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The torrential rainfall connected Friday and Saturday caused implicit 18 large and insignificant landslips successful Kumily grama panchayat successful Idukki, causing large-scale harvest and spot loss. Damage was reported successful Pathumury, Attappallam, Kumily, Murukkady, Valiyakandam, and Vellaramkunnu successful the panchayat successful the dense rain. Waterlogging occurred successful hundreds of houses and shops successful Kumily and Onnam Mile towns.
The bid of landslips successful the panchayat destroyed acres of cardamom plantations. Babychen Kanjiram said crops connected astir 1 acre of his cardamom plantation, retired of the full 1.3 acre, got washed distant successful a large landslip successful Attappallam connected Saturday. As galore arsenic 11 large and insignificant landslips occurred successful Attappallam alone.
Stany Pothen, chairperson of Cardamom Planters Federation, said Vellaramkunnu recorded 228.3 mm of rainfall successful 48 hours. “The dense rainfall connected Friday and Saturday resulted successful large-scale demolition of crops successful cardamom plantations successful the district. However, receiving compensation volition instrumentality time, and adjacent then, it would not screen our loss,” helium said.
According to the information of the Agriculture department, Nedumkandam, Karunapuram, Vandanmedu, Chakkupallom, Kumily, Erattayar, Vandanmedu, Kanchiyar, Vathikkudy, Kattappana, and Edavetty areas witnessed harvest nonaccomplishment worthy ₹1.47 crore connected of 81.44 hectares of land. “The cardamom assemblage suffered important loss, losing crops worthy ₹44.7 lakh connected 57.82 hectares, “ said an official. The postulation of details regarding harvest nonaccomplishment successful the caller rainfall is inactive going on.
Heavy waterlogging
Kumily town, a tourism hub and large stoppage for Sabarimala pilgrims, witnessed dense waterlogging connected Friday and Saturday night, resulting successful damages worthy lakhs to establishments connected the Kottarakkara-Dindigul National Highway here.
The Kumily portion of Merchants Association stages a blockade connected the Kottarakkara-Dindigul National Highway astatine Kumily successful Idukki connected Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
The Kumily portion of Merchants Association blocked the nationalist road adjacent the Kumily station bureau connected Tuesday, demanding a solution to the town’s recurring waterlogging issue.
Sanoop Puthupparampil, president, Merchants Association Youth Wing, Kumily unit, said vendors suffered damages worthy lakhs and added that authorities were failing to supply a solution for the rain-related issues successful the town.
First casualty
Parappallil Thomas alias Thankachan, 66, was killed connected Saturday aft his two-wheeler got caught nether falling debris connected the Kumily-Anavilasom-Kattappana roadworthy adjacent Vellaramkunnu, making it the archetypal rain-related casualty successful Idukki.
Meanwhile, a reddish alert was issued for the territory connected Wednesday, and the District Collector has declared a vacation for acquisition institutions. The Collector besides banned h2o and escapade tourism activities successful the territory connected Wednesday.
All 13 spillway shutters of the Mullaperiyar dam remained unfastened connected Tuesday and released 6,033 cusecs of h2o to the Periyar river. The h2o level successful the dam connected Tuesday greeting was 138.5 ft.
