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Impact of flood disaster in a drought prone area – case study of alampur village of mahabub nagar district
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IMPACT OF FLOOD DISASTER IN A DROUGHT PRONE AREA –
CASE STUDY OF ALAMPUR VILLAGE OF MAHABUB NAGAR
DISTRICT
Jaya Prakash Narayana Samudrala1
, Sreenivas Sarma Paraitham2
1
Assistant Professor, CED, MGIT, Hyderabad
2
Professor & Head, CED, CBIT, Hyderabad
Abstract
It is rather unimaginable to think of a flood disaster in a drought prone area , as such events will be will be occurring very rarely
. When they occur , people of the region may have contrasting experiences in a sequence . That apart , the socio economic
conditions of the people of the region coupled with their cultural and living styles will have great influence on their disaster
response as well as post disaster operations.
This paper presents a detailed report on the flood disaster occurred in the southern part of the Mahabub Nagar district during
29th
September- 1st
October , 2009, with a focus on it’s effects in Alampur village and the surroundings .The socio economic
conditions along with living styles of the people are highlighted and an attempt is made to assess the impact of these aspects on
the disaster response and the post disaster operations . It is argued that a comprehension of these aspects will be essential in
arriving at a realistic estimate of the disaster and planning of appropriate post disaster operations there on , particularly in the
context of contrasting possibilities such as flood in a disaster prone area.
Key words: Drought prone area, flood disaster, socio economic conditions, post disaster operations
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INTRODUCTION
With an area of more than 18,000 sq.kM , Mahabub Nagar
forms the largest district in the state of Telangana . It also
has the lengthiest river coast in the state , with Krishna and
Thunga Bhadra rivers touching it on the south . Yet , the
district remains highly drought prone , with lowest average
annual rainfall on one side and unfertile lands that are not
amenable to useful agriculture on the other hand . Most of
the irrigation in the district is dependent on these low rain
falls or on the wells which have very low yield . It’s
geographical conditions( located between 160 and 170 N,
latitude and 770 and 790 E, longitudes) make it difficult to
avail the sources of river water , leaving lift irrigation as an
option which is quite expensive . In all , the district suffers
from lack of economic development , due to sustained spells
of drought over the years . This led to migration of the
people in a mass scale to various other places in search of
jobs . As the poor economic conditions also have bearing on
education , the district also has got the lowest literacy rate
and figures frequently in the news for lowest pass
percentages in various examinations . Hence, most of the
migrating people settle as labour in various parts of the
world . Mahabub Nagar also is popularly known as
‘Palmoor’ and the labour from this place also got
popularized as ‘Palmoor Labour’.
Krishna river enters the state from Karnataka through this
district (Figure-1) only. At this entry point itself Indira
Priyadarshini project of Jurala exists . Srisailam dam is the
next project on the Krishna river on the downstream. The
districts of Kurnool and Mahabub Nagar are on the down
stream of Jurala and thus on the up stream of Srisailam
.Tungabhadra joins Krishna near Kurnool , on the borders of
Mahabub Nagar district . Alampur , a renowned pilgrimage
center in the Mahabub Nagar district and a holy place of
abode of the divine ‘Jogulamba’, a ‘Shakthi Petham’ ,is on
the borders of Tungabhadra river , in this region (Photo-1).
It’s a typical village of this drought prone district with a
population of about few thousands , not much of any
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business or commercial activity despite being a popular
pilgrimage center ,attracting crowds only during seasonal
festivals . Growing commercial crops such as cotton is a
recent development as seen in other parts of the district .
The place otherwise is the same reflection of the typical
rural environment of the district , with majority of it’s youth
migrating as labour and not much of scope for any
productive activity in the place . Geographically , Alampur
is so located that there are possibilities , though very rare ,
of the backwaters of Srisailam and/or the surplus waters of
Krishna and Tungabhadra hitting it during heavy downpour .
Photo-1: Google picture showing Jogulamba temple on the
banks of Tungabadra
THE DISASTER :
It is very rare that the districts of Mahabub Nagar and
Kurnool experience floods . This ‘never in the past hundred
years history’ sort of disaster has occurred mainly due to the
following reasons .
An unprecedented heavy downpour during 29th
September-1st
October , 2009 , in the upstream of
the region(Northern Karnataka, Mahabubnagar and
Kurnool Districts )
Unexpected release of lakhs of cusecs of water
from Alamatti followed by Joorala dam
Probably an un-intentional non-release of water
from Srisailam dam resulting in huge backwaters
touching this region . It may be noted that during
this period the Srisailam reservoir was poised to
handle 10 lakh cusecs of water , which is the
highest flood discharge in the last decade
Added to these conditions , there was a breach in
Tungabhadra reservoir at Rajoli , causing
submergence of the entire Alampur , Waddepally
and Manopad villages along with the Kurnool town
.
EFFECTS OF THE FLOOD IN THE REGION :
A total of 16 mandals covering 131 villages were effected
leaving 41 villages fully submerged , 19000 houses fully
damaged and over 5000 hectares of standing crops spoiled .
