The Indian Army on Tuesday intensified its efforts to rescue people trapped after multiple devastating landslides hit Wayanad in Kerala, claiming over a hundred lives and injuring several others.

According to sources at the Information and Public Relations Department (PRD) control room in Wayanad, 96 victims have been identified, including 77 men, 67 women and 22 children.

Kerala landslide: Massive rescue operation underway in Wayanad, over 1,500 people rescued

The construction of Bailey bridges to connect landslide-hit areas, where many people are feared trapped, along with the deployment of sniffer dogs and over 1,000 rescuers from central and state emergency response teams carrying out a massive search operation, is one of the biggest rescue efforts in Wayanad ravaged by the deadly disaster. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said the coordinated and extensive rescue operation by the NDRF, Army and other agencies ensured that over 1,500 people were rescued from the landslide-hit areas of Wayanad district, where 167 people were killed and 191 are still missing.

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The government’s move against Ciza, widely seen as ‘retaliatory’, was the result of an ongoing dispute with Governor Arif Mohammed Khan. It was on the instructions of the Governor that Ciza took additional charge of KTU VC, much to the displeasure of the state government.

Siza was serving as Senior Joint Director in the Department of Technical Education when she assumed additional responsibility in November 2022. Ciza’s assumption of office was seen as an act of ‘defiance’ by the government and it issued a notice to Sieza the same day. The day of his retirement from service.

Governer was accused of violating the Kerala Government Servants Conduct Rules by assuming additional charge without obtaining the ‘consent’ of the government.

Ciza approached the Kerala Administrative Tribunal (KAT) but it refused to quash the show cause notice issued against him. However, KAT said Ciza should not be made a “scapegoat” of the government-governor standoff. The tribunal also urged the government to allow the petitioner to retire “peacefully”.

Siza moved the High Court and got the notice against him quashed in October last year. Now he is hopeful that his pension and retirement benefits, which were withheld by the government for almost a year following disciplinary action, will be released.

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On January 20, 15 people were convicted, but when Additional Sessions Judge VG Sridevi pronounced the verdict, only 14 of them were present in the court as one of the convicts was in hospital.

Hours after SDPI leader KS Shan was murdered by a gang in Alappuzha, Srinivasan was attacked and killed at his home in front of his family on December 19, 2021. SDPI is considered the political wing of PFI, but escaped the ban from the Centre. PFI and its affiliated organizations in September 2022.

A Kerala court has sentenced 15 PFI workers to death for the murder of a BJP functionary, making it the first time in the state that so many convicts have been awarded death sentence together. The court earlier found that eight of the accused were directly involved in the murder, while four others were present at the scene with deadly weapons to prevent Srinivasan from escaping and to prevent anyone from entering the house.

The court found that Srinivasan’s murder was a well-planned conspiracy, preparations for which had begun well in advance, and not mere retaliation for Shan’s murder. Police found a hitlist in the mobile phone found during investigation, in which BJP officials were also included.

Srinivasan’s family, who were present in the court, welcomed the verdict. Srinivasan’s wife Lisha said, “This was an exceptionally rare case, and our loss is immense. We express our gratitude to the prosecution and investigating authorities for conducting a thorough and honest investigation, which resulted in maximum punishment for the accused. “

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Witnesses said several explosions occurred during a Jehovah’s Witness conference, for which more than 2,000 people had gathered. Sources have told News18 that initial assessment suggests that this is a terrorist attack, especially serial blasts. Bomb disposal squad, forensic team and NIA team have reached the spot.

ACP Thrikkakara Assistant Commissioner Baby PV confirmed to News 18 that one person has died in the blasts, around 40 people have been injured and some of them are in critical condition. He also confirmed that there was not just one but multiple explosions. “All investigating agencies are present at the spot, investigation is going on… Investigation will reveal whether it is a bomb blast… One dead, 40 injured, four-five seriously injured. The situation is under control,” said Baby PV.

‘Jehovah’s Witnesses’ are a group of Christians who do not identify as Protestant. The Jehovah’s Witness convention is an annual gathering consisting of larger gatherings called “regional conventions” that are usually three days long, Friday–Sunday.

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Experts say Nipah infects humans directly through contact with the bodily fluids of infected bats and pigs, with some documented cases of transmission between humans. Fruit bats urinate on and contaminate fruits that people eat and spread viruses to them, causing them to become sick and even die.

Authorities in Kerala have begun mass testing to contain the outbreak and spread of the deadly Nipah virus, a rare but bat-borne severe disease that causes fever, vomiting, and diarrhea in humans after six people died. And can cause respiratory infections. And many more infections.

The state administration has banned public gatherings and schools have been closed indefinitely since last week, as this fourth outbreak in the previous five years has created fear and panic among residents of Kozhikode, the Nipah stronghold.

According to the World Health Organization, this virus has a mortality rate of between 40-75 percent and there is no known vaccine, and the usual treatment is to provide supportive care.

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Sudhakaran said, “Shashi Tharoor is like any other member of the Congress party. Everyone has his own opinion. If he follows the rules of the party he will remain in the party, otherwise he will be out. Be it Shashi Tharoor.” Be it or K. Sudhakaran, who is a party MP, cannot overrule the party’s decisions.”

