'This disaster is not normal': PM says Centre will provide all possible help

Cong's swipe: Hopefully he'll find time to visit Manipur also

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the Centre will provide all possible help in the relief and rehabilitation efforts in the landslideshit areas of Wayanad district.

He said everyone’s prayers were with the survivors of the landslides, which, he said, had ‘shattered’ the dreams of several families.

The Centre will stand together with the Kerala government on helping those who lost everything in the disaster, he said. The landslides have claimed 226 lives so far, while over 130 are still missing.

PM Modi visited the Chooralmala area in Wayanad district, the main site of a deadly landslide. The Prime Minister conducted an aerial survey and visited relief camps housing survivors and those receiving treatment at a hospital.

After the inspection, PM Modi said that the “disaster is not normal” and offered all possible assistance for rehabilitation and rebuilding the region.

“I have been taking information about the landslide since the time I got to know about the incident. All the agencies of the Central government who could have helped in the disaster were mobilised immediately.