Wayanad landslides: Kerala Finance Minister Balagopal announces Rs 750 crore rehabilitation project in Budget 2025-26

“Most intense phase of financial crisis faced by state is over,” the minister added, stating that despite the financial crisis faced by the state, it carried out all social welfare schemes and development projects.

Where are the landslide survivors now?

On July 30 last year, a portion of the hill behind Mundakkai in Wayanad came down in multiple landslides, leaving villages buried and 795 families comprising 2,569 people affected.

The survivors were initially staying in relief camps in Meppadi panchayat. They were then sent to live in government-sponsored rented houses and unused government residential properties, from where they are said to have been temporarily relocated.

Affected families are given aid of Rs 18,000 each per month for two persons. Apart from this, Rs 6,000 for monthly rent, announced by the government, will also be paid.

CM Pinarayi Vijayan on funds for rehabilitation

Earlier in January, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said Rs 712.98 Crores received in the Chief Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund will be used for helping the survivors even though no assistance had come from the Centre for rehabilitation.

The CM added that the state had initially demanded a sum of Rs 2,221 crore for the  rehabilitation from the Centre, but as per the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) report, more is expected.

He also said a sum of Rs 15 lakh each will be given to the persons who wish to stay outside the proposed townships.

— With PTI inputs