Wayanad Landslides: Over 2,500 People Staying In Relief Camps At Affected Areas – News18
The landslides, which occurred on July 30, have claimed 308 lives and left hundreds injured. (Image: X)
Landslide-hit people are staying at 16 rescue camps in Meppadi and other village panchayats. Out of them, 599 are children and six are pregnant women
More than 2,500 people, including 599 children and six pregnant women, whose lives have been shattered by deadly landslides, are staying in various relief camps in Kerala’s Wayanad.
According to the latest official figures released by the chief minister’s office (CMO), a total of 16 rescue camps are there in Meppadi and other village panchayats in the hill district where the landslide-hit people are staying. As many as 2,514 people belonging to 723 families are in the camps of which 943 are male, 972 are female and 599 are children, the CMO said.
Authorities said out of the total number of women in the relief camps, six are pregnant. As per the government figures till Sunday evening (August 4), 221 bodies and 166 body parts have been recovered so far. The number of missing people has gone down to 180 from the earlier 206 after the authorities were able to get in touch with some of them over the phone.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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