Kerala CM reviews rehabilitation progress for Wayanad landslide survivors
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday reviewed the progress of rehabilitation efforts for families affected by the devastating landslides in Wayanad district in 2024.
Chairing a high-level meeting, Vijayan directed officials to expedite the completion of houses being built for survivors under the first phase of the rehabilitation programme, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said in an official statement here.
Construction of the homes is nearing completion, and the chief minister stressed that all remaining work must be finished on an urgent basis to ensure the houses are handed over within the timeline, the statement added.
The rehabilitation initiative follows the deadly landslides that struck the Mundakkai-Chooralmala region of the hilly district of Wayanad, killing many and displacing several families.
Ministers K Rajan, A K Saseendran, K Krishnankutty, M B Rajesh and O R Kelu attended the meeting, along with Chief Secretary A Jayathilak and Chief Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Dr K M Abraham, the CMO said.
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MP: 7-year-old girl raped and murdered; minor relative detained
Barwani (MP), Jan 28 (PTI) Police on Wednesday detained a 17-year-old relative of a seven-year-old girl in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh for allegedly raping her and killing her by throwing her into a canal, a police official said.
Superintendent of Police Jagdish Dawar told reporters that the body of the child was recovered from the Indira Sagar Canal on January 26, following information from residents of a village in the Rajpur police station area of the district.
He said the post-mortem report concluded severe injuries to the girl’s private parts and attributed her death to drowning.
Dawar said a 17-year-old boy, a close relative of the girl, has been detained in connection with the rape-murder.
The teenager told the police that he kidnapped the girl from her home on the night of January 25 while her family members were asleep, took her to a nearby canal and raped her, according to the official.
When the girl started screaming during the sexual assault, the minor boy allegedly threw her into the canal, with the intention of killing her. The child drowned in the water body, the official said.
The detained minor will be produced in a juvenile court.
A case has been registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and an investigation is underway, he added.
