Kerala floods: With water starting to recede in some of the flooded parts of Kerala, restoration process has been expedited in the state. The Chief Minister Officer (CMO) in Kerala on Saturday tweeted that at least 1, 31, 683 houses wrecked in the floods have been cleaned, which is 31 per cent of the total flood-hit houses. It also added, "Electricity restored for 2.3 million connections of the 2.5 million disrupted. 14,314 transformers (out of 16158 affected) are now functioning." Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday gave details saying, ...

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