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Knowledge network center on Floods and Waterlogging for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Workshop Report Rajiv Sinha, Coordinator Professor (Geosciences) Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
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Knowledge network center on Floods and Waterlogging for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
Workshop Report
Rajiv Sinha, Coordinator Professor (Geosciences)
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
1.0 Preamble The Knowledge Network Centre was funded by UNDP in October, 2013 and a series of consultations with stakeholders were planned immediately after at Patna, Bhubaneshwar and Delhi. These workshops helped to make direct contact with the stakeholders in both the focus states, Bihar and Odisha, as well as with several central government organisations. Finally, a launching workshop of the Knowledge Centre was organized at IIT Kanpur on November 22-23, 2013. A summary of discussions at each of these workshops is presented next. 2.0 Stakeholder’s consultations 2.1 Consultations at Patna (31st October, 2013) The PI of the Knowledge Centre, Prof. Rajiv Sinha and Mr. Prasad Babu from UNDP visited Patna on 31st October, 2013 and met with Secretary Roads, Mr. Pratyaya Amrit. The basic objectives of setting up the knowledge centre at IIT Kanpur was explained to the Secretary and it was pointed out that road construction activities in the state needs to be planned with some care so as to allow enough passage to the the river network. AT many places in north Bihar, the paleochannels have been completely disconnected due to road construction and this has resulted in severe waterlogging both upstream as well as downstream. During the discussion, it was mentioned that the rural roads must have a minimum of 6 cross drainage structures for every kilometer but this norm is not always followed resulting into a disaster and large areas of valuable agricultural land has been lost over the years. Secretary, Roads was requested to look into these issues and he assured all possible help. We coordinated a discussion meeting at Bihar State Disaster management Authority (BSDMA) in the afternoon presided over by Mr. Anil Sinha, Vice Chairman, BSDMA. Mr. Sudhir Rakesh, Director, Bihar Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (BIPARD) also attended the meeting and provided valuable inputs. Apart from BSDMA officials, the meeting attended by representatives from Ministry of Forest and Environment, Road Construction Department, A.N.Sinha Institute, Patna and BIPART. Several important points emerged during the meeting as summarized below.
1. The BSDMA welcomed the setting up of the Knowledge Center at IIT Kanpur and extended its full support. Although not yet operational fully, the BSDMA now has very clear-cut rules and policies for disaster management. Public awareness is one of the most important areas of concern, need some training on identification of assessment of risk related to different disasters and also to map the risks. The BSDMA has declared several safety weeks related to disasters e.g. January for earthquake safety week and June is flood safety week. During this week, the BSDMA works with local community and village administration for creating awareness of disasters. It was emphasized that training programmes of architects and engineers for safe construction is an important issue and the BSDMA is implementing through BIPART.
2. Flood is the most recurrent disaster in Bihar and affects more than half of the state every year. There is a strong need to identify good practices for managing floods.
Floods have an international dimension in Bihar as most of the rivers drain through Nepal and Bangladesh and therefore it needs international coordination. A good example is Mekong river commission, and it may be useful to understand its working mechanism and risk reduction strategies.
3. Embankment strategy has been the most favored strategy for flood mitigation in Bihar. However, as the length of embankments has increased through time, flood damages have also increased, and this explains the in efficacy of the embankment strategy for flood control/management. Embankments have also restricted sediment distribution by the rivers and as a result most rivers have started to aggrade at a much faster rate. North Bihar flooding problems are getting widespread, and further problems are caused by construction along the flow paths; this needs high resolution topographic mapping of the entire state.
4. There is a strong need to influence the flood management policy of the state, get involved in serious debates, analyse cost benefit ratios, and improve understanding of river processes for designing long-term sustainable strategies for flood management. It was also suggested that disaster management clearance should be needed for large scale development projects and a policy intervention should be made.
