Five months after landslides hit three villages in Kerala's Wayanad district, the Union government on Monday declared the devastating landslides a disaster of "severe nature", acknowledging its significant impact, reported the Times of India.

Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra welcomed the Centre's decision and said it is "step in the right direction." She wrote in a post on X , "I am glad @AmitShah ji has finally taken the decision to declare the Wayanad tragedy as a “Disaster of Severe Nature”. This will greatly help those in need of rehabilitation and is definitely a step in the right direction. We will all be grateful if adequate funds for the same can also be allocated at the earliest."