Disaster Management

"Our seniors relieved us, and requested as many of us as possible to help in any way. We are helping to manage traffic flow, to give space to rescued residents and aid fire extinguishers in accessing the fire without hindrance."

DM Poonam Guha and Amit Rituraj, the sub-collector of Gunupur division, sprung to action and after surveying the damage, they led the district administration into evacuating over 1000 people living in the low-lying areas

"A storm surge of the height of about 1.0 meter above astronomical tide is very likely to inundate low lying areas of Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh; Ganjam, Khurda and Puri districts of Odisha at the time of landfall."

“The water was up to my stomach. I led the women out holding their hands and the children I took piggyback as the water had gone above their heads,”

"Believe me, I didn't know his place was that badly affected. Neither did he know anything about the Kodagu floods. We were both cut off at that time,"

The issue is that, in Kuttanad, all the ration shops went under water. The entire stock has been damaged so we need to clear it and rebuild ration shops and then refill them.

The very first thing he did was to donate Rs 1 crore to the Kerala Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund, on behalf of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

Even as the clearance operations are on and the state government begins its probe, it is essential to recognise the people in the vicinity who acted swiftly, carried out rescue missions in their capacity.

Since it will take Kerala at least a few months to get back on its feet, here are some innovations that can help the people, in the meantime.

The Delta Plan, along with another hydraulic project– Zuiderzee Works, would go on to make one of the seven wonders of the modern world, owing to its incredible hydraulic engineering feat.