least 600 are stranded in the church and no help has come from any quarter so far, an angry survivor in chest deep water told a television channel. "There is no food or drinking water... no one has so far come to help us."
► Over 2 lakh people in Thrissur district are in relief camps, he said.
► The railways have cancelled at least 18 trains, partially cancelled nine and diverted today's Kanyakumari-Mumbai CST express train via Nagercoil, Tirunelveli, Madurai, Dindigul and Erode.
► With several stretches across the state being destroyed, the services of the Kerala State Transport Corporation and private buses has also been affected.
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