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KOCHI: Union home minister
Rajnath Singh
on Sunday made an aerial survey of two rain-ravaged districts of
Kerala
and said the situation in the state was "very serious". He assured the state government of all help from the Centre to meet the challenges posed by the unprecedented floods.
The minister was speaking to reporters at the airport here after conducting the aerial survey of Idukki and Ernakulam districts.
"Today we conducted an aerial survey of flood affected areas with the Chief Minister and I reached the conclusion that the situation is very serious in Kerala due to floods," Singh said.
"And I would like to assure the state government that
all sorts of support will be provided by the central government
to meet the challenges of the flood situation," he added.
Singh was speaking in the presence of chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, union minister Alphons Kannanthanam, who arrived with him from Delhi, state revenue minister E Chandrasekharan and senior state government officials.
Beginning on August 15 2018, severe floods are affected in Kerala, due to unusually high rainfall during the monsoon season. It was the worst flooding in Kerala nearly a century. Over 483 people died and 15 are missing. All 14 districts were placed on red alert. According to Kerala Govt. one-six of total population of Kerala has been affected by flood.
Kerala received monsoon rainfall which was about 256% more than the usual rainfall in Kerala. Almost all dams had been opened since the water level increased rapidly and close to overflow the level. For the first time in the state history 35 of its 39 dams are opened.
Almost 370 people died and 33000 peoples are rescued. Over 3274 relief camps are opened at various locations to accommodate flood victims. One of the largest rescue operations, 40 helicopters 30 aircraft 182 teams for rescue. According to the govt. estimate a total of 4537 from the fisherman community participated in the rescue operation with 669 fishing boat.