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MINDSPACE

W O RD FA CT O R Y

KERALA

FLOODS

Rains, lots of rains, that's all ot took for kerala to be flooded in neck deep water, causing massive
landslides to lay waste to roades and homes and taking hundreds of lives. Red alert was issued
to all the major cities except four. The death count rose to 357 people and with more than 1 million
people relocated to shelters, the people of kerala and their mind are in total havoc. With over 9,06,400
hectares of lands destroyed and with loss exceeding 20000 crores, surely PM's relief fund of Rs. 320
crores wouldn't do much. With many government servants offering their one day's pay and many ngo's Now the question arises that, wasn't
, educational institutes collecting mre's, clothes and funds, the stress for the same may have been the disaster management ready for
lifted, but not by much. such a catastrophe? Couldn't India's
meteorological department forcast such
heavy rainfalls? The officials said that
they had predicted the heavy rainfalls
but could not predict their continuity.

The major work of the state is to rehabilitate and reshelter the people of kerala, provide them with good
clothes and food. It has to ensure minimum epidemic disasters. We pray for people of kerala to return
back to normalcy both physically and mentally.

-Vaishnavi Ravi (FYBMM)

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