Upadhyaya, Himanshu
(2018)
Unprepared for flood disasters.
Dialogue, 19 (3).
pp. 102-109.
Abstract
Due to repeated failures in governance and management, floods have
turned out to be disastrous in India. As per estimates made in 1980, if
India’s total geographical area of 329 million hectares, about 45.64
million hectares are flood-prone. The Working Group for the Flood
Management Programme for the XI Five Year Plan (December 2006)
estimates that, on an average, 7.55 million hectares get affected, 1560
lives are lost and damages worth Rs 1805 crore is caused due to
disastrous floods every year in India.
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