Thread by @jamewils

All big 8 dams in Kerala opened & spilled - a rare event after 2018!

Idukki, Idamalayar, Kakki & Banasurasagar of KSEBL

Malampuzha & Kallada of Irrigation Department

Mullaperiyar & Parambikulam operated by TN

Arm chair pundits propagating that dams create floods hiding

These 8 out of 39 reservoirs hold 78% of the total storage inside Kerala.

We had sleepless nights for more than a week. Our administrators listened to scientific inputs and data - trusted our inputs all along.

We assured safe releases in the most challenging circumstances

You need evidence? Here it is!

This is how Neeleeswaram G&D site (CWC) warer level fluctuated when we done substantial releases from Idukki & Idamalayar.

Danger level is 12.00 m, Kochi Airport is vulnerable above 8.00 m

We opened Kakki & Pamba reservoirs in the Pamba River together!

Look at how Malakkara G&D site (CWC) behaved.

This time there was no shrill, media also slowly getting sensible!

A public servant is who is somebody who gives their skill, their intellect, their experience to the people of their country.

You don't do it because you want to make money, you don't do it for the glory, you do it because you care!

That is what drives us!

This time that great chemical engineer from Mumbai is missing, who had given lectures in 2018 to us how to operate our structures..

Economical & Political Weekly given him space to question the best hydrologists in the country!

We are not omniscients like these so called experts.

We learn from each and everything, from our failures than our success.

Willingness to unlearn is a trait taught me by mentor.

Rewinding my article on Kerala Floods 2018 #blastfromthepast

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