Over 1,000 Kerala staff in 24×7 Wayanad relief ops

More than 1,000 government employees are working round the clock on disaster management and relief operations in landslide-hit Wayanad district, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's office said on August 4. The 24×7 activities are coordinated from the Civil Station at Kalpetta and a temporary control room at Chooralmala.

The staff, mobilised into 15 teams, handle search and rescue coordination, relief material collection and distribution, food and medicine supply, counselling, technical team management, relief camps, and care for victims with medical conditions. They also collate information on missing persons, manage waste disposal and data. Specially assigned teams deal with recovered bodies, including identification, handover to families, cremation of unclaimed bodies, and autopsy paperwork.