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Wayanad Landslides | Can't Give Loan Waiver As Enabling Provisions Are Deleted From Disaster Management Act: Centre To Kerala High Court
Manju Elsa Isac
12 Jun 2025 1:17 PM IST
The Centre has filed an affidavit in the Kerala High Court informing that it would not be able to waive off the loan of Wayanad Landslides' victims as the provision under Disaster Management Act enabling such action has been removed by way of the Disaster Management (Amendment) Act, 2025.The affidavit has been filed in the suo-motu case initiated by the High Court after the Wayanad landslides...
The Centre has filed an affidavit in the Kerala High Court informing that it would not be able to waive off the loan of Wayanad Landslides' victims as the provision under Disaster Management Act enabling such action has been removed by way of the Disaster Management (Amendment) Act, 2025.
The affidavit has been filed in the suo-motu case initiated by the High Court after the Wayanad landslides in July 30, 2024. The Court has continuously asked the authorities to consider waiving the loans of victims of the landslide.
Details can be read here and here.
On April 10, the Court issued an order directing the Union Government/ National Disaster Management Authority to deliberate on whether the situation in Wayand calls for invocation of loan waiver under Section 13 of the Disaster Management Act.
Section 13 of the Act, as it stood then, enabled National Authority to recommend relief in repayment of loans or grant of fresh loans on such concessional terms to victims of disasters of severe magnitude.
Now the Centre has informed the High Court that this provision is no more in the statute.
The case is posted for further hearing tomorrow.
Case Title: In Re: Prevention And Management Of Natural Disasters In Kerala V State Of Kerala
Case Number: WP(C) 28509/ 2024 & Connected Cases