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This document summarizes the impact of Cyclone Aila which struck the Sundarban islands in India and Bangladesh in May 2009. Aila had winds up to 120 kph and caused massive flooding, leaving over 100,000 people homeless without access to food, water or shelter. While NGOs provided relief materials, the government was slow to respond due to political factors. The long term impact on the region was significant. The document also provides details of relief materials distributed by volunteers from various organizations to help those affected by the deadly cyclone.
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Tropical Storm Nargis caused massive destruction in Burma, with estimates of at least 100,000 deaths and over a million people made homeless or without access to clean water and food. Local partners have started providing relief to 20,000 families in the worst-hit Irrawaddy delta region, distributing blankets, medicines, and water purification tablets from resources they had available, but many parts of the delta remain unreached and people are struggling to survive as diseases spread. The local partners are leading response efforts but have limited supplies that will run out unless the Burmese government allows more international aid into the country.
wildlife-conseravtion
NATURAL VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
To maintain ecological balance of nature and maintain food chain and nature cycles.
It has economic value. Many wild plants provide useful substances like timber, paper , gums etc. And they also have wide applications in Ayurveda and other branches of medicine Wild animals products are tusk, ivory ,leather, honey etc
Most important contribution of wild life for human progress is availability of
Large gene pool for the scientists to carry breeding programmes in agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery
Wild life provides a esthetic value to man.
Wildlife of a country is its cultural asset
Credit seminar Fisheries & Fish Biodiversity of West Bengal- Status, Potentia...
India is among 17 megadiverse countries that hold 11.7% of world fish diversity.
Of the total freshwater fish diversity of the country, 10-13% of total species have become endangered indicates widespread and massive degradation of aquatic fish habitats.
The State of West Bengal is gifted with 7.5% of the water resource of the country and that is becoming increasingly scarce with the uncontrolled growth of population, expansion of irrigation network, and developmental needs.
West Bengal has rich freshwater fish genetic resources constituting about 28.34% to the freshwater fish diversity of India
Migration of animals
Animal migration is the movement of animals, usually on a seasonal basis, between different geographic locations. It is found in all major animal groups and is driven by fluctuating resources and changes in climate. Some migrations can cover extremely long distances, such as the Arctic Tern which flies over 71,000 km per year between its Arctic breeding grounds and Antarctic wintering areas. Other examples provided are the Siberian Crane that travels 4000 miles between Siberia and India, and sea turtles that cross entire oceans. Many migrations are threatened by human activities like habitat loss, barriers to movement, and hunting. The presentation calls for allowing migratory animals to continue their journeys.
Analysis of Disasters in India
Droughts, flash floods, flooding from monsoonal rains, severe thunderstorms, earthquakes cyclones, landslides and other disasters that kill dozens of people every year in India. They would be front page news if they happened in America but in India are buried in the back pages of Indian newspapers because they occur so frequently. The death of 5,000 people from the December 2004 tsunami wasn’t as big a deal in India as might have been in other places. In 2001, India experienced an earthquake that left 25,000 dead. In 1999, a cyclone killed more than 3,500 people. Every year several hundred Indians die in monsoon floods.
Mark Twain once commented that Indians "are a curious people. With them all life seems to be sacred, excepted human life." On a flood one Indian newspaper editor told AP, “Floods don’t have any disaster value any more. It’s nothing new. Its an annual phenomena, so newspaper editors are indifferent. People have gotten immune to human disasters. It tragic but true.”
In the early 2000s, the Indian government promised to provide families $2,400 for each victim killed in a disaster provided the family show proof of death. In the majority of cases, families failed to collect the compensation payments because they couldn’t prove the victim was dead. Sometimes bodies are cremated before they are identified. For religious and health reasons, the dead are often cremated soon after a disaster occurs. The final death counts from natural disasters are often unknown.
Top 10 disasters in India are presented here
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Cyclones the disaster management project
- 1. Cyclones A disastrous effect
- 2. Based on – The State of : • West Bengal
- 3. The Story of “Aila” • Sundarban (meaning 'beautiful forest') is a collection of islands stretching from India to Bangladesh along the Bay of Bengal. There are almost 173 islands all together of which majority fall within the territory of Bangladesh. Most of these beautiful islands are dense forests without human habitation but the habitat of the world famous Royal Bengal Tigers. People who live some of the islands depend on the forest produce for everything besides fishing in sea and rivers that surround the islands. Some of these islands where people live are protected from the saline water with embankments. The Sundari trees are found in plenty in all these islands from where the name Sundarban originate.
- 4. • People in these islands are no alien to the fury of nature and the hardships of life. They have faced many • May 25th morning storms bravely in the past and the prediction and announcement of Aila was not a reason to worry. dawned with clouded sky and the cool breeze caressing the trees as the people woke up with lots of dreams. It was around 7.00 am when the wind started to blow furiously and the estuaries stared to scream giving people needed warning. With a heavy rain Aila came in with a force of 120 kmph. Aila with 10 feet high waves and diameter of 250-350 km flattened or washed away homes and flooded most of Sundarban, Kakdwip, Sagar and surrounding areas. This devastating cyclone has left more 100,000 people homeless with little or no access to food, safe drinking water, shelter or medicine. • .
- 5. • The Government instead of entering the people’s lives and rescuing with relief materials playing politics as the ruling party lost the election just concluded to the opposition party. The NGOs reached the victims with relief materials and consoling presence. However the long term impact of Aila is huge and some constructive plan needs to be thought of by the Government.
- 6. Following are the details of the relief materials that were distributed by AID volunteers- Shayan (AID Kolkata), Anil Somani (AID Boston) and Pankaj Khan (AID Kolkata) AID-Kolkata volunteers carry relief materials to the affected areas Total Number of bundles Items Approximate number of pieces 17 Ladies Clothing (includes Sarees, Salwar Suits, Dupattas, Skirts, Tops, Jeans) Approximately 400 pieces 7 Men’s Clothing (includes shirts, trousers, jeans, t shirts, kurta, pajamas) Approximately 200 pieces 3 Children’s clothing Approximately 190 pieces 1 Bags 3 nos. 1 Linen (includes Blankets, bedsheets and quilt) 5 nos. 2 cartons Biscuits 250 packets
- 7. Thank you Members are:- • Sayantan Sinha