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KOCHI: Heavy rains and floods battered parts of southern India over the weekend, killing at least 11 and displacing thousands in the state of Kerala, and setting off a landslide that killed at least three in neighbouring Karnataka, authorities and news reports said.
The death toll in rain-related incidents rose to 11 by Sunday and nearly 7,700 people were evacuated to around 275 relief camps across Kerala, a state government minister said.
Kerala’s Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan said on Monday he would be meeting district officials to review relief camp arrangements. On Sunday, he said clean-up operations had begun in flood-affected areas.
The chief minister said that there had been no lapse whatsoever in Kerala’s flood management, rejecting criticism over the government’s handling of the crisis and accusing political opponents of spreading misinformation during a natural disaster.
