THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state government suffered a major setback after amicus curiae’ report mentioned that the bad management of dams worsened floods in the state. The dams were not opened at the right time. A judicial probe should be conducted to find out the reason for the floods. The report of amicus curiae Jacob P Alex submitted in the Kerala High Court cited the dams were opened without following norms. The report of the national weather monitoring centre was not taken seriously. Adequate steps were not taken to face heavy rains.

Many pleas have been filed in the high court blaming the government for their failure in controlling floods. On the basis of it, the amicus curiae was constituted. Meantime, Power Minister M M Mani refused to react to questions on it. The minister told the media that he has nothing to say and got angry with the media.

Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala asked Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to apologize on the incident where 450 lost their lives in the floods. The opposition has decided to focus on this in the coming polls.