[Assam] Dhemaji flood affected people need psychosocial care

Thu Jul 26 20:20:06 PDT 2007

Dear Gayatri Ba,

   Yes, we have to think about the psychosocial care of the Dhemaji flood affected people.

  Buljit

gayatri gogoi <gayatri_tessie at rediffmail.com> wrote:
     Dear Buljit,
This is once again high time for action. Our people are suffering due to natural disaster . Only rescue and reief not emough while providing entire holistic care for thier betterment.They are going through enormous amount of stress and need help from experts. 
So, we must reach out and empathize with our affected people . Already sent an article on psychosocial care in disaster to Assam Tribune.
Hope we will join our voices.
Gayatri

Nandita Hazarika, Project Officer, UNDP Disaster Manager 
Dear Nandita Madam

I always like to appreciate your energy and motivation even though met for a short time.

Assam is facing disaster everyday, natural and man made.So, it very appropriate to train  community people to cope up with it.

We were trained TOT  Disaster Psychosocial Care, National Institute of Disaster Management ,New Delhi by order of Secretary Health and Family welfare, Govt of Assam from 18th ---22nd June on Disaster psychosocial care.Dr Pollov Bora ,Registrar of Anaesthesia  (M-9435030948 ) and Dr Gayatri Gogoi, Junior Pathologist(  9435030084) from Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh were only trainees from Assam.iMoreover, we were trained in Emergency health care, by UNDP on 27th and 28th June at Guwahati  with two more faculties from our College.

It is worthwhile to mention that, Dr K Sekar, Professor ,Dept of Psychiarty and Social Work from NIMHANS Banglore is ready to offer operational help along with his highly  disaster experienced team if is asked by our Govt.  Address and tel is 08026995234(O),Fax 08026562121 and mobile09845214397 and email is sekar at nimhans.kar.nic.in. He is likely to associate LGB mental health, but LGB has acute shortage staff, so without outside help, they can,nt offer service. Mrs Sonia deuri 9435080843.is from social service wing and aware of situation

As the water level is almost same for last 16 days, and the situation is getting worse everyday.. So, people are becoming panicky very anxious and frusted and already showing signs of stress. If it continues for longer time , it will harm the mental health of the community.

Gayatri Gogoi

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 Buljit Buragohain wrote :
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>Barada Sarma <bcsarma04 at yahoo.com> wrote:            Dams are built across rivers, streams, creeks etc. for various purposes. These include, but not limited to, storage for water supply, irrigation, recreation, hydro power, flood control and river management, low flow augmentation during low flow peroids and extended drouths etc.
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>In any reservoir design, release from the reservoir are by controlled gates or conduits based on needs downstream and for use downstream.
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>For flood control resevoirs, i.e., when a reservoir is designed to hold runoff from the drainage area during heavy rains in the watershed to be released in a controlled manner, engineers and hydrologists prepare a "RULE CURVE" (Resevoir Elevation vs Discharge) to minimize the damage due to the release. Often, downstream channel improvements are made to limit flodd damage.
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>We should understand the fundamental difference between release from a spillway of a dam that provides flood control by providing storage space for such purpose as against a dam that does not, although the latter does attenuate the high flow peaks simply by its existence although flood control was not a purpose for which the dam was built.
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>Kopili Dam, Umiam Dam etc. are such dams. There are no flood control storage in these dams. So during flood times, the water flowing into the reservoir is let out by opening one or more of the gated spillways in the case of Umiam Dam. In the case of Kolili, its having an ungated spillway, water coming in after the reservoir reaches its spillway crest level, simply flows out which would have occured had the dam been there or not.
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>So let us understand that a dam built for purpose(s) other than flood control purpose is not going to provide flood damage benifits by reducing floods.
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>Barada Sarma
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>rabindeka <rabindeka at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>    Trying to control flood/river look to me trying to implement an incorrect concept. Instead learn to manage flood/river and learn to live with it will pay good.
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>Learn/discover ways to keep water volume low on rivers meaning do not block/release volumes of water suddenly.
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>I believe several experimental gates in Arunachal Pradesh (including Ranga Nadi Hydroelectric Plant gate) were opened following morning after night's flood. These give sudden increase of water volumes - the heavy force make the water create its own ways.
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>    Try to find out how many water gates in Arunachal were opened suddenly after night's flood.
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>    I think people of Dhenaji can ask Arunachal or responsible authorities to pay compensation.
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>    I think Tinsukia, Dibrugarh and Lakhimpur people can join Dhemaji as well - this water gate practice shall hit all these districts some day.
>Rabin
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>--- Buljit Buragohain <buluassam at ...> wrote:
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>Article on Jiadhol River, Asomiya Pratidin, Date:24.07.2007, Page No.4
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>Buljit Buragohain
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>http://www.asomiyapratidin.co.in/epaper/Web/Article/2007/07/24/004/24_07_2007_004_007.jpg
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