Even as life and traffic limped back to normalcy on the eastern high-ranges of Kottayam and Pathanamthitta districts, the run-off water from the upper reaches continued to unsettle more families in the low-lying parts the districts on Thursday.
With water entering more parts of its backwater landscape, the authorities have opened 57 relief camps in Kottayam where 1,450 people from 460 families have been accommodated. The number of camps in Pathanamthitta rose to 52 and of these, 44 camps are in the upper Kuttanad region in the Thiruvalla taluk. As many as 1,616 people from 466 families have been shifted to these centres.
