Kerala floods: Red alert issued in 13 districts, PM Modi to visit state in evening

<strong>New Delhi:</strong> In order to take stock of situation in Kerala which is grappling with heavy floods, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit the state in the evening today (Friday). Calling the situation as “unfortunate”, PM tweeted from his handle that he would be reaching the state later in the evening. He wrote on his Twitter handle that he had a telephonic conversation with Kerala CM P Vijayan and discussed the flood situation across the state and reviewed rescue operations. Later this evening, he would head towards Kerala. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Had a telephone conversation with Kerala CM Shri Pinarayi Vijayan just now. We discussed the flood situation across the state and reviewed rescue operations. Later this evening, I will be heading to Kerala to take stock of the unfortunate situation due to flooding. <a href="https://twitter.com/CMOKerala?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CMOKerala</a></p> — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1030297239544057856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2018</a></blockquote> Prime Minister Modi will be attending former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's funeral till the evening. After the funeral, Modi is likely to leave for Kerala. Nearly 100 people have lost their lives in the havoc played by torrential rains and heavy floods. Red alert has been issued today in all 13 districts except Kasaragod . Red alert has been issued for tomorrow also in Ernakulam and Idukki districts. 5 units of NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) have reached Thiruvananthapuram this morning and deployed for rescue operations. 35 teams are expected to reach there today.    

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