Film star Apoorva Bose among 100 Keralites stuck in Srinagar
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Monday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him for necessary arrangements, including special aircraft, to evacuate the Keralites stranded in flood-hit Kashmir. More than 100 Keralites, including film star Apoorva Bose, were said to be stranded in Srinagar.
Chandy said on Monday evening that all the Keralites in Srinagar were safe. He said the Keralites were stranded in five Srinagar hotels due to the flood, adding that the State Government would send its special representative to Delhi deal with the situation if necessary. Some of those stranded were said to have been moved to the Srinagar airport.
Among those stranded were Upa lokayukta Balachandran Nair, Dr C Raveendran, principal of the Government Medical College, Kozhikode and four other doctors. Apoorva had reached Srinagar with a 15-member trekking team. Her mother said in Kochi that she and her companions were safe on the fifth floor of their hotel in Srinagar.
Reports said that 21 Keralites were brought from Kashmir to Delhi by special aircraft on Monday night. The Kerala Government opened a control room in Thiruvananthapuram and at the Kerala House in Delhi. Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala talked to the J&K Revenue Minister over the phone to request him for steps to help the Keralites stranded there.