5. It was pointed out during the meeting that there were no specifications for rural roads originally; these were designed quite late after Indian Roads Congress. However, these specifications are rarely followed e.g. 6 CDs (cross drainage structures) have to be provided in a kilometer in flood prone areas, and 4 in non flood prone areas, as per the rural road manual. However, standard PWD codes are being used by roads department. Urbanisation has also led to waterlogging and increased runoff plus choking of sewage lines and drainages in Patna. It was suggested that self-contained codes across different departments are urgently needed.
6. It was suggested that the knowledge web portal on floods and waterlogging being developed at IIT Kanpur should be prepared in both English and Hindi so that the information can percolate down to the community level. Apart from the scientific literature, attempt should also be made to document and preserve local and traditional knowledge for flood mitigation. The BSDMA also agreed to host a mirror web site at Patna.
7. It was suggested to prepare a position paper on Bihar floods and flood management strategy so that a proper flood management/mitigation policy can evolve for Bihar. Prof. Rajiv Sinha was requested to take the lead in this regard in collaboration with BSDMA and UNDP offered all possible help.
2.2 Consultations at Bhubaneshwar (1st October, 2013) The consultation workshop at Bhubaneshwar on 1st October, 2013 was extremely productive and we met several senior government officials. A discussion with Mr. Kamal Mishra, General Manager, Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) focused on the need of developing good practices of disaster management including coastal management. The recent Phylin cyclone in coastal Odisha is one such example where the convergence of government response and a good knowledge base helped to minimize the loss of life and property to a great extent. Mr. Mishra welcomed the initiative of the Knowledge Centre on floods and waterlogging at IIT
Kanpur and expressed hope that this centre will go a long way to fill the knowledge gap between the academic and policy managers. A meeting with Mr. S.C. Mohapatra, Principal Secretary, Department of Water Resources of the Odisha Government was most useful as he briefed about the various water resources projects and operational policies so as to minimize the disasters. He assured to share all possible information regarding these projects and active participation of his department for the growth of the knowledge network centre. We also discussed several possibilities of cooperation with Mr. Subrat Rath, Chief Engineer and Director, Climate Change Cell who also agreed to participate in the launching workshop of the Centre at IIT Kanpur. Some specific suggestions during the discussion were as follows:
1. It may be useful to create an archive of technical information on disaster resilient construction designs, relevant codes, structural and non- structural intervention for climate change adaptation etc. It is important to convince the governments that all projects should be design centric and not funds-centric so that long-term damage to the natural systems can be avoided and disasters could be avoided.
2. The knowledge portal could also serve as a contact point for obtaining technical services to government departments if a list of resource persons and their expertise is available.
3. A new front is emerging in terms of corporate social responsibilities, and they need to be roped in this initiative.
4. After the successful handling of the Phylin disaster and immediate restoration, the Odisha government is now in the process of documenting the steps involved. Such documentation should be made available at the knowledge portal so that other states can emulate.
5. It appears that the Odisha government has already prepared a drainage master plan for Odisha, and a major objective is this plan is to reclaim waterlogged areas.
6. The OSDMA also agreed to host a mirror web site of the Knowledge Portal at Bhubneshwar and the modalities for the same can be worked out.
