Summary:
Special official teams should be deployed for rescue operations exclusively for Chengannur and Kuttanad, the minister said. The district administration also sent 19 countrymade boats for rescue activities. Finance minister T M Thoams Isaac, who was leading the rescue operations here, said that the situation in Kuttanad was very bad and the rescue operation was going well. Shortage of rescue teams and boats also affected the operations. Five teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have started rescue activities in the district..