18/08/2022 - Disaster Management

KEY POINTS

·        India’s rapidly altering geo-climatic and socio-economic conditions are among the major causes of increasing frequency and flood-related damage in States.

·        According to the Global Climate Risk Index 2021, India was the seventh worst hit country in 2019 due to extreme weather-related events.

·        According to the Central Water Commission Report 2022, death from floods increased from 37 in 1953 to 1,815 in 2020.

·        The damages and casualties from floods are rising at a staggering pace due to rapid climate changes. Frequent floods have an adverse impact on the economic development of the country as well.

·        As the problem of urban flooding is becoming more severe, and losses are increasing each year, the issue merits concerted attention from policymakers with appropriate implementation of the NDMA guidelines on Urban Flooding 2010.

·        National Flood Commission recommendations have failed to achieve much success in mitigating floods, and the data show that flood damage and fatalities have only increased years.

·        In addition, the construction of flood shelters in coastal districts, improving river connectivity, construction of river embankments, and providing  pucca houses to poor households in low-lying areas will be salutary.

·        A National Disaster Database, too, will help policymakers and academics devise long-term flood management policies.

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