INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kerala floods: Gigantic rebuilding and rehabilitation efforts are underway in the state.As Kerala struggles to recover from devastating
floods, the worst in over a century, experts on Tuesday said that certain warnings and predictions had gone unheeded
Kerala, criss-crossed by 44 rivers and backwaters, a chain of brackish lagoons and lakes running parallel to the Arabian Sea, create an
environmentally sensitive region
Critics have said that the government had ignored environmental concerns and pushed for power plants and coal mines in the state
Ecologist Madhav Gadgil, who suggested a ban on new industrial and mining activities in Kerala in a 2011 report, said man-made problems had
Help has been coming in from all over, including Rs 700 crore offer by the UAE
People have been returning to flood-battered homes and many are still in relief camps
Over 200 people have died since August 8 and almost a million were forced to leave their homes
The initial assessment of losses is pegged at over Rs
have not yet receded.Swimmer Sajan Prakash has been to hell and back at the Asian Games, competing in Jakarta while family members went
that five relatives had not been found and his family home in Kerala had been destroyed by floodwater.Prakash finished outside the medals in
fifth, but his prayers were answered after an uncle called to inform him his family members had survived the devastating floods that have
relief operations carried out at Chatengkeri was shared by the army 16 hours ago
been launched to help rain-hit victims of Kerala connect with people who are willing to throw open their houses for accommodation.The
website 'EachOneHostOne.com', which was launched by five Chennai entrepreneurs, helps the affected relocate to any safer place which has
