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Flood scan on Dam map gap

-The Telegraph New Delhi: Kerala did not have inundation maps or emergency action plans when waterworks engineers, responding to rising water levels, released the shutters of Dams last week, but other states may be similarly vulnerable, a 2017 government audit report suggests. In the absence of detailed inundation maps or action plans, district authorities can warn local communities about an impending rise in water levels but without a clear idea of how...

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Kerala crisis arose due to destruction of ecologically-sensitive zones in Western Ghats -Viju B

-The Economic Times A geographical analysis of areas that suffered maximum Damage this monsoon show that they were all classified as ecologically-sensitive zones (ESZs) under the Western Ghats Expert Ecology Panel report (WGEEP). The report was binned by both UDF and LDF governments, with both Idukki and Thamarassery bishops throwing their weight behind the political parties. The UDF government even passed a resolution in the assembly rejecting the report saying that it...

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Mullaperiyar Dam in Danger: Will Tamil Nadu's boon be Kerala's doom? -SG Vombatkere

-TheCitizen.in Dam failure a real fear The current floods in Kerala are unprecedented and clearly a national disaster. In the midst of this disaster, there is fear for the structural safety of the Mullaperiyar Dam on the Periyar river. Madras Engineers Colonel John Pennycuick commenced construction of this 173-ft high Dam in 1887, and it was commissioned in 1895. This gravity Dam was considered an engineering marvel of those times. With the Dam’s...

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Kerala floods: The inundation of Kochi airport was a disaster waiting to happen -Mridula Chari

-Scroll.in A creek from the Periyar river was diverted when the airport – shut till August 26 – was built. As heavy rain continues to lash Kerala, the government announced on Thursday that the flooded Cochin International Airport would remain closed until August 26. The international airports in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode districts will accommodate the traffic from Kochi, which is Kerala’s largest airport. The state is in the grip of what has...

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Kerala floods is man-made calamity: Madhav Gadgil

-India Today Kottayam/ Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala has been facing unusually high rainfall since early August, which has led to statewide floods killing hundreds and causing severe Damage. At least 167 people have lost their lives and over two lakh people are in relief camps. Most of the regions impacted by this monsoon were once classified as ecologically-sensitive zones (ESZs) by the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), also known as the Gadgil Committee. The report...

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