Short thread on the logistics involved in #KeralaFloodRecue and how it is all being put together:
Resources involved as of 18th Aug:
- 22 helicopters
- 83 Indian Navy boats
- 57 NDRF boats
- 5 BSF teams
- 35 Indian Coast Guard teams
- 25 Indian Army Engineering teams
- 58 Kerala Fire Force boats
- 3200 Kerala Fire Force staff
- 40000 Kerala Police
- 600 fishing boats
+ ☝️These resources are managed according to a district-wise plan, each district in-charge being the district collector (DC), who prioritises and deploys resources in that district.

To smoothen out administrative matters, a cabinet minister each is assigned to each district.
+ On ground zero, the gram panchayat reps facilitate local rescue ops - the wisdom here being, none better than a ward counsellor to know that X feet of water here will sink Y houses in Z street.

Basically, a marriage of professional expertise (army etc) and local knowledge.
+ All this is coordinated how?

A 24/7 Joint Control Centre in @vijayanpinarayi’s office -including designated senior officers of military / paramilitary units, civil, police, other state agencies.
Plus, outbound comms via designated officers, once/twice a day live stream by CM.
+ This is a basic structure of how this massive #KeralaFloodRescue is being put together, meshing together the expertise of central and state forces with Kerala’s robust decentralised civil administration systems.
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