Kerala HC raps Centre over loans

Wayanad landslides washed away 4 villages on July 30 last year

- IANS

The Kerala High Court on Friday came down heavily on the Centre, saying the union government cannot say that it is powerless to direct a loan waiver for the Wayanad landslide victims, merely because Section 13 has now been omitted from the Disaster Management Act.

The division bench of Justice A K Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice P M Manoj made this stinging remark in the course of hearing a suo motu case initiated by the High Court after the Wayanad landslides that washed away four villages on July 30 last year.

At least 200 people lost their lives while 32 continue to remain missing in the landslides that caused large-scale destruction to properties in the four villages.