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Roundtable Workshop on the Assessment of Socio-economic Impacts of Floods and droughts

Roundtable Workshop on the Assessment of Socio-economic Impacts of Floods and droughts Organized Jointly by UNESCAP and I-NWRA Presentation of Case Study Findings A.H. Jayaweera Director FS I-NWRA. 2003 Flood Map. Quantifiable Damage in Case Study Area

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Roundtable Workshop on the Assessment of Socio-economic Impacts of Floods and droughts

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  1. Roundtable Workshop on the Assessment of Socio-economic Impacts of Floods and droughts Organized Jointly by UNESCAP and I-NWRA Presentation of Case Study Findings A.H. Jayaweera Director FS I-NWRA

  2. 2003 Flood Map

  3. Quantifiable Damage in Case Study Area • 347.2 mm of rainfall recorded on 17th of May in Ratnapura • No of housed destroyed due to floods and land slides 574 • Partially damaged houses 1164 • Minor damages houses 518 • Damages to 13 places along the road network were reported in • 185 domestic wells were contaminated • 346 sanitary facilities were damaged • 305 families were in danger of landslides • Electricity cables and meters were inundated • Disruption to business and industry • Damage to crops and homestead • Damage to irrigation and drainage canal system • Destruction of lives stock • Disruption of education • Damage to water supply pipe lin • Damage to communication

  4. Information on 2003 Floods Disaster Operations Center

  5. Damage by Economic Sectors

  6. 2003 Floods - Summary of Impacts

  7. Direct Damage

  8. Direct Damage to Economic Sectors

  9. RESULTS of Sample Survey

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