Though the civic authorities miserably failed to prevent the recurrent urban flooding in the capital city, the Thiruvananthapurm Corporation found that the failure of the Centre was the prime reason for the recent floods in the capital.
A pressnote issued by the office of the Mayor here on Wednesday, said the extreme rainfall events that occurred in the capital city recently created two flash floods, disrupting normal life and creating heavy waterlogging in the low-lying areas of the city.
Though the vagaries of climate change have been hitting Kerala hardly of late, the India Meteorological Department (IMD), which was bound to issue the rainfall alert early, failed to issue a timely alert, the pressnote noted. Despite the repeated requests by the State, the Centre has yet to set up an advanced weather forecasting system in the State.
