Malappuram, India, Aug. 1 (ANI): Heavy rainfall in the hilly regions since Friday night caused damage in several parts of Edavanna on Saturday, with the retaining wall of a house under construction collapsing at Chembakkuthu and damaging electricity poles and power lines.
The incident occurred around 6 a.m. near Jamia College at Chembakkuthu, where the concrete retaining wall of a house under construction owned by Mustafa collapsed onto the road.
The collapse disrupted traffic in the area as debris blocked the roadway. Power lines were also snapped, affecting electricity infrastructure in the locality.
Edavanna Grama Panchayat President Suneera Samad, along with other elected representatives and officials, visited the site to assess the damage.
Heavy rainfall across the state has claimed four lives and triggered a series of landslides and debris flows in Kerala’s southern districts, officials said on Saturday.
According to Sekhar Lukose Kuriakose, member secretary of the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA), two fatalities each were reported from Idukki and Kottayam districts. The intense rainfall, which occurred primarily between 10 p.m. and early Saturday morning, caused significant damage to homes and roads in slope-cut areas.
“So essentially, what we have seen is fatality numbers are very low, thankfully. We have two deaths reported from Idukki and two from Kottayam,” he said.
In view of the continuing rainfall, Kerala Health Minister K. Muraleedharan directed the Health Department to convene an emergency meeting of officials on Saturday. The meeting, scheduled for 11 a.m., will be held online and chaired by Health Department Director Meenakshi.
The emergency session, which will include district medical officers and National Health Mission district program managers, aims to review the functioning of relief camps and discuss local-level medical arrangements. Further action will be determined after assessing the specific needs of each affected district. (ANI)
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