The economic implications of the Kerala floods
6 years, 4 months ago

The economic implications of the Kerala floods

Live Mint  

Thiruvananthapuram: Over the past week, the entire state of Kerala is in the grip of a massive, unprecedented flood: the last time anything like this has happened was in 1924. Kerala is essentially a consumption state, but consumption is now going to be adversely affected as many people have lost their livelihood. Kochi international airport has been closed for over a week and the consequent rescheduling of flights have meant not only terrible inconvenience to travellers but also loss of revenue to the airlines and Cochin International Airport Ltd. For CIAL, the non-aeronautical income, which is about 70% of its total income, will be adversely affected. Services sector, tourism The services sector accounts for about 63% of Kerala’s gross state value added and of which tourism alone accounts for about 10%. The one saving grace is that Kerala is still open to business as Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam are not that much affected and tourists can still reach the state through the Thiruvananthapuram gateway.

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I’ll show you who’s boss: Mother Nature
5 months, 1 week ago

I’ll show you who’s boss: Mother Nature

Deccan Chronicle  

The natural disaster was not just an isolated event, but a stark reminder of the fragile balance between human development and the environment. Dr. Madhav Gadgil, an ecologist and the chair of the Western Ghats Ecology Experts Panel, has repeatedly cautioned that disrupting natural drainage systems makes regions like Wayanad more vulnerable to flooding and landslides. We’ve ignored the warnings …

Heavy rainfall in Kerala: The progressive state's failure to learn from extreme weather events since 2018
7 months, 1 week ago

Heavy rainfall in Kerala: The progressive state's failure to learn from extreme weather events since 2018

Hindustan Times  

Kalamassery, a suburban municipality near Kerala's commercial capital Kochi, experienced an unusually extreme weather event on May 28. There were frequent spells of high-intensity rains of short duration across central and southern Kerala, and they threw normal life out of gear in Kochi and the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram. As a land of 44 rivers and a long, highly fragile Western …

2018, India's Official Oscars Entry, A Grim Reminder of Kerala Floods
1 year, 3 months ago

2018, India's Official Oscars Entry, A Grim Reminder of Kerala Floods

News 18  

India on Wednesday announced survival drama 2018 as the official entry for the 2024 Academy Awards, officially acknowledging the Malayalam film’s status as both a critical and box office hit. The film, starring Tovino Thomas, Kunchacko Boban, Asif Ali, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Narain and Lal and directed by Jude Anthany Joseph, is based on the devastating floods in Kerala in 2018 …

5 years after floods, is Kerala equipped for heavy rain?
1 year, 4 months ago

5 years after floods, is Kerala equipped for heavy rain?

Hindustan Times  

On August 15, 2018, 40-year-old Jijo Abraham was across the Indian Ocean in Muscat, but his eyes were glued to visuals from Kerala. Five years later, Jijo’s two storey home, white and brown with a green roof still stands, but carries the markers of the Kerala’s “nootandile pralayam” that claimed lives of 480 and affected over five million people, swallowing …

Extreme rain lands another body blow to backwater tourism in Kerala
2 years, 5 months ago

Extreme rain lands another body blow to backwater tourism in Kerala

The Hindu  

The images of 2018 still appear to cast a shadow over the tourism prospects of Kumarakom, a global destination, even four years after it came back to life. According to the stakeholders, the segment of backwater tourism suffered a massive setback here owing to the extreme rainfall that lashed the region over the last couple of weeks. Just as the …

Kerala floods: The impact of the climate crisis on India’s vulnerable ecology
3 years, 2 months ago

Kerala floods: The impact of the climate crisis on India’s vulnerable ecology

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Kerala saw three devastating floods in four years that together killed at least 600 people and wiped out entire habitations, drawing the world’s attention to how the climate crisis is impacting ecologically vulnerable parts of India. On October 14, the India Meteorological Department warned that two low-pressure areas — one over east-central and the adjoining southeast Arabian Sea, …

