2. 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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3. 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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4. •The Rudraprayag district, home to the Kedarnath
shrine, has seen eight major monsoon-related
disasters in the last 34 years.
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5. • It is well know as the "Land of the Gods“.
•Uttrakhand is well known for its chota char dham.
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6. 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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7. FLOODING IN UTTRAKHAND…
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,2013
The Day of
Destruction happened
in history of
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UTTRAKHAND
8. The massive rainfall and cloud burst events
were happening at multiple
places, including in Bhagirathi
basin, Badrinath region, other places.
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.is
It
considered to be the largest natural disaster
after tsunami occurred in 2004.
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9. 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.
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10. The death count is assumed to be thousands as the
the conditions in kedar valley are very adverse.
Photos: Kedarnath temple before and after the Uttarakhand floods
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11. 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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12. CONSEQUENCES:ECONOMIC LOSS
• Major roads,telephone towers were destroyed due to
which communication with the outer world was lost.
• 20,000 crores loss was reported,which may be in the
form of destruction of houses roads,cars etc.
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13. 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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14. • 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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15. 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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16. Causes of the disaster
Who is Responsible for this Man or Nature ??
Natural Reason...?
Man Made Reasons….?
From 14 to 17 June 2013, Indian state However, the true causes of the
of uttrakhand and near by are received epic tragedy is growth of tourism
heavy rainfall.
and unplanned construction.
Due to Continuous Rain the Chorabari Global Warming
Glacier melted and this triggered the
flooding of the Mandakini rivers.
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