Commercial flight operations from Naval airport at Kochi commenced today with the first Air India flight from Bengaluru arriving this morning.
Kerala
floods: The situation in the flood-ravaged state was gradually
improving, even as some rainfall was forecast for the coastal state
from Monday onwards. According to the Indian Meteorological
Department, “heavy rainfall” is expected only in Kozhikode,
Kannur and Idduki districts over the next four days. However, even as
water recedes from major areas, authorities are gearing up to deal
with the possible outbreak of water-borne and air-borne diseases.
Commercial
flight operations from the Naval airport at Kochi commenced today
with the first Air India flight from Bengaluru arriving this morning.
It is after 18 years that civilian flights are landing and taking off
from the naval airport.
The
Indian Railways said that two special trains will be run on Monday
from Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam to Kolkata and that the train
services are expected to be restored on all lines in Kerala by Monday
evening. The Railways would also provide blankets and bedsheets to
the affected people in Kerala.
In
the worst ever torrential rains in Kerala in this monsoon season, 370
lives have been lost and 724,649 persons evacuated to 5,645 camps so
far.
K
J Alphons on Kerala floods:
There'll be no electricity in homes. Carpentry, plumbing would be
gone. We need hundreds of thousands of electricians, plumbers,
carpenatrs to rush to Kerala. We don't need clothes/food. People with
technical capabilities are required to put life back into Kerala.
On
the night of August 19, Indian Naval Ship (INS) Mysore carried about
70 tonnes of relief material which includes bottled water, ready to
eat meals, fresh ration, milk, biscuits and other miscellaneous
things like medicines, essential toiletries, phenyl, gash bags,
bleaching powder, and candles. The relief material also included
items received from some NGOs situated in Mumbai.
Sewa International, an
Indian non-profit organisation in America, has raised over $10,000
for the flood relief operations in the deluge-hit Kerala
Over 5,000 Sewa volunteers
have fanned out distributing food packets and cooking kits, and are
opening free kitchens and medical camps to help the flood affected.
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