WAYANAD (Kerala), July 31, 2024 (TBINN)
Rescue personnel commenced search and rescue operations today in Wayanad, a day after deadly land-slides claimed 152 lives and injured about 186 persons.
Units of Army, N.D.R.F. and other emergency service personnel deployed in Wayanad resume the search operations.
Rescue workers were looking under collapsed roofs and debris of destroyed houses for victims and possible survivors of the land-slides.
A Defence spokesperson said that soldiers of 122 Infantry Battalion of the Territorial Army, camped at a local school in Meppadi, moved out to the calamity hit areas.
“Heading into Day2 of #RescueOperations: #WayanadLandslides Soldiers of 122 Infantry Battalion of the Territorial Army preparing for the second day of rescue operations move out from their temporary shelter at local school to calamity hit areas in #Meppadi#Wayanad. #WeCare,” the spokesperson said on Social Media.
Meanwhile, several companies of Army moved from Thiruvananthapuram and Bengaluru to Calicut by road and air, a Defence statement said.
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