2.3 Consultations at Delhi (11-12 November, 2013) The consultations at Delhi on 11th November, 2013 were aimed at meeting the central government stakeholders and brief them about the activities of the Knowledge Centre. I also used this opportunity to meet Ms. Preeti Soni, Advisor, Climate Change, UNDP Delhi and we had a very useful discussion on the climate change perspectives of the knowledge network centre. Ms. Soni advised to keep the state climate change cell in loop and also emphasized to bring about policy interventions on flood management and waterlogging related problems as these problems are going to become more severe due to climate change impacts. Along with Mr. Prasad Babu, UNDP Delhi, we met Dr. Somnath Bhattacharya at National Water Mission who informed us that NWM may have a major interest in the knowledge centre in particular relation to drinking water problems. He recalled our visit to the coastal parts of Odisha where there is a serious problem of drinking water due to waterlogging by saline water so much so that the entire shallow aquifer has become saline and people have to travel
long distances to fetch potable water. We also visited the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) and a meeting with Dr. Anil K Gupta and Dr. Srija Nair focused on evolving training programmes and short courses related to floods. It was suggested that a national workshop be held in Delhi to involve all stakeholders to update them with the modern developments in flood management. On 12th November, 2013, a meeting with the scientists of climate change programme at Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi was set up and we met Dr. Sanjay Mishra and Dr. Nisha Mehdiratta to discuss possible collaboration with DST. The response was very positive and we agreed to look for opportunities to develop cooperation with DST particularly in the area of public awareness and developing community resilience towards floods and waterlogging. 3.0 Launching workshop at IIT Kanpur The Knowledge Network Centre was formally launched at IIT Kanpur on 22-‐23 November, 2013. The participants of the launching workshop included all project partners and stakeholders from Bihar and Odisha States (see Annexure -‐1 for complete list). The chief guest of the launching ceremony was Mr. Anil Sinha, Vice-‐Chairman of the Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA), Patna and Prof. S.C. Srivastava, Deputy Director, IIT Kanpur presided over the function. Mr. Anil Sinha applauded the proposed activities of the centre and expressed hope that this will go a long way to provide a common platform for interaction among the academia, government and local communities to find sustainable solution to floods and waterlogging. Professor Indranil Manna, Director, IIT Kanpur joined the workshop through skype and assured the participants that IIT Kanpur will provide all possible help in running this centre. He commented that earth science is an important discipline for understanding the processes related to disasters and IIT Kanpur is committed to promote this discipline looking at its importance and societal relevance. Professor S.C. Srivastava, Deputy Director, IIT Kanpur launched a web-‐based knowledge portal (www.iitk.ac.in/waterwoes) which will host all important information on floods and waterlogging including case studies, literature and best management practices. The workshop was planned for 2 days and focused on intense discussions with stakeholders to understand their expectations from the center and also to finalize plans for future activities including pilot projects. The complete programme of the workshop is given in Annexure -‐2. A brochure was printed highlighting the proposed activities of the knowledge network centre and a copy of the same is attached with this report.
Photo 1. Inaugural session of the launching workshop
Photo2. Lighting of the lamp by the Chief Guest., Mr. Anil Sinha, Vice Chairman, BSDMA
Photo 3. Prof. I. Manna, Director, IIT Kanpur addressing through skype
Photo 4. Technical session during the workshop.
The technical sessions of the workshop focused on consultations with all stakeholders from Bihar and Odisha to collect their needs and expectations from the knowledge Centre. They expressed hope that the knowledge centre will provide a platform to bring together policy managers and local communities together to find sustainable solutions. It was pointed out during the workshop that waterlogging is not even recognized as a disaster in the official list even though large areas of several states such as north Bihar and Odisha suffer from this problem. Most of these waterlogged areas are the result of unplanned development activities in the region particularly rail-‐road constructions, embankments and other structural interventions. It is also planned to set up small-‐scale pilot projects with the help of local communities and local government. An important issue in this context is the climate change issue and understanding its impact on floods and waterlogging in different river basins. Most of the states are still not geared to tackle the climate change issue and there is very little preparedness to handle the modified hydrological regime due to climate change and the problems related to this. There is a strong need to put together all concerned departments to evolve a sustainable strategy for climate change adaptation. A summary of discussions during the workshop and specific recommendations are presented below. 3.1 Floods and waterlogging problems in Odisha • River channel analysis to assess the carrying capacity of channels and
recalibration of river gauges should be taken up by Water resources department at
the earliest. Drainage department of WRD, Odisha is taking up some action to channelize the rivers to mitigate flooding and waterlogging but more scientific studies are required.
