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T h e Catastrophic Conciliation
- Fostering growth beyond mayhem
The disaster management center is a comprehensive endeauvor towards combating natural disasters at its provincial and local level and securing lives and livelyhood of the affected people. The centre manages the whole disaster management cycle which includes Preparedness, Mitigation, Risk reduction, Relief and Rehabilitation. This building serves as a hub for disaster prevention. The most important role lies in providing a platform for all provintial departments to come together and strategize management and response.
Cuddalore has always been classified as a multi-hazard prone district. The 2004 Earthquake, resulting in 572 casualties, In 2012, Cyclone Thane caused widespread damage, In year 2015, floods left 30,000 people in relief camps.
Cuddalore, being a disaster prone town, makes the education,preparedness and relief of the community nessesary and engages them with the management center. The State administration is devoting its attention to the restoration of life in Cuddalore district. As many as 27 relief camps have been set up in the district. Though 7,500 persons are taking food from the camps, 6,000 persons are staying there as the remaining persons go back to their damaged houses to take care of their belongings.
Probable maximum precipitation map
60 families of the Irula semi-nomadic tribe spread villages in the Cuddalore Nadu. This group of 250 nearby were affected. The istration gets into evacuating of people living close the them in camps.
SITE:
District : Cuddalore
Town : Chidambaram
Site : Manjai nagar maidan
Site Area = 35,000 sq m
9 acres .
Irula community, a spread across three Cuddalore district of Tamil 250 people, who live The district adminevacuating thousands the sea and lodging
DAMAGE TO HOUSING:
The Irula community, have been dealt a further blow due to the Cyclone Nivar, which has completely washed away their settlements. Tribal communities often have traditional houses or huts that may not be structurally strong enough to withstand the strong winds and heavy rainfall associated with cyclones. As a result, their houses were damaged, leaving them homeless.
HEALTH AND SANITATION ISSUES:
Cyclones can disrupt basic services like electricity, clean water supply, and sanitation facilities. This can increase the risk of waterborne diseases and other health issues among tribal communities who may already have limited access to healthcare resources.
Discharge from the Upstream water bodies like capper hill
Encroachment over storm water drains & water ways
High tide in sea prevents free flow of stormwater in outfall
Sewage connections to the SW drains
Outfalls being occupied by the encroachments
- Fostering growth beyond mayhem
The disaster management center is a comprehensive endeauvor towards combating natural disasters at its provincial and local level and securing lives and livelyhood of the affected people. The centre manages the whole disaster management cycle which includes Preparedness, Mitigation, Risk reduction, Relief and Rehabilitation. This building serves as a hub for disaster prevention. The most important role lies in providing a platform for all provintial departments to come together and strategize management and response.
