Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Name - Roshan Chellani Sub Class Div -Environment Management -F.Y B.M.S - B Roll no - 70
Super Cyclones studies cyclones as a depression builds up in the Bay of Bengal along the eastern coast of India. A weather depression is the first indication that a cyclone is imminent. When wind speeds go beyond 62 kilometer per hour, it takes the shape of a potentially devastating cyclonic storm. Due to such weather depressions, Chennai receives 42cm. rainfall in just 40 hours. Rail and Air services are severely disrupted. But this doesnt deter Nuncio Murukesh, a researcher with the Indian Institute of Oceanography, to drive through water logged roads of Chennai to intercept and study the weather system. Similar weather conditions presaged a super cyclone in the eastern coastal state of Orissa in October 1999. The film revisits this catastrophe, which accounted for more than ten thousand deaths and left millions homeless. Inadequate and incorrect prediction of the cyclones landfall and intensity led to a staggering toll on human life and property, as areas not affected by the cyclone were evacuated. Through first person accounts, interviews, never seen before file footage, and powerful recreations, the film shows how the super cyclone devastated the eastern coast of India.
Disaster Management :
Orissa has a history of recurring natural disasters. While the coastal districts of Orissa are exposed to floods and cyclones, western Orissa is prone to acute droughts; a large section of the State is also prone to earthquakes.
In addition, the State is also affected by disasters like heat waves, epidemics, forest fire, road accidents etc. The history of disasters substantiates the fact that about 80% of the State is prone to one or more forms of natural disasters.
The two successive cyclones in October 1999, the severe cyclone which hit Ganjam coast and the Super Cyclone damaged the infrastructure in 14 districts of the State and disrupted public life. With millions of trees uprooted during the super cyclone, the State, especially the coastal belt has become extremely vulnerable.
Orissa is always vulnerable to cyclones in AprilMay and September-November. Once every few decades a super cyclone strikes Orissa. Recent Super Cyclone that hit Orissa in the last Century were in 1942, 1971 and 1999. The Super Cyclone of 1999 killed about 10,000 and traumatized millions who survived its wrath. Over 15 million people were affected. Throughout India's massive coastline, there area 250 cyclone-warning sets, of which 34 are in Orissa, covering 480 Km of coastline. Orissa Disaster Mitigation Authority (OSDMA) promotes Community Based Disaster Preparedness activities so that people can face emergencies in an organized manner. OSDMA was formed to coordinate and implement the reconstruction work after the super cyclone, keeping in mind the need for disaster preparedness to face any future eventuality. During Super Cyclone of 1999, 97 nos. of blocks and 28 ULBs and about 12569000 population were affected. The total agricultural land affected was 1733000 hectares with 9885 nos. of human casualties.
Damage
No. of affected districts Population Villages Blocks/ULBs Crop Area Houses Loss of Human Life Persons Injured Missing Live stock Perished Fishing boats lost Fishing nets lost
12 129.22 lakh 14643 97/28 18.42 lakh Ha 16.49 lakh 9887 2507 40 4.44 lakh 9085 22143
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It is Termed as one of the most devastating human disasters ever experienced, Orissa has been completely shattered by the worst-ever cyclones of the present century. Little did the people in the coast know that the frenzied storm would bring their lives to an absolute halt at once.
But these numbers and figures tell us nothing about suffering and it is hard to give their pain a statistic. Weeks from now on, Orissa will be an old story, forgotten with time. The concern will vanish like sea did from their homes.
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Preparations
Tens of thousands of families from the coastal districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsingh pur, Puri, and Ganjam were forced to evacuate their homes before the storm's arrival. More than 44,500 people took shelter in twenty three Red Cross cyclone shelters. Cuttack and Khorda further inland were also
severely affected.
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RELIEF
FUNDS Rs.500.00 crore have been released from the
National Fund for Relief (NFCR) and Rs.450.00 crore plan assistance. Calamity as advance
From all parts of the Country each Indian shared their one day salary for the Orissa people. Foreign Countries and the U.N.O. came to help. India was helped in a war-foot level. Money and materials flowed in. Clothes were distributed. Tents were set up for the survivors.
Life will never be the same again. None of the blankets, the candles and milk powder sent can make up for the son washed away, a wife still not accounted for. There will be wounds that relief cannot heal.
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