Declare Coastal Erosion As Natural Disaster: Kerala Government To Centre

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said he has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard.

Kerala on Thursday urged the Centre to declare coastal erosion as a natural disaster and also to double the disaster relief amount in view of loss and damage in the state's coastline which is exposed to rogue waves. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said he has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard. He said Kerala has a coastline of 590 km spread across nine coastal districts. "The Central Government has permission to provide assistance to the people in the event of state-level disasters from the annual allocation to SDRF (state disaster response fund) and NDRF for up to 10 per cent. Accordingly, Kerala has already declared coastal erosion as a state-level disaster."