The couple lost all 8 rooms of their house in the Kerala floods and landslides in August.
Tag: Kerala floods
Germany offers support to rebuild Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: The German government has offered help in the form of grants, loans at low rates of interest and by participating in specific projects to rebuild Kerala which was devastated after the worst ever floods in August, a diplomat said here on Friday. Addressing the media, Martin Ney, the German[Read More…]
Festivals, Kerala floods connected most Indians on Facebook in 2018
New Delhi: Festivals, the Kerala floods and cricket connected most users on Facebook in India during 2018, the social media giant said on Friday. In its “2018 Year in Review” report, the company said India set Facebook buzzing on festivals in 2018 with Janmashtami, Eid al-Adha, Pongal and Navratri driving[Read More…]
Govt machinery on alert, Idukki dam opened, KSEB assures no danger due to heavy rain in Kerala
The Meteorological Department has informed of heavy to heavy rains in Kerala from Saturday to the next Tuesday. Considering the 21 cm rain a dangerous sign, Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has issued an order to open the shutters of Idukki and Malappuram dam. In Pathanamthitta and Wayanad districts, an[Read More…]
Alarming! Intense rain, rising heat increases challenges for Wayanad agriculture
The massive downfall in Wayanad’s water levels and fissures in fields have literally shocked the people as well as experts in Kerala. It has arrived as an alarming situation in the district, especially for the farmers. The temperature in the district has gone up to more than 28 degrees Celcius.[Read More…]
Kerala govt employees dread action for saying ‘No’ to salary deduction
Kerala government is accused of taking acrimonious actions against its government employees over saying ‘No’ to one month salary deduction. The government is expecting all the state government employees to donate their salary of one month to help government rebuild Kerala. Although the deduction has not been made compulsory yet,[Read More…]
God’s own country to have largest tourism conclave in Kochi
Flood-ravaged Kerala is almost prepared to receive tourists in the God’s own Country soon. Kerala Travel Mart (KTM), the country’s largest tourism sector conclave of stake-holders from across the world will be held in the state from September 27 to 30. KTM is a public-private sector collaboration that serves as[Read More…]
Rapid death of earthworms indicates flood-affected Kerala to witness drought
Soon after the flood havoc, Kerala is witnessing strange occurrences on its land. It has been few days since the flood water receded from the flood-affected regions and some areas of Wayanad district have witnessed the mass death of earthworms. These sudden deaths of earthworms have cautioned the environmentalists and[Read More…]
LIC Housing Finance offers Kerala flood victims loans at concessional rate
LIC Housing Finance will offer loans up to Rs 15 lakh at the concessional rate of 8.5 per cent to customers in flood-affected areas of Kerala. Under the scheme, loan up to Rs 15 lakh will be extended for properties located in the flood-affected areas of Kerala for the purpose[Read More…]
Kerala gets warning from IMD for intense rain
India Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued all necessary severe weather warnings through its office in Thiruvananthapuram. As per the regular practice, warnings are uploaded in the local website (www.imdtvm.gov.in) every day. District wise rainfall forecast along with warnings are also uploaded and updated thrice daily in the website. Nowcasts for next[Read More…]
Kerala Floods: Centre assures to enhance borrowing limit; CM meets World Bank for aid
Getting back to live, flood-ravaged Kerala is now focusing on rebuilding, the Centre has said it would favourably consider the state’s demand to enhance the borrowing limit. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan held a discussion with World Bank officials as a part of efforts for resource mobilization where he said that[Read More…]
Kerala Floods: Rahul Gandhi excoriate government for not providing adequate fund
While addressing media in Kerala’s Ernakulam on Tuesday, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said that he has come to Kerala to see the situation with his own eyes. He also visited a large number of camps yesterday and said that the people are quite worried, understandably so. They are not clear[Read More…]
Damaged schools to remain closed on Wednesday in Kerala
