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Kerala floods: Rahul writes to RBI Governor Das, seeks relief for farmers

Kerala has witnessed the worst floods in over a century

Current Affairs:-Congress pioneer Rahul Gandhi has kept in touch with RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, asking that the ban on reimbursement of harvest credits be stretched out to December 31 for ranchers in Kerala in the wake of floods in the state.

The loss of life in the Kerala floods is 95, according to government figures, and over 1.89 lakh individuals uprooted by the storm since August 8 have taken asylum in 1,118 camps, some of which were visited by Gandhi, the Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad, on Monday.

In a letter to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) representative, Gandhi said Kerala has seen the most noticeably terrible floods in over a century and the staggering effect of the storm is additionally intensified by the powerlessness of ranchers to reimburse farming credits by virtue of across the board crop misfortune, and broad harm to other gainful resources.

Outer factors, for example, the sharp fall in worldwide ware cost of money harvests has likewise unfavorably influenced the capacity of ranchers to skip back, he said.

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“Kerala has seen an awful spate of rancher suicides in the consequence of banks starting recuperation procedures against powerless ranchers under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Securities Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act),” the Congress head asserted.

“In spite of the interest from the state government and resistance groups to broaden the ban on reimbursement of advances to December 31, 2019; the state level broker’s board of trustees has wouldn’t think about the interest.

“I demand the RBI to take measures to stretch out the ban on reimbursement to December 31, 2019,” he said in his letter to Das.

The Congress head on Monday had visited flood-influenced territories in his Wayanad Lok Sabha supporters in Kerala, including most noticeably awful hit Puthumala, and guaranteed all assistance to those hit by the cataclysm to modify their lives.

According to the official information, 1,057 houses have been totally harmed and 11,159 halfway wrecked in the downpour.

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Flood, landslide hit Kerala again a year after the worst flood in a century

The India Meteorological Department has issued a red alert in four districts, which are Kozhikode, Wayanad, Idukki and Malappuram

Current Affairs:-A year after the state experienced the most noticeably terrible flood in a century, Kerala is encountering another genuine flood circumstance, with numerous spots immersed and avalanches executing a few in the Wayanadu locale.

The Cochin International Airport has shut tasks from Thursday night and has been declared to be closed till Sunday 3 pm.

The state government has reported the opening of 315 flood alleviation camps over the state, moving around 22,165 individuals from 5,936 families in the state till Friday morning. Wayanad has the most number of camps at 105, said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The screens of in excess of 12 dams were opened till Thursday night and the State Disaster Management Authority has said that water has been rising quick in these supplies.

Nearby reports said that at Meppadi in Wayanad, a colossal avalanche, supposedly diverting right around 100 sections of land, has crushed the neighboring areas and the quantity of individuals caught under the flotsam and jetsam isn’t known. Extensions and streets have additionally been washed away, obstructing the salvage tasks. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Defense Security Core, alongside nearby experts, have been conveyed for the salvage there.

State experts are determining overwhelming precipitation, with wind speed arriving at 40-50 kmph, to happen at a couple of spots in the Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki, Ernakulam and Thrissur regions. High waves in the scope of 3.2-3.7 meters are estimated till 11.30 pm on Saturday along the shore of Kerala from Pozhiyoor in the south to Kasargod in the north, said the Chief Minister’s Office, encouraging anglers not to wander into these regions during this period.

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