“I have been taking information about the landslide since the time I heard about the incident. All agencies of the Central Government Those who could have helped in the disaster were immediately mobilized. This disaster is not normal. The dreams of thousands of families have been shattered. I have seen the situation on the ground. I met the victims “In the relief camps that faced this disaster, I also met the injured patients in the hospital,” said the Prime Minister.
Modi on Saturday visited the landslide-ravaged areas of Wayanad district in Kerala and walked through disaster-hit Chooralmala to get a first-hand view of the destruction caused by the July 30 landslides.
He also visited one of the relief camps, which houses many of those displaced by the massive landslides, and interacted with some of the survivors, including two children who lost their loved ones in the disaster that has claimed more than 200 lives.
Prime Minister Modi The Prime Minister arrived in the hill district by helicopter from Kannur airport. He walked around the affected regions to assess the damage. Later, the Prime Minister visited the Meppadi camp at around 2.30 pm and spent nearly half an hour there, interacting with some of the survivors. He spoke to them, listened to their concerns and needs and tried to console them, according to footage shown on television channels.
Modi placed his hands on the heads and shoulders of the victims as they broke down in tears while narrating their ordeal to the Prime Minister. Before landing in Kalpetta, Modi conducted an aerial survey of the landslide-ravaged areas of Chooralmala, Mundakkai and Punchirimattam villages aboard an Indian Air Force helicopter. He landed at SKMJ Higher Secondary School in Kalpetta and then travelled by road to Chooralmala, where the army had built a 58-metre-long Bailey bridge after the disaster. The Prime Minister walked on the bridge, while inspecting the damage. After reaching Chooralmala, Modi got down from his vehicle, interacted with rescue personnel, state Chief Secretary V Venu and district officials, and surveyed the area, strewn with rocks and debris, on foot. He was accompanied by Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Union Minister Suresh Gopi. Modi, Khan, Vijayan and Gopi also walked on the Bailey Bridge as officials briefed the PM about the situation on the ground and the rescue operations being carried out. In the aerial survey, he saw the source of the landslide, which is at the source of the Iruvazhinji Puzha river.
He also observed the worst-affected areas of Punchirimattam, Mundakkai and Chooralmala. Hundreds of people gathered on the roadsides along the route taken by the Prime Minister’s convoy to Chooralmala to catch a glimpse of him. As many as 226 people have lost their lives and over 130 are still missing in one of the worst calamities to hit Kerala in the early hours of July 30.
(With PTI inputs)
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