A presentation on Gujarat floods 2017

1. 2k17 Gujarat Floods
By- Shreya R Deshpande

2. • The monsoon in Gujarat starts in mid June ,due to the low
pressure system developed in Arabian sea and bay of Bengal
simultaneously resulted in heavy rainfall.
• According to the Indian Meteorological Department Gujarat
received 559.4mm rainfall in the month of July as against the
average of 339.6mm,representing an excess of 65%.

3. Name of District
• Dhanera
• Deesa
• Idar
• Sabarkantha
• Banaskantha
Rainfall in mm
• 235
• 269
• 151
• 219
• 150

5. • As of 1 August, at least 224 people have died
due to rain-related causes.
• More than 4000 cattle died in Banaskantha
district.
• The electricity supply to 753 villages were cut
off.
• Road and rail transport was badly affected.
 6 National Highways
 153 State Highways
 674 Panchayat roads, were flooded.

6. Dams
• of the 203 dams and reservoirs in state
 38 were full.
 19 were filled to between 80–90% of their
capacity.
 15 were filled to between 70%–80% and.
130 were filled to less than 70% capacity.

7. Rescue and relief
• More than 1,13,000 people were evacuated to
safety in Gujarat and at least 100 people were
rescued in Rajasthan.
• They were rescued with the help of the Indian
Army, Indian Air Force (IAF), the Border Security
Force (BSF), the National Disaster Response
Force (NDRF) and the State Disaster Response
Force (SDRF).
• Over 20,00,000 food packets were distributed
among the people in affected districts in north
Gujarat.

8. • 90 relief camps were set up for affected people.
• The electricity supply was restored in 700
villages.
• More than 1500 sanitation workers were
deployed in Banaskantha and Patan districts to
prevent outbreaks.
• More than 10400 carcasses were disposed.
• The government of India announced an interim
relief package of ₹ 500 crore. It is also announced
that ex gratia of ₹ 2,00,000 be given to the family
of the deceased and ₹50,000 to people seriously
injured in the floods.

9. Thank you