thiruvananthapuram educational institutions in kerala reopened today a fortnight after the devastating deluge ravaged the state claiming 474 lives since the onset of south west monsoonthe onam vacation was advanced due to heavy rains and floods and over 10 lakh people who were displaced by the deluge after their houses were either destroyed or damaged due to flood waters were accommodated in schools and colleges which functioned as relief campsschools and colleges were also cleaned up and sanitised as flood waters had entered them destroying books and furnitureas schools reopened today teachers welcomed children by singing songsmany of their homes had been affected by floods and hence a small cultural programme would be organised and sweets distributed to calm their minds a teacher of a government school in alappuzha district saidaccording to education minister prof c raveedranath at least 650 odd schools were affected by floods in keralain some areas few schools are yet to be opened as they continue to function as relief campsbut it is expected that by september 3 all schools will become functional he saidthere are still about 197 lakh people in relief camps in the affected areaschief minister pinarayi vijayan said children who had lost their books and uniforms in the flood will be provided new onesin a tweet vijayan wished them a great school year ahead and said these children who survived a calamity represent our hopein malappuram 50 tiny tots of a local school visited malappuram collector amit meena and handed over their piggy banks for flood reliefin kasaragod about 450odd private bus operators have decided to give their days collection tomorrow for flood reliefthe massive cleaning up operation which kick started yesterday at kuttanad in alapuzha district would continue today as wellyesterday 28757 houses 288 public institutions like hospitals and offices 52 schools and 122 public spaces like markets were cleaned by over 60000 volunteers finance minister thomas isaac saidmeanwhile a highlevel delegation led by union minister of statefinance pon radhakrishnan will review relief measures and rehabilitation efforts being undertaken by banks and insurance companies in the state in view of large scale devastation caused by recent floods in the statethe delegation would comprise senior officers from the central government including additional secretary debashish panda and economic adviser n srinivasa rao from the department of financial services ministry of financechairmen and managing directors of various public sector banks psbs and insurance companies including agriculture insurance co of india ltd and nabard would also be present in the meeting with senior officers from the state government and other agencies concernedvarious relief measures pertaining to reopening of submerged and flood affected bank branches and atms exchange of soiled and defective currency and extension of loan repayment period etc have already been initiated by all banksinsurance companies have also started processing various flood related claims to ensure expeditious settlement and special camp offices have been set up and additional surveyors deployed besides waiving document requirements for speedier claims payment to ensure quick relief to affected