The Swarajya CEO is defending the indefensible step of the centre to deprive #Kerala of flood relief assistance. He says Kerala didn't have floods in 2019. So, it doesn't deserve any relief from the centre. In this thread, I shall try to show how wrong he is. #KeralaFloods 1/n
The actual rainfall received in Kerala during the South-West monsoon season (1 June to 30 Sept 2019) was 2300.2 mm as against the normal rainfall of 2038.7 mm (+12.8 per cent departure from normal). 2/n ...
Though the monsoon was delayed, there was an extreme rainfall event between 8th and 10th of August 2019. As a result, Kerala received large excess (+123%) rainfall during August 2019. In August 2018, it was only +96% excess rainfall than the normal. 3/n ...
The most affected districts were Kozhikode (+176%), Wayanad (+110%), Malappuram (+176%), Palakkad (+217%), Thrissur (+127%) and Ernakulam (+140%). The 2019 flood led to enormous human and physical losses across the State. 4/n ...
In all, 1038 villages in the State were declared as flood/landslide affected. The first page of the concerned government order is attached herewith, dated 23-08-2019. (see sdma.kerala.gov.in/wp-content/upl…). 5/n ... 
The CEO can also refer to his own government's "Daily Flood Situation Report cum Advisories", dated 09-08-2019, from the Ministry of Jal Shakti. The above report says: (see two snapshots attached). 6/n ...
The widespread flooding and landslides of 2019 in northern Kerala caused severe damage to both the built and natural ecosystems. The low-lying areas of the major river systems were inundated and more than 2 lakh people were displaced. 7/n ...
Kerala witnessed 80 landslides in eight districts over the three days (August 8-11, 2019) and the death toll crossed 120. The severe landslides were occurred in Puthumala, Vellarimala, Puthumala, Narikkunnu, Perinjrimala, Koramchalil, Pachakkad, Pazhassimala colony, 8/n ...
Mangalassrimala, Meenmutty and Kurumbalakotta area of Wayanad district and Kavalappara, Pathar, Kottakkunnu area of Malappuram district. Landslides in Kannur and Kozhikode districts severely affected many people residing in hilly region. 9/n ...
Despite such widespread loss, the centre has denied flood relief to Kerala for purely political reasons. See indiatoday.in/india/story/no…. Any number of lies may be put out, but the facts remain. n/n.
