"India is already delivering aid to Sri Lanka, an island nation just south of India's coastImage: ANI/IMAGO Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, executive director of the Colombo-based Centre for Policy Alternatives, accuses the Sri Lankan government of failing to heed warning signals and allowing the calamity to spiral beyond human control."
""The government has not come off well in its handling of the crisis and should have called Parliament to convene urgently to review and strengthen disaster management policies," Saravanamuttu told DW."
"According to Saravanamuttu, "this disaster reveals significant gaps in preparedness and response mechanisms" and the existing frameworks need to be evaluated to "prevent future failures.""
Cyclone Ditwah produced Sri Lanka's worst flooding in two decades, affecting over 1.46 million people across all 25 districts. The official death toll is 410, with 336 people missing and more than 64,000 sheltering in nearly 1,450 government-run centers. Multiple countries have pledged assistance, led by India, while a state of emergency has been declared. Authorities are overwhelmed by rescue demands and face communication challenges amid criticism about the lack of a unified relief-and-rescue system. Observers report failures in heeding warnings, exposing significant gaps in preparedness and response that require urgent evaluation and reform.
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