Kerala floods: Panchayat staff to be deployed for relief operations
(WorldNews India)

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The panchayat staff will be deployed for disaster management operations. The panchayat director has issued a directive to all the secretaries to issue a circular entrusting panchayat staff with disaster management activities. Only the essential staff may stay back for office duties. Kerala floods live updates The government had earlier given sanction to local bodies to spend amount for disaster relief from own fund as per requirement. Staff of panchayats including...