Uttarakhand floods a disaster of our

But the loss the region has suffered this time is horrifying.

In Augustwhen flash floods occurred in Uttarkashi, the Uttarakhand Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre had recommended strict regulation of developmental initiatives near streams and rivers.

It seems the governments are not ready to learn from past mistakes. Despite knowing the fact that all the hill districts of the Uttarakhand fall in a zone that is highly seismic and landslide-prone, the cutting of mountains for the construction of roads is happening at a faster rate.

To cater to the need of growing tourism economy government is giving way to the unregulated infrastructure construction, environmental degradation and have no policy for proper land use. Its floodgates were opened without warning. The film is based on a couple facing difficulties during the disaster.

The floods were the second worst natural disaster in the country, after the tsunami.

When the floods came, many of those illegal structures got demolished anyway. He appreciated the step taken by the state government, but later realised that there are no checkpoints to monitor and restrict the entry of unregistered people on the trek.

A meeting was held in state branch where around 30 volunteers participated who committed their time for relief operation activities. Three drinking water projects have got washed away in Garur block, while 71 streams and 40 canals have been damaged.

The help was later politely rejected by Government of India. According to the Char Dham control room records, there were 26, people in Kedar Valley on June The report, prepared by the State Disaster Management Control Room in Dehradun, gave an assessment of the scale of the disaster.

Uttarakhand disaster 2013 causes and effects

He appreciated the step taken by the state government, but later realised that there are no checkpoints to monitor and restrict the entry of unregistered people on the trek. The upper reaches of Uttarakhand look as if the region has travelled a hundred years back in time. Mobile health unit has been set up by the government and Red Cross hospital at Balwakot is also functioning. They cut it open, which causes landslides. First of all, it is irresponsible to let such a huge volume of human traffic into an ecologically sensitive area, that too in the monsoon season. He does not know where the others are. Studies were conducted on the irreversible damage that some of the proposed dams would cause the rivers. As recently as February , the Uttarakhand high court had passed an order asking the state government to demolish structures that had come up within metres of the river banks. The lanes were strewn with crumbled tin sheets and broken pieces of wood. Broken end of footbridge over the Mandakini River at Rudraprayag Sangam. Post the floods, the state government began the registration process as thousands of dead bodies remained unidentified in the absence of record. Assessment to document impact of floods on the local population is underway. On June 19, as the army was battling against time to rescue people, there was utter chaos in the administration. When the floods came, many of those illegal structures got demolished anyway. Download