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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed the hope that the festival of Onam will give new strength to the people of Kerala to overcome the advertises in the aftermath of the floods. He said the country is behind the people of the state. The Prime Minister himself had gone to Kerala to see first hand the devastation caused by the unprecedented floods .
“May this Onam give further strength to the people of Kerala to overcome the adversities they have been facing for the past few days,” he wrote on Twitter.
May this Onam give further strength to the people of Kerala to overcome the adversities they have been facing for the past few days. The entire nation stands shoulder to shoulder with Kerala and prays for the happiness as well as prosperity of it’s citizens.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 25, 2018
The entire nation stands shoulder to shoulder with Kerala and prays for the happiness as well as prosperity of its citizens, he said.
The state has been witnessing its worst floods in a century. The rains had caused widespread damage to property and infrastructure. Rescue and rehabilitation work is going on in full swing with thousands of people residing in shelter homes.