• Embankment strategy for flood mitigation needs to be reassessed; process-based understanding of floods has to improve; physical, ecological and social context of floods need to be understood fully by policy managers.
• All information available on flood maps, hydrographs need to be passed on to the local governments and community; local communities have to be educated about flood awareness and strengthened to become resilient.
• One of the urgent needs is to develop strategy for continuous monitoring of the embankments against breaches for the safety of people living in the region; In addition, encroachment of floodplains by people has also increased the risk; community based groups may be encouraged for continuous observations along the embankment and use of modern technology such as mobile phones can prove to be very useful for such monitoring.
• Low cost housing in flood prone area depending upon the terrain, flood resistant housing using local available material, different economic groups, design parameters; OSDMA is in the process of construction of cyclone shelters; requires highest flood level data required.
• Waterlogging is not event considered as a disaster and there is an urgent need to campaign for declaring this as a disaster looking at the large areas in Bihar and Odisha which have been converted into waterlogged areas primarily due to anthropogenic interventions.
• Moribund channels in coastal Odisha become the problem areas in heavy rain period, particularly during extreme events and erratic rainfall, flash floods are common in such areas; limited studies suggest some correlation with diseases such as malaria due to water stagnationThere is a general lack of data on micro and meso-level on climate change; erratic rainfall due to climate change is creating more problems and incidence of flash floods has increased; possible impact of climate change on waterlogging are almost unknown. The knowledge entre can gather information from global literature and make this available to the community.
• Pissiculture development is one of the attractive options for converting the waterlogged areas from wasteland to livelihood source.
• Several paddy varieties are susceptible to waterlogging; this variety is getting extinct and needs to be promoted amongst the community.
• Several research ideas emerged during the meeting e.g. sediment transport models under different conditions, inundation pattern based on unit hydrograph concept – dynamic unit hydrograph (particularly in ungauged basins).
• Meandering and straightening of rivers for drainage improvement may lead to significant modification of channel morphology which in turn might trigger other problems such as bank erosion, as in Mississippi, and therefore, such works need to be taken up with proper care.
• Unplanned road construction is one of the major reasons for aggravating the waterlogging problems. While road construction is considered to be one of the development indices but these structures have become the problem themselves; needs system planning; Techno-economic considerations need to be built in to demonstrate that the long-term damages to environment is much greater than short term gains.
• Waterlogging problems in Kanas area in coastal Odisha has increased over the last 5 yeas mainly due to congestion after Jaganath Sadak was built; such projects should make use of high resolution topographic data and soil profile; A pilot project can be designed to assess the impact of this road on waterlogging and the results can be passed to the local authorities for necessary action.
• A related problem is the reclamation of natural wetlands for developmental projects; In Puri area, natural wetlands have been converted into built-up areas which has reduced natural recharge and has increased surface runoff; Most of these wetlands were in the urban area declared as wasteland in the Gazetteer originally and not in the rural areas; However, no clear information is available. Wetlands International has data on LULC cover in Mahanadi area, willing to share the data.
• Three important points emerged during the discussion: (a) policy planning needs to be done at the intellectual level; (b) linkages of different departments is important for disaster management, and (c) the scope of the environmental monitoring committee of every state needs to be enlarged to cover possible disasters due to developmental projects.
• Vernacular aspect of expression is an important issue to reach out to the community; an Oriya version of web site and information would go a long way in terms of knowledge dissemination.
3.2 Floods and waterlogging problems in Bihar
• A large (~76 %) of north Bihar is affected by floods affecting a very large population
• Safe construction is really important for disaster management; it is important to convince all departments to follow this; needs a huge effort in capacity building – engineers, staff, masons etc.
• Embankments have been the most favored strategy for flood mitigation in Bihar so far and this has changed the character of floods from slow onset to sudden onset. In addition, this has also resulted in additional problems such as rapid siltation, prolonged flooding, and waterlogging due to seepage through embankments and blocking of rivulets discharging into the main
• . This strategy has unfortunately no role of the people and has instead generated a false sense of security amongst people.
