Wayanad to pay tribute to landslide victims on first anniversary on Wednesday

Wayanad disaster a year on: Time stands still in valley of despair

Many returned after months to find their childhood homes in ruins - overgrown paths, crumbling roofs, and moss-covered walls where memories once lived.

‘If there’s a chance to leave, people are taking it’: Year after landslides, life at a standstill in Wayanad villages

The tragedy claimed 298 lives, left 750-odd families homeless, and washed away properties and possessions built up over generations

Wayanad to pay tribute to landslide victims on first anniversary on Wednesday

There will be an all-religion prayer and floral tributes at the graveyard on Harrison Malayalam tea estate at Puthumala, where dozens of victims were buried. Revenue Minister K. Rajan, Forest Minister A.K. Saseendran, SC/ST Welfare Minister O.R. Kelu, Public Works Minister P.A. Mohammed Riyas, Wayanad’s MP Priyanka Gandhi, T. Siddeeque, MLA, I.C. Balakrishnan, MLA, district panchayat president Samshad Marakkar, District Collector D.R. Meghashree…

One year of Wayanad landslide: Destruction, displacement, and slow-paced rehabilitation

A year after a devastating landslide struck the Chooralmala and Mundakkai regions of Wayanad district in Kerala on the night of July 29–30, 2024, the area remains scarred by destruction, displacement, and a painfully slow pace of rehabilitation. Triggered by relentless monsoon rains, the Wayanad landslide claimed nearly 300 lives, left hundreds injured, and displaced over 10,000 people—wiping out entire settlements and burying many victims as th…