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. | Photo Credit: PTI There was tension at Chooralmala in Wayanad district on Sunday morning (February 23, 2025) when the police stopped a … Read more
The Meppadi grama panchayat authorities have prepared a primary list of Chooralmala landslide survivors for their rehabilitation. Panchayat president K. Babu told The Hindu that the list was compiled as per the district administration’s directives after examining the houses that were unfit for human habitation. Mr. Babu said the initial list included details of 520 … Read more
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress candidate for the byelection to the Lok Sabha from the Wayanad constituency, waves to her supporters during a roadshow in Wayanad. | Photo Credit: ANI Stepping up her attack against the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP), Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress leader and United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha byelection, … Read more
Public Works Minister P.A. Mohamed Riyas has said that the government has decided to allocate the Public Works department (PWD) quarters to victims of the Chooralmala landslide for temporary stay until their rehabilitation is completed. Addressing the media, Mr. Riyas said the department would utilise its 27 quarters, including 15 quarters at Kalpetta, six at … Read more
Staff at a restaurant at Sultan Bathery in Wayanad preparing food for the survivors of the landslide on Tuesday. Feeding the survivors of the landslide, rescuers, and media persons covering the disaster turned out to be the priority of those at ‘Sanchari by Chef Pillai’, the soon-to-be-launched restaurant at Sultan Bathery in Wayanad, on the … Read more
In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers prepare to head out to the site of a landslide that killed a number of people, in Suwawa on Sulawesi Island, Indonesia on July 8, 2024. Photo: BASARNAS via AP Rescue workers searched for dozens of missing people on July 9, … Read more
Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall on June 29 killed at least nine people including an entire family while they were sleeping in Nepal’s mountainous districts, officials said. The landslides buried houses in three separate areas in the country’s mountainous region, about 250 kilometers (156 miles) west of the capital, Kathmandu, according to Nepal’s National Disaster … Read more
A fresh landslide on Tuesday hampered efforts to insert steel pipes through the rubble of the collapsed tunnel here to bring out the 40 labourers trapped under the debris for two days. The falling debris injured two rescue workers, who were sent to the makeshift hospital established on the site. Drilling to insert the pipes … Read more
The United Democratic Front (UDF) has once again demonstrated its might in Puthuppally with its candidate Chandy Oommen winning by a landslide the byelection held to the Assembly constituency that was represented by his father Oommen Chandy for 53 years. When the final result of the byelection was announced, Mr. Oommen bagged 80,144 votes (61.17%) … Read more
Four persons were killed after a landslide in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, an official said on Thursday. NDRF teams have rushed to the site amid reports of at least 100 persons feared to be trapped, the official said. The landslide occurred around 11 p.m. on Wednesday at Irshalwadi village in Khalapur tehsil, the official said. Over … Read more