With the setting in of southwest monsoon, the Revenue Department has prepared a list of places within the limits of villages where relief camps can be opened quickly to shift people in emergency situations. Efforts are also on to identify more such places in villages where multiple landslips and flash floods claimed lives and dislocated several families last year.
“We have issued directives to village officers in landslip-prone areas to shift people who now live in temporary sheds for the construction of houses,” said Deputy Collector (Disaster management) Shamin Sebastian.
She said the district currently had only one active relief camp accommodating 13 families hit by sea erosion at Kadalundi.
Ms. Sebastian said the fortification of damaged sea wall was also in progress along the Kappad-Koyilandy coastline under the supervision of Irrigation Department officers. “As of now, no coastal families are in need of emergency relocation,” she said.
Loss estimate
Till Thursday, 44 houses were partly damaged in monsoon-related calamities in Kozhikode district. Most of the damaged houses were in Kozhikode and Thamarassery taluks. The loss estimate would be released only after the field-level assessment of village-level squads, they said.
Tahsildar N. Premachandran said about 15 houses were damaged in Kozhikode taluk alone.
“We are well prepared to meet any quick relocation requirement. As of now, 42 people are staying back in such a relief camp in the taluk,” he added.
In Koyilandy taluk, Revenue Department officials have asked people living along coastal areas to keep vigil against sea erosion. The entry of seawater through a rivulet within the limits of Panthalayani and Viyyur villages spoiled the peace of many residents in the area on Thursday.
The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has asked the public to be alert and avoid coming in contact with snapped power lines.
KSEB officials urged the public to inform the KSEB office on seeing snapped power lines or noticing other dangerous transmission issues. Emergency helpline 1912 could be used to communicate such information with the KSEB for spot action, they said.
