TIL Desk/National/Thiruvananthapuram/ Rescue and relief operations are continuing in full swing with the thousands of personnel of the Indian Navy, Air Force, Army, National Disaster Response Force and Central Armed Police Forces are engaged in the rescue, relief and evacuation operations in Kerala with the support of dozens of helicopters, aircraft, hundreds of motorboats, an official spokesperson said.
The operations will continue till the situation becomes normal. So far, they have rescued and evacuated more than 38,000 people from the flood-affected areas. Medical aid has been provided to more than 23,000 people. As many as 3,00,000 food packets have been supplied by the Food Processing Ministry.
The deadly monsoon rains claimed 13 more lives on Sunday, taking the toll to 210 in the last ten days as Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. The NDRF said on Sunday that it has evacuated more than 15,000 people from floods and heavy rains affected areas of Kerala till now and rescue operations have been stepped up in a number of badly-affected locations, the National Disaster Response Force said on Sunday.
