Senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy on Saturday wrote to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to ensure that the proposed trip of state ministers to raise funds from abroad is postponed for now - and they instead lead the rehabilitation programme in the wake of the flood disaster in the state.

The disaster has claimed 483 lives and the destruction estimated at greater than the state's annual outlay of Rs 37,000 crores. At the height of the floods, the worst to hit the state in a century, there were 14.50 lakh people in more than 3,000 relief camps.