How the Wayanad landslide happened| Let Me Explain with Dhanya Rajendran

[@thenewsminute]

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[@reganjoans]

Let me explain it to you, why no reporting on the amount of waterway mellus and kanadas had damaged under the administration of pappans to score political points? Talk about the number of waterways destroyed by mellus under the pappan's advice to create a rift between mellus and Tamilians with water. These dump gods destroyed rivers channeling water into TN in the name of water conservation, satisfying some pappan clowns to promote state animosity. Talk about the danger of storing water in theirs dams to its brims. The entire South TN is left barren and the river called "Vaippar" was killed purposely by dump mellus and now poor undefendables are getting killed. Talk about why Tuthucorin and Ramanathpuram turned barren!!

[@InnocentPinkFlamingos-fi1um]

K😅😅😅l​@@reganjoans

[@JER9369]

No we won't fund you

[@panikst]

@@reganjoans who are the pappan clowns

[@shard34]

In two months all these politicians and businessmen and women are going to come back and talk about "rebuilding" Meppudi or a New Meppudi, or whichever place gives them more bucks for their bang. All these Gadgil Committe Reports, SC/ HC judgements, Green Tribunal reports will be used wipe their rears, when building resorts, hotels and entertainment venues. These vultures are waiting for the mourning period to be over. Some years from now, you and your team can file another explainer about another tragedy.

[@asifsohailh483]

Great explanation! So heartbreaking to see what's happening in Wayanad. It's never too late before we act upon Climate Change and preserve our forest cover.

[@sagaronline265]

it is too late 4 world.this is just a trailer ,big things r yet 2 come.dooms day is just within next 5-10 years.

[@creator99415]

​@Vanakamnamastenamaskaram he didn't comment about CG

[@EAGLEYES112]

​@VanakamnamastenamaskaramThere a total of three landslides in total. That detail was left out in the video. It's still an info video nevertheless 🙏

[@helenaugustine5545]

More than 4000 people stay in the area. How many are remaining

[@jamilakoshy3324]

Thanks!

[@vaishnavireddy-id4yn]

Very correct and precise explanation about land slides so that normal people can understand easily

[@kanishkanbharathi15]

Well documented one👍 I need to substantiate further on thevpreventive measures what we have done in Ongole quarries to stabilize the high wall of 80+ m depth. In Waynad the peak of Vellarimala is 2000m ht and the devasted village Mundakkai is located 8 km away down stream of 1000m ht. What happened was when heavy rain fall of more than 50 cm / a cloud burst happened at night when people were sleeping, due to saturation and pore pressure of the loose soil at the snout of Vellarimala hill, the slope suddenly slipped and the heavy water dragged the load that includes both soil and boulders by traction and submerged the inhabitations of the devastated villages. Further, the area is already identified as a sensitive zone for such major landslides and GSI has documented each and every landslides zones in the country. In Waynad at the Mundakkai area there was a major landslide during 1984 and 2020 and the river has recoursed subsequently along the mud fall and the school now completely destroyed has been constructed on the river terrace on a loose soil. The heavy flood now has undercut the loose formation of the valley made the buildings to collapse. The treatment to prevent such major landslides is stabilization of slopes with Shot creating followed by netting and again 50mm thickness if cement shot shotcreting and the Soil Nailing of 3 Mt length at vulnerable locations on the overburden and rock bolting in the hard rock at the scarp face of Vellarimala We have successfully done in a big way in Ongole and the mass is now stable. Very important thing is fixing the extensometer at regular intervals for real time monitoring the mass movement as in Early Warning System in Tsunami prediction within the time travel. Ultimately to conclude this is a man made disaster failed to stabilse the slopes within the radius of this cluster. Mushroom growth of resorts in this zone. Failed to comply the norms of land use and land cover of Eco system. Without stabilizing the slopes and again rehabilitating the people within these affected villages will be a great blunder done to the humanity. Both State and Central Governments should work in tandem to prevent any further such disasters in the land slide zones in the country. We have seen how nicely the preventive techniques done in China. I have delivered this in my key note address in Landslide Seminar at Ooty in 2020 and now the State Government has accepted the suggestion of soil nailing of mass in Landslide prone areas of TamilNadu. The agony due to blatant violation of ecosystem will continue with the influence of the political system and such disasters are attributed mainly to anthropogenic activities 🥲🙏 B.Kanishkan Director (Rtd) Geological Survey of India Chennai 94444 11203

[@unnikrishnanpanikkar5254]

A research is to be conducted on the basis of this disaster and the evidences left in the site and the role of resorts and quarries in the calamity. Atleast publish the number of resorts washed away or damaged and quarries disappeard so that common people can understand how harmful they are without much scientific explanations!

