Kerala floods: Vijayan cancels US trip for treatment

Thiruvananthapuram Aug 18 (IANS) In view of the grave situation in Kerala due to floods Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has call off his proposed trip to the US for medical treatment an official said on Saturday.
Vijayan was scheduled to leave for Mayo Clinic in the USA on Sunday.
Since May 29 rains and floods and have claimed 357 lives in the state and over 3.53 lakh people are living in over 2 000 relief camps. Vijayan is on a daily basis engaged in numerous meetings coordinating the operations.
According to the Chief Minister s travel programme which was confirmed after he returned from the US last month he along with his wife was to leave on Sunday for the treatment of an undisclosed ailment and was scheduled to return after 17 days.
It is however not known if his trip has been deferred or cancelled altogether.
During his trip to the US last month after attending two functions he had gone out of the radar and it was only after he returned a week later that the news surfaced that he will be going for further treatment.

--IANS sg/nir