Wayanad Landslide Rescue operations are continuing for the fifth day today after the landslide in Wayanad. Even today, more than 1300 rescue workers are engaged in searching for people trapped in the landslide using heavy machinery and state-of-the-art equipment. So far, more than 344 people have died and 273 people are injured due to the landslide in Wayanad. Officials suspect about 300 people are missing. PTI, Wayanad. Wayanad Landslide Rescue operation is continuing for the fifth day since the massive landslide in Wayanad. Even today, more than 1300 rescue workers are engaged in searching for people trapped in the landslide using heavy machinery and state-of-the-art equipment.
Wayanad Landslide More than 340 People Died :
So far, more than 344 people have died due to the landslide in Wayanad. The special thing about the rescue operation is that private companies and volunteers specializing in the field of search and rescue have also joined the operation led by the army, police and emergency service units.
Kerala CM and his Wife Provided Financial Help :
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan contributed Rs 1 lakh and his wife T.K. Kamala contributed Rs 33,000 to the CMDRF (Chief Minister Disaster Relief Fund). Large boulders and logs brought by the landslide have piled up in residential areas of Mundakkai and Choorlamalla, posing a major challenge in rescue efforts to locate people trapped under the debris.
242 Migrant Labourers from Bengal Stranded :
West Bengal Labour Minister Moloy Ghatak said that 242 migrant labourers from the state are stranded in Kerala’s landslide-hit Wayanad district, and the rescue operation is underway. Radar drones have also been deployed in the rescue operation. The specialty of this drone is that it can search 40 hectares of land at a time while flying at a height of 120 metres from the ground.
The district administration mapped possible locations for rescue operations using GPS, took aerial photographs and cell phone location data in the past day. They have also used ground penetrating radar and cadaver dog squads to search for bodies buried under the debris.
