The State government will implement the Kerala Flood Resilience Initiative to scientifically mitigate rain-related havoc and flooding caused by climate change and natural disaster in the State. At a high-level meeting, experts from the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) met Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan in this regard on Friday.

The team comprising experts from the IIT Roorkee, IIT Palakkad, and the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam, presented in front of the Chief Minister a comprehensive framework for a flood mitigation mechanism that uses the latest technology and can be a model for the nation.

The experts’ team presented scientific strategies to mitigate instances of extreme rainfall, flooding in urban areas, rivers overflowing their banks, and landslides and landslips in the State. This will allow identification of flood-prone areas through use of artificial intelligence, machine learning, remote sensing, hydrodynamic modelling, and rain forecasting models and issue of timely warning. Steps to remove silt and soil from rivers, canals, and lakes should be taken only after a study of how it affects the environment and flow of currents, the IIT team said.

The Chief Minister directed the Water Resources department and the Disaster Management department to examine the project’s technical application, financial burden, and implementation. Both departments have been directed to study the issues together and submit a report within a month. It will be on the basis of the report that steps will be taken to implement the project in the State.

Revenue Minister A.P. Anilkumar, Environment Minister Sunny Joseph, Agriculture Minister T. Siddique, Water Resources Minister Mons Joseph, and Chief Secretary Bishwanath Sinha attended the meeting.

Published - August 14, 2026 08:14 pm IST