• Government response to flood mitigation over the years has been bigger, stronger embankments nut no independent assessment of embankments in terms of efficacy for flood mitigation has ever been made. It is time now to start planning scientific decommissioning of embankments if they are no longer useful.
• Flood forecasting started in 1980s but most of the information is not in the public domain. CWC is the main custodian of hydrological data on rivers, but no independent performance appraisal of these models; these models also do not incorporate climate change scenario.
• FMIS has initiated non-structural measures of flood mitigation including 24 hr prediction and plans to extend this to 72 hrs, inundation modeling for Kosi and its validation from 2008 flood; Kosi recovery project also includes non
structural aspects such as flood forecast modeling, flood and sediment management; need support from climate change impacts
• Some initiatives by BSDMA are praiseworthy and these include flood hazard atlas of Bihar, state level workshops, flood safety week, films on floods, colanders, Kosi basin programme with ICIMOD, training programmes for government officials (with BIPARD)
• All efforts by different agencies should be coordinated and there should be no duplication of efforts; a single platform for knowledge dissemination would be extremely useful.
• Creative awareness towards disaster management is important for all departments; each and every department should implement DRR and practice it.
• Unplanned development of roads and water drainage in north Bihar have affected the flood duration and have created large-scale waterlogging. A case study from Khagaria has showed that waterlogging exists for more than 1 to 1.5 months in this area, boats run around collectorate, hospitals, power cuts,
• Drainage improvement is necessary so that water flows from channel to outfall but land acquisition is a major issue
• Waterlogging in urban areas is even more serious due to contaminated water, town planning not proper, severe drainage congestion
• On the other hand, large natural wetlands in Madhubani and Darbhanga not well preserved; Kabar lake, a very large wetland around Begusarai, used to act as a buffer has now dried up and hence the flood problems have been aggravated in the region; wetland conservation should also be included in the agenda
• Participatory irrigation management tool (Pani Panchayat) needs to be promoted
• Gender an important issue in disaster management – women have an important role to play; women the most affected lot in most disasters
• Best practices in flood management need to developed and promoted with specific reference to north Bihar rivers as most of the rivers draining the region are international rivers and tripartite arrangement is necessary. Mekong River Commission is a good example to cite; more information can be gathered about the mechanism of its working and then discuss to take this forward and implement in our case.
3.3 Specific recommendations and pilot projects Based on the discussions, the following specific recommendations were made about the future action and possible pilot projects:
1. DoWR in Govt. of Odisha has already framed a climate change action plan. It is proposed to carryout a training program on capacity building in the Deptt. for the climate change activity. The Knowledge Center may co ordinate the resource persons and training materials.
2. As a pilot project a particular doab in the Baitarani basin, the doab number-‐13, Baitaran-‐Salandi system is proposed to be considered. A map enclosed herewith. The Knowledge center may furnish the data requirement prior to commencement of the training program in
consultation with the resource personnel. The following problems may be addressed: flooding in the doab, water logging problem in the doab and their remedial measures and adaptation strategies, implementation of these strategies, and educating the community in the doab in implementing the plans and strategies.
3. The Planning organization under Engineer-in-Chief, Water Resources of DoWR in consultation with the Deptt. of Agriculture finalises the cropping pattern needs of a proposed project. After completion of the project the agriculture department of the state looks after the implementation of the same in the command area of the project. A study of the last five years of the daily monsoon data by DoWR has revealed that there is a distinct variation in the rainfall. The cropping pattern adopted for different zones of the sate may be reviewed as part of the climate change action plan study. As an outcome, the cropping pattern change may be adopted in a project catchment to see its effects.
