DELHI, (August 7, 2024) - A series of massive landslides in the hills of India’s southwestern Kerala state have killed more than 385 people,[1] including children, in the past week and forced at least 1,580 children from their homes as hopes of finding survivors fade, Save the Children said. The landslides that struck Wayanad, a district in the Western Ghats Mountain range that is vulnerable to landslides during the monsoon season, is one of India’s worst landslide disasters in recent history. [4]Sudarshan Suchi, CEO of Bal Raksha Bharat [Save the Children in India], said:“In an instant, the landslides took away everything that these children held dear – their homes, toys, their loved ones and their friends. We are also distributing hygiene and dignity kits to 1,000 women and adolescent girls and education kits for children aged 3-14. About Bal Raksha BharatSave the Children has worked in India since the 1940s, setting up its first Delhi office in the early 1970s, and has been a registered Indian entity, Bal Raksha Bharat, since 2008.

Source: The Hindu August 07, 2024 23:59 UTC