Kerala Govt Forms Panel for Wayanad Landslide Debris Removal

The Kerala government has formed a three-member expert committee to visit Wayanad tunnel and township projects and submit a report on the removal of the debris accumulated there due to a landslide.

Seven bodies have been recovered from the site of the Wayanad landslide that occurred on July 7. The decision to constitute the expert panel was taken in a meeting held by Chief Minister V D Satheesan with Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala and Public Works Minister P K Basheer on Friday, a statement issued by the CM's office



said.

The three-member panel will comprise Dr Santhosh G Thampi, professor, NIT Calicut, Dr Jude Emmanuel, Environmental Scientist, Directorate of Environmental and Climate Change, and a representative of Director, National Centre for Earth Science Studies (NCESS), it said. 

An order issued by the Disaster Management Department in this regard states that the panel shall visit the tunnel and Wayanad township project sites and guide the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) in the safe removal of the debris accumulated at both places.