Summary:
Airdrop had to be arranged, as supplies started drying up in marooned houses and flats from the second day. So, on the second day, we hired fishermen along with their boats on a massive scale. “Thanks to the tremendous support of all the people in the city, we were able to achieve a record when 10,000 food packets per hour were distributed on the second day,” he said. Collection and distribution of food emerged as another challenge, as more than 50,000 people were stranded across the district. And shortly, a rescue and operation centre was up and running at the Government Rest House at Pathadipalam near Kalamassery..