DISASTER DISASTER MITIGATION…MITIGATION…

A COMMUNITY BASED APPROACH

Dhanada Mishra (civil Engineering KKIT)

Peter Bakos (Association for India’s Development,Orissa)

Sudarsan Das (Centre for Social Development,KIIT)

2003

Boating???

Marooned…

Due to excessive pesticide & fertilizer use in Agriculture, fishing is no longer

a viable occupation !!!

And … no longer a part of village life …

So… in a village flood situation ?

This is now their only option !!!

BUT there is an alternative !!!

Boating … an

important part of river

life !!!

As produce transportation…

people transportation

… door to door marketing !!

!

and

Water water every where …

And not a drop to drink !!!

Marooned once again !!!

Monkey BridgeConstructionBy William Hillcourt, National Director ofScoutcraft

The monkey-type of bridge has the advantage over theusual pioneering bridge that it can he used to span a muchgreater distance--up to one hundred feet. 

Baden-Powell brought the idea from India. There he hadseen the natives in the Himalayan mountains make "bridgesout of three ropes . . . connected together so that one rope:forms the footpath and the others make the handrail on eachside." He drew a picture of such a bridge.

If suitable fastenings not

at hand,

ground anchors can be used

Embankment strengthening Alternatives…

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Lower portion of house sustains

major damage in traditional house

construction during flood situations

Villagers prefer to live in their traditional houses, as they are better

suited to Indian climate and conditions, but they have a few draw backs being that they are constructed without foundations and damp course,

if we avail to them, low cost appropriate technology such as in-situ produced interlocking blocks for the

foundations and damp courses during the house reconstruction phase it will

enable them a house suited to the environment and resistant to flood

damage !!!

Low cost

inter-locking block press

Types of Low cost inter-locking block Profiles

Thank Thank you !you !