Sudhakaran’s warning came during an interaction with journalists in Kannur, Kerala. This comes after Shashi Tharoor refused to sign a letter by United Democratic Front (UDF) MPs to the central government opposing the semi-high speed rail corridor project, called the Kerala government’s Silver Line project. goes.

He responded with a post on Twitter, saying it is necessary to put aside political differences on some issues. Shashi Tharoor said that he would share his opinion on it after studying the Silver Line project.

Shashi Tharoor had earlier praised Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for his “investment-friendly” initiatives. This has caused discontent in the Kerala Congress.

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a three-day rain alert in Kerala from today. Orange alert has been issued for 11 districts for Wednesday, the same warning has been given for 12 districts on Thursday. On Thursday also a yellow alert has been issued in two districts and on Friday only one rain warning has been issued for all the districts.

The IMD has also said that “the worst seems to be over” for Uttarakhand, where 34 people have died due to the rain. Rain is likely to continue over parts of the state till Tuesday night, after which the intense rain activity is expected to shift eastwards over most parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Northeast region. stated in the report.

Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar said that the situation in Garhwal is almost under control. “The routes have been reopened and the ‘Char Dham Yatra’ will be resumed from tomorrow. The rains have mainly affected the Kumaon region – Nainital, Haldwani, Udham Singh Nagar and Champawat. Meanwhile, in Kalimpong, located in the foothills of the Himalayas in West Bengal, there were reports of road damage due to rain for 48 hours.

• Orange alert has been sounded in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad and Kannur for Wednesday. Yellow alert with heavy rain at isolated places in three districts.

• Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely over most of the Northeast region, which has been raining for the past few days, the Indian Express quoted IMD as saying. “Easterly winds will interact with the low pressure system prevailing over North Jharkhand, Bihar and West Uttar Pradesh. As a result, heavy rain is likely to occur mainly over Northeast, Bihar and East Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.

• The report further said that while the rainfall activity is likely to decrease over eastern India from Thursday, the rain activity will largely shift to southern peninsular India, with Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry receiving significant rainfall on Wednesday and Thursday.

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So far, about 7900 metric tonnes of liquid oxygen has been supplied by Indian Railways in about 500 tankers in various states of the country. Oxygen Express has been supplying about 800 metric tonnes of daily oxygen to various parts of the country in the last few days.

It is worth mentioning here that the first voyage of Oxygen Express started 20 days ago on 24 April 2021, in which 126 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen was supplied to Maharashtra. Indian Railways has continuously strengthened its Oxygen Express campaign in the last 20 days and till now 7900 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen has been supplied to 12 states.

Indian Railways is supplying oxygen from Hapa and Mundra in the west and Rourkela, Durgapur, Tatanagar and Angul in the east on demand from different states of the country. States that are being supplied include Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Telangana, Punjab, Kerala, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. A complex route operation plan is being prepared for this.

Railway Oxygen Express is setting new standards in the operation of goods trains to ensure supply of oxygen in the shortest time on demand of the states. Transportation of Oxygen Express is a complex process, yet on long distance routes, Oxygen Express is running at a rate of 55 kmph in most cases. The operation of these trains running on the Green Corridor is being given top priority and realizing the emergency requirement, officers and employees of various zones are working tirelessly in the present challenging conditions to get oxygen to the people in as short a time as possible. Can be transported. The stoppage time of these trains has been reduced to 1 minute for the exchange of crew members on different sections.

Routes are being kept open continuously and high vigilance is being taken to maintain and maintain the routes so that Oxygen Express can continue its journey uninterruptedly.

Along with this, it is also being ensured that the speed or operation of other freight trains is not affected due to the operation of Oxygen Express.

At the time of writing this release, the first Oxygen Express which left for Andhra Pradesh and Kerala is on its route, which will supply 40 MT and 118 MT of oxygen respectively.

80 metric tonnes of oxygen was supplied from the first oxygen express which reached Tamil Nadu this morning. The second Oxygen Express is on its way.

It is noteworthy that 130 Oxygen Express has completed its journey so far which has brought relief to the states in a big way.

Indian Railways is committed to the supply of liquid medical oxygen to the states as much as possible and in as short a time as possible and is continuously working on it.

By the time this release is written, Maharashtra has 462 MT, Uttar Pradesh about 2210 MT, Madhya Pradesh 408 MT, Haryana 1228 MT, Telangana 308 MT, Rajasthan 72 MT, Karnataka 120 MT, 80 MT was supplied in Uttarakhand and 80 MT in Tamil Nadu while 2934 MT of oxygen was supplied in Delhi.

The transportation of oxygen is a complex process and the statistics related to transportation are constantly being updated. Some more Oxygen Express will depart towards their respective destination late at night.

Indian Railways has identified different routes of oxygen supply and the Railways are fully prepared to supply on demand to the states in order of emerging requirements. Tankers are provided by the State Governments to the Indian Railways for the supply of liquid medical oxygen.

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