# Parliamentary panel flags gaps in Kerala’s disaster management 2026-08-10T11:17:55+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A parliamentary standing committee on home affairs has flagged critical gaps in Kerala's disaster management framework, including poor last-mile dissemination of early warnings in landslide-prone and remote areas. Despite the state's vulnerability to floods, landslides, coastal erosion, lightning and cyclones, the report notes technological limitations in hyper-local weather prediction, landslide early-warning accuracy and real-time flood-inundation modelling. The panel called for sustained efforts to strengthen risk-informed development norms and public awareness, while also criticising uneven enforcement of building regulations and land-use planning in ecologically fragile zones. However, the committee lauded Kerala's decentralised disaster management plans and its 'Orange Book' framework, as well as the role of over 4,500 trained community volunteers in first response. ## Coverage - thehindu.com Tags: disaster management, early warning systems, floods, Kerala, landslides, Parliamentary panel Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/parliamentary-panel-flags-gaps-in-keralas-disaster-management/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/parliamentary-panel-flags-gaps-in-keralas-disaster-management/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.