FLOOD MANAGEMENT IN BIHAR

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

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

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

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

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

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• 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

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• 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

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From Worshippers of Floods to Victims of
Floods
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Ael Balan ta banhaloun dalaan gel balan ta
tutale dalaan
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• NEED OF THE HOUR
• Community
• participation
• New Techniques
• Use of Indigenous methods
• Flood Forecasting

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

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• 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 Peoples Perception about
• the River Valley Projects in Bihar ,Jharkhand
  
• Other States

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Pag pag pokhar paan, makhan tab dekhiau
Mithilla kai saan
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• 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

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

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