Chennai floods chennai floods are not a natural disaster theyve been created by unrestrained construction the infrastructure of big commerce has. Clearly, indiscriminate development and shoddy urban planning have contributed to the floods in indias fourth most populous city. The relentless rainfall over the past few days has left chennai troubled and in a state of deja vu. Between october and december, at least 272 people died in chennai from one of the worst floods in over a century, according to the national disaster response force. The following are the factors1 which hamper the living. A branchandbound algorithm is designed to obtain the vehicle routes among target. Chennai a snooze alarm disasters like the chennai floods leading to loss of life and property could repeat itself if we do not wake up to our current needs of urban planning, which play a major role in mitigating losses. Flood like situation may arise at once again at some places.
The chennai floods have thrown up some fundamental flaws in our system of urban planning. Thankfully i didnt travel to office that morning as it had already started f. Essay on chennai flash floods india disaster management. How the city suffered and survived heavy rains 2 years back. It firms hcl, tcs, wipro close offices, arrange employee accommodation tamil nadu has seen the heaviest rainfall in more than a century, causing massive flooding and the national weather office says the state will see no respite from the. Since 2000, ibm and ibm volunteers have helped in over 50 disaster situations, across 33 countries. It is classified as nongovt company and is registered at registrar of companies, chennai. Chennai floods, the aftermath the financial express. Unplanned development in chennai causes floods the. Postdisaster relief by vehicle route planning and service time estimation in case of chennai floods. Chennai braces for more rain today, schools remain shut. Understand where flooding comes from the flood sources.
The floods in december 2015 were a warning to chennai. The most important issues were equity and fairness related to delivery of relief and rescue services, conflicts and duplication of efforts of the government and nongovernment agencies, focus on immediate response and lack of emphasis on longterm rehabilitation. But the cause for the chennai flood is quite different than other usual floods. Causes of chennai floods table 1 chennai is not an exceptional one from other metros which is suffering due to rapid urbanization. Icg software private limited company, directors and. Two years ago, exactly around the same time, people had watched chennai, and some other parts of tamil nadu, collapse under a. Prepared by the citizens of chennaiprepared by the citizens of chennai m. What being stranded in chennai floods actually felt like. And while each brings unique anguish and relief requirements, anticipating and being prepared are ways ibm puts its purpose and values into. Icg software private limited is a private incorporated on 12 august 1997. Government begins study on 4 rivers to forecast floods in.
Jayalalithaa seeks rs 2,000 cr more for flood relief. Moderate to heavy monsoon rains are likely to continue across chennai as well as coastal tamil nadu due to the low pressure area which lies over the southwest bay of bengal off tamil nadu and sri lanka coast. I was still trying to get my house back in order since the first wave of floods had hit us the week before. As the city grew, it occupied most of the water bodies. Chennai flood 2015, the disaster, the challenges and the solutions 1. Moreover, insurance claims for damage to property, automobiles and other goods following the devastating floods in tamil nadu could rise to well. Urban flood, flood management, flood risk, chennai flood. After chennai floods was battled by chennaites, everyone returned to normalcy within few weeks, but, many orphanages, old age homes, ponds, animal shelters and many others struggled to get back. Study and analysis of chennai flood 2015 using gis and multicriteria technique. After severe spells of rain flooded most of the the city and large parts of the state, chennai and areas surrounding the capital city is slowly getting back to normalcy. Chennai floods hero to launch mobile app for youngsters press trust of india january 27, 2016 4.
Our it lead, sri, has shared his story of the last few days in flooded chennai. Study and analysis of chennai flood 2015 using gis and. What is cause of the recent flood in chennai, india. The chennai floods making chennai singapore in the unaesthetic sense that it becomes an island cutoff from the rest of india signals for more engineering and moral lessons to be learnt, not only by the people of tamil nadu but also by all indians. The cleaning and washing seemed to be never ending. Arivudai nambi appadurai is the indian adaptation strategy head for world resources institutes climate resilience practice.
Its a sad reality that disasters happen with distressing frequency. It firms hcl, tcs, wipro close offices, arrange employee accommodation tamil nadu has seen the heaviest rainfall in more than a century, causing massive flooding and the national weather office says the state will see no respite from the downpours for the next three days. Moderate lightning strikes are also possible along the tamil nadu coast including chennai. Chennai and surrounding area were hardly hit by these floods. On the morning of friday the 3 november 2017, the state of chennai, tamil nadu in india, was severely affected by a low pressure area that had formed over sri lanka and south west bay of.
