Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday (August 1) informed that he had requested Union Home Minister Amit Shah to declare the Wayanad landslide as a ‘calamity of severe nature’ under the MPLADS guidelines. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), the Thiruvananthapuram MP shared a copy of his letter written to the Union Home Minister, urging him to take immediate action on his request. If approved, the request would allow Members of Parliament to recommend works up to Rs 1 crore from their MPLADS funds for the affected districts and areas of Wayanad, which was struck by two massive landslides.