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The death toll in Kerala's Wayanad landslide has reached close to 180. More than 191 people are still missing. Relief workers have rescued about 1,000 people. Relief and rescue operations are still going on. The army has almost completed the construction of the bridge. After the construction of this bridge, relief and rescue operations will speed up. Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi are on a visit to Wayanad. Both the leaders will meet the affected families in the relief camp.
The all-party meeting will be chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The district administration said that state ministers, Wayanad MLAs and leaders of political parties present in the district will attend the meeting. As of Wednesday night, more than 200 people have been injured in the landslide incidents. According to the district administration, 100 of the dead have been identified. A statement said that the rescue operation continued for the third day and an intensive search operation was carried out by teams of Army, Navy and Coast Guard in Attmala, Mundakkai and Churalmala. A dog team will also be deployed with each team.
The bridge will be ready by evening
In an effort to speed up rescue operations in the landslide-hit areas of Wayanad, a 190 feet long 'Bailey Bridge' is being constructed to connect the worst-affected areas of Mundakkai and Churalmalai. The construction of the bridge with a load capacity of twenty-four tonnes is expected to be completed by Thursday evening. Showing perseverance and dedication despite adverse weather conditions and rising water levels, the Madras Engineers Group (#MEG) team is making steady progress towards completing the bridge construction at Churalmalai.
Statement of Major General Matthew
Regarding the relief and rescue operation, Major General Mathew said, “We have been helping the Kerala government and the people since the morning of July 30. We have recovered more than 100 bodies and the total number of bodies is much more than this.” Many people have been rescued, almost all of them have been rescued and now we need to build a bridge to see if people are trapped and this will be completed by 10 am today so that we can bring heavy equipment to the site. And at night we are building the bridge, it is going to be completed today and we will also use our dog squad, 500 soldiers are on duty.
