• Source:JND
Add as a preferred

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a visit to the landslide-hit Wayanad, asked how many children lost their loved ones while visiting the damaged G.V.H.S. School Vellarmala. After landing at the Kalpetta, he first stopped at the damaged state-run GVHS School in Vellarmala. 

"How many children lost their loved ones," an emotional PM Modi asked Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Union Minister Suresh Gopi who were accompanying him. Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) was also present and has been in the affected areas for the past three days.

PM Modi was deeply moved to see the damage the school suffered and was asked numerous questions by the Chief Minister about the rehabilitation of the landslide victims. According to news agency IANS, the G.V.H.S. School Vellarmala had 582 students, of whom 27 are reportedly missing.

PM Modi spent 15 minutes at the school and also enquired about the plans for a new school building. He also visited the 190-foot Bailey Bridge erected by the Indian Army, walked through it, and interacted with the defence officials. He also visited a local hospital, where he met the injured victims, and a relief camp.

PM Modi will also chair a review meeting in which Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, and other officials will be present.

Ahead of the visit of the Prime Minister to the landslide-struck region, the Kerala government sought Rs 2,000 crore in financial assistance for the rehabilitation and relief work in the disaster-hit region.

The PM will return to Kannur and then fly back to Delhi in the evening.

Earlier, PM Modi landed at the Kannur airport, where he was received by the Kerala Governor, Chief Minister, and top Central and state government officials.

A landslide hit Wayanad on July 30 that led to the deaths of 416 people and over 150 others.