Kuttanad Flooding

Two young bureaucrats were at the helm of coordinating the administrative efforts in Kerala's flood-hit Chengannur when the district was cut off and inundated. At the same time 2 lakh people had to be evacuated from Kuttanad almost simultaneously. The bureaucrats' efforts have paid off and lakhs of people are finally set to return to Kuttanad in Ke...

As flood waters rose to engulf their homes at Kainakary, a picturesque village in Alappuzha district, at least 20 families took refuge in a church cemetery and are living in the company of the dead with their domestic animals.

Over 2000 homes have been damaged and almost 50 per cent of the crops have been destroyed in Kuttanad after it was hit by the worst floods the area has seen in the last seven years, official estimates show. Adding to the woes of the residents is the lack of clean drinking water here.

Two young bureaucrats were at the helm of coordinating the administrative efforts in Kerala's flood-hit Chengannur when the district was cut off and inundated. At the same time 2 lakh people had to be evacuated from Kuttanad almost simultaneously. The bureaucrats' efforts have paid off and lakhs of people are finally set to return to Kuttanad in Ke...

As flood waters rose to engulf their homes at Kainakary, a picturesque village in Alappuzha district, at least 20 families took refuge in a church cemetery and are living in the company of the dead with their domestic animals.

Over 2000 homes have been damaged and almost 50 per cent of the crops have been destroyed in Kuttanad after it was hit by the worst floods the area has seen in the last seven years, official estimates show. Adding to the woes of the residents is the lack of clean drinking water here.