A Central team reached the district on Tuesday and began assessment of the destruction caused by last month’s floods.
The four-member team led by Ministry of Home Affairs Joint Secretary Shri Prakash visited Edavanna, Mampad, Nilambur and Pothukal regions, which were battered by the floods. The other members of the team were K. Manoharan, Director, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare; Subhash Chandra Meena, Joint Director, Ministry of Finance, and O.P. Suman, Deputy Director, Ministry of Power. District administration officials led by Collector Jaffer Malik received the team at the Karipur airport. Mr. Malik made a presentation on the destruction caused by floods at a session held at Manjeri. District Police Chief U. Abdul Kareem, Deputy Collectors P.N. Purushothaman, and other senior officials were present.
The team visited the destroyed Kaipinikadavu bridge near Chungathara; Pookkottumanna regulator-cum-bridge; Pathaar Bazaar, which had vanished in the floods; Kavalappara, which had seen the worst human casualty; Ambattipotti bridge, which had been washed away; and Government Seed Garden Complex at Munderi, which had suffered heavy damage.
The team then proceeded to the Mampad grama panchayat office, primary health centre at Mampad, hanging bridge at Mampad, the destroyed house at Kunduthode where four people were killed, and several other areas near Edavanna and Areekode.
P.V. Anvar, MLA, civic heads and local residents accompanied the team, which proceeded to Wayanad by Tuesday night.
