-Business Standard These disasters were caused due to higher economic activities like rock quarrying, construction of new buildings and roads and destruction of natural forest, says Madhav Gadgil At least 20 people have lost their lives and several others are missing as heavy rains led to flash floods and landslides in several parts of Kerala. The situation, which may turn out to be a repeat of the 2018 floods if rain continues, has...
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Kerala Flood Updates: Bodies Of All Reported Missing Persons Recovered In Kottayam -Sasha Gopalakrishnan
-NDTV.com The Army, Navy and Air Force are helping the civil administration handle the flood-like situation caused by the Kerala rains, while the National Disaster Response Force has decided to deploy 11 teams. Thiruvananthapuram: At least 21 people have been killed in Kerala since last night as a result of the heavy rains that triggered landslides in the districts of Idukki and Kottayam. 13 have been found dead in Kottayam, and eight...
More »Cloudbursts may have triggered flash floods, landslides in Kerala: Experts -Ramesh Babu
-Hindustan Times On Saturday, two landslides claimed 18 lives in Idukki and Kottayam districts. Residents of Kootickal and Kokkayar, the two worst-hit hamlets, witnessed a tragedy of such magnitude for the first time Thiruvananthapuram: The death of 24 people in flash floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in the hilly areas of Idukki and Kottayam districts in central Kerala has once again highlighted the recurring natural disasters in the state. Kerala has...
More »6 dead after rain triggers landslides in Kerala; IMD sounds 'Red Alert' for 5 districts
-IndiaToday.in Six people have died after heavy rain triggered landslides in parts of Kerala. The IMD, meanwhile, had sounded a 'Red Alert' for at least five districts in light of the situation. Six people have died and dozens are feared missing after heavy rain triggered landslides in south and central Kerala on Saturday. The deaths were reported from Thodupuzha and Kokkayar in Idduki and Koottikkal in the Kottayam district. In addition to floods...
More »Development vs environment debate resurfaces after Uttarakhand flash floods -Megha Kaveri
-TheNewsMinute.com Experts say that the narrative that a country must choose between environment and development itself is wrong. Merely days after the fatal landslide in Kerala’s Pettimudi in Idukki district in August last year, the spotlight was back on the Gadgil report on the Western Ghats. The report, submitted to the government of India in 2011, had designated the Pettimudi region among the most sensitive ecological zones in the Western Ghats and...
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