Heavy rains claim 27 lives in Kerala, 5 in Uttarakhand; several other states affected | Top points
3 years, 2 months ago

Heavy rains claim 27 lives in Kerala, 5 in Uttarakhand; several other states affected | Top points

India Today  

On Monday, several parts of India witnessed heavy rainfall. Other states including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Telangana also saw heavy rains on Monday. KERALA The death toll in incidents related to heavy rains, including landslides and flash floods in Kerala rose to 27 on Monday. HIMACHAL PRADESH As a …

Covid-19: Kerala tourism sector hit hard by the pandemic
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19: Kerala tourism sector hit hard by the pandemic

India Today  

Alappuzha, the home of the houseboat industry in Kerala, looks like a haunted destination now, with the district caught in the pandemic dragnet. The houseboat industry is just one part of it; the tourism sector itself is in peril in Kerala having lost three consecutive seasons for the first time due to the pandemic. “The tourism sector has been the …

Floods trigger tourism fears: Department forced to rework calendar
5 years, 4 months ago

Floods trigger tourism fears: Department forced to rework calendar

Deccan Chronicle  

KOCHI: Heavy rains followed by floods and landslides in August in successive years have forced the tourism industry to rework its calendar amid indications that this pattern may continue in the coming years. We too are concerned about climate change and its impact,” said Abraham George, National Tourism Advisory Council member and managing director of Intersight Tours and Travels. He …

Floods in Kerala, Karnataka: Relief for flood-hit parts of southern India as water level recedes in many areas
5 years, 5 months ago

Floods in Kerala, Karnataka: Relief for flood-hit parts of southern India as water level recedes in many areas

Firstpost  

In a relief to flood-hit areas of Karnataka and Kerala, rains have eased out as water levels reside in some parts of both these states In major relief for flood-hit areas of Karnataka and Kerala, rains have eased out as water levels reside in some parts of both these states. According to ANI, in Kerala, the weather is holding even …

Kerala floods: Toll reaches 42 in three days as heavy rains lash state; 19 trains cancelled, red alert issued in several districts
5 years, 5 months ago

Kerala floods: Toll reaches 42 in three days as heavy rains lash state; 19 trains cancelled, red alert issued in several districts

Firstpost  

Forty-two people have lost their lives as incessant rains continue to wreak havoc in Kerala, and as many as 19 trains have been cancelled on Saturday. Thiruvananthapuram: Forty-two people have lost their lives as incessant rains continue to wreak havoc in Kerala, and as many as 19 trains have been cancelled on Saturday. Officials said ‘Red Alert’ has been issued …

A watery tale: Six floods that rocked India
5 years, 6 months ago

A watery tale: Six floods that rocked India

India TV News  

Every year, India becomes a dichotomy -- of two strikingly opposite weather conditions. Floods, as much as droughts, are a common occurrence in India, more prominently during the southwest monsoon season -- from June to September -- and the northeast monsoon season -- from October to November. India has survived several devastating floods -- which in their prime led to …

Kerala floods: 100 days after, where is the reconstruction
6 years, 1 month ago

Kerala floods: 100 days after, where is the reconstruction

Live Mint  

Ernakulam/Bengaluru: In the months that followed the floods in Kerala, A. Raju, who drives an Uber cab in Ernakulam saw his dreams crumble. It’s nearly 100 days since the century’s worst floods lashed Kerala, but for many like Raju, life is yet to get back to normal. Kerala has no proper master plan for any district; hundreds of areas and …

Kerala Floods 2018: 2 months later, a tentative recovery
6 years, 2 months ago

Kerala Floods 2018: 2 months later, a tentative recovery

Live Mint  

Vythiri/Kainakary: On 3 August, a fortnight before large parts of Kerala went under water, Naseema Kallithingal’s siblings fixed her wedding to be held in the upcoming month. The most devastating floods to hit Kerala in a century ruined Naseema’s wedding plans when it washed away the roof and most of the walls of her house. Yet, the floods shadow people’s …

