Floods: CM expresses apprehension over Opposition charge

He says studies have attributed the disaster to heavy rainfall

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has expressed apprehension over the Opposition charge that the 2018 floods in the State was man-made. The Congress had blamed the Left Democratic Front government for the floods based on a study report submitted by the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. The 148-page report submitted to the Accountant General of the Interdisciplinary Center for Water Research at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, states that the floods exacerbated due to non-compliance and lack of precautionary measures despite the dams having adequate flood-control measures. Congress leader Oommen Chandy had blamed the government for the floods, which affected several lakh people in the State. He promised to take action against the responsible if the United Democratic Front (UDF) came to power.