Karnataka CM condoles Wayanad landslide, announces Rs 5 lakh each for deceased Kannadigas

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday expressed his condolences to the lives lost in the landslide in Kerala's Wayanad and announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the deceased Kannadigas.

The number of people who died in the landslides that struck the hilly areas of Meppadi in Wayanad district on Tuesday



following incessant rainfall has gone up to 164, the Kerala Chief Minister said on Wednesday.

Sharing a post on his official X handle, Siddaramaiah said, "The death toll in Kerala's Wayanad landslide continues to rise. This is a very heinous tragedy, the fact that Kannadigas lost their lives in this tragedy made it even more painful."