Kerala Satheesan Visits Wayanad Mudslide Disaster Site, Meets Victims

Wayanad: Kerala Chief Minister VD Satheesan on Wednesday visited Wayanad Tunnel Area, where a massive landslide claimed three lives in Wayanad’s Kalladi village.

The CM met the victims who survived the disaster with injuries and assured them that all possible assistance would be provided to them.

CM Satheesan met the rescue operators and reviewed the situation along with state revenue minister AP Anilkumar and T Siddique, Kerala agriculture minister and elected assembly representative of the village.

Earlier today, CM Satheesan had announced that the Kerala government would provide Rs 5 lakh as immediate financial assistance to the next of kin of those killed in the landslide and steps were being taken to repatriate the bodies to their hometowns.

He also said that the state would cover the treatment costs of those injured in the incident.

The three people confirmed dead in the incident are migrant workers: Chandraban, an operator from Madhya Pradesh; Bikash Kumar, civil foreman from Bihar; and Anmol, a laborer from Jharkhand.

7 people injured in the incident were treated at Meppadi WIMS Hospital as of Tuesday night.