Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday visited Mepaddi and Puthumala areas to take stock of flood situation in Wayanad, which is his parliamentary constituency. He also met the District Collector AR Ajayakumar and discussed the situation which was arising out of floods and landslide which hit normal life.

Gandhi asked the District Collector to make efforts to recover the bodies of those who were missing in the landslide in Puthumala. "There is an issue where the landslide took place. Efforts are on to find out some people who are missing. We have told the administration to expedite efforts in this regard," he said. Gandhi also added that he had apprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the flooding and also sought support from the Centre in order to deal with the situation.