Kerala flooding: Operation Anantha masterminds dejected
The project was launched in 2015 during the tenure of the second Oommen Chandy-led UDF government. The initiative resolved the infamous flooding that kept hitting the Thampanoor region. Kerala has been witnessing heavy rains. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Recent reports of flooding in the city’s low-lying areas have left former Chief Secretary Jiji Thomson disappointed. Jiji, along with then Thiruvananthapuram district collector Biju Prabhakar, initiated Operation Anantha-1 in 2015 at a cost of Rs 60 crore to successfully rid the city of waterlogging following rain. However, in the absence of follow-up from successive governments in the past eight years, the effects of the drive are now wearing off. The project was launched in 2015 during the tenure of the second Oommen Chandy-led UDF government. The initiative resolved the infamous flooding that kept hitting the Thampanoor region. Though Jiji and Biju, the architects behind the revolutionary project, repeatedly warned the authorities concern...