Natural Disaster in Uttarakhand

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A Presentation on

NATURAL DISASTER IN

UTTARAKHAND

Made By –

Ravit Singh

VI C

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Overview of Uttarakhand

Flooding in Uttrakhand

Uttarakhand flood: Disaster natural but

damage man-made?

Consequences

Rescue and relief operations.

Causes of the disaster

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Overview of Uttarakhand

•Uttarakhand has a total area of 53,484 km² of which 93% is

mountainous and 64% is covered by forest.

• Two of India's largest rivers, the Ganges and

the Yamuna, originate in the glaciers of Uttarakhand.

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•The Rudraprayag district, home to the Kedarnath

shrine, has seen eight major monsoon-related

disasters in the last 34 years.

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• It is well know as the "Land of the Gods“.

•Uttrakhand is well known for its chota char dham.

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Photographs of Kedarnath from 1882 – 1883

The following collection of photographs were taken

from 1882 and are in the archives of the Geological

Survey of India

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From 15 to 18 June 2013, Indian

state of Uttrakhand and

adjoining area received heavy

rainfall, which was about 375

percent more than the

benchmark rainfall during a

normal monsoon.

16th and 17th June,2013The Day of

Destruction happened in history of UTTRAKHAND

FLOODING IN UTTRAKHAND…

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The massive rainfall and cloud burst events

were happening at multiple

places, including in Bhagirathi

basin, Badrinath region, other places.

It is considered to be the largest natural disaster after tsunami occurred in 2004.

This lead to melting of Chorabari

Glacier at the height of 3800

metres, and eruption of the Mandakini

River which led to heavy floods

near Kedar Dome, Rudraprayag

district, Uttarakhand, Himachal

Pradesh.

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Uttarakhand flood: Disaster natural but damage man made?

Melting of glaciers.

More than 220 power and

mining projects are running in

14 river valleys in Uttrakhand.

Currently 70 dams exist in the

Char dham area alone.The dam

constructions involve blasting

of hills which increase the risk

of land slides.

The death count is assumed to be thousands as the

the conditions in kedar valley are very adverse.

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Photos: Kedarnath temple before and after the Uttarakhand floods

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CONSEQUENCES:HUMAN LOSS

• According to the official records 400 houses were destroyed and 265 were damaged.

• 4,200 villages were victims of the floods .

• 6,000 people were dead, 10,000 were injured and 1,00,000 were stuck in the valley.

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• Major roads,telephone towers were destroyed due to

which communication with the outer world was lost.

CONSEQUENCES:ECONOMIC LOSS

• 20,000 crores loss was reported,which may be in the

form of destruction of houses roads,cars etc.

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RESCUE AND RELIEF OPERATION

• The Army, Air Force, Navy, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Border Security Force, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Public Works Department and local administrations worked together for quick rescue operations.

• Several thousand soldiers were deployed for the rescue missions.

• Helicopters were used to rescue people, but due to the rough terrain, heavy fog and rainfall, maneuvering them was a challenge.

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• Indian army showed extreme levels of courage in saving the people in spite of the helicopter crash occurred during the mission-operation Rahat.

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How to reduce such disaster

• Protecting the environment can

only be the way to reduce the risk

of such disasters.

• Keeping a check on illegal

constructions and on deforestation.

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From 14 to 17 June 2013, Indian state

of uttrakhand and near by are received

heavy rainfall.

Due to Continuous Rain the Chorabari

Glacier melted and this triggered the

flooding of the Mandakini rivers.

However, the true causes of the

epic tragedy is growth of tourism

and unplanned construction.

Global Warming

Causes of the disasterWho is Responsible for this Man or Nature ??

Natural Reason...? Man Made Reasons….?

Isn’t man faulty?

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• Thanks to the Indian Army

Officers who helped in

conducting the rescue

missions.

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