
Centre puts out 'fact copies' of IMD alerts in Parliament amid row over Shah's 'early warning system' remark
India TV NewsAmid row over Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s ‘early warning system’ statement in the Parliament in connection with the Wayanad landslide that claimed several lives, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Friday provided additional facts to both Houses on the incident considering the discussion held during the Calling Attention Motion in Lok Sabha on July 31. During the discussions held in the Rajya Sabha on 31st July, 2024 on a calling Attention Motion on Wayanad Landslide incident raised by KC Venugopal, it was inter-alia stated by the Union Home Minister that since July 23 2024, IMD has been giving warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall in Kerala in its 7-day forecast. “In its daily heavy rainfall warning issued by IMD five days before the occurrence of the sad event, it predicted continuously the occurrence of heavy to very heavy rainfall over Kerala during 0830 IST of 29th to 0830 IST of 30th July 2024 based on 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th. On 29th midday IMD issued an Orange colour warning with prediction of heavy to very heavy rainfall valid upto 0830 IST of 30th July,” the government said.
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