unit-2 flood and drainage

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acrensed Understandi~igof Disasters - I

Social reliabil itation i n teie form of special facilities f or women, children,handicapped.

Cornni~~ni tyrehabilitation.

Provision for technical assistance, training and equipment.

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) Your answer should include the following points:

Preparation of action plans for different regions of the country and theirperiodic evaluation and update.

Development of proper ~iiechanisnito ensure proper distribution of relief

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Planning of alternate approacli routes for tlie community to escapeduring emergency.

Identification of alternative nietliods/tech~iiquesfor providi~ignecessaryrelief niaterials like flood. clothes, medicines etc.

Proper canipaigns to make people aware of various aspects ofeartliqualte management.

Malting houses and buildings earthquake resistant either through properengineered design at tlie construction stage or through retrofitting of theexisting non-engineered houses.

2) Your answer should include tlie following points:

Use of light weight building materials in the construction of houses.

Constri~ctionof buildings with siniple regular layouts.

Design of buildings by qualified engineers and their construction as perthe provisions n the code.

Provision for properly laid RCC slabbed roofs.

3) Your answer should include the following points:

Th e basic purpose of relief 1iieasilres taken up by the state government isto provide immediate relief to the community.

The various heads under which econo~nic.relief can' be provided in case ofearthquakes are:

Ex-gratia paynielits to tlie injured and to the next of kin of the deceased

Damaged crops - compensation for damaged housesCattle loss

Free medicines, clothes arid utensils

Free food in the temporary relief camps

Grant to replace damaged agricult~~ralimplements.


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flood plains without adcquate safeguards. Tlie specific steps to be talten are also~iiattcrof benetlt-cost study of possible solutions considering the risk element

tllat is involvecl in difl erent de grces of protection uncler different probabilitylevels rl lius this is a matter for expert multi -disciplinary study and decisionmaking.

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Note: i) Use the space given below for your answers.ii) Clieck your answers with those given at tlic end of tlie unit.

1 What are the ma.jor st~.ucturalmeasures i~ivolvedin flood management?

2) What are the components of post - flood rehitbilitation measures?

3) Discuss the salient eleilie~ltsof l e s s o ~ ~ sdrawn in flood m anage~neut.

2.9 LET US SUM UP

Vast areas of India are subject to probleins of floods and drainage congestion. Inparticular, the states of Biliar, Uttar Pradesli, West Bengal, Assam and Orissaare likely to suffer more. Most of the time in a year large damages occur in oneportion or the other of India, Essentially,~tllehigh precipitation concentratedover a few. days in a year and the inability of the active river channel to carry itaway safely coupled wit11 indiscriminate liu~nan ncroach~nentinto the floodplain are responsible for tlie mounting flood damages. There are a number ofbossible ways of dealilig with the ha t te r and the specific solution or package ofmeasures is a matter for expert multidisciplinary study and.decision making.While both structural and non-structural options are possible, the empliasis inrecent years has been on non-structural measures and on planlied disaster


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Ir~cr.cnsetI Unt~er stilrlrting 3) Your answer should include the following points:of D h s t e r s - I

Flood management should be viewed in a broad perspective fosrni~lg nintegral part of the overall water resources evelopment and thee c o ~ l o ~ n i cevelopment of the region.

P Proper examirration of various alternative nieasuses of flood manage~lhenta~ id electiorlof optimum combination of measures.

Measures to modify the susceptibility to flood darnage should beincreasingly adopted.

Adequate maintenance of worl


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