Wall collapsed: Woman suspected to be trapped, rescue operation is on
Mangaluru, May 29: A woman is suspected to be trapped under the debris when a compound wall of a house was collapsed near KPT Udayanagar in the city on Tuesday.
The victim is identified as Mohini (60), wife of Kamalaksha of Udayanagar. Fire brigade team is removing the mud. As Mohin was underwent a heart surgery a few years back, she has been residing at her brother’s house as she could not walk on the slopes where her house is situated. Very rarely, she used to go to her house. But when she has visited her house to verify it following heavy rains since morning, the wall was collapsed.
Mohini, her husband Kamalaksha and her sister Girijakshi were living together. Though Mohini was living at her brother’s house, she used to come to her home. She was rolling beedis for her livelihood.
Girijakshi who witnessed the incident said that “both of us tried to stop rainwater gushing into the toilet. She was standing beside me. When it started raining heavily, I went inside and asked her to come in. But she was standing outside and when the wall collapsed, she trapped under it”, she said rolling tears in her eyes.
It is said that there was no proper drainage to let the rainwater in the area. So, the compound wall was collapsed. The City Corporation authorities were asked to construct the drainage several times, no action was taken, locals said.
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Wayanad aid memorandum: Kerala CM slams media for "destructive journalism"
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday slammed a section of the media for allegedly spreading "fake news" about the memorandum prepared by the state government for central aid in the context of the Wayanad landslide disaster, terming it "destructive journalism."
"What is happening in Kerala is destructive journalism. A section of the media has turned into factories for creating controversies," Vijayan said at a press conference.
The Chief Minister said that Kerala has been discredited due to the fake news.
He alleged that after the media spread false information, a fake narrative emerged, claiming that Kerala was attempting to unfairly grab aid.
"The opposition also seized upon these reports. The aim behind these stories was to discredit the state government by any means," Vijayan added.
The CM clarified that it is not the ministers who prepare the memorandum in the wake of a disaster, but rather professionals who have proven expertise in the field.
He said that the media had misinterpreted the data prepared by these experts.
The figures in the memorandum are not exaggerated, but are projected estimates, he added.
