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FLOOD MANAGEMENT IN BIHAR A BRIEF OVERVIEW

FLOOD MANAGEMENT IN BIHAR A BRIEF OVERVIEW. “THE HAPPINESS OF THE DROP IS TO DIE IN THE RIVER.” [AL GAZZALI QUOTES]. THE CALAMITY IN 2006 , 457 VILLAGES AND 13 DISTRICTS AFFECTED TOTAL CROP AREA DAMAGED WAS 75000 HA AROUND 5000 HOUSES DAMAGED. CAUSES: FLAT TERRAIN.

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FLOOD MANAGEMENT IN BIHAR A BRIEF OVERVIEW

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  1. FLOOD MANAGEMENT IN BIHAR A BRIEF OVERVIEW

  2. “THE HAPPINESS OF THE DROP IS TO DIE IN THE RIVER.” [AL GAZZALI QUOTES]

  3. THE CALAMITY • IN 2006 , • 457 VILLAGES AND 13 • DISTRICTS AFFECTED • TOTAL CROP AREA DAMAGED • WAS 75000 HA • AROUND 5000 HOUSES DAMAGED

  4. CAUSES: • FLAT TERRAIN. • NON-UNIFORM RAINFALL. • SEEPAGE FROM EMBANKMENT. • LACK OF INTEGRATED SYSTEM. • LACK OF EARLY WARNING SYSTEM.

  5. PROBLEM: • 17% flood prone area. • 23% flood affected • population. • 30 out of 37 districts • flood prone. • 9410 sq. km waterlogged.

  6. IMPLICATIONS: • LOSS OF CROPS, • LIVESTOCK • AND AGRI ASSETS. • NO SET PATTERN OF CROPPING. • LOSS OF LIVELIHOOD. • MASS MIGRATION. • SOCIAL DISORDER.

  7. THE PREVAILING FLOOD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN BIHAR THE POLICY AND PRACTICE OF EMBANKMENTS

  8. EMBANKMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVERS • EMBANKMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE TRIBUTARIES • EMBANKMENTS ARE RAISED, REPAIRED AND STRENGTHENED EVERY TIME THE FLOODS COME • FLOODS ARE NOT CAUSED DUE TO BROKEN EMBANKMENTS ONLY • THE EMBANKMENTS THEMSELVES HAVE AN INTERESTING ROLE IN THE PROCESS

  9. EMBANKMENTS: • HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE • THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT LEFT THE RIVERS LARGELY UNTOUCHED • THE LOCAL ZAMINDARS MADE SOME EMBANKMENTS • HEAVY EMBANKMENT SINCE 1953 • 3500 KM OF EMBANKMENTS IN THE STATE AT A COST OF 7.5 BILLION RUPEES

  10. BANE OR BOON? • SILTING OF RIVERBEDS AND PROBLEMS WITH THE TRIBUTARIES • WATER LOGGING FOR A LONGER DURATION, PROLONGED FLOODS • LOSS TO SOIL FERTILITY, IMPOVERISHMENT • NO PARTICIPATION, TOP DOWN APPROACH • FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY AND LOSS OF TRADITIONAL WISDOM • RECURRING EXPENDITURE • CONFLICTS

  11. From ‘Worshippers of Floods’ to ‘Victims of Floods’

  12. Ael Balan tabanhaloun dalaan; gel balan ta tutale dalaan

  13. NEED OF THE HOUR • Community • participation • New Techniques • Use of Indigenous methods • Flood Forecasting

  14. GIS based • Flood Analysis • Tool Box • Flood damage curve • Damage amount vs. Flood depth • Successfully used in Kosi river basin

  15. BARH MUKTI ABHIYAN: • Established in 1991 by Sri Dinesh Kumar Mishra • Debate on flood • Explode the myth that flood can be managed • by Embankments and Large Dams only • Involve Politicians, Bureaucrats, Engineers, • Concerned citizens & the Common People • Documenting the People’s Perception about • the River Valley Projects in Bihar ,Jharkhand & • Other States

  16. Pag pag pokhar paan, makhan; tab dekhiau Mithilla kai saan

  17. SOURCES AND REFERENCES: The following books written/edited by SRI DINESH KUMAR MISHRA and published by Barh Mukti Abhiyan: -Working Report on Conference held on 1-3 July, 1992 - Report on Seminar on River Crises in South Asia - Proceedings of the Third Delegates Conference, BMA - Proceedings of the Consultation on the Report of the World Commission on Dams, 1-7 August, 2001 -Story of A Ghost River and Engineering Witchcraft -Stagnating Pools and the Gandak Command -Nirmali Conference of Flood Sufferers -Noose around the Mahananda -Thus Comes the Floods -Floods Despite Dams • DISPUTES OVER THE GANGA [PANOS INSTT. SOUTH ASIA] • UNDP REPORT, DT. 18 SEP. 2006 • Conversation with and guidance of Sri Dinesh Kumar Mishra

  18. THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES: • www.gisdevelopment.net • www.countercurrents.org • www.himalmag.com • www.dhigroup.com • www.wii.gov.in • www.infochangeindia.org

  19. THANK YOU ABHISHEK LAHIRI MURLI MANOHAR SHYAM DAYAL SINGH GROUP- 4

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