Wayanad Landslides: Congress Family Will Build 100 Houses, Says Rahul Gandhi
While addressing the media, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said, “I have been here since yesterday. As I said yesterday, this is a terrible tragedy. We went to the site yesterday. We went to the camps; we assessed the situation there.” Rahul Gandhi and his sister, Priyanka Gandhi, went to the disaster-hit region and spent time visiting the affected families there.
The Congress leader said they had a meeting today with the administration and the panchayat, noting that the officials briefed them on the number of casualties they expect, the number of houses that have been damaged, and their strategy.
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“We have said that we are here to help in any way possible. The Congress family would like to commit to building 100+ houses here,” Rahul Gandhi said.
The former Wayanad MP added that he thinks Kerala has not seen this type of tragedy in one area, and he is going to raise it in Delhi and also with the chief minister here that this is a different level of tragedy and should be treated differently.
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The destruction and death toll from the massive landslides that tore through Wayanad’s Mundakkai and the surroundings in the wee hours of July 30 has been unfathomable. The fatalities have increased to 320, while many are still believed to be under the mud. At least 350 houses are reported to have been washed away from the landslides.
