Kerala has been hit by the worst floods in a 100 years. The Kerala Government estimates Rs 21,000 crore will be needed to rebuild the state. The funds are required to rebuild hundreds of flooded villages, thousands of damaged and destroyed homes and 10,000 kilometres of ravaged roads.
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Edited by Stela Dey | Saturday November 10, 2018 , KeralaThe Nehru Trophy Boat Race named after Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is conducted on the Punnamda Lake, near Alappuzha, on the second Saturday of August every year. This year, the event got postponed and is taking place today. The delay was due to the devastating floods that hit Kerala a few months ago. Today is the 66th year of the boat race. As many as...
Indo-Asian News Service | Friday October 26, 2018 , ThiruvananthapuramKerala will need about Rs 31,000 crore for recovery and reconstruction following the century's worst floods, according to a United Nations report. UN resident coordinator in India Yuri Afanasiev presented the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) report to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in Thiruvananthapuram today. This is the first time th...
- Press Trust of India | Wednesday October 17, 2018 , Thiruvananthapuram
The Centre has denied permission for the scheduled visit of Kerala ministers to 17 countries to mobilise funds from expatriates for flood relief work, officials said on Wednesday.
- Press Trust of India | Thursday October 11, 2018 , New Delhi
The Centre plans to draw up recommendations on how cities should deal with such urban flooding, an official said today.
- Reuters | Thursday October 11, 2018 , Kochi/Mumbai
More than 5 million people in Kerala were affected and over 200 were killed amid torrential rain and floods in August.
7 Lessons In Crisis Management We Can Learn From KeralaUma Sudhir
Thursday August 30, 2018Unlike what usually happens during a disaster, the Kerala government has not faced severe criticism for what went wrong on the ground. Popular perception has been that the political class, bureaucracy, civil society and of course the people of Kerala worked well together to overcome the adversity.
ये नफरत आपको दंगाई बना रही है, हमारी मोहब्बत आपको इंसान बनाएगीRavish Kumar
Saturday August 25, 2018हम तुम्हारी हर झूठ पर भारी पड़ते हैं, भांडा फोड़ देते हैं और इस तरह आप धीरे-धीरे बदलते चले जाएंगे. नफरतों से सामान्य होना कितना सहज हो चुका है. मैं केरल नहीं गया. जाता तो गलत नहीं होता. उसके बाद भी किसी मदद करने वाले के चेहरे पर मेरा चेहरा लगाकर इस तरह से पेश किया जा रहा है ताकि कम दिमाग के लोग मान बैठे कि केरल जाना या बाढ़ पीड़ितों की मदद करना गलत है. कम दिमाग वालों में ऐसी मूर्खता होगी ही इसी भरोसे धारणा फैक्ट्री से ऐसी सामग्री बनाई जाती है. सोचिए जिसकी जगह मेरा चेहरा लगा है वह कितना अच्छा होगा. अपने कंधे पर एक बच्चे को बिठाकर ले जा रहा है. यह उस बंदे का अपमान है. हम समाज में ऐसे लोगों को तैयार कर रहे हैं जो इस तरह के झांसे में आ रहे हैं.
