Kerala Assembly elections | UDF spotlights IISc study on floods to target LDF govt.
The Hindu
July 2020 study by Indian Institute of Science raises questions about dam management and points to need for improved, region-specific rainfall forecasts
The findings of an Indian Institute of Science (IISc) study on the devastating 2018 floods in Kerala have been spotlighted by the opposition UDF ahead of the Assembly elections to back up its claim that the disaster was avoidable and that the LDF government mishandled the situation. The July 2020 study, carried out by the IISc's Interdisciplinary Centre for Water Research (ICWaR), raises pertinent questions about dam management and points to the need for improved, region-specific rainfall forecasts and judicious land use for flood mitigation. The office of the Accountant General (Audit 1) here had engaged the services of the IISc for the study.More Related News