Through flood-management

With the passage of monsoon, the havoc of the floods in place has raised many questions related to disaster control. Flood comes every year. But it seems that the government has not taken any lesson from floods in Assam, Bihar and Tamil Nadu. As a result, floods also flooded Kerala. Still the government believes that such a catastrophe could not control human effort. But technically the reality says something else.
Control of dams
Like other states, the main reason for the flooding of Kerala was to release water from the dams simultaneously. Despite constant warnings of excessive rainfall, no attention was given to the release of controlled water from the dams. According to the evaluation of the World Bank, the 2015 National Hydroelectric Project explains that despite the precise forecast of the weather, the managers of the dams-bureaucrats are not ready to leave the controlled water at the time.
Suppose that there is no policy for the water to be released from the dams on the basis of estimated rainfall in our country, but in most parts of the world, the management of the dams has started to show mobility according to weather forecasts. This kind of management has been adopted in Bhakra Dam.
However, the National Hydroelectric Project is now working fast on accurate forecasting related to rainfall and weather, but till the Dam Manager officials are not given the exemption or guidelines for decision making, the problem can not be resolved.
In emergency situations in India, there is a need to work now on transferring water from one basin to another and adding canals for water storage etc.
Blocking of waterways
In Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram alone, the path of 23 small streams has been blocked. This too has been a cause of flood. This kind of barrier has been done through a formal plan. Inland waterways department of the state only focuses on large water bodies.
In view of climate change, there is a need to create flood control programs based on rivers basin. This program can be worked on forecasting the worst situation in the flood. The problem of floods coming from Mahanadi in Chhattisgarh is being solved with the help of UK. In this, the second phase is of water storage, drainage and emergency response.
In addition, awareness needs to be spread in some cases. Airports should not be extended to the river banks.
Prepare the public for the disaster
India participated in the program to reduce the disaster of the United Nations Sendrera. But no achievement has been achieved at the grassroots level since 2015.
Disaster-management is better. In the flood of Kerala, casualties were immediately helped. By giving information about the effects of flood after them, help was made to normalize public life as soon as possible. But if such information was given before the disaster, the loss would be even less.
Flood management schemes are working in most of the modern cities of the world, but India has also been unable to save the Kachari land from encroachment. Apart from this, deforestation and wasteful construction prove that India has not managed water management as per climate change. A letter was published in 2013, which presents some suggestions regarding water management in South Asia.
(1) Keep the information of the correct information before making the decision. Its direct meaning is the exact forecast of the weather, the hydrophate system, the overall preparation of seasonal water drift, and the compliance of international safety standards.
(2) Ensuring adequate inspection of safety standards of dams and canals, according to the safety standards, reconstructing them, preparing new water storage and mobilizing them.
(3) Protecting the poorest of the people affected by the disasters during the disasters.
AJJames and G. Published in 'The Hindu' Based on Ananda's article September 20, 2018

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