Month after Cyclone Ockhi, pain lingers in Kerala hamlets
India | December 30, 2017 16:03 ISTSosamma's tears continue to trickle down her cheeks as there has been no word about her husband's return.
Sosamma's tears continue to trickle down her cheeks as there has been no word about her husband's return.
Modi said search operations to trace the missing fishermen in Kerala and Tamil Nadu would continue and expressed hope that all of them would come back home before Christmas.
Modi flew in from Lakshadweep, where the cyclone destroyed properties. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan received the Prime Minister.
"I was not here physically but in spirit I was here, I have come here to pay respects to the people who have passed away," the Gandhi scion said.
The cyclone passed the Mumbai coast and much to the relief of the people in Maharashtra's capital, it just brought rains and there was no loss of life or damage to property.
Cyclonic storm Ockhi has already turned into a "deep depression" and may hit south Gujarat only as a "depression" late tonight, according to an official statement.
Cyclone Ockhi barrelled towards the Gujarat coast, where it is likely to make a landfall this midnight, forcing the BJP to defer tomorrow's election rally of Prime Minister Naerndra Modi in Surat.
After wreaking havoc in some southern states, cyclone Ockhi today passed the Mumbai coast and much to the relief of the people, it just brought rains and there was no damage to life or property.
According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, as many as 39 people have lost their lives in Cyclone Ockhi in Tamil Nadu and Kerala while 167 are still missing.
The Tamil Nadu government on Monday said a total of 2,604 fishermen out of the 2,864 caught in the cyclone Ockhi have been rescued and search for the remaining 260 is on.
Hundreds of women held protest on the roads in Neerodi village demanding the authorities trace their loved ones who are still missing since Ockhi struck southern Tamil Nadu and Kerala on November 30.
The Centre has denied declaring Cyclone Ockhi, which caused heavy damage of life and property in Kerala, as a national disaster.
The death toll in rain-related incidents in Kerala rose to 19 even as more than 600 fishermen, stranded at sea off the state's coast, were rescued, official sources said on Sunday.
An IMD forecast said the scale of Cylone Ockhi has been reduced from ‘very severe’ to ‘severe’ for Monday.
Cyclone Ockhi, which has caused widespread damage in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam districts, will not be termed a national disaster, Minister of State for Tourism K.J. Alphons said on Sunday.
On Saturday, the Kerala government decided to approach the Centre for declaring Ockhi a national disaster.
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