A sharp Sob broke the silence in the mass cemetery. A woman fell next to the twin tombs of Panakakkadan Shajhan and as her daughter Faiza, Maulvi ended the anniversary prayer of her death. “The East fainted … it was too much for him,” an elderly relative said that he ran to help others.Nearby Shaja’s mother Panakkadan is a scattered grave of Jamila – after being found in a piece of her body, six separate plots were buried. “When she is scattered like that, how can anyone be closed?” Mohammed Koya asked, Qin told the Pancakan family.On July 30, a year has passed since the rain-trigger landslide, which has been converted to Choramla and Mundakai in Wayanad, Kerala into ghost villages. Out of 298, dead or disappearance was confirmed, 57 families were completely erased, leaving no successor, even to claim pre -8 lakh rupees of Gratia.More than 56 unknown bodies and 213 body parts were intervened in the Putumala burial ground – now there is a serious monument for nature’s violence.In the sub -center, 5 km away, crushed houses and debris line of Panapuzha. A year ago, the river lowered mud, boulder, body, entire plantation at a stretch of 8 km. Today, wild elephants roam in abandoned gardens.Authorities praised the rehabilitation reaction as one of the largest Keralas of Kerala, but gaps dazzling. Each affected person is eligible for Rs 2 lakh for reconstruction of his life. The execution remained slow. The government increased monthly support – Rs 6,000 in rent assistance and Rs 9,000 in livelihood assistance for two family members. A township is being built for 402 most affected families.But many live outside the list. “The government has used a filtering-out method,” said Shamshad Marakad, president of Zilla Panchayat. “The Mappadi Panchayat presented a list of 545. The final list was cut till 402.” He said that despite the Rs 772 crore collected in public contribution, only 100 crore rupees have been spent so far.Overseas were detected in the pre -Gratia list. In Choramla, Vipin lost the house she rented. His name was excluded, while his tenants received compensation.Psychological toll remains immense. There is a requirement of assessment of 1,231 people after the disaster, which reported more than 35% trauma related symptoms. Survivor Usman Bapu Kykal has to face terror attacks during heavy rains. “Even a motorcycle ignition races my heart,” he said. “I take three bullets a day to stay stable.”Shopkeepers and small business owners are particularly weak. Disadvantages run in crores. The government did not give any direct compensation. Vyapari Vyasai Ekopana Samithi stepped into 55 shopkeepers with Rs 2.3 crore.Pookkattil Aboobacker, once among the richest residents of Choorimala, now lives in a rented house near MUPPAINAD, depending on donations to support his 11 -member family. He owned 11 rental shop units and plantation land including 2-acre cardamom plots. All this is now buried or left. With 14 lakh rupees in dialysis and unpaid loans three times a week, the Abobacker said: “Now I depend on others to survive.”The fight is not against the debris – it is against time, fatigue and fading attention. “The physical wounds are almost cured,” said the survivor Bapu. “But mentally, I am still stuck in that night.” The earth may have settled, but life is yet to find firm ground.