Kerala Education Minister C Raveendranath has ordered to not to open schools on Wednesday which are damaged or which are not fit for functioning on Tuesday. According to him 98 per cent of schools are in a good condition and can function properly, but he has left the decision in[Read More…]
Supreme Court judges sing to raise Kerala flood-relief fund
It was the first time in recent memory when two Supreme Court judges sang on Monday at a function, which was organised to raise funds to help the flood-affected people in Kerala. Singing for a human cause, Justice Kurian Joseph concluded the fund-raising event by singing a duet with playback singer Mohit Chauhan and sang “We shall overcome[Read More…]
Kerala government’s glaring omission led to flood tragedy: Ex-CM Oommen Chandy
Former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said that the tragedy caused due to heavy rains and floods in the state was due to the present state government’s glaring omission of not being able to foresee things. Chandy told IANS that even though this was not the time to politicise the[Read More…]
Hindu Mahasabha website hacked; Spicy beef curry recipe on homepage
Team Kerala Cyber Warriors hacked the official website of Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) on Friday and posted a recipe of ‘kerala Spicy Nadan Beef Curry’ to its homepage. This was done as a reaction to the ABHM chief Swami Chakrapan’s contentious comment that only those who do not eat[Read More…]
Secular win over Kerala floods: Temples open to Muslims for namaz, Muslim students clean flooded temples
With Kerala still battling the fury of the flood raging across the state, people are lending a helping hand to one another be it in the form of monetary aid or opening homes to the flood-hit victims. Among the row of many noble gestures the ravaged state witnessed a true[Read More…]
Kerala floods have brought out the best and worst in humanity
Media coverage has been sluggish. While the news made headlines throughout the world, it took a long time for the mainstream Indian media to wake up.
2 Kerala officials arrested for stealing relief materials
Two Kerala government officials were arrested on Friday in Wayanad district for the embezzlement of relief materials, police said. A senior police official told IANS that the arrests were made based on a complaint received from another senior government official. According to the complaint, the two accused, S. Thomas and[Read More…]
Why should centre block UAE aid, questions Kerala Finance Minister Thomas
Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac on Wednesday said he was surprised the Centre was blocking the UAE’s financial aid to the flood victims when it had extended only Rs 600 crore so far. “We asked for Rs 2,000 crore, they (Centre) could give us only Rs 600 crore. I don’t know why they[Read More…]
Kerala Floods: Man commits suicide after seeing damaged house
Shocked to see his flood-ravaged house, a man committed suicide near Ernakulam in Kerala, police said on Wednesday. Rocky, a casual labourer, left with his family after their house was submerged in water and took shelter in a relief camp. According to the police, he left the relief camp to clean up his[Read More…]
Kerala Floods: NRI billionaire Dr Shamsheer Vayalil pledges Rs 50 crore
Dr Shamsheer Vayalil , one of the richest Indians in the Middle East, has promised a donation of Rs 50 cr to the flood-ravaged Kerala. Kerala-born Dr Shamsheer Vayalil, founder and managing director of UAE-based VPS Healthcare, has vowed to help rebuild important infrastructure in the worst-hit areas of the[Read More…]
Indian Army goes out of way to rescue strangled in flood-hit Kerala
The unsung heroes are leaving no stone unturned to bring smiles to flood affected people in Kerala. The way Indian Army has made 13 temporary bridges to reconnect 38 remote areas, total of 3627 personnels have been rescued. Indian Army is working with 10 flood relief columns, 10 Engineer Task[Read More…]
Prisoners, artists pour in their contribution for Kerala flood victims
Donations have been pouring in from across the world as floods wreak-havoc in Kerala. The donations vary from money, eatables, clothes and medicines to even art. Artists from Kerala are making to headlines as they offer their artwork in exchange of donations made by people for Kerala’s fund relief camp.[Read More…]
Kerala Floods: PDP member Haseeb Drabu urges to donate Eid-money to relief fund
As the Kerala battles the fury of the flood raging across the state, state government have extended their helping hand in some or the other, and so has the Jammy and Kashmir government. The J&K government on Sunday announced Rs 2 crore financial assistance for the flood hit Kerala. Adding[Read More…]