Archive · 3 Aug 2026
Kerala Govt Disburses Rs 49.25 Lakh to Landslide Victims
A big rainstorm on July 7 caused a landslide at a tunnel construction site in Wayanad, Kerala, killing eight people and injuring nine.
The Kerala government gave money to the families of the dead and to the injured people.
They paid Rs 5 lakh to each family of a dead person, Rs 2 lakh to each seriously hurt person, and Rs 25,000 to each person with minor injuries.
The money was sent to bank accounts.
The court had told the government to pay these amounts quickly.
Kerala government disbursed Rs 49.25 lakh ex gratia to families of eight deceased and injured from the July 7 landslide at the Anakkampoyil‑Meppadi tunnel site.
Rs 5 lakh each was paid to families of deceased victims from Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, and Uttar Pradesh.
Rs 2 lakh each was paid to four seriously injured individuals: Suraj Yadav, Sanjay Thakur, Rajneesh Rawat and Dilip Yadav.
Rs 25,000 each was paid to five minorly injured persons: T K Kunju, Heer Kumar, Tanmay Ghosh, Koodammal and Santosh Kumar.
Payments were transferred to the bank accounts of the kin and injured, following a Kerala High Court directive issued on July 10.
- Who
- Kerala government
- What
- Disbursed ex gratia payments to families of deceased and injured from a July 7 landslide
- When
- Announced August 3, 2023
- Where
- Wayanad district, Kerala, India
- Why
- To compensate victims following a High Court directive
- Total ex gratia disbursed
- Rs 49.25 lakh
- Number of deceased
- 8
- Number of injured
- 9
- Date of landslide
- July 7, 2023
- Court directive date
- July 10, 2023
