Natural Disaster in Uttarakhand
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Transcript of Natural Disaster in Uttarakhand
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Overview of Uttarakhand
Flooding in Uttrakhand
Uttarakhand flood: Disaster natural but
damage man-made?
Consequences
Rescue and relief operations.
Causes of the disaster
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Overview of Uttarakhand
•Uttarakhand has a total area of 53,484 km² of which 93% is
mountainous and 64% is covered by forest.
• Two of India's largest rivers, the Ganges and
the Yamuna, originate in the glaciers of Uttarakhand.
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•The Rudraprayag district, home to the Kedarnath
shrine, has seen eight major monsoon-related
disasters in the last 34 years.
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Photographs of Kedarnath from 1882 – 1883
The following collection of photographs were taken
from 1882 and are in the archives of the Geological
Survey of India
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From 15 to 18 June 2013, Indian
state of Uttrakhand and
adjoining area received heavy
rainfall, which was about 375
percent more than the
benchmark rainfall during a
normal monsoon.
16th and 17th June,2013The Day of
Destruction happened in history of UTTRAKHAND
FLOODING IN UTTRAKHAND…
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The massive rainfall and cloud burst events
were happening at multiple
places, including in Bhagirathi
basin, Badrinath region, other places.
It is considered to be the largest natural disaster after tsunami occurred in 2004.
This lead to melting of Chorabari
Glacier at the height of 3800
metres, and eruption of the Mandakini
River which led to heavy floods
near Kedar Dome, Rudraprayag
district, Uttarakhand, Himachal
Pradesh.
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Uttarakhand flood: Disaster natural but damage man made?
Melting of glaciers.
More than 220 power and
mining projects are running in
14 river valleys in Uttrakhand.
Currently 70 dams exist in the
Char dham area alone.The dam
constructions involve blasting
of hills which increase the risk
of land slides.
The death count is assumed to be thousands as the
the conditions in kedar valley are very adverse.
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Photos: Kedarnath temple before and after the Uttarakhand floods
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CONSEQUENCES:HUMAN LOSS
• According to the official records 400 houses were destroyed and 265 were damaged.
• 4,200 villages were victims of the floods .
• 6,000 people were dead, 10,000 were injured and 1,00,000 were stuck in the valley.
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• Major roads,telephone towers were destroyed due to
which communication with the outer world was lost.
CONSEQUENCES:ECONOMIC LOSS
• 20,000 crores loss was reported,which may be in the
form of destruction of houses roads,cars etc.
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RESCUE AND RELIEF OPERATION
• The Army, Air Force, Navy, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Border Security Force, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Public Works Department and local administrations worked together for quick rescue operations.
• Several thousand soldiers were deployed for the rescue missions.
• Helicopters were used to rescue people, but due to the rough terrain, heavy fog and rainfall, maneuvering them was a challenge.
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• Indian army showed extreme levels of courage in saving the people in spite of the helicopter crash occurred during the mission-operation Rahat.
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How to reduce such disaster
• Protecting the environment can
only be the way to reduce the risk
of such disasters.
• Keeping a check on illegal
constructions and on deforestation.
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From 14 to 17 June 2013, Indian state
of uttrakhand and near by are received
heavy rainfall.
Due to Continuous Rain the Chorabari
Glacier melted and this triggered the
flooding of the Mandakini rivers.
However, the true causes of the
epic tragedy is growth of tourism
and unplanned construction.
Global Warming
Causes of the disasterWho is Responsible for this Man or Nature ??
Natural Reason...? Man Made Reasons….?