Kerala flood

Kerala flood

There are many factors that brought  the severe rainfall and consequent flood in  Kerala in 2018 and 2019. On 16 August 2018, severe floods affected Kerala, due to unusually high rainfall during the monsoon. It was the worst flood in Kerala in nearly a century killing 483 people. A report by J P. Alex, an amicus curiae appointed by the Kerala high court, said the devastating floods of 2018 was the result of bad dam management by the state government. This finding is acceptable to the people all around. This year also there was unprecedented heavy rainfall and overall damage is not too high.

It is believed that climate change is reason for heavy rain fall. Though it is difficult to attribute any single event to climate change, its possible reasons are deforestation and thoughtless quarrying. However, the reason for the immediate flood after heavy downpour is the little death of rivers. The quarry owners and M-sand mafia have played foul with selfish politicians not to mine river sand. This made rivers shallow and the the immediate impact after rain is, flood. The rivers are made shallow not to hold water and hence overflows. To avoid such  floods in future river sand mining can be reconsidered

K A Solaman