Kerala slowly picks up pieces after devastating floods
6 years, 3 months ago

Kerala slowly picks up pieces after devastating floods

Hindustan Times  

Thankamma needs to get to Kottayam. The tourism ministry, whose revenue in 2017 was 10% of the state’s GDP, estimates a loss of ₹1,000 crore worth of business till December due to cancellations. On September 15, state finance minister Thomas Isaac tweeted that the centre “would hardly foot the bill.” “One is revenue expenditure, which includes repair and maintenance of …

Kerala, After The Flood: Having barely recovered from deluge, state must quickly prepare for impending drought
6 years, 3 months ago

Kerala, After The Flood: Having barely recovered from deluge, state must quickly prepare for impending drought

Firstpost  

Like the Japanese who have learned to live with earthquakes, Kerala should develop its own defence mechanism to brave draughts, floods, sea erosion, landslides and unforeseen calamities which may strike without notice. • It is the onus of the state government to keep the strategy for drought management and the contingency plan ready in consultation with all departments and stakeholders …

Opinion | In Kerala, dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t
6 years, 4 months ago

Opinion | In Kerala, dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t

Live Mint  

The rain in Kerala this monsoon has been relentless. In particular, two episodes of deluge—the first in June and the second in August—tipped the balance from normal to disastrous, with the excess rain being carried in torrents to the Arabian Sea by Kerala’s rivers. On the back of two weeks of incessant rain, for the single 24-hour period starting 15 …

Coastal flooding: Another threat to Kerala and global growth
6 years, 4 months ago

Coastal flooding: Another threat to Kerala and global growth

Live Mint  

Madhavan Rajeevan, secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, warned recently that the rising temperatures in the Arabian sea has made states such as Kerala and Karnataka increasingly vulnerable to cyclones, and he is not alone in expressing such concerns. A new National Bureau of Economic Research working paper by Klaus Desmet and others suggests that coastal flooding will disrupt the global …

Kerala, After The Flood: Pinarayi Vijayan says Centre should treat state on different yardstick for extending aid
6 years, 4 months ago

Kerala, After The Flood: Pinarayi Vijayan says Centre should treat state on different yardstick for extending aid

Firstpost  

Giving a detailed account of the havoc caused by the devastating floods and landslides since early August, Vijayan said the preliminary assessment of losses was around Rs 20,000 crore which was equal to the state’s annual plan size for 2018-19. Giving a detailed account of the havoc caused by the devastating floods and landslides since early August, he said the …

Kerala floods and their far-reaching impact: Nature offers small reminders when its limits are crossed by man
6 years, 4 months ago

Kerala floods and their far-reaching impact: Nature offers small reminders when its limits are crossed by man

Firstpost  

While it’s true that Kerala has received unprecedented rainfall this year causing water levels to rise abnormally and dams to overflow, many are blaming the floods on man-made mistakes which have destroyed the ecological balance. The protesters of 2011 will now be repenting their mistakes in the aftermath of the flood that has taken over 400 lives and has likely …

Our understanding of the dynamics of risks of disasters is still far from comprehensive
6 years, 4 months ago

Our understanding of the dynamics of risks of disasters is still far from comprehensive

Hindustan Times  

The devastating flood in Kerala has claimed more than 400 lives, besides damaging 8,000-plus houses and a vast network of infrastructure. A bicycle is hung from a tree branch to avoid being washed away in flood waters as a man rows with his country boat, Kuttanad, Alappuzha, Kerala, August 20 First, floods are the most common and recurrent natural disaster …

Kerala floods impact: Cement demand, prices to take a hit
6 years, 4 months ago

Kerala floods impact: Cement demand, prices to take a hit

Live Mint  

Cement demand in Kerala, which is estimated to contribute around 13% to overall sales volumes in southern India, would get hit in the near term due to the Kerala floods. A recent dealer channel check by domestic broking house Kotak Institutional Equities Ltd showed that prices of the building material in south India declined to ₹ 345/bag in August from …

