Vijayan contradicts Amit Shah, says red alert came hours after tragedy

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said, "there were predictions... they never mentioned a red alert in the affected area. In fact, the red alert came on Tuesday at 6 am, when the tragedy occurred several hours before". Vijayan also said this was "not the time for blame game". The Chief Minister also said that there was no prediction of landslides from the Geological Survey of India and when this came, the tragedy had already taken place. "Then there was an alert from the Central Water Commission and it said that from July 23 to 29, not for one single day... of the two rivers which got swollen, there was no mention at all. What was said in the Parliament is not true," he said. He even pointed out that there was a mention that the NDRF (National Desaster Response Force) was sent early, "but the fact is we asked for it". 
"The IMD had predicted rains to the tune of 115 mm to 204 mm in the affected area. But in the first 24 hours, there was 200 mm and in the next 24 hours, 372 mm rain came down, making it a staggering 572 mm in 48 hours -- much more than predicted. So with these being the facts, I wish to state, that this is not the time for wrangling,"Vijayan added.Earlier, Shah had told parliament that the Kerala government was given warning about potential landslides on July 23 -- a week before the Wayanad tragedy. "India is among four countries that can provide warning on natural disasters at least seven days in advance," he had said,