Essay on Flood Fury in North West India
Introduction
Unseasonal heavy rains cause a floods in Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Union Territory of Delhi. The floods left behind a trail of death and destruction.
Destruction caused By Floods
More than 800 persons died. Standing crops over a vast area were submerged. Commu nication and rail and road services in many parts were disrupted (shattered). In Jammu and Kashmir, the national highways (roads) which connect Jammu with Kashmir were blocked with land slides and rock slips. They blocked traffic all along the route. Heavy rains also caused great damage in Himachal Pradesh. In Punjab, the flooded Sutlej, Ravi and Beas caused extensive flood ing of farmlands and towns. Water from the Sutlej river entered Ferozepur city and cantonment which are protected by a bar rage and head works.
Punjab and Haryana are the grain houses of India. They were hit when the Kharif Crop was ready for harvesting. Rice and cotton area came under the sheet of water of rains and suffered water-logging.
Loss caused by floods
With the end of floods in these. areas the Centre and the State Governments assessed the extent of the damage caused to life and property. More than 800 persons died. The overall damage to crops was assessed at a rough esti mate of 5 to 10 percent. In some area it could be more. Haryana’s loss was put at Rs. 150 crores. But an overall loss for the region could not be properly assessed.
Prime Minister’s estimate
In spite of the floods, the Union Agriculture Ministry hoped that the Kharif target of 92.5 million tonnes for the country would be achieved. The Prime Minister, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi, hinted at a function in the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in Delhi that the production, might even cross the 170 million tonnes mark which would be a big jump. Mean while a national conference on the Rabi campaign for 1988-89 worked out plans for reaching higher production level of over 74 million tonnes for the Rabi season with the help of adequate moisture in the ground, better seeds and other new agricultural technology.
Steps for controlling Floods
To prevent floods the need of linking the country’s different rivers is felt. Dr. K.L. Rao, one of India’s top engineers, had once suggested utilisation of 2.59 million hectare metres of Ganga waters to bring additional area under irrigation. In 1975, Captain Dastur proposed the garland Canal providing for a Himalayan canal linking the Ravi to Brahamputra and Central and Southern canals with about 200 integrated lakes and two large reservoirs. The Central Water Commission prepared a National Perspective Plan to take the surplus water from the rivers to the water scarce regions.
Vocabulary
Unseasonal- बेमौसमी Tale- कथा Destruction- विनाश Vast- विशाल Submerged- पानी में डूब गई। Communication- संचार Disrupted- टूट गई। Blocked- अवरुद्ध हो गयी Landslides- पृथ्वी खिसकने से Rocks slips- चट्टानों के फिसलने से।
IMPORTANT LINK
- आदर्श इतिहास शिक्षक के गुण एंव समाज में भूमिका
- विभिन्न स्तरों पर इतिहास शिक्षण के उद्देश्य प्राथमिक, माध्यमिक तथा उच्चतर माध्यमिक स्तर
- इतिहास शिक्षण के उद्देश्य | माध्यमिक स्तर पर इतिहास शिक्षण के उद्देश्य | इतिहास शिक्षण के व्यवहारात्मक लाभ
- इतिहास शिक्षण में सहसम्बन्ध का क्या अर्थ है ? आप इतिहास शिक्षण का सह-सम्बन्ध अन्य विषयों से किस प्रकार स्थापित करेंगे ?
- इतिहास क्या है ? इतिहास की प्रकृति एवं क्षेत्र
- राष्ट्रीय उच्चतर शिक्षा अभियान के विषय में आप क्या जानते हैं ?
- शिक्षा के वैकल्पिक प्रयोग के सन्दर्भ में एस० एन० डी० टी० की भूमिका
- राष्ट्रीय पाठ्यचर्या की रूपरेखा (एन.सी.एफ.-2005) [National Curriculum Framework (NCF-2005) ]
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