A team led by the Gundlupet tahsildar outside a hospital in landslide-hit Meppadi in Wayanad to coordinate with the local authorities on the missing persons from Chamarajanagar following the devastating landslides.
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Two persons from Chamarajanagar district have been confirmed dead in the landslide at Wayanad in Kerala. The deceased have been identified as Puttasiddhi, 60, wife of Rangaswamy, and a woman, whose identity is yet to be established.
Both died in the Meppadi area. Both were natives of Chamarajanagar and were residing in Kerala, according to details on the dead and missing persons shared by the Department of Information and Public Relations, Chamarajanagar.
The deaths were confirmed around 8.38 p.m. on Tuesday. The Tahsildar of Gundlupet, who along with another team, have been sent to Wayanad to coordinate with the local authorities and also aid in rescue efforts besides shifting the people from the district struck in the landslide areas to their respective homes.
Two missing
Two more people, Rajan and Rajani, are said to be missing in Chooralmala of Meppadi. Both have been living in Kerala for the past 30 years. Nanjunda from Irasavadi, who is their relative, contacted the district administration with regard to the two missing persons, the note said.
One Manoj from Meppadi was contacted on the missing persons based on the information provided by the police intelligence team.
A person by name Krishna from Kollegal in the district, who works in Mananthavady in Wayanad, is safe, the authorities said.
Two persons from Chamarajanagar district have been confirmed dead in the landslide at Wayanad in Kerala.ย Two more people are said to be missing in Chooralmala of Meppadi.ย
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Helpline numbers
The Chamarajanagar district administration has requested people from the district to alert officials in case their family members, relatives, or friends are missing in the landslip at Wayanad in Kerala.
Helpline numbers have been released for people from Chamarajanagar to contact the district administration for assistance. The toll-free numbers are 1077, 08226-223160, 223161, and 223163 and WhatsApp number 9740942901.
While appealing to people not to panic, Deputy Commissioner Shilpa Nag, in a video message on Tuesday, said Wayanad has witnessed devastating landslips, killing several people, injuring many, and several people are said to be trapped. Rescue efforts are on with people admitted in hospitals and the Chamarajanagar district administration is in touch with the administration in Wayanad, she added.
A team headed by the Tahsildar, Gundlupet, has been sent to Wayanad to assist the rescue efforts and also to aid people from Chamarajanagar who are stranded in the town. In total, two teams from the district had been sent to Wayanad for aiding the local administration, the DC said.
Ms. Nag said the district administration assures that all necessary rescue measures will be taken if anybody from Chamarajanagar is trapped in Wayanad. If anybody is missing in Wayanad, alert us and we will initiate measures to find them. Any information on the missing, including students, employed, and tourists will help us in locating them. Phone numbers, addresses, and photographs can be sent, she added.
Ms. Nag also said the Sulthan Bathery police have alerted the district administration that the highway from Bengaluru passing through Gundlupet in the district to Wayanad has been closed and traffic has been diverted in view of the flood situation.