Nityanand jayaraman is a chennaibased writer and social activist. Ibm in india, ibm teams respond in flooding disaster. Chennai floods to impact margins by 100120 bps in q3. Explore chennai floods 2015 profile at times of india for photos, videos and latest news of chennai floods 2015. Amid the chaos and widespread impact, the event brought people and institutions in and outside chennai together, to provide support to the victims affected by the flood. Fuelled by a strong elnino, an excessively warm bay of bengal led to relentless rains through november. Concepts its from the associated document, strategic flood management. In chennai, this includes rainfall, ocean water levels, and of course tsunami. Chennai flood 2015, the disaster, the challenges and the. They affected the coromandel coast region of the south indian states of tamil nadu and andhra pradesh.
Chennai floods 2015 chennai floods 2015 chennai floods 2015 chennai floods 2015. It had started raining slightly on the previous evening. A fter the recent floods, most chennaites have undergone the experience of living in an unplanned city. Chennai floods are not a natural disaster theyve been.
Unplanned development in chennai causes floods helplessness was writ large on the faces of civic authorities, the police and politicians alike, as rain of over 1,000 mm pummelled chennai mercilessly in two weeks. Software exporters have invoked business continuity plans, which in tech parlance is an intimation to the companys other centres across the country to lend a hand to projects handled from chennai. Accordingly, this case study is the first attempt to put lights on the impact of the severe flood that happened in 2015 december at chennai from the supply chain perspective. Chennai floods throwback hatsoff team chennai micro.
Chennai floods a lesson in technology evolution digit. Two years since the floods in chennai in december 2015, we look back on some iconic images by our photographers chronicling the devastation that took place in the city. Tamil nadu is all set to deploy an intelligent flood warning system in chennai, which will enable officials to get areawise inundation details during the monsoon. Well, for every occurrence there is a reason, similarly there were reasons for chennai being drastically effected by the floods. In novemberdecember 2015 chennai and its neighboring coastal districts in india experienced torrential rainfall followed by a devastating flood. Chennai had witnessed five major floods in the past 50 years between 1976 and 2015, with the december 2015 deluge the worst. Across india, city after city has experienced floods, while some others live. As a case study of chennai floods in 2015, openstreetmap of chennai is processed in qgis software to obtain the target locations in affected regions. In november and december 2015, the annual northeast monsoon generated heavy rainfall in south india causing floods along the coromandel coast in tamil nadu, andhra pradesh and pondicherry. A group of civil and structural engineers give probable solutions and talk about the lessons learnt from the chennai floods. It is also contributing with the increase in floating population every year as it is a hub of all major economical activities. Chennai and other parts of tamil nadu continue to receive heavy rainfall as the north east monsoon intensifies. There were, of course, hundreds of images, as everyone turned newsmen and captured the agony and pain of hundreds of chennai ties on their mobile phones.
The 2015 south indian floods resulted from heavy rainfall generated by the annual northeast monsoon in novemberdecember 2015. Is chennai staring at another flood disaster this monsoon. It was found out that chennai flood was due to the high intensity rainfall caused. The chennai floods of 2015 were characterised by some important ethical issues. This includes the processing or tabulation of all types of data. Floods are not new to chennai but this time it is more than expected. The recent images of the flooding in chennai on social media were scary and show us how badly our cities are messed up. Mohammad yunus, who today bagged the tamil nadu governments anna medal. Postdisaster relief by vehicle route planning and service. A facebook post against spicejet has gone viral with over 25,000 shares.
Chennai floods 2015a geographic analysis arcgis for. Chennai becomes first in india to get an intelligent flood. Chennai was poised to fail in a flood by years of poor urban planning. On the ground in the chennai floods sris story of surviving the flood and rescuing relatives. Incessant rains leading to massive floods that left the city shattered and in a mess. Floods in chennai are expected to have a material impact on tcs current quarter revenues, the countrys largest software services firm said on friday. The deluge followed a month of persistent monsoon rains that were already well above normal for. A similar exercise was necessary on the chennai floods of 2015 to ensure that the vast amount of information and data put up on public domain during and. These floods caused displacement of around 18 lakh people and claimed lives of around 500. A snapshot of the chennai crowdsourced flood map technology startups are also doing their bit by providing taxis that act as ambulances, free food deliveries, home and shelter listings, boat. I lost everything in chennai floods but left me with gratitude. Interesting observations from someone who was stranded with her daughter and few supplies. On december 1st,the century record for 24 hour rainfall was broken, causing a deluge across the city, its suburbs and even adjoining districts. By way of introduction to the chennai flood management plan, we think this image gives a great overview of what we are trying to achieve.
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