T'gana Will Approach SC to Stop River-Link Project: CM

As rains continued to lash parts of Kerala, normal life was disrupted in many parts, especially in northern regions of the state, with river levels rising, homes getting inundated and 451 people being shifted to 26 relief camps on Wednesday.

- Press Trust of India

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Additionally, 104 houses have been completely destroyed and 3,772 houses have been partially damaged.

In Thrissur, hundreds of families were displaced when their homes were inundated after a temporary dam across a canal was washed away due to the large volume of water arriving there from the Karuvannur river following heavy rains. CPI MLA C C Mukundan, who visited the relief camps in the city's Cherpu area, said that all kinds of government assistance have been made available to the people in the camps.

Kannur and Kasaragod, where the India Meteorological Department (IMD) sounded an orange alert for the day, also reported similar instances of inundation.

An orange alert means very heavy rain of 11 cm to 20 cm.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that Kerala was likely to receive heavy rainfall in the next five days due to probable intensification of a cyclonic circulation over Kasaragod and low pressure over northwest Bangladesh and Gangetic West Bengal, in the next 24 hours.

He added that the IMD has predicted the possibility of strong winds ranging from 40 to 60 km per hour.

HYDERABAD: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy announced on Wednesday that the state would approach the Supreme Court to stop the Godavari-Banakcharla link project proposed by the Andhra Pradesh government.