Rising above adversity: Signs of hope in Kerala
6 years, 4 months ago

Rising above adversity: Signs of hope in Kerala

Deccan Chronicle  

The worst floods in a century in Kerala have left hundreds of people dead, many missing and lakhs taking shelter in relief camps. A college-going girl from Thrissur, who had faced vicious online trolling when the media reported that she travelled long distances to sell fish for a living, has contributed Rs 1.5 lakh to the Kerala chief minister’s disaster …

Opinion | The challenge of rebuilding Kerala
6 years, 4 months ago

Opinion | The challenge of rebuilding Kerala

Live Mint  

As the flood waters recede gradually in Kerala and the Kodagu district of Karnataka, the focus will begin to shift from relief operations to rebuilding. Such fiscal laws across the world have inbuilt flexibility that allow the borrowing limits to be crossed in the case of special circumstances such as a sharp recession or wars or natural calamities. One possible …

Indians make up for the slack in Kerala tourism
6 years, 4 months ago

Indians make up for the slack in Kerala tourism

Live Mint  

Kerala became an essential fixture on the international travel circuit in the early 2000s, emerging as the world’s fastest growing tourist destination for international travellers, and kept up the momentum through investments and marketing. Kerala tourism hotspots Domestic tourism is concentrated in three districts—Ernakulam, Thrissur and Thiruvananthapuram—while foreign tourists choose to visit Ernakulam and Thiruvananthapuram. In 2017, Ernakulam district accounted …

400 dead. Crores lost. The cost of the Kerala floods
6 years, 4 months ago

400 dead. Crores lost. The cost of the Kerala floods

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Battered by torrential rains, Kerala is witnessing the worst floods in a century. The second spell of monsoon fury since 8 August worsened the situation, as heavy rains for days compelled the administration to open the shutters of the dams, which led to flooding, leaving low-lying areas submerged. The India Meteorological Department said Idukki and Palakkad districts have …

Kerala floods: Insurance claims likely to be upwards of ₹1,000 crore
6 years, 4 months ago

Kerala floods: Insurance claims likely to be upwards of ₹1,000 crore

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Insurance companies expect claims in flood ravaged Kerala to cross ₹ 1,000 crore as the government declares the deluge as ‘calamity of severe nature’. Assessment of claims will take place with situation moving to normal, a senior official of an insurance firm said, adding clear picture will emerge in the next 4-5 days when claims are received. Public …

How the Kerala economy fared before the floods
6 years, 4 months ago

How the Kerala economy fared before the floods

Live Mint  

As the torrential rains abate in Kerala, the focus is slowly turning towards how the flood-hit state will rebuild its economy. Between 2011-12 and 2016-17, the Kerala economy grew at a much slower rate than India’s GDP growth rate. In absolute terms, Kerala’s gross domestic product stands at ₹ 6.17 trillion..but per capita income has always been higher Ranked 12th …

The new anthem in Kerala floods: ‘Oh, deep in my heart...we shall overcome’
6 years, 4 months ago

The new anthem in Kerala floods: ‘Oh, deep in my heart...we shall overcome’

Live Mint  

Kochi: It can be said that after the great flood of 2018, Kerala is back to its mythical beginnings. Thousands of houses were destroyed, more than 370 people lost their lives, and nearly a million people are now in 5,645 relief camps. John, who has been visiting relief camps, people who fled their homes with only clothes on their backs …

Kerala struggles to rein in the river that changed course
6 years, 4 months ago

Kerala struggles to rein in the river that changed course

Live Mint  

Trichur: The Karuvannur river has wreaked havoc in Kerala’s Thrissur district, destroying large tracts of land and washing away a key 2.2km stretch connecting two national highways, NH17 and NH47, near the Arattupuzha temple. “We need to make long-term plan for mitigating the impact of calamities.” The extent of damages caused by the worst floods in over a century and …

