Idukki:
In the lush, hilly district of Idukki in Kerala, where nature’s beauty meets frequent danger, authorities are turning to technology for protection.
A new high-tech system using artificial intelligence, sensors, and satellite maps will soon help predict landslides, flash floods, forest fires, and droughts in real time — part of an ambitious plan to make Idukki the most disaster-resilient hill district in the country.
The innovative Idukki Disaster Resilience and Information System (IDRIS)– a first-of-its-kind early warning and planning platform — will be rolled out this monsoon as a pilot project, said District Collector V Vigneshwari here on Tuesday.
The pilot rollout will begin in Adimaly and Rajakkad, two areas often hit by landslides, floods, and rising conflict between people and wildlife, an official release said.