4. DoWR in Govt of Odisha has a dam safety organization that looks after project hydrology and their revisions. The storms are adopted as per the guidelines of the Central Water Commission (CWC). It has been analysed that the localized rainfall of high intensity are very common in the catchments. This has been discussed during presentation by DoWR. Under climate change action plan it is proposed to carry out a study of Standard Project Storm (SPS) or, Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) and their distribution for different projects in association with the Dam Safety Organisation for field implementation.
5. DoWR in Govt. of Odisha has an age-‐old practice for the flood management. The different procedures adopted in the department have already been discussed during the launching workshop. It is proposed to the knowledge center to carry out a review study for the existing practices of the flood management. A proposal for preparation of a flood hazard map in the state may be prepared through the association of the knowledge center and UNDP.
6. Studies may be initiated on river dynamics and flood dynamics, including the effect of flood on social vulnerability, migration from river side area to outside areas
7. LULC study in Puri district may be taken up including a micro study due to climate change, floods and waterlogging. Awareness level of people for floods and waterlogging to be increased through community learning
8. FMIS and BSDMA will cooperate on improving the flood hazard map and field validation. All data in an interactive GIS format will be hosted at FMIS server and combined with population data etc. for risk and vulnerability assessment.
9. A pilot project may be initiated in the stretch of the Burhi Gandak river between Muzaffarpur and Samatipur which is continuously waterlogged. Flood protection bund and raised highway have contributed to waterlogged conditions in the area. An effort can be made to bring back the natural condition with minimum intervention. In the nearby area, Noon-Baya link project was initiated by WRD Bihar (DPR available); set of imageries available showing inundation etc. can be provided by FMIS.
10. Area around Nirmali, north of Bhaptiahi along the eastern embankment; waterlogged area can be converted into pissiculture; land belong to the farmers
11. Another area around Darbhanga has a large pond which was used to have an inlet; a raised platform around the pond can be used as a flood shelter; the BSDMA was requested to examine the possibility.
12. At Itwa Shivnagar village (Baheri, block Biraul), located in a low-lying, bowl shaped area, flood waters come from both sides; a nala was excavated but was not maintained; can be revived by constructing a small check dam for water storage; can also be developed for fisheries through some support from MNREGA and also from fisheries department.
13. A small tributary of Baghmati – Mansmara river, meets Baghmati at Chandali; a sluice was made to regulate but not operational now perhaps due to siltation in river bed; river mouth is closed and contaminated water for a sugar mill is accumulating; can be opened and revived.
Dr. Vimal Mishra and Dr. Vikrant Jain agreed to formulate a detailed proposal covering item number 1-5. Dr. Kabir Mohan will develop a detailed proposal for taking up a study related to item number 7. Dr. Shashank Shekhar and Dr. Vikrant Jain offered to develop a detailed proposal for item number 9. Dr. Rajiv Sinha will take the recommendations related to item number10-13 forward and develop a detailed proposal after discussin with the local people.
3.4 Training Workshops Following training workshops were proposed:
1. Climate change impact on hydrological systems including hydrological modeling – for WRD departments of Bihar and Odisha (coordinator: Dr. Vimal Mishra, IIT Gandhinagar). A formal proposal with technical content with be sent by the end of December 2013. This workshop can be combined with setting up the hydrological model for Mahanadi basin in collaboration with WRD Bhubaneshwar.
2. Consultative workshop on flood embankments (non-structural flood
management strategy) involving academia, government officials and local communities. The BSDMA will take lead on this.
