Kerala floods: Death toll rises to 167

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 17 according to the most recent reports on Friday, the death toll in Kerala floods has risen to 167.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan reported the same during a press conference here.

Around 15,000 people have been safeguarded from the flood-hit state over the most recent nine days.

The numbers have been given by Army Karnataka and Kerala (K&K) Sub-Area, headquartered at Bengaluru, under the name, 'Operation Sahayog'. It were done by the Pangode military station, Pangode and Defence security cops, Kannur.

Task 'Karuna', did by the Indian Air Force, has protected very nearly 170 individuals through carrying and winching.

The progressing circumstance drove the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation to drop 8,415 tickets. They discounted Rs. 52,78,126 to the travelers from August 9 to August 17.

Prior in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that he will visit the state at night to review the situation.

"Had a phone discussion with Kerala CM Shri Pinarayi Vijayan a few seconds ago. We talked about the surge circumstance over the state and audited safeguard tasks. Later tonight, I will go to assess the deplorable circumstance because of flooding," Prime Minister Modi tweeted.

Meanwhile, a red alert was sounded in 13 areas of Kerala, with the exception of Kasaragod today.

The Indian Coast Guard's save and alleviation group from Vandiperiyar has been moved to the surge influenced Manjumala town in Kerala's Idukki district.

Up until now, the group has protected 16 stranded individuals from the town. Nourishment and dry proportion have been disseminated among them.

Five units of NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) achieved Thiruvananthapuram and were sent for save tasks. 35 groups are required to reach there today.

Kerala has been seeing relentless rain since recent days, causing flooding and avalanche in the state.

The Center has propelled gigantic protect and alleviation tasks in the state attributable to the surge circumstance which is declining continuously.

Recently, in perspective of the common surges circumstance in Kerala, a gathering of the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) was held to scale up help and guaranteed proceeded with alleviation and protect tasks.

Armed force, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been entrusted to prepare extra labor, water crafts, and helicopters to scale up the protect and help activities.

The Chief Minister had before said that the state is confronting the most exceedingly awful surge circumstance since 1924.

Prior on Thursday, NDRF teams evacuated 926 individuals to a more secure place at Pathanamthitta, Kozhikode, Ernakulam, Thrissur, and Alappuzha. In addition, the Army also built a 35-feet long bridge and rescued around 100 people including children and senior citizens from Malampuzha's Valiyakadu village.