At a time when floods and landslides have claimed almost 35 lives in Kerala, opposition and environmental experts are again pointing fingers at the poor dam management citing that the state and the Centre has not learned from mistakes in 2018.

       Dam management was considered as a major reason for the 2018 floods in the state that led to a loss of around Rs 50,000 crore and claimed around 483 lives. On Monday, Idukki’s member of parliament Dean Kuriakose has asked the government to empty the water in the Idukki dam, the largest dam in the state, before the onset of further rain ...