Kerala CM seeks fund from Centre to rebuild Wayanad, combat climate change

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday sought financial assistance from the Centre for the rehabilitation of those who had lost everything in the series of massive landslides in Wayanad recently and requested support to combat climate change.

The CM listed out the state's demands before Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he arrived here to visit the calamity-hit hamlets in this hill district.

After explaining to the PM the impact and intensity of the disaster, which had shocked the state last week, Vijayan also handed over its details as a note, a CMO statement said here.

A detailed assessment of the damage is underway and the initial assessment is that the loss incurred was to the tune of thousands of crores of rupees, it said.

The state would submit to the Centre a detailed memorandum with regard to the disaster later, the CM said.

"The impact of global warming and climate change has affected the state to a great extent and frequent and unpredictable natural disasters