00:00Kerala has not seen this type of a tragedy in one area.
00:04Congress family would like to commit to build a hundred plus houses here.
00:09I have been here since yesterday.
00:12As I said yesterday, this is a terrible tragedy.
00:16We yesterday went to the site.
00:20We went to the camps.
00:23We assessed the situation there.
00:25And today we had a meeting with the administration and the panchayat.
00:30They briefed us on exactly the number of casualties they expect,
00:36the number of houses that have been damaged, and their strategy.
00:41We have said that we are here to help in any way possible.
00:45Congress family would like to commit to build a hundred plus houses here.
00:54Of course, it is a terrible tragedy.
00:58I think Kerala has not seen this type of a tragedy in one area.
01:04And I think I am going to raise it in Delhi,
01:08and also with the Chief Minister here,
01:11that this should be treated differently.
01:13This is a different level of tragedy and it should be treated differently.
01:18Are we going to take up any proactive measures to put an end to these kind of fractures?
01:22Yes, that is part of the discussion.
01:25But right now the focus is on finding the bodies of people,
01:30finding potential survivors,
01:32and making sure that they are comfortable in the camps,
01:35and also rehabilitating people.
01:38I think rehabilitation is going to be a very important issue.
01:41What a lot of the survivors have told us, told me,
01:45is that they do not want to go back to that area.
01:48So I think it is important that they are rehabilitated,
01:52but rehabilitated in a safe area, and are not forced to go back.
01:56So these are the things that we have already raised with the Government of Kerala.
02:00I have been here since yesterday.
02:03As I said yesterday, this is a terrible tragedy.
02:06Yesterday we went to the site, we went to the camps,
02:13we assessed the situation there.
02:16And today we had a meeting with the administration and the panchayat.
02:20They briefed us on exactly the number of casualties they expect,
02:26the number of houses that have been damaged, and their strategy.
02:31We have said that we are here to help in any way possible.
02:35Congress family would like to commit to build 100 plus houses here.
02:42Of course, it is a terrible tragedy.
02:47I think Kerala has not seen this type of a tragedy in one area.
02:53And I think I am going to raise it in Delhi,
02:58and also with the Chief Minister here,
03:01that this should be treated differently.
03:04This is a different level of tragedy, and it should be treated differently.
03:09Are we going to take any proactive measures to put an end to these kinds of tragedies?
03:13Yes, that is part of the discussion.
03:16But right now the focus is on finding the bodies of people,
03:21finding potential survivors,
03:23and making sure that they are comfortable in the camps,
03:26and also rehabilitating people.
03:29I think rehabilitation is going to be a very important issue.
03:32What a lot of the survivors have told us, told me,
03:36is that they do not want to go back to that area.
03:39So I think it is important that they are rehabilitated,
03:43but rehabilitated in a safe area, and are not forced to go back.
03:47So these are the things that we have already raised with the Government of Kerala.
03:51Thank you very much.
