Kottayam: A year after the devastating 2018 deluge, Kerala is once again being battered by heavy rains with landslips and floods wreaking havoc claiming many lives across the state. Thousands of people have been evacuated from sensitive places in various districts.
The state government has called in central forces and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for rescue missions. The administration in each of the districts has opened relief camps and helpline numbers to help the people in need.
Control room numbers
State Emergency Operation Centre: 9446568222
State Toll-free helpline: 1070
District toll-free helpline: 1077
State control room: 0471–2331639, 23333198
Cochin Airport helpline: 0484-3053500
Banasura Sagar dam control room: 9496011981, 04936-274474 (office)
District helpline numbers
Kasaragod: 9446601700, 0499-4257700
Kannur: 9446682300, 0497-2713266
Wayanad: 9446394126, 8078409770, 04936-204151; 9447097707, 04936-220296 (Sultan Bathery), 9447097704, 04935-240231 (Mananthavady), 9447097705, 04936-255229 (Vythiri), 04936-202398 (KSEB control room),
Kozhikode: 9446538900, 0495-2371002, 2378810, 2378820, 2378860, 2378870, 2377300, 2373900, 2378300, 2375300, 2377530, 2376100
Malappuram: 9383463212, 0483-2736320, 2736326; 04931-221471 (Nilambur), 0483-2766121 (Eranad), 0494-2422238 (Tirur), 0483-2713311 (Kondoty), 04933-227230 (Perinthalmanna), 0494-2666038 (Ponnani), 0494-2461055 (Thirurangadi)
Palakkad: 8301803282, 0491-2505309,
Thrissur: 9447074424, 0487-2362424
Ernakulam (Kochi): 7902200400, 0484-2423513
Idukki: 9383463036, 0486-2233111
Kottayam: 9446562236, 0481-2304800
Alappuzha: 9495003640, 0477-2238630
Pathanamthitta: 8078808915, 0468-2322515
Kollam: 9447677800, 0474-2794002
Thiruvananthapuram: 9497711281, 0471-2730045