Illegality shouldn't be condoned, but affected people priority: Tharoor on Wayanad landslides
Wayanad disaster, but right now, the affected people battling psychological trauma require attention and sympathy, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Monday.
Tharoor was responding to Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav's remarks that the Kerala government allowed «illegal human habitat expansion and mining» in the state's fragile region which resulted in the devastating landslides in Wayanad district.
«If there has been any illegality that certainly should not be condoned and action should be taken. On that, I think we are all in (of) the same view that illegality is not something anybody welcomes. And I am sure the committee should do a professional job and make the decisions it needs to make,» Tharoor told PTI Video.
«I think right now our uppermost concern must be the lives that were lost and the human beings at stake. Bodies are still to be found, people are still searching. I was there in Wayanad on the weekend.
»The uppermost concern now is to look after the survivors, try and treat their wounds, which are not only physical wounds, but mental. They've gone through terrible psychological trauma. And all of these require our attention and sympathy," said the MP from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram.
Earlier in the day, Yadav told PTI Video that the Western Ghats is one of the most fragile regions in the country like the Himalayas and serious efforts must be made to prevent disasters in such regions. «The Kerala government is also responsible for ensuring the same,» he said.
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