Summary:
Experts feel that a stricter mechanism has to be put in place based on the Disaster Management Act. “The implementation of disaster management measures is weak. Incidentally, most of the districts woke up to disaster management only after the incidents occurred despite the State having a prepared a framework to tackle natural calamities and disasters. Vythiri ( Wayanad), Nilambur (Malappuram), Mannarkad (Palakkad), Devikulam (Idukki) and Ranni (Pathanamthitta) are the most landslip prone taluks in the State, studies showed. more-inA revisit of preventive measures and mitigation strategies to be adopted during natural calamities has been called for in the wake of the recurring rainfall-triggered landslips in various parts of the State..