Livelihoods hit as tourism bears the brunt of Kerala floods
6 years, 4 months ago

Livelihoods hit as tourism bears the brunt of Kerala floods

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Livelihood is set to be a big challenge for Kerala in the coming months, with the floods having taken a toll of the ₹ 30,000 crore tourism sector that accounts for 10% of the state’s gross domestic product and employs around 1.4 million people. It might take two to six months for tourism activity to revive,” said a …

Kerala floods highlight India’s poor dam management
6 years, 4 months ago

Kerala floods highlight India’s poor dam management

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Could the Kerala floods have been prevented? Under relentless downpours, poor dam management may have aggravated the floods, raising questions about the role of dams in Kerala and other states. James Wilson, an officer with the Kerala state water agency, estimated that the Idukki and Idamalayar dams together have stored 21.3% of the Periyar’s annual flow, greatly limiting …

How the Kerala floods showed humanity still rocks
6 years, 4 months ago

How the Kerala floods showed humanity still rocks

India Today  

Monsoon floods have killed over 350 people and laid waste to homes and farmland in Kerala -- but its spirit, the defiant, hopeful pulse of a people working to rebuild their lives, remains unshattered. "Most people felt: I must work on the ground and do my bit," said PS Gopikrishnan Unnithan, an India Today TV journalist who's been reporting on …

Centre declares Kerala floods a ‘calamity of severe nature’
6 years, 4 months ago

Centre declares Kerala floods a ‘calamity of severe nature’

Hindustan Times  

The Centre on Monday declared the Kerala floods a ‘calamity of severe nature’, amid demands for declaring it a national disaster. “Keeping in view the intensity and magnitude of the floods and landslides in Kerala, this is a calamity of a severe nature for all practical purposes,” a home ministry official said in New Delhi. In an affidavit filed before …

Opinion | Kerala floods: An unprecedented tragedy foretold
6 years, 4 months ago

Opinion | Kerala floods: An unprecedented tragedy foretold

Live Mint  

Last week, Kerala faced the brunt of an unprecedented flood, which has almost brought the state to a standstill. 80 dams opened, 324 lives lost and 223,139 people are in about 1,500+ relief camps.” Worse is feared, with most of the 44 rivers of the state still in spate and the heavy downpour refusing to yield. This deadly impact of …

What caused the Kerala floods? Could we have done anything to prevent it?
6 years, 4 months ago

What caused the Kerala floods? Could we have done anything to prevent it?

Firstpost  

There are evidently many lessons for authorities to take away from the disaster. Records from the India Meteorological Department from the start of the torrential rains in Kerala – between 9 August and 15 August – show a 255 percent departure from the norm in the state’s hotspots. “Heavy rainfall used to occur in Kerala, but not with such continuity,” …

Kerala floods: Real test begins once waters recede as state would have to battle ravaged economy, threat of epidemics
6 years, 4 months ago

Kerala floods: Real test begins once waters recede as state would have to battle ravaged economy, threat of epidemics

Firstpost  

Resources that the tiny state of Kerala can mobilise are very limited. Following Home Minister Rajnath Singh and a central team’s visit to the flood-ravaged state, an interim relief of Rs 100 crore was promised as against Rs 1,220 crore demanded by the state. A statement issued by the Union home ministry in response to Kerala government’s demand for assistance …

Tragedy of Kerala floods unfolds: Bodies found floating, roads cut off, food and medicines scarce
6 years, 4 months ago

Tragedy of Kerala floods unfolds: Bodies found floating, roads cut off, food and medicines scarce

Hindustan Times  

At least 23 more deaths were reported across rain-devastated Kerala on Saturday with 15 bodies of the victims seen floating on flood waters even as rescue and relief operations continued across the state on a war-footing. Prime minister Narendra Modi, who had reached the state on Friday night, announced an interim relief of Rs 500 crore for Kerala after holding …

