Kerala floods LIVE: Rahul Gandhi meets flood-affected people in Chengannur

Over 350 people have lost their lives so far and 869,000 are still in relief camps, with Kerala facing a loss of around Rs 20 billion

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Over 50,000 metric tonnes of food grains have made available, with more quantities in the pipeline. Arrangements are being made to airlift 100 metric tonnes of pulses by Mondy, with more to be sent by train.

 

"Over 9,300 kilolitres of kerosene has been made available while another 12,000 kilolitres will be allocated. The LPG bottling plant in Kochi has also been reopened," the NCMC was told.

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The Indian Railways said that two special trains will be run on Monday from Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam to Kolkata and that the train services are expected to be restored on all lines in Kerala by Monday evening.

 

The Railways said it would provide blankets and bedsheets to the affected people in Kerala.

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“The focus of the state government will be to bring life back to normalcy even as rescuing the people stranded in remote areas continues. Rehabilitation of the affected will be taken up with the cooperation of the local people,” Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Sunday.

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Keralite sacked from Gulf firm over insensitive remarks about flood victims

A Gulf firm has fired a man from Kerala after he made insensitive comments on a social media post on the plight of the flood-hit victims in the state.

 

The company, Lulu Group International dismissed Rahul Cheru Palayattu, who worked as a cashier at the company's branch in Oman after he mocked the sanitation requirements of the flood victims in Kerala on Facebook, Dubai-based Khaleej Times reported.

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Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MPs to donate their one month salary to Kerala Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund

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Kerala Floods: First commercial flight lands at INS Garuda Kochi Naval Air Station after Cochin International Airport got affected due to floods.

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Assam to give Rs 3 cr to Kerala for flood relief

 

Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal announced Rs 30 million assistance to flood-hit Kerala on Sunday. "The Government of Assam would extend financial aid of Rs 3 crore (Rs 30 million) to Kerala government in view of the devastating flood in the southern state," an official release said quoting the chief minister.

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Centre directs more focus on food, medicine, restoration of vital services in flood-hit Kerala

The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) today directed the central ministries to focus on providing essential commodities and medicine and restoration of vital services in flood-hit Kerala.

 

The NCMC, headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha, in its review meeting directed that focus should now be on provision of emergency supplies of food, water, medicines and restoration of essential services such as power, fuel, telecom and transport links as flood water recedes in Kerala.

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No heavy rains in Kerala from tmrw; 633,000 people in relief camps: NDMA

The NDMA today said there will be no heavy rains in the flood-hit Kerala for the next four days, giving a ray of hope to the distraught people of the state.

 

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) also said more than 33,000 people have been rescued by different agencies from the flood affected areas of the state. Over 633,000 people are currently staying in relief camps, it added.

 

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846,680 people in relief camps: Kerala CM

A total of 846,680 people made homeless by devastating floods in Kerala are sheltering in 3,734 camps and the last stage of rescue operations is now on, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Sunday.

 

"Our prime concern was to save lives. It appears it has been met," Vijayan told the media amid reports that the floods, the worst since 1924, have left around 370 people dead and led to widespread destruction.

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Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur appeals to food processing firms to donate

 

Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Sunday appealed to all food processing industries to come to the aid of the flood-ravaged people of Kerala by generously donating processed food products.

 

In a statement, Badal said the flood-affected people of Kerala, thousands of whom have been rendered homeless, need processed food items urgently.