Archive · 24 Jan 2026
Priyanka Gandhi urges PM to waive Wayanad landslide victims' loans
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, a Congress MP, has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi multiple times asking him to cancel the loans taken by people affected by the big landslides in Wayanad, Kerala.
These landslides happened in July 2024 and caused a lot of damage, with over 200 people losing their lives.
Priyanka says that giving money as loans to these victims is not fair, especially since they have lost their homes and jobs.
She also wants the central government to turn the loans given for disaster relief into grants, which means the state wouldn't have to pay them back.
The Kerala High Court has said that the central government can do this under the Constitution.
Priyanka has been asking for this help for a long time, and all Kerala MPs even met with the Home Minister in December 2024 to discuss the issue.
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has repeatedly urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to waive loans for victims of the July 2024 Mundakkai-Chooralmala landslides in Wayanad, Kerala.
She has requested that loans for jeep and autorickshaw drivers, small traders, and homestay operators who lost their livelihoods be waived.
Priyanka also asked the National Disaster Management Authority to instruct banks to waive these loans using its statutory powers.
The central government initially argued that loans could not be waived after the amendment of the National Disaster Management Act, but the Kerala High Court observed no obstacle under Article 73 of the Constitution.
All Kerala MPs met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in December 2024 to discuss the lack of central assistance for the landslides.
- Who
- Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah
- What
- Request for loan waiver for Wayanad landslide victims and conversion of disaster relief loans to grants
- When
- January 24, 2025 (latest request), July 2024 (landslides), December 2024 (meeting with Amit Shah), February 2025 (first letter to PM), October 2024 (second letter to PM)
- Where
- Wayanad, Kerala
- Why
- To provide relief to victims of the Mundakkai-Chooralmala landslides who have lost their livelihoods and homes
- Date
- January 24, 2025
- Location
- Wayanad, Kerala
- Disaster
- Mundakkai-Chooralmala landslides
- Casualties
- Over 200 lives lost
- Request
- Loan waiver for victims
- Key Figures
- Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Narendra Modi, Amit Shah
- Legal Reference
- Article 73 of the Constitution