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