00:00The landslide in itself originated about six kilometers away in the forest, in a pristine non-inhabited area.
00:12And the material moved down a river and came and piled up in an area where it was never anticipated to come and pile up.
00:23So there was a turn that the river took and the river itself has widened and it has become two rivers.
00:30Teams of NDRF, two teams of defense service, defense security cops, one navy river crossing team.
00:38Then we have also requested for MEG, Engineering Task Force Assistance from Army.
00:45So they are moving in from Bangalore. Primary team has reached Mangalore and they will reach Wayanad.
00:51They will do a reconnaissance and then they will requisition the services of ETF with the Bailey Bridges.
01:00For moving all these troops, we also have aircraft ready at Hind and two aircrafts are flying in in Trivandrum.
01:07And Army from Bangalore is also sending two columns with boats to Calicut as an advance measure.
01:15So that if you need to replenish human resource, then that is also available.
01:20What about the repeated landslides that have happened in Kozhikode?
01:50up in an area where it was never anticipated to come and pile up. So there was a turn that the
01:54river took and the river itself has widened and it has become two rivers now. So two streams are
02:00flowing in that area as of now. So that is where the situation is. This is quite an unprecedented
02:05situation in terms of the event. The event started in a high hazard zone and there in and around that
02:12area three colonies were evacuated yesterday itself. But this came and landed in a completely
02:19inconspicuous opposite hill on the opposite shore of the river far away. So that is what has
02:25happened. So what is challenging in these situations? The weather is a difficult situation
02:31there. There is a lot of slush and mud. So crossing over has become a difficult part.
02:36There was one major bridge there. The bridge got kind of disconnected. India RFS with great
02:43difficulty tied up ropes and is trying to move in people to the other side so that rescuers can go
02:48there and fetch people out. That is where we are.
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