FLOOD the most occurring disaster in India.

1. Global Environmental problems
 Global Warming
 Ozone Layer Depletion
 Acid Rain
 Deforestation
 Loss of Biodiversity
 Water Pollution
 Air Pollution
 Desertification
 Waste disposal

2. Current environmental problems in India
 Population Growth
 Deforestation
 Loss of Biodiversity
 Flood and Drought
 Desertification
 Air pollution
 Water pollution

3. Flood in India :-
 At list 5 state in India are currently facing flood.
 Gujarat
 Rajasthan
 Assam
 Odisha
 West Bengal

4.  What’s significant is that this is the third consecutive year
when the semi-arid and desert states of Gujarat and Rajasthan
are in the list.
 A 2015 report by the World Resource Institute, a Washington
DC- based research organization, named India as the country
most exposed to risk of river flooding.

5. Flood forecast a non-starter
 A total of 15 states and Union territories of the country did not have a flood
forecasting system till August 2016, says the audit.
 These include flood-prone states like
• Rajasthan
• Himachal Pradesh
• Kerala
• Manipur

6. A flood relief camp at Banaskatha
Over 200 people were killed in the State during the flood in july.

7. No emergency action plans
 The report points out that 93 % of india’s 4862 dams do not have
Emergency Action Plans.
 Only one of the 619 dams in the Gujarat has an emergency plan
 None of the 200 dams in Rajasthan has an emergency action plan

8. According to the United Nations, at least 41 million people in Bangladesh, India
and Nepal have been directly affected by flooding and landslides resulting from
the monsoon rains, which usually begin in June and last until September.

9. Reference :-
 Down to Earth
 Center for science and environment
 http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/floods-in-
india/1/1038540.html
 State of India's Environment

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