The IMD had earlier predicted the onset of monsoon over Kerala on May 26
District Collector D.R. Meghasree, who is also the chairperson of District Disaster Management Authority, has granted permission to raise the shutters on Saturday as part of monsoon preparedness measures
Last year, the monsoon set in over Kerala on May 24 — its earliest arrival since 2009; IMD’s operational forecasts of the date of monsoon onset over Kerala during the past 21 years (2005-2025) were proved to be correct except in 2015