The recent natural calamity of massive floods in Kerala of great magnitude caused by a mix of human induced and natural factors has caught the attention of people the world over. Understanding the causes of the floods to mitigate its negative impact and prevent recurrence of similar events in future is the only step forward.
The exact timing of such stochastic events of great magnitude has always baffled scientists and researchers world over for centuries. One of the topmost ecologists of India and former Professor of environmental sciences at IISc Bangalore Prof. Madhav Gadgil (PhD, Harvard) had prepared a report on the man made degradation of the ecologically sensitive Western Ghats in Kerala and submitted to Government of Kerala in 2011. This sensitive report was outright rejected by the Kerala society due to their poor awareness of the possibility of destructive events of such enormous magnitude.
This massive degradation when combined with the destructive impact of overflowing massive water reservoirs used to generate electricity has a multiplier destructive impact on the environment and human settlements.
Here are a couple of docs of use for general reading and discussion to help get a good grasp of the event and the regulations governing recovery and rehabilitation by the Government of India and NIMHANS Bangalore ..
National Disaster Recovery Management plan (click here for pdf) has
Psychosocial care in disaster management (click here for pdf)
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