Kerala's disaster authority is a ten-member statutory body whose chief executive is the Chief Secretary

Background

Rain alerts are continuing in Kerala and the Tourism Department and the District Tourism Promotion Councils have been given special instructions; the authority behind such alerts is the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority. State Disaster Management Authorities are statutory bodies constituted under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 (Central Act 53 of 2005). The first KSDMA was constituted vide S.R.O No. 395/2007 dated 4th May 2007, and the present composition is notified vide S.R.O No. 583/2013 dated 17-7-2013. Under Section 3 of the Kerala State Disaster Management Rules (KSDMR), 2007 the authority has ten (10) members, chaired by the Chief Minister and convened by the Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management. The Chief Secretary is the Chief Executive Officer of KSDMA vide Section 14 (4) of the DM Act, 2005, and the head of the Kerala State Emergency Operations Centre is its Member Secretary. Its motto is 'Towards a Safer State', and the office functions at Observatory Hills, Vikas Bhavan P.O, Thiruvananthapuram.