[@maladstar]

Very deeply explained sir ...Hope Kerela government also go through these suggestions and come up with a rock solution for the devastated people 😞

[@mehulk53]

Wonderfully researched video. TNN once again showing why it's one of the most underrated news sources out there.

[@sherlyma1]

Thanks

[@rhanbentsopoe]

We are deeply saddened by the Kerala landslide our hearts and prayers are with thee

[@alecjohn979]

This is so sad. Wayanad should be declared as a forest area and all the people should be relocated to safe places to avoid further disasters like these.

[@cirilcherian8893]

First close all the resorts...

[@SebinMatthew]

@@cirilcherian8893 resorts do much much little damage compared to the thousands of acres under tea plantations. Plantations that make a few estate owners rich but pay their tea workers peanuts. The tea estate owners must be held accountable for the rampant deforestation and asked to reforest significant portions back. The state and its people are important than a few tea estate owners' bank accounts.

[@DintoDav]

Needs to reduce resorts and tourists. Also, relocate people from sensitive areas. Low weight houses should be built in future- no big concrete houses

[@charmaine8512]

Very well explained. Hopefully, this will teach us not to be complacent and just follow the others but instead stop and ask ourselves whether our decision to live on the banks of rivers or start construction in an area that is deemed unsafe, should be swept aside.

[@indiranair9099]

Heartbreaking. Thank you Dhanya and team for your great work.

[@drigergaming6011]

Only comment box that shows the value of human life

[@roquelazarus]

Thank you for the detailed explanation and site visuals. Heartfelt sympathy and sincere condolences to the bereaved families of the dearly departed. Kerala ...I wish you the grace of God

[@VasuBalakrishnan]

Thank you for this in-depth explanation 😢

[@aaaaak05]

That was so very well explained , thank you!!

[@SmilenDuck]

It’s high time Kerala Govt has to stop unwanted constructions & deforestation

[@niyasm8973]

Kedarnath, kulu manali then ?????

[@Truthteller1650]

​​@@niyasm8973kerala is the most densely populated state in India, hope you know that, don't compare with others, first you guys stop deforestation,, before that, kerala's population explosion should be controlled, in this 21st century also people giving birth for more than 2 kids, don't know how earth is going to handle this explosion 😢

[@conyferns3977]

These Kerala people cutting of mountains in other states also they do not understand the nature

[@subhashbaby]

​@@Truthteller1650you know nothing about Kerala

[@Truthteller1650]

@@subhashbaby since I am from Kerala I know very well about kerala, now outsiders also started to know about kerala, so don't worry much..

[@luttappientertainment6916]

Speak about the Mullaperiyar Dam. Nature is giving so many warnings; don't ignore them

[@VerselinTelasMary]

Both govt should sit and talk and take some wise decisions than to play politics with nature.

[@SHZ365]

Nothing will happen. We will listen to reports like this in the future.

[@teebone25]

Waiting for ur next story: "Why the Kerala Government is not responsible for the disaster. And how people shouldn't be questioning the Govt"

[@UnnimayaVinod-fc2wu]

This come in a case study format. So, thank you, Dhanya!

[@EASTORWESTCREATIVE-p5p]

Big Salute for the Rescue Team🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹

[@ashokkumar-zs9xs]

Thank you for the detailed reports

[@radhakrishnanmk9791]

🎉🎉🎉The Best 👌 Thank you 🙏 Dhanya 4 Honest discovery of the incident..🎉 Waite more updates🎉

[@skdutta1385]

Don't disturb Mother Nature else we have to pay the price.