4.0 Launching of the web portal of the Knowledge Centre
A web portal on the Knowledge Centre on Floods and Waterlogging was also launched during the workshop. The web portal is hosted at IITK Kanpur web site (www.iitk.ac.in/waterwoes) and the basic structure is ready. The home page of the website briefly introduces the initiative of UNDP and IIT Kanpur to set up a knowledge network center on floods and waterlogging. It has links on the side bar of each page to navigate through the other pages of the web portal. The home page also gives us the latest news and updates and upcoming events in this project. The mission of the project along with the details of the Partner institutions and stakeholders is described in the Page "WHO WE ARE". The major activities to be undertaken in the project have been listed under "MAJOR ACTIVITIES" for now, but
will be regularly updated as and when the activities are implemented under various categories. Descriptions and other details of the stakeholder workshops, training workshops and consultative workshops will be made available to the community on the web portal. Details of all pilot projects involving community level participation will be the highlight of the portal. An overview of the floods and waterlogging problem with special emphasis on the states of Bihar and Odisha has been provided on separate web pages. Literature available on these two states with some case studies have also been included, most of which is downloadable. The literature that cannot be downloaded has links to the appropriate URL's for further reading.
Photo 5. Web portal of the Knowledge Network Centre (www.iitk.ac.in/waterwoes)
An important link on the index page is for the publications made by stakeholders and partner institutions. We already have the Flood hazard Atlas for Bihar State and National Wetland Atlas for Orissa along with a booklet on Floods Disasters and Management: Indian Scenerio (both in Hindi and English) which can be downloaded by clicking on the appropriate links.
In future we will have this web portal as a link between people who implement and the scientists who will share and the initiate new technology and know how's which can be implemented at the community level. The website will also be hosted in Hindi. Live chats, blogs and discussion forum will eventually be a major part of this web portal. In addition, we plan to launch a news bulletin that will take up issues on floods and waterlogging and will also include success stories in different parts of the country.
5.0 Road map of the Knowledge Centre The efforts put in so far to set up the knowledge centre were appreciated by one and all. There is however a long way to go to make this sustainable and this can happen with active participation of all partner institutions and stakeholders. In the next few months, we hope to escalate the activities of the Centre and the following specific steps have been planned:
1. We need to reach out to additional stakeholders in the central government and a one-day workshop in Delhi may be useful to apprise the major stakeholders such as DST, National Water Mission, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Environment and Forests, NIDM and several NGOs of the activities of the Knowledge Center.
2. State level workshops in Bihar as well as Odisha may be planned to involve a larger number of officials from different departments.
3. A couple of training workshops should be organized in Patna and Bhubaneshwar to highlight the modern developments in flood management and waterlogging issues.
4. The web portal has to be evolved further with more and more data base and possibilities of interaction with the outside world. We might need a slightly different platform and possibly an independent server to host the web portal.
5. Field trips should be organized by project partners to finalize the pilot projects as soon as possible and work may be initiated soon.
Annexure -‐1 List of attendees
S.N. Name Address Email 1 Prof. R. Sinha Professor in Geosciences, Department of
Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur 208016
2 Prof. S.K. Tandon D N wadia Chair Professor, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur 208016
3 Dr. Vikrant Jain Associate Professor in Earth Science, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Vishwakarma Government Engineering College Complex, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India -‐ 382424
