Although the disasters induced by climate change continues to hit the various parts of the country during the monsoon period, Keral, which in 2019 presented the concept of the “orange book”-the Document, which describes in detail the standard operational procedure and emergency support, which has not yet updated this year, has not yet updated the document this year.
The state must issue an updated manual before each monsoon season, include lessons obtained from previous years and update standard operational procedures along with the adoption of new protocols to strengthen the readiness for emergency readiness and the capacity of the reaction of various departments. The handbook also provides details of the mechanism of crisis management established at the level of state, districts and taluk; Procedures that need to be followed during dangerous categories of precipitation, floods, cyclones, tsunami, high waves and landslides and responsibility for emergency departments during an emergency.
In July last year, Wayanad witnessed two catastrophic landslides that required many lives. A year later, however, the state government agencies still pull their legs to the system of reaction to emergency situations to be followed in such situations.
Precipitation
This year, the first two months of Monsoon recorded the normal and widespread distribution of precipitation throughout the state. This season has so far been four or five “extreme categories of precipitation” (precipitation over 20 cm per 24 hours). However, this does not mean that the period of the peak rainy period ended and in August and September and in the upcoming northeast monsoon period there will be no unusual precipitation.
“No approval yet”
The government officer said Hindu that the State Office for the Cerala (KSDMA) catastrophe administration (KSDMA) is preparing a manual every year before the monsoon. He learns that they have also updated the orange book this year, but the document has not yet been approved by the government. The KSDMA State Executive Committee should also approve the document before official release.
Published – August 2025 20:34 IS IS
