The global disaster dataset reveals that the number of disasters, especially floods, has increased in recent times and South Asia has seen a dramatic increase in flood disasters (Saharia et al. Floods are expected to become more frequent and widespread as a result of population growth and climate change (Leung et al. Between 20, floods killed around 50,000 people and affected approximately 10% of the world's population, according to the Emergency Events Database (CRED 2019). 2019).įloods affect billions of people around the world (Zarekarizi et al. Societies are currently under threat from such floods, owing primarily to increased exposure of people and assets in flood prone areas, but also to changes in flood magnitude, frequency, and timing (Wilhelm et al. River flooding is one of the most devastating disasters in the world, causing widespread loss of life, infrastructure damage, and economic devastation. Floods are responsible for one-third of all hydrological hazards on the earth (Adhikari et al. Floods are widely regarded as the most devastating and recurring cause of most disasters, wreaking havoc on floodplain dwellers around the world (Dhar and Nandargi 2003). The data have been analysed with the help of Geographic Information System.ĭisasters are the aberrations from the normal life. Ethnographic approach was used for acquiring primary data because it provides the complex narratives of disasters and the political and social rupture experienced during the disasters.
The study relies on primary and secondary sources of data. The study provides the data of relief distribution under different government schemes and reveals that the relief was not distributed equally in various districts of the valley. It analyses the distribution of relief and politics of relief and rescue and highlights the role of the communitarianism and the heroics of the community members in dealing with floods.
The present study discusses the spatial dimension of impact, relief, and rescue of the flood of 2014 in the Kashmir Valley.
In its recent history, Kashmir Valley witnessed the floods in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2021, but the worst flood in the living memory of the people was witnessed in the year 2014, which created widespread loss in economic and societal aspects. Seti, Mahakali, Karnali, West Rapti and other major rivers and their tributaries have swollen due to incessant rains.Flood relief and rescue form an important basis of disaster management, and the assessment of flood damage is a critical component of flood risk management. NDRRMA chief Pokharel said that people in the affected areas had requested for rescue by helicopters in different districts and that a necessary process had been initiated as per the demand.Īccording to him, the western region of Nepal has been affected severely by the change of weather across the country since October 17. The security agencies and the local administrations of the affected districts are engaged in disaster management.
Minister Khand has directed all security agencies and local administrations to work without any shortcomings in the rescue and relief work.Īnil Pokharel, chief of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) said that the ministry has assured full support for the relief and rescue work under the direction of the home minister. KATHMANDU, Oct 19: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has directed the authorities concerned to make arrangements for immediate rescue and relief of those affected by floods and inundation after heavy rains in different parts of the country.Īs Prime Minister Deuba has given the instruction to the Minister of Home Affairs, Bal Krishna Khand, the latter has instructed all the bodies concerned to work on reducing the risk of disasters and protecting the lives of people.