Malappuram, Feb. 10 -- Speaking about efforts to secure more funds for Wayanad landslide victims, Wayanad's Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi on Monday expressed gratitude, stating that persistent pressure from local people and the Opposition in Parliament and the Assembly compelled the central government to release funds.

On July 30, Kerala experienced its deadliest landslide, which claimed over 300 lives and destroyed numerous houses and buildings, severely affecting the Mundakkai and Chooralmala areas.

"We took a petition for it to be declared as a disaster of a severe nature (Wayanad landslide), that was accepted by the central government and because of that and the pressure we all put in Parliament, in the assembly and the pressure you a...