Roads and Railways were seriously damaged making the
access to the affected region all the more difficult . Thus,
Alampur and surrounding regions were cut off from the
world , for a while . In Alampur village , all the buildings
including houses , school, hospital, post office and
Jogulamba temple were totally inundated (photos 2-5) . Lot
of silt got accumulated and remained so for months together
, even after the disaster . Important documents in schools
(photo-6, 7) , Government offices , post office etc., washed
away . Books and notes of school children , arogya sri cards
of many patients and land patta books of farmers were
among such documents . This added to the helplessness and
insecurity of all the people in the region . Drainage and
sanitation facilities got severely affected causing lot of
health problems to the public . Women, children, elderly and
disabled faced severe hardships. There was no place to stay
for many families and women had no privacy. Some people
were forced to use the sarees provided by aid workers for
setting up their temporary shelters. Most of the people
displaced due to floods have returned back to the village
only to find their houses collapsed or damaged. They either
moved nearer to their homes and established temporary
settlements using tarpaulin sheets or moved back to shelters,
relative’s places with whatever remaining items left over in
their houses
Photo 2: School building
Photo 3:Hospital
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Photo 4: Silting around the temple
Photo 5:Silting inside the temple
Photos- 6 and 7 :Damaged documents and books
Drinking water created a lot of problem after the flood. The
hand pumps were either damaged or submerged in the flood
waters. People are forced to consume flood water because
there was no choice. Where flood water has receded, people
were still seen using surface water for all purposes including
for drinking, cleaning, bathing and washing. Surface Water
was being used for livestock too. Though the government
took the action to distribute the water packets in flooded
area, that was in sufficient.
After returning back to their homes the flood victims of the
village were facing severe acute respiratory tract (ART)
infections and skin related diseases. People displaced have
either moved to their relatives living in nearby towns, or to
temporary camps established by the government or by
themselves. These temporary shelters(photos 8 and 9) were
without adequate facilities and no access to basic services
like safe drinking water, toilets and solid waste disposal. It
really will be difficult for anybody to get acclimatized in an
unfamiliar environment , that too in an unfavourable
situation.
Photos 8 and 9 : Temporary Shelters
INFLUENCE OF LIVING
CONDITIONS AND STYLES OF THE PEOPLE:
Being ruled by the Nizams for more than 600 years , the life
style of the people of Palmoor is very much comparable to
slavery . Most of the village people of this district are still
living like the way people lived 2000 years ago: with a carry
weight on their heads , use of bullock carts , ploughs ,
moping the floors with hands etc. They are cool and hard
working but a majority end up as labour due to lack of
education . As the opportunities are less in this region , they
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often migrate to other places . Same thing happened in
Alampur village also . Most of the houses were already
vacant and locked(photo 12) .This in a way reduced the
casualties but was also responsible for unmaintained houses
and unnoticed damage to the houses and house hold articles
as well .
Photo 10 : CRS building in mud mortar
A majority of the houses were built in mud walls or CRS
walls using mud mortar (photo 10 and 11) , which are more
susceptible to damage in the presence of water . Rains and
floods can easily damage and even collapse such buildings .
Even those buildings which survived were totally silted and
de silting was a tough task in mud based buildings and mud
floors . As roads were also heavily silted access was difficult
in to the village to start any mechanical operations (photo
13) . Even the holy Jogulamba temple was totally silted and
was unusually closed without any regular worships for
several days , pending the de silting operations .
Photo 11 : Building with mud walls
Photo12 : Locked houses even after a month
Photos 13: Roads blocked with silting
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Photos 14 and 15: Collapsed buildings
Silting was a problem for the agricultural sector also . All
the fields were also heavily silted , damaging the standing
crops and not allowing any access to the labour (photos
14and 15). Even that opportunity of earning through
agricultural labour was shut on the poor villagers of
Alampur and they essentially had to quit the village in
search of livelihood . It was pathetic to note that when
NGOs visited the village for rendering the possible help
(photo 16) , only children , old people and disabled were
mostly found in the village looking out for help . Another
observation is that clothes donated excessively by the NGOs
were seen thrown in the fields outside the village (photo 17)
, as the people were mainly requiring food and shelter .
Temporary shelters were created at higher levels near the
village and some people could take shelter in them .
Tarpaulins came to rescue for a majority.
Photo 16: People seeking help
Photo 17: Fate of excessively donated cloths
The village lived in darkness for several days as it took quite
some time to repair the power lines .
CONCLUSION :
The effects of any disaster in a locality will be multi-fold , if
that locality is already under the spree of disasters of
contrasting nature previously. A drought prone area
receiving floods is the best example of such possibility .
The living conditions and styles of the people living in such
areas will have great influence on the effects of a disaster in
that locality . An understanding of these conditions will be
of immense help in deciding appropriate course of action ,
for disaster relief.
REFERENCES:
1). Sarma P.S.and Narayana J.P. " A report on the visit to
Alampur " submitted to "TEAM for ENLIGHTENED
ACTION for CHILD HEALTH , EDUCATION and
REHABILITATION ( TEACHER )" , An NGO , October ,
2009, Hyderabad, INDIA
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
The authors profusely thank 'TEACHER', the NGO that
gave the opportunity for them to visit Alampur and all the
members of 'TEACHER' for their contributions and
encouragement for this noble cause. They also thank
Mr.Prem Raj, Tahsildar,Alampur and Ms.Akhila Prasanna,
Dy.Tahsildar, Civil Supplies DSO, Mahabub Nagar, for
facilitating the visit to Alampur .