Army personnel during the construction of a bailey bridge at Chooralmala area as part of a rescue operation after a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall, in Wayanad district, on August 1, 2024.
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There was tension at Chooralmala in Wayanad district on Sunday morning (February 23, 2025) when the police stopped a group of survivors of the 2024 landslide from taking out a march in protest against the alleged delay in providing rehabilitation to them.
According to reports, the protest is being organised under the leadership of the Jana Shabdam Action Committee. The protesters were planning to construct makeshift huts on the landslide-affected area around 9 a.m. However, their march was blocked by the police near the makeshift Bailey Bridge in Chooralmala. This led to altercations between the police and the people who demanded that the rehabilitation process be fast-tracked and they be allotted more than five cents of land that has already been announced. They also claimed that the names of many genuine beneficiaries were missing from the official list of people affected by the Chooralmala-Mundakkai landslide, who are eligible for rehabilitation. A sit-in protest was staged later.
Published – February 23, 2025 03:55 pm IST