Army used local resources available in area and built the bridge. (Photo via Twitter)

Kerala is going through its worst flood crisis since 1924. Many have lost their relatives, houses and belongings have been washed away in the rain fury that has wrecked havoc in Kerala over the past few days. In emergencies like this, the Army has once again come forward to start rescue operations.

Army is working 24x7 in evacuating hapless people from isolated places, constructing temporary bridges, repairing and clearing roads in villages of Kerala, braving incessant rain and landslip threats.



(Photo: Twitter/ADG PI-Indian Army) In one such incident, Army's Engineer Task Force has built a 40-foot bridge in Malappuram district. The personnel used local resources available in the area and improvised the bridge which was badly hit by flood water. (Photo: Twitter/ADG PI-Indian Army) (Photo: Twitter/ADG PI-Indian Army)

In another incident, the Army constructed a makeshift bridge using trees in Wayanad to rescue around 800 stranded people.

Traditional bridge built by army troops from fallen trees & trunk in #Wayanad ystrdy ready to cross over for stranded locals #KeralaFloods #OpsSahyog pic.twitter.com/DRZiWLe2xs Neeraj Rajput (@neeraj_rajput) August 11, 2018

Ten columns of Army along with personnel from Navy, Air Force and NDRF are engaged in relief and rescue work in badly hit districts, including Kozhikode, Idukki, Malappuram, Kannur and Wayanad. The Army is calling the relief work in Kerala as 'Operation Sahyog' (cooperation).

As many as 39 people have lost their lives in Kerala till now. According to Kerala CM Vijayan, the state has already suffered an overall loss of Rs 8,316 crore. He said that nearly 20,000 houses have been fully damaged while nearly 10,000 km of state PWD roads have been damaged in the Kerala floods.

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