CASE STUDY-UTTARAKAND DISASTER

VINOD KUMAR

OUTLINE• WHAT IS FLOOD• TYPES OF FLOOD• CASE STUDY-UTTARAKHAND DISASTER• EFFECT OF FLOOD• RECUE OPERATION• ENTITY RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM• CARTOGRAPHIC MODEL

WHAT IS FLOODA FLOOD IS GENERAL AND TEMPORARY CONDITION OF PARTIAL OR COMPLETE INUNDATION OF NORMALLY DRY LAND AREAS FROM OVERFLOW OF INLAND OR TIDAL WATERS FROM THE UNUSUAL AND RAPID ACCUMULATION OR RUNOFF OF SURFACE WATERS FROM ANY SOURCE. IT IS AN OVERFLOW OF WATER THAT SUBMERGES LAND WHICH IS USUALLY DRY.

TYPES OF FLOOD• RIVER FLOOD• FLASH FLOOD• COASTAL FLOOD• ICE FLOOD• URBAN FLOOD

CASE STUDY-UTTARAKAND DISASTER

•ORIGIN- FROM 14 TO 17 JUNE 2013, THE INDIAN STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ADJOINING AREAS RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL, WHICH WAS ABOUT 375% MORE THAN THE BENCHMARK RAINFALL DURING A NORMAL MONSOON. THIS CAUSED THE MELTING OF CHORABARI GLACIER AT THE HEIGHT OF 3800 METRES, AND ERUPTION OF THE MANDAKINI RIVER.

•WARNING ALERT- WARNINGS BY THE INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT PREDICTING HEAVY RAINS WERE NOT GIVEN WIDE PUBLICITY BEFOREHAND, CAUSING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO BE CAUGHT UNAWARE, RESULTING IN HUGE LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

EFFECT OF FLOOD• ENTIRE VILLAGES AND SETTLEMENTS SUCH AS GAURIKAND, AND THE

MARKET TOWN OF RAMBADA, A TRANSITION POINT TO KEDARNATH, HAVE BEEN OBLITERATED, WHILE THE MARKET TOWN OF SONPRAYAG SUFFERED HEAVY DAMAGE AND LOSS OF RIVERS. • OVER 70000 PEOPLE WERE STRUCK IN VARIOUS REGIONS BECAUSE OF

DAMAGED OR BLOCKED ROADS• NATIONAL HIGHWAY AN IMPORTANT ARTERY CONNECTING THE REGION WAS

ALSO WASHED AWAY NEAR JYOTIRMATH AND IN MANY OTHER PLACES.

EFFECT OF FLOOD• ABOUT 556 PERSONS WERE DIED, OUT OF WHICH 166 BODIES WERE FOUND

FULLY DECOMPOSED STATE DURING FOURTH ROUND OF SEARCH OPERATIONS.• MOST OF THE DESTRUCTION AT KEDARNATH WAS CAUSED BY SUDDEN

MELTING OF ICE AND SNOW IN THE KEDARNATH MOUNTAIN.• THE VILLAGERS WHO DEPEND ON SPRING WATER SUFFERED VARIOUS TYPES

OF HEALTH PROBLEMS SUCH AS FEWER, DIARRHOEA DUE TO CONTAMINATED WATER BY DECOMPOSED DEAD BODIES WHICH HAD NOT BEEN REMOVED EVEN AFTER A WEEK.

BLOCKED ROADS AND SETTLED VILLAGES

DAMAGED NATIONAL HIGHWAY

RESCUE OPERATION• THE ARMY, AIR FORCE, NAVY, INDO-TIBETAN BORDER POLICE, BORDER

SECURITY FORCE, NATIONAL DISASTER RESCUE FORCE, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS WORKED TOGETHER FOR QUICK RESCUE OPERATIONS. • SEVERAL THOUSAND SOLDIERS WERE DEPLOYED FOR THE RESCUE MISSION. • ACTIVISTS OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ORGANISATIONS ARE ALSO INVOLVED

IN THE RESCUE AND RELIEF CENTRES.

CARTOGRAPHIC MODEL•PARAMETERS- RAINFALL MAP (RAINFALL>300MM) LAND USE MAP (FOREST AREA) SOIL MAP (CLAYEY SOIL) DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL

ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM