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All major dams in Kerala hold far less water in their reservoirs this year than what is normal for them. Kerala's major dams are ready to absorb the excess rainfall inflow expected in August.
The heavy rainfall received last year and the low power consumption due to the lockdown are the reasons for the increased water level in dams.
Orange alert have been issued in Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kozhikode districts.
According to weathermen, the recent a burst of calamitous rain, which almost threatened to drown the byelections in Ernakulam, has been caused by what in meteorological jargon is called a strong Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD).
Life in the city and its immediate suburbs was thrown out of gear on Monday after waterlogging following heavy rains.
A team from the centre, which arrived in Kochi on September 16, visited the flood-hit and landslide-hit areas in the state to assess the situation.
The representatives, which will be split into two teams, will visit several locations in the state until September 20.
The state cabinet, which met on Thursday, has also decided to provide free Onakkodis to Scheduled Tribe members above 60 years.
When unscrupulous elements are let to exploit nature without a thought, the people become sitting ducks, as revealed by recent catastrophes in Kavalappara in Malappuram district and Puthumala in Wayanad district.
From sympathetic laws to colluding administration, illegal miners get every help in digging up Kerala.