Wayanad (Kerala) | Five more human body parts were recovered from the landslide-hit areas of Wayanad during a search mission carried out in the hilly district on Monday, district authorities said.

As many as six body parts were recovered in the search, and of these five were confirmed to be those of human beings during a postmortem conducted at the taluk hospital in Sultan Bathery, they said.

All the recovered body parts are now kept at the hospital mortuary.

So far, 231 bodies and 217 body parts were recovered during the search mission conducted in the disaster-hit areas. Of this, 176 identified bodies have been handed over to relatives of the deceased.

As per the government directive, 55 dead bodies and 203 body parts were buried at a public graveyard in Puthumala.

Thirty more bodies were identified through DNA examination, the statement added.

Meanwhile, Meppadi Higher Secondary School, where hundreds of survivors were accommodated for days after the devastating landslide hit the hamlets of Wayanad on July 30, will be reopened on Tuesday, authorities added.

UP sanctions Rs 10 cr for relief and rehabilitation

Thiruvananthapuram | The Uttar Pradesh government has sanctioned an amount of Rs 10 crore to the Kerala government for relief and rehabilitation efforts in the landslide-hit Wayanad district.

This was informed by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan through an official letter on Monday.

In his letter, the UP Chief Minister said that, during this difficult situation, his government and the people of the northern Indian state stand in solidarity with the people of Kerala.

A Raj Bhavan source said that Governor Khan, hailing from Uttar Pradesh, had requested aid from Chief Minister Adityanath for the rehabilitation work in Wayanad, where devastating landslides on July 30 claimed several lives and displaced many more.