Idukki : 

As per reports, the water levels in various rivers have risen in districts such as Kottayam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta and Alappuzha leaving concerns among the people living on the banks of the rivers. Tree felling has been reported on the tracks in many parts of the state due to which trains starting from Thiruvananthapuram is delayed. The Jan Shathabdi express leaving from the capital city has been delayed by 3 hours.

All educational institutions in Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, Idukki, Kasaragod, Alappuzha, Kannur and Ernakulam will remain closed. The institutions including schools, tuition centres, anganawadis and special classes.

Due to landslips and minor landslides, various roads to tourist destinations in Idukki has been closed on May 30, May 31 and June 1. The Idukki district administration has imposed night ban travel to all hilly sites in the district.

Heavy rains lashed across the state leaving two people dead and more than 150 houses damaged across Kerala. The official weather department has issued a red alert to Kannur, Kasaragod and Idukki district for May 30. Sreejith Manoj, 19, of Kurichy in Kottayam was killed when an uprooted tree collapsed on the lorry in which he was sitting in at the Tamil Nadu bus stand in Kumily. Train services on the Alappuzha-Ernakulam and Thiruvananthapuram-Kottayam routes were disrupted after trees fell on the tracks.

An orange alert has been sounded for Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode and Wayanad. As of now, 1,296 people have been shifted to 59 relief camps in the state. Cheruvanchery in Kannur recorded the highest rainfall at 15cm, followed by Peermade in Idukki with 13 cm. Wind speeds peaked at 68.5 km/h in Palakkad and 66.6 km/h in Wayanad.

In Wayanad, 739 people were shifted to 18 relief camps. Mananthavady taluk was the worst affected. As many as 14 houses were destroyed. In Kozhikode’s Vilangad, where multiple landslides occurred last year, overflowing river has caused flash floods.

Read More:

Punjab: Firecracker factory explosion in Sri Muktsar Sahib