4 Dr. Vimal Mishra Assistant Professor in Water Resources, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Vishwakarma Government Engineering College Complex, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India -‐ 382424
5 Dr. Shashank Shekhar
Associate Professor, Department of Geology, Delhi University, Delhi
6 Dr. Ajay Katuri CEPT University, Ahmedabad [email protected]
7 Dr. Pranay Swain Reader-‐F, National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar
8 Dr. Kabir Mohan Sethy
Department of Geography, Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar
9 Dr. Atul Pandey Professor in Geology, Department of Geology, Patna University, Patna 800004
10 Mr. G. Prasad Babu
Project Officer - Integrated Water Management, UNDP India, 55, Lodi Estate, P.O. Box 3059, New Delhi, India
11 Dr Ambika Prasad Programme Analyst UNDP, Odisha Office
12 Mr. Anil Sinha Vice Chairman, Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA), Patna
13 Dr. Madhubala Project Officer (Natural Disasters), Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA), Patna
14 Mr. Vishal Vasvani Project Officer (Human-‐induced Disasters), Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA), Patna
15 Mr. Ajit Samaiyar Joint Director, Flood Management Information Center (FMIS), Patna 800002
16 Shri U.S. Jha Additional Secretary Department of Environment and Forests Government of Bihar Sinchai Bhanwan, Patna - 800015
17 Mr. Subrat Rath Director-‐Climate Change Cell Orissa Water Planning Organisation Department of Water Resources Odisha
18 Mr. Gopal Roy Deputy Director-‐Flood Management and Information System Orissa Water Planning Organisation Department of Water Resources Odisha
19 Dr. Kamal Mishra General Manager Odisha State Disaster Management Authority 2nd Floor, Rajiv Bhawan, Unit-‐5 Bhubaneswar-‐ 751001 Odisha
20 Mr. Meghanand Behera
Mr. Meghanad Behera, City Project Coordinator, UNDP Bhubaneswar, Odisha
[email protected] [email protected]
21 Mr. Kailash Chand Das
Executive Director Regional Centre for Development Cooperation (RCDC) A/68, 1st floor, Sahid Nagar, Bhubaneswar-751007, Odisha, India
[email protected], [email protected] Web: www.rcdcindia.org
22 Ms. Barsha Regional Centre for Development Cooperation (RCDC) A/68, 1st floor, Sahid Nagar, Bhubaneswar-751007, Odisha, India
23 Dr. Pranati Patnaik Wetlands International – South Asia A 25, Second Floor, Defence Colony New Delhi – 110024, INDIA
24 Mr. Ranjeev Kumar
Koshi Anchal Vikas Nidhi, Sarlahi, Naya Bazar, SAHARSA- 852201
[email protected] [email protected]
25 Mr. Vijay Kumar Nadi Wapsi Abhiyan Samitee, ANDHRATHARHI, Madhubani
26 Mr. Narayan Jee Choudhary
Mithila Gram Vikas Parishad, South of Nanak Gas Godown, Lakshmisagar, DARBHANGA, 846 009
Annexure -‐2
Knowledge Network Centre on Floods and Waterlogging: Focus on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
Launching Workshop Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
22-‐23 November 2013 Day 1
0900 Registration and Refreshments 0930 Welcome and Opening remarks 0940 Need for a Knowledge Network Centre on Floods and Waterlogging and
proposed activities of the Centre -‐ Rajiv Sinha 1000 Address by Ambika Prasad, UNDP 1010 Address by Chief Guest - Anil Sinha, Vice Chairman, BSDMA 1020 Address by Mr. Subrat Rath, Director, Climate Change, WRD, Odisha 1030 Address by Director, IIT Kanpur 1040 Launching of the Knowledge Centre and Web portal by Deputy Director, IIT
Kanpur 1045 Coffee Break 1100 Session 1: Flooding scenario in north Bihar and Odisha: Vulnerability and
risk assessment Presentations/comments from the stakeholders Presentation/comments from project partners Chair: Anil Sinha, Vice-‐Chairman, BSDMA
1230 Summary and way forward 1245 Lunch 1400 Session 2: Waterlogging problems in north Bihar and Odisha: issues and
causal factors Presentations/comments from the stakeholders Presentation/comments from project partners Chair: Subrat Rath, WRD, Odisha
1530 Summary and way forward 1545 Tea break 1600 Session 3: Floods and Waterlogging in the context of Climate Change and
Disaster Risk reduction: Institutional response and mitigation strategies Speakers: G. Prasad Babu, R. Sinha Chair: Prof. S.K. Tandon, IIT Kanpur
1730 Summary and way forward 1745 Open Discussion and Close of Day 1 1930 Workshop Reception and Dinner
Day 2
0930 Briefing for the Day 0945 Development of work plan by participating institutions and
identification of project partners (stakeholders) 1100 Coffee break 1130 Presentations by different groups and formulation of projects 1330 Lunch and Close of Workshop
