On Friday, Rahul Gandhi, leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, disclosed plans for the Congress party to build over 100 houses in Wayanad in Kerala, which was recently ravaged by bad landslides. It was made during the times when the region was worst hit by a series of landslides that left more than 275 lives lost and many properties damaged.
Gandhi’s heir-apparent, Rahul Gandhi, who is present in Wayanad visiting the relief camps, claimed that the situation was catastrophic and highlighted the scale of the calamity in Kerala as unexpectedly massive. He has been very keen on identifying the incident, contacting the local administrator, and ascertaining the extent of the loss. “We have been here since yesterday, and it has been sad to observe the level of devastation,” Gandhi said. “We went to the sites and to the camps, and today we were talking to the administration and to the panchayat officials in order to understand just how extensive the losses are and how they plan to proceed. ”
As we saw from the speech, Gandhi focused on the role of the Congress party and assured support to the suffering party. “The Congress family is committed to constructing over 100 houses in this area In this way, Kerala has not witnessed a mishap on this scale in an area for a long time The issue will be raised in Delhi and before the Chief Minister to ensure that it gets the attention it deserves,” he said.
To add to this, Gandhi also related the incident to himself, saying it left him how he had felt after the demolition of the Babri Masjid when his father, the former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi, was assassinated in 1991. His tour to the regions has been alongside Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, who has been declared the Congress Lok Sabha candidate for Wayanad.
The disasters have affected around 700 households and are estimated to have caused 350 building structures. The geographic conditions have hampered considerable rescue operations and available resources for conveying the machinery.
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