Mounesh Vishwakarma

Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (EP)

Bantwal, Jul 8: Residents of four houses staying in two risky areas in Panjikallu gram panchayat limits have been shifted to safe places after three people died due to landslides in the panchayat limits.

Kerala residents Viji, Babu and Santhosh had tragic deaths due to landslides at Mukkuda on July 6. The gram panchayat administration which was alert after the incident, took the precautionary measures.

Residents Lalita Lokesh, Honnamma, Sandeep, Deekamma and Ganesh have been shifted to safe places. Prakash Madivala, resident near Basti, Panjikallu refused to move to safety. He was persuaded and shifted by the revenue department and panchayat officials with police help.

People are being asked to take precautions for disaster management in the gram panchayat.

Gram panchayat president, members, panchayat development officer (PDO), village accountant, police personnel and gram panchayat staff visited various places and conducted inspections.

Emergency service team for safety

An emergency service team of 50 young men is formed from the gram panchayat under the guidance of gram panchayat president Sanjiva Poojary. The team will watch all over the gram panchayat.

The team will go to various places in the grama every morning, inspect dangerous situations and provide help. The team that began working from Thursday has helped in the relocation of the residents of a house that collapsed and a house that got damaged due to landslide, said Panjikallu PDO Vidyashree.