India PM vows support after deadly landslide last month

AFP | Mumbai, India

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday visited the site of landslides that killed more than 200 people last month, vowing to extend “every possible support” to those who lost homes and loved ones.

Torrential monsoon rains battered the southern coastal state of Kerala and triggered landslides on July 30, burying homes and people in Wayanad district under tonnes of rock and soil.

Many of the landslide victims were workers and their families, who were asleep in brick-walled row houses when they were inundated by a powerful wave of brown sludge.

Modi also visited camps where those who fled the landslides are recovering as well as hospitals. “Our prayers are with those affected”, Modi said.

“I want to assure the families of the deceased that they are not alone,” he added, saying funds for relief or rehabilitation work would be provided.