Rahul Gandhi assures all help to flood affected people

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday visited flood affected areas in his Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, including worst-hit Puthumala and assured all help to those hit by the calamity to rebuild their lives.

At Puthumala, where a landslide had wrecked havoc in the area, Gandhi said many people are feared to be still trapped beneath the debris.

"I visited the epicentre of Puthumala landslide at Meppadi in Wayanad.

This is the site of a terrible landslide that destroyed an entire village, many people are still feared to be trapped & rescue work is ongoing," he said in his twitter account.

He interacted with people in relief camps at Meppadi in Wayanad and Kaithapoil in Kozhikode district.

"I know it is a difficult time but I request you not to worry for your future. We're going to stand with you, we're going to help you and we're going to make sure that you're able to rebuild your lives," Gandhi told them.

The Wayanad MP distributed relief materials to people at the relief camp in Kaithapoil.

He told flood affected people at Meppadi and Kaithapoil that as their representative, he has spoken to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi "to ask for help for this region from the state and Central governments."
Referring to his meeting with state government officials, Gandhi said he had asked "them to bring in reconstruction, give compensation and distribute medicines and cleaning equipment at the earliest."