Massive landslides hit Kerala's Wayanad district - Page 2

Originally posted by: Viswasruti

#WayanadDisaster

Nature's fury at it's scariest form.

Unfortunately, we aren't still not learning.

Hilly areas should never be over populated.

Construction shouldn't be done much.

Even in North

Himalayas are growing mountains, and we will keep seeing calamities like these in the North, but no government or institution is taking it seriously.

Rescue operations will continue on Thursday as the death toll in the landslides that devastated Chooralmala and Mundakkai areas near Meppadi in Wayanad district of Kerala crossed 200.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/wayanad-landslides-live-updates-august-1/article68471570.ece

• “Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms,” ~ George Eliot.

‘We were already in a disaster, please don’t harm us,’ as Sujatha pleaded, elephant guards family through Wayanad landslides all night....

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Army's Jaki, Dixie and Sara search for life under rubble in landslides-hit Wayanad

Three Labrador dogs from the Indian Army -- Jaki, Dixie, and Sara -- are working tirelessly to help locate survivors trapped under the debris in Kerala's landslide-ravaged areas of Wayanad district.

These highly trained canine companions are working alongside their human counterparts, braving challenging conditions like mud, slush and rain, to sniff out lives buried beneath the rubble. The dogs are using their keen sense of smell to help find survivors trapped in the rubble.

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The canines were brought from the Dog Training Faculty (DTF) of RVC Centre and College in Meerut Cantt, Uttar Pradesh. The faculty, designated as a centre of excellence in dog training, trains dogs in nine specialties, including search and rescue.

The canines brought to Wayanad are Specialist Search and Rescue (SAR) dogs, trained to identify and indicate human scent under rubble, according to Defence sources.

They undergo 12 weeks of basic training, followed by 24 weeks of trade training, to prepare them for this critical responsibility. These dogs can detect human body scent even under 10-12 feet of rubble.

When they sniff out human scent, they indicate the presence of humans buried under landslide rubble to their handlers, who then use tools to dig out and recover live or dead bodies. These dogs have been previously deployed with great success, sources added.

121-member mental health team to provide psychosocial support to Wayanad landslide survivors

A Mental Health Disaster Management team has been formed in Kerala to provide psychosocial support to survivors of the devastating landslide at Wayanad, where over 200 people lost their lives and almost as many are still missing, state Health Minister Veena George said on Friday.

George said a 121-member team of psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric social workers and counsellors was formed on Tuesday, soon after the disaster struck the hilly district of Kerala.

She said only the special team members with ID cards issued by the health department will be allowed to provide mental health support to the survivors in relief camps and to those admitted in various hospitals. The team has set up help desks at all the hospitals and relief camps.

'The mental health workers will listen to the concerns of the survivors and offer them comfort. Children, pregnant women and elderly people will be given priority,' the minister said in a release.

The health department said the depression and anxiety caused due to the disaster may require long-term attention. The team will also identify those who have mental health issues and ensure that their treatment is not interrupted. Those with withdrawal symptoms due to addiction to liquor or drugs have also been identified and treated by the team, the release said.

The team is also providing counselling to health workers, rescue workers including the police, revenue officials, local self department officials and others who are dealing with the harrowing aftermath of the disaster. Mental health assistance is also available through '14416' a 24-hour toll-free number, the health department said.

Some pics from the rescue operation...

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Over 2,500 people staying in relief camps in Kerala's landslide-hit Wayanad

Over 2,500 people, including 599 children and six pregnant women, whose lives have been shattered by deadly landslides, are staying in various relief camps in Kerala's Wayanad, according to authorities on Monday.

As per the latest official figures released by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), a total of 16 rescue camps are there in Meppadi and other village panchayats in the hill district where the landslide-hit people are staying.

As many as 2,514 people belonging to 723 families are in the camps. Among them, 943 are male, 972 are female, and 599 are children, the CMO said. Of the total number of women in the relief camps, six are pregnant, it added.

As per the government figures till Sunday evening, a total of 221 bodies and 166 body parts of the landslide victims had been recovered so far. The number of missing people had gone down to 180 from the earlier 206 after the authorities were able to get in touch with some of them over the phone, they said on Sunday.

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