2,567 wards in Kerala identified as drought-hit

A full of 2,567 retired of 21,472 wards successful Kerala person been identified arsenic the astir drought-affected, with Kasaragod and Thiruvananthapuram districts topping the list, according to a caller study.

The report, based connected a broad survey crossed wards and panchayats, recovered that 24.74% of wards successful Kasaragod and 22.01% successful Thiruvananthapuram are facing terrible h2o stress.

The survey was jointly conducted by the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM), the Kerala Forest Research Institute, and the Institute of Climate Change Studies nether the task titled ‘Identification of Water Stress Hotspots successful Kerala’, and was funded by the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment. The survey covered each districts successful 2024, but Palakkad. The study volition service arsenic 1 of the baselines for aboriginal h2o accent assessments successful the State, scientists said.