Kerala floods updates: Narendra Modi reaches Thiruvananthapuram, will take aerial survey of state tomorrow
6 years, 4 months ago

Kerala floods updates: Narendra Modi reaches Thiruvananthapuram, will take aerial survey of state tomorrow

Firstpost  

5:40 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Local fishermen turn heroes in flood-hit Kerala, risk meagre resources, lives to aid in rescue ops As the navy boats are running short, fishermen from different parts of the state have taken off from their job and are taking their fishing boats to the flood-hit areas. People from of coastal villages of Neendakara, Vizhinjam, Ponnani, …

Kerala floods: Twitterati slam national media for ignoring ravaged state, ask why is it not a 'national calamity' yet
6 years, 4 months ago

Kerala floods: Twitterati slam national media for ignoring ravaged state, ask why is it not a 'national calamity' yet

Firstpost  

With at least 164 persons losing their lives in Kerala since 8 August the state’s citizens are outraged at how the national media isn’t treating the situation with the gravity it deserves With at least 164 persons losing their lives in Kerala since 8 August, 1.5 lakh people in over 1,000 relief camps, more than 75,000 houses submerged in water, …

Kerala floods: Death toll reaches 114, more rains forecasted till Saturday
6 years, 4 months ago

Kerala floods: Death toll reaches 114, more rains forecasted till Saturday

India TV News  

The death toll in the devastating Kerala floods has touched 114, while over one lakh people across the state are residing in relief camps, according to news agency IANS. "The Centre has sanctioned more men and material," Vijayan said after a conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Central leaders. Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke …

Kerala rains: Toll climbs to 67 as flood worsens; red alert issued across the state; CM seeks Narendra Modi's intervention
6 years, 4 months ago

Kerala rains: Toll climbs to 67 as flood worsens; red alert issued across the state; CM seeks Narendra Modi's intervention

Firstpost  

Incessant downpour battered Kerala on Wednesday resulting in 19 more deaths and further destruction, forcing authorities to issue a red alert across the southern state. Thiruvananthapuram: The flood situation in Kerala further worsened with many areas inundated and flight operations suspended till Saturday at Kochi airport, as the toll rose to 67 with rain fury claiming 25 lives on Wednesday. …

Kerala suffers 80 percent tourism cancellations, government says overall loss due to floods is Rs 8,316 cr
6 years, 5 months ago

Kerala suffers 80 percent tourism cancellations, government says overall loss due to floods is Rs 8,316 cr

Firstpost  

Floods due to the unprecedented monsoon fury in Kerala have wrecked the tourism industry and seriously impacted the plantation sector, which are among the major revenue sources for the state. Thiruvananthapuram: Floods due to the unprecedented monsoon fury in Kerala have wrecked the tourism industry and seriously impacted the plantation sector, which are among the major revenue sources for the …

Kerala on high alert after floods kill 34
6 years, 5 months ago

Kerala on high alert after floods kill 34

Live Mint  

Kochi: More than half of the 14 districts in Kerala have been put on high alert, officials said on Saturday, as the death toll from one of the worst floods in the southern state reached 34. Torrential rains and landslides during India’s June-September mansoon season have ravaged farmlands and prompted massive evacuation efforts in Kerala state. Photo: PTI Crops on …

Kerala MPs demand floods to be declared natural calamity, seek Central aid for rehabilitation
6 years, 5 months ago

Kerala MPs demand floods to be declared natural calamity, seek Central aid for rehabilitation

Firstpost  

Initiating a discussion in the Lok Sabha, CPM leader P Karunakaran said this is one of the worst floods in the history of Kerala and about 120 people have already lost their lives New Delhi: Terming the flood situation in Kerala as “severe”, the opposition today asked the government to declare the situation a natural calamity and provide funds for …

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