[@mariamatilda4963]

Exactly 💯 true

[@SmithaK-d1y]

What happened in wayanad is natural. Landslide occurred in forest there was no human activity

[@_ixxiii]

Its natural we didn't disturb nature

[@gastronomistmd5078]

I have never watched this channel before. But I have to congratulate you for excellent coverage of the matter end to end. . This is exactly how the news reporting channel and news reporter has to convey the message to the man. WELL DONE 👍

[@हरिःव्योम]

this is baiting on political orientation.. the truth is human occupation of lands in a mindless and unscientific way... mind you, I have said it here first.. the disaster of Kerala and TN has only just started.. you see forward what will happen. stop blaming, and start working towards preserving natural lands

[@हरिःव्योम]

Why the phuck BJP and Amit Shah matter, and much against the truth.. the fault is by the people at local admin level. it is state problem and not center. grow up malloos!!!

[@gastronomistmd5078]

@@हरिःव्योम what do you mean by preservation of land? When the government/religious/societal policies encourage having more and more children and these human beings need to live, they need houses. You’re gonna just wipe out human beings to preserve the land. It’s process. A very complicated one indeed.. . All you can do now is manage and be informed.

[@creator99415]

​@@हरिःव्योम haven't you seen about water logging in gurgaon and cloudburst in Himachal. Climate change will affect whole india

[@supersinger2921]

😂😂don’t trust this media and this lady, these are communist backed people

[@ensapubrahma87]

Very heart breaking scenes😭😭😭😭😭

[@deepamohan2214]

Well presented and informative!! Thank you!!

[@viswanathans3226]

Hi Dhanya, Happy to see u again! Good work done! Exactly 28 years before, we together participated in an elocution competition in Palakkad (PMG school). You had 1st prize and I was with 2nd.. Sumesh

[@sukanyavenugopal2376]

Thank you for the detailed explanation, so well presented - as always. An investigative report on the number of illegal construction and mining activities that have taken place in the various regions of the Western Ghats with an account of which political parties and politicians have stake in such devastating business deals would be an eye-opener for the public. I hope a public supported platform like The News Minute will be able to achieve that.

[@svrmohan123]

Amazing summary by TNM. Very painful and unable to even imagine the scale of disaster.

[@seemamanjunath5778]

Prayers for the rescue of People Suffering, May Almighty give them strength & Food for Survival

[@lenagodinho2877]

Thanks for the information

[@lataramooji5234]

Thank you so much for this elaborate coverage on Wayanad disaster

[@sanjeevirao1979]

Excellent coverage and presentation 👍...very sad in wayanad ..

[@marvinuriarte720]

My condolences for all the Families lost their relatives And my regards for Dhanya great story you explain very well.. My best wishes for Kerala people from Charlotte North Carolina.

[@daviddraiman4237]

If only those wise words of wisdom uttered 13 years ago found some listening EARS. If only there were more sane politicians like PT Thomas.

[@jovitafernandes9239]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙌🙌🙌 Thank you Mam Heart is Broken 💔 to see...............,😢😢😢😢

[@Samdex92]

What's most important is implementation of Gadgill report. Giving timely alerts are just a stop gap measures. Such ecologically sensivitive zones must be protected from incursions and people must be rehabilitated to safer areas. Like you said there is a lack of will from authorities for proactive measures. We are always active post disasters, pouring in condolences and money, and when things cool down all these discussions are forgotten. I'm afraid the disaster in Wayanad is a mere beginning if we are turning a blind eye to climate change and incursions into sensitive zones of Western Ghats.

[@chakochankarinth3524]

Thank you News minutes for the very informative, researched, and unbiased presentation with excellent visuals and fine audio... look forward to authentic journalism.

[@giridharnatarajan842]

Very good reporting to,the point and no distraction / disturbance.subscribed.

[@shyamadaniel5231]

Excellent report.

[@panikst]

Very well presented and doling of information Thoughtful attire ie the colour

[@kennethnewbigging3806]

Nature has given man enough to satisfy his need not his greed

[@kirankakde]

Dhanya, thanks for bringing a looming issue to the fore in your report. Many ecologically fragile zones are being suddenly built upon as we run out of habitable zones. While many factors influence this unfortunate trend, what we lack is a comprehensive Land Use Planning study & guidelines to building if at all in these zones. Market forces being a they are, I fear none of us can stop human built environments from claiming these zones. What we can do is become aware of critical limits & dos & donts.

[@Sacredspeeches.]

That was the best ever Explaination regarding this. Well appreciated Govt should take strict actions on illegal settlements . So that people can be survived 💕

[@NC-hl4yu]

Thank you

[@AjitSingh-de5oc]

The threshold of prosperity and development has been breached, same kind of news every year since last 5 years. The amount of travel families used to do in their lifetime before 90s, now is done in every year.

