Natural Disasters

Management of floods in Bihar

A combination of short- and long-term measures that gives importance to both structural (traditional) means and non-structural techniques is required to solve the perennial flood problem in north Bihar.

Publication Date: 
15/11/2008
C P Sinha
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Kosi, Dams, Sedimentation, Natural Disasters, Floods, Flood Control, Hydrology, Nepal, Bihar
Natural Disasters

Floods, Himalayan rivers, Nepal: Some heresies

The strategy of building embankments to constrain river flow and to prevent floods in north Bihar has proven to be questionable and flawed. Reliance on a dam-and-reservoir system for that purpose only offers limited protection and even greater risks of flooding in case of damage.

Publication Date: 
15/11/2008
Ramaswamy R Iyer
Economic and Political Weekly
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48
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Tags:
Himalaya, Rivers, Gandak, Kosi, Dams, Sedimentation, Natural Disasters, Floods, Hydroelectricity, Earthquakes, Flood Control, Nepal, India, Bihar
Natural Disasters

Demand for proper flood control measures

D. Radhakrishnan

Official apathy: The heavily silted Kodappamund channel in Udhagamandalam.

Publication Date: 
05/11/2008
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Flood Control, Disaster Management, Tamil Nadu
Natural Disasters

New vision for Bihar

In a majestic release of bottled-up fury, the Kosi has swept across half of Bihar. The river has gone back to a course it once followed many years ago, inundating roadways and farmlands and leaving an estimated three million people homeless. None of the manmade structures meant to tame the river has been of any use.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2008
Civil Society
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Tags:
Kosi, Sedimentation, Natural Disasters, Floods, Flood Control, Disaster Management, Displacement, Hydrology, Nepal, Bihar
Natural Disasters

Costs and benefits of flood mitigation in the Lower Bagmati Basin

The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a systematic qualitative analysis of the costs and benefits of constructing embankments in the lower Bagmati River basin, which stretches across the Nepal Tarai and into northern Bihar. This paper analyzes the costs and benefits of both structural flood control measures, and a wide array of local, "people-centered" strategies.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2008
Ajaya Dixit, Anil Pokhrel, Marcus Moench
ProVention Consortium
Tags:
Bagmati, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Floods, Flood Control, Disaster Preparedness, Nepal, Bihar, River Basin, South Asia
Natural Disasters

 The right level

Orissa

Publication Date: 
30/10/2008
Ashutosh Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Mahanadi, Dams, Hirakund, Reservoirs, Natural Disasters, Floods, Flood Control, Orissa (Odisha)
Natural Disasters

Rs 1,600-cr plan to make city flood-free

LOCAL Administration Minister M K Stalin on Thursday said the government had prepared a Rs 1,600-crore project to make Chennai flood-free. The proposal would be sent to the Centre for funds shortly .

Publication Date: 
24/10/2008
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Flood Control, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Tamil Nadu, Chennai (T)
Natural Disasters

ADB aid sought to control NE floods

The Ministry of Water Resources has confirmed that it has submitted a proposal for North Eastern Integrated Flood and Riverbank Erosion Management Project, Assam to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for financial support.

Publication Date: 
21/10/2008
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Soil Erosion, Flood Control, Ministry Of Water Resources, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Assam
Natural Disasters

Orissa sought 2,454 cr, gets only 98 cr

BHUBANESWAR: The step-motherly treatment meted out to Orissa by the Centre became evident from the paltry flood assistance released from the National Calamity Contigency Fund (NCCF).Bihar, Assam and Orissa witnessed floods during the recent past.

Publication Date: 
17/10/2008
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Floods, Flood Control, Orissa (Odisha)
Natural Disasters

 Course correction

Can Bihar avert another Kosi disaster? On September 16, the Special Task Force constituted by the prime minister put a figure on the destruction caused by floods in Bihar

Publication Date: 
14/10/2008
Arnab Pratim Dutta and Alok Gupta
Down to Earth
Tags:
Himalaya, Kosi, Dams, Sedimentation, Natural Disasters, Floods, Flood Control, Disaster Management, Hydrology, Nepal, India, Bihar, Statistics, Rainfall Pattern, River Basin, Rainfall

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