Bharat Rakshak

After successful completion of the project at Mussoorie the Unit took up the ecological reconstruction project of the Aglar Watershed. The Aglar river is one of the main tributaries of river Yamuna. The Aglar Watershed Project is in the catchment area to the north of the river and across the Mussoorie ridge. These hill tracts are barren and bare due to the incessant felling of trees and fodder collection. Being in the rain shadow area these hill tracts are on the southern slope and get scanty rainfall. The Unit has taken up the challenging an difficult task with dedication and sincerity. So far the unit has planted 35 lakh saplings in 4,400 hectares of land. It has another 9 years to complete the project. It is estimated that 30 lakh saplings would be planted in an area of 4,000 hectares of the ridge behind Mussoorie during the remaining period.

The survival rate of tree plantation by Eco Task Force is higher than any government agency/non-government agency engaged in the plantation work. During the year 2000-2001 the survival rate was 75 per cent and it has not fallen below 70 per cent even in drought-affected years. The care and protection of the plantation is a continuous process spread over a period of three years, which is sufficient enough for the saplings to grow into healthy trees.

Involving People

In addition to plantation, the Unit is actively engaged in executing mass awareness programmes in its project area since it was felt that this was the only way to sustain the preservation momentum in the long run. It has been getting willing and voluntary co-operation from the local residents for protection of its plantation. The inhabitants of the area have been motivated to grow fruit bearing trees also. As a result, some clusters of villages now have fruit gardens. The residents who had been solely dependent on agriculture so far have now taken to horticulture at the instance of the members of the Eco Task Force operating in the area.(PIB Feature)

shaardula wrote:what are megha tropiques?

Murugan wrote:During mumbai deluge, my employer did the same thing. They supplied utensils to start cooking, four sets of dishes/vati/spoons/glasses, chorsa (solapur chaddars), grains, pulses and other necessary masal that can at least last for 15 days. Once you do this, relief provider can move ahead and dont have to revisit the places often.

Murugan ji, can you shed some light on Jamwal ji's objection that no dry firewood is available for cooking food? Are they supplying Kerosene also? Gas cylinders? Both being hazardous chemicals would add extra constraints on logistics. Thanks.

matrimc wrote:
Murugan ji, can you shed some light on Jamwal ji's objection that no dry firewood is available for cooking food? Are they supplying Kerosene also? Gas cylinders? Both being hazardous chemicals would add extra constraints on logistics. Thanks.

"You all have done us proud, for you gave your life in service of your countrymen without discretion of colour, cast, creed and religion - more importantly, in their hour of need. You are now a guiding beacon in our deeds. Your selfless sacrifice in Operation Rahat is monumental and just remembering it would be more than any pilgrimage to us.''

What do soldiers eat as they fight in these glacial wastes? Their 20 kg backpack carries, apart from ammunition and hand grenades, survival rations of gur chana (jaggery and gram) and mathri (a savoury). Their supplies are replenished once in three weeks by the link parties. It's called a "glacier ration", light in weight but high in calories. "You consume the minimum, so there's no need to defecate for three or four days; also you never know when you will get the next replenishment" says a para commando. Water? Melted snow. Adds a major of 1 Bihar: "Getting aloo-puris once in a while up there is like a luxury".

15:38 U'khand govt offers paltry Rs 5000 aid to farmers whose fields were washed away: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna today said the state government will provide "special economic package" to people whose properties have been destroyed in flash floods in Kedarnath area.

"Even though there is no provision, we will provide a special economic package for the properties that have been destroyed in the flash floods in Kedarnath Valley," he told a press conference.

On relief assistance to be provided to farmers, Bahuguna said the state will provide Rs 5,000 instead of Rs 200 to farmers whose fields have been washed away by floods. The Chief Minister said a total of 15 choppers have been hired by the state government and they have been deployed with the affected districts to provide relief material to villages cut-off due to the rains.

18:47 TDP-Cong come to blows at Dehradun airport over flying rescued home: While the armed forces continue with their rescue operations relentlessly, politicians spar at the Dehradun airport to claim credit over who will fly rescued pilgrims home.

TV images show TDP's Ramesh Rathod and Congress politician V Hanumantha Rao coming to blows at the Jolly Grant airport in Dehradun. