Archive · 20 Aug 2026
Keralam Announces Additional Aid for Landslide-Hit Families
A landslide in Mundakkai-Chooralmala in 2024 badly affected many families.
More than 200 people died and hundreds of homes were destroyed.
The Keralam government is giving money to families that lost their livelihoods.
Around 150 families are set to receive Rs 2 lakh each.
The broader Micro Plan scheme covers 433 families.
The money is meant to help people start businesses or other work.
Some families have already begun enterprises inside and outside Wayanad.
The assistance comes from government disaster-relief and community-development funds.
Keralam will provide Rs 2 lakh each to around 150 families affected by the 2024 Mundakkai-Chooralmala landslides.
Agriculture Minister T Siddique is scheduled to distribute the assistance on Friday in Wayanad.
The Micro Plan scheme is providing financial assistance to 433 families in the disaster-affected area.
The scheme supports self-employment and entrepreneurial activities to help families rebuild steady incomes.
More than Rs 5.11 crore has been allocated from the Chief Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund for 269 remaining families.
- Who
- The Keralam government, Agriculture Minister T Siddique, and families affected by the 2024 landslides.
- What
- Financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh each is being distributed to families that lost their livelihoods.
- When
- Distribution is scheduled for Friday; the report is dated August 20.
- Where
- Wayanad, in the area affected by the Mundakkai-Chooralmala landslides.
- Why
- To restore livelihoods through self-employment and entrepreneurial activities and provide families with a steady income.
- Affected disaster
- The 2024 Mundakkai-Chooralmala landslides
- Reported deaths
- More than 200 people
- Micro Plan beneficiaries
- 433 families
- New assistance
- Rs 2 lakh each for around 150 families
- First-phase distribution
- Around Rs 4.19 crore distributed to 305 families
- Additional allocation
- Rs 5.11 crore from the Chief Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund for 269 families
- Funding sources
- Chief Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund and Kudumbashree Plan Fund