[@naligaonkar]

Is 1980 hotel safe?

[@Champ577]

Our prayers are with the ppl of wayanad.

[@Divine_Hustler]

Great explanation and informative video

[@sadbhavanamatrimonials800]

Real news very good

[@supernova4467]

its like nature reclaiming its teritory

[@greeshmab1630]

Devastating fact is that another big disaster waiting for a massive rainfall that can wipe out entire mulitiple districts in kerala is a dam that is centuries old but no government or political party is willing to talk about until something happens.. Its the trend afterall😑

[@RobinKurian1986]

Thank you Dhanya ,well explained 👏

[@mdsmenon]

Excellent analysis. Pragmatic

[@jayashreearun6324]

Life will go on in the SAME WAY- Sick political will& people's memory

[@rajelectronic]

Now 339 dead body

[@gokuldastvm]

427 and being updated (5 added a few hours ago) 🌹

[@jpzachariah]

It is inaccurate to say that the District Administration of Wayanad did not have credible alerts. According to a report by The New Indian Express, The Hume Centre for Ecology and Wildlife Biology had sent the district administration of Wayanad an alert about the landslide 16 hours before it happened.

[@DhanyaRajendran]

We have also written about the Hume Centre warning. But that is not a warning from govt weather pridction system. Hume has localised collection of data. What are state and union govts doing about better weather prediction systems?

[@an67890]

O.16...what was that,human or an animal😊

[@loadedarrow]

Landslide alert rain above 20cm was alerted. Why state didn't act. Relocation from sensitive zone plans was given 4 years ago. After puthumala landslide 5years ago state didn't learn. ​@@DhanyaRajendran

[@gokuldastvm]

@@loadedarrow Rain alert was for only up to 20.4 cm (orange alert). They missed by an entire alert level. Orange alert is so common in Kerala that it's not enough to warn of an impending major collapse. Worse still, these alerts are at district levels, and does nothing to help plan at regional levels. And finally, response is decided based on flood alert and landslide alert besides rainfall alert, with the 3 alerts coming from 3 different central government agencies. Guess what the landslide alert level was - green! The landslide alert claims are just pure lies.

[@sachinbarvekar2563]

After long time news with proper study deliberation & balance approach, whatever has happened has deeply saddened everyone of us.

[@KishoreBasneth]

Peace and soul 😢

[@bhaskaranashokan3517]

Yes, landslides in the hills are natural, but the present landslides in Vayanad is man made by indiscriminate encroachments into the fragile eco-system of Vayanad by greed of political class and officials. Who will put an end to these indiscriminate encroachments into the hills and jungles.

[@sanjeevkumarsoren1534]

Stop cutting down of trees this is just the beginning

[@jayaramsridhar5978]

Quality reporting. Kudos

[@KA-ry6nz]

Well done. Never watched your channel before. Subscribed.

[@lukhulikiho84]

God have mercy on wanayad 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Thomas-eu6fj]

Very informative report

[@abdullahsalafi7396]

This is my first video in news minute hope you people will be genuine

[@companionjai]

This video is very informative.. Thank you for all the efforts. Now the concern is.. Illegal constructions without thinking of nature & environment causes the same !! Who told and/or grant the permission to build houses or colonies beside the river-bed ?? Can't people or government think of an environment ? It is not at all the nature fault, it is absolutely to be blamed on people who destroys the nature due to greediness and nature "Karma" gives back !!

[@rockeyroger1839]

Good work explaining this, Dhanya

[@peskyaffairs]

Brilliant explanation!

[@sridharsesham9459]

Great Job guys thank you for details ....

[@MsSreeku]

Nothing will change. No one will learn any lessons. Presently its the hot news for media & and when Media will get another hot news. People will forget everything, similar with such happened to Arjun the truck driver, it seems that chapter is closed by media.

[@gokuldastvm]

Remember the Thanoor boat tragedy?

[@EAGLEYES112]

A good video in general. There was no mention of the two other landslides that occurred following the first one at the Mundakayyi Hills atound.1;30 am. The tragedy was exacerbated due to three landslides occuring in the space of three hours.

[@yangchandolkar7485]

SHOCKING TRAGIC NEWS....RIP PURE SOULS 😢😢😢😢

[@JohnWick-y8h]

Good studied report from you. Keep up your good work

[@wnfernand]

Well reported. The Kerala CM was bent on Silverline and other projects...such weather forecasting systems are the actual need.

[@roy1693]

😟 My heart just sank.

[@user-priya240]

Very nice research..

[@TardigradeSurviverofapocalypse]

Overturism also one of the reason I believe because in the pandemic even though there was heavy downpour but there was no landslide at that time...But post pandemic ppl rushed everywhere to see now travel uas become some kinda of passion and desire....travel has become showcasing... it's costing human lives more traffic and load on soil causing these landslide.... Its not relevant to kerala its relevant to coastal and western ghats of karanataka , maharastra, Uttarakhand,himachal Pradesh, assam , Meghalaya as well...Do not visit this place on Mansoon season...be civilized traveller ....

[@vivekjk6729]

Its not tourism. These are all lies. Its the farming activity. Do you expect the soil to hold up if farmers keep removing and replanting coffee and tea plants again and again?

[@swordofdurga]

India Govt warning : 'There's danger of landslides in identified sensitive areas..." Pinarai Vijayan : "We got warning of yellow alert..."

[@solomonsollack04]

SAVE WAYANAD 😢 SAVE KERALA ❤

[@suneeshnt1090]

Good presentation... I am from kerala.

[@JayantaKumarAikat]

How many of the AWS are operational? Report should have given this information.

[@veecarea_nongbri2743]

Very sad n unfortunate....my prayers are with the victims n all the families that have lost their near n dear ones

[@sandynaik1620]

I m from Goa, Thanks for your news updates Dh@ny@🎉

[@LEo_7]

Really great reporting, pretty rare thing to see. However, you guys should create a contributions flow, in an implicit way, so that others can see the amount of contributions and hence more shall follow.

[@conyferns3977]

Jesus you are the way truth and life No other words remained to console these people

[@MBADM]

Extremely sad with the happenings in Wayanad

[@fathima.thashreefa]

7:40 Kerala need urgently Better Wheather prediction system.. well said, I wish better medical facilities too.. Wayanad and Kasaragod districts with no progress need better medical facilities. We don't have Medical college or Multi speciality hospital. For medical purpose we have to travel kms. Wayanad depending nearest district Kozhikode and Kasaragod depending Mangalore, Karnataka.

[@deepakkumar-wc7xz]

Indepth Analysis of Wayanard. Just an observation..The maps video was taken out in a flicker. We could hardly see the maps to understand. It was taken away too soon. Be careful next time onwards

[@dadug4fun]

Good attempt .....Please use drone power in area for yet to be made best picture from the heights in forest area when permitted so we can follow the path better

[@marwadis6524]

Mullaperiyar Dam is another water bomb. About 35 lakh people die if this dam breaks

[@alvinraju135]

Can you do a video on mullaperiyar, the next possible tragedy in Kerala

[@aleenaelizabath2092]

Hi Mam, Please do make a video on the case study of Mullaperiyar Dam😢😢. Nobody is speaking up to decommission it. It is a bitter truth to say that Kerala is the worst state to live because of all these deadly reasons. Please consider this as a request, save the people of Kerala. We are helpless.

[@RavikFic]

Good coverage

[@Cutestar6757]

But even if orange alert was given and the place is classified as fragile shouldn't the local gov exctituves asked the people to shift temporarily 😢(bzgore permanent shifting) ? Isnt same thing done for people living near seismic activity zones, volacones, seashores, stormy

[@lmcgready]

Thank you for the information. Happy to subscribe.

[@manshongwanghra3928]

The warning has been given and the people didn't move due to the lack information of its impact and no alternative place to go.. So now whom to blame ? ,govt ll say the proper warning has been given ,its people fault tat in spite of that warning people didn't took seriously n lost their life, ..according to me govt had done their job but negligence of people tat the govt n people is both suffering...

[@joythink]

Any information of what financial support wayanad got after PM visit?

[@Sonu-j6h]

Very good news madam

[@nifadsa1105]

Thank you God knows everything even in Goa the politicians are not listening second will be our our turn.

[@MsVandana777]

wayanand the previous had such a bad flood so what is to take precautionary measures