Kerala State Disaster Management Authority

KSDMA
India
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Mission

The Kerala State Disaster Management Authority was formed as stipulated in the National Disaster Management Authority Act of 2005 with the Chief Minister as Chairman and the Revenue Minister as Vice-Chairman. It has a State Executive Committee.

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Inter-Agency Rapid Needs Assessment Report - Draft Floods and Landslides, Kerala – October 2021
The rapid needs assessment for Kerala following flooding/landslides, emphasising Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Education (Schools), Food and Nutrition (Anganwadi centres, etc.), Protection, Health, etc in the most affected four districts.
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Kerala Floods - A Model of Rescue and Rehabilitation using Information Technology and Social Media based Crowdsourcing
The Kerala floods demonstrated how the usage of Information Technology (IT) and social media backed by public volunteering could build a self-evolving data crowdsourced platform that could aid the rescue and rehabilitation processes.
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Landslide Susceptibility Assessment and Preparedness Strategies, Thiruvambaadi Grama Panchayath, Kozhikode District, Kerala
This report presents a detailed landslide susceptibility assessment for Thiruvambadi Grama Panchayath in Kozhikode district, Kerala, using GIS-based analysis to support preparedness, mitigation, and local disaster risk management.
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Field Survey Report – Locations identified for the deployment of IMD’s AWS in Kerala
This report documents the second phase of a field survey conducted in Kerala to identify suitable sites for installing Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) and rain gauges following the 2018 floods.
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Field Survey Report – Present Status of IMD RG network in Kerala and locations for the establishment of AWS
This report assesses the status of IMD rain gauge stations in Kerala and identifies suitable sites for installing Automatic Weather Stations to strengthen rainfall monitoring and disaster preparedness following recent floods.
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Kerala State Report
Through this report and sector deep dive analysis, we seek the voices of the affected people and marginalized groups systematically feed into on-going recovery and rebuilding of resilient Kerala.
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Kerala Integrated Water Resources Management
This document is a comprehensive report prepared as part of the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) following the severe floods and landslides in Kerala, India, in August 2018.

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Voluntary Commitments

The organization has no registered commitments.

The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

Contact information

http://www.sdma.kerala.gov.in/
[email protected]
+94 112695012
Fax:
+94 112681982