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

10:24 AM

MP Police donates money for Kerala flood relief

 

MP Police has donated Rs 1.31 crore to Kerala Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund. Further, all police personnel of MP will donate 1 day's salary for the same purpose, says Madhya Pradesh DGP Rishi Kumar Shukla

 

10:23 AM

8:29 AM

SC judges to contribute to Kerala flood relief fund: CJI

 

The judges of the Supreme Court will contribute Rs 25,000 each to the Kerala flood relief fund, said Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra yesterday

 

8:23 AM

Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy urges Centre to provide Rs 100 crore relief fund for rain-ravaged state's Kodagu district

 

"The Prime Minister has announced relief of Rs 500 Crore for Kerala, we expect at least Rs 100 Crore for Kodagu. We will request the central government for it. We have to repair roads for connectivity. We are taking help of the Army and the National Disaster Response Force," Kumaraswamy said

8:14 AM

8:13 AM

Kerala CM urges Centre for additional help, says six more lives lost yesterday

 

"The Centre said they will make all necessary requirements available to us but in today's situation what is most needed is the necessary help, equivalent to the total damages caused so far," Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said

 

 

8:11 AM

Train services partially restored in flood-hit Kerala

The train services in Kayankulam-Kottayam- Ernakulam and Palakkad-Shoranur-Kozhikkode sections have been resumed.

 

Trivandrum- Ernakulam section was also connected by passenger Special Trains for the flood period.

 

Heavy damages caused by the floods in Aluva- Thrissur, Thrissur-Shoranur, Kayamkulam-Kottayam- Ernakulam Shoranur-Tirur, Shoranur- Palakkad routes have been fixed.

 

Few special trains were started via Trivandrum, Tirunelveli, and Madurai to Chennai, Egmore, Howarah, Gorakhpur, Bhubaneswar routes to evacuate stranded people.

 

The traffic in Aluva- Thrissur, Thrissur-Shoranur sections was also restored.

8:10 AM

Declare Kerala floods a national calamity, says Chandrababu Naidu

 

"The Centre should declare it a national calamity. It's the responsibility of all to restore normalcy in Kerala," Naidu said. 

 

He said Andhra Pradesh has extended an assistance of nearly Rs 50 crore to flood-battered Kerala "through all means, including donations in cash".

 

The demand comes close on the heels of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, Left parties in Kerala and Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy making similar demands to the central governmen.

 

 

 

11:41 PM

Let-up in rain, floods makes Navy scale down rescue operations

The Southern Naval Command of the Indian Navy on Monday started scaling down 'Operation Madad' consequent to rains having reduced and floodwaters receding from many areas in Kerala, a defence press release said here.

 

As of 4.30 pm today, the 11th day of the operation, the number of diving teams has been reduced to 51, with 41 teams having returned after their rescue mission, the release said.

 

A total of 350 people was rescued by boats from this morning, the release said.

10:55 PM

Centre exempts relief goods from IGST, customs duty till Dec

 

The finance ministry has decided to exempt goods imported or supplied for flood relief operations in Kerala from basic customs duty/IGST till December 31, 2018, sources said.

 

A notification to this effect is likely to be issued tomorrow.

9:03 PM

One million in Kerala relief centres: Pinarayi Vijayan

Over one million people are now sheltered in 3,274 relief camps in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Monday, even as rains that have battered the state for a week finally abated.

 

A total of 602 marooned people were rescued on Monday, the Chief Minister told the media.

8:43 PM

Under its influence, Andhra northern coastal received copious amounts of rainfall in last 24 hours.Some parts of Visakhapatnam, East & West Godavari have received heavy to very heavy rainfall: India Meteorological Department

8:02 PM

7:56 PM

After Alliance Air, IndiGo to operate flights from Kochi naval base

 

IndiGo today said it would operate flights from the Kochi naval base from Tuesday, as domestic carriers look to provide more air connectivity to flood-ravaged Kerala.

7:03 PM