India, Feb. 7 -- The Kerala government will allocate Rs.750 crore for the rehabilitation of Wayanad landslide survivors, state finance minister KN Balagopal announced on Friday while presenting the annual budget for the 2025-26 financial year (FY) in the Assembly.
Over 250 people were killed in the landslides in Chooralmala, Mundakkai, and Punchiri Mattam villages in Meppadi panchayat on July last year.
Balagopal criticised the Centre for not allocating a special package for the Wayanad rehabilitation in the Union budget despite the State submitting a "detailed memorandum of Rs.2221 crore" in November last year.
"The State will utilise funds from the chief minister's distress relief fund (CMDRF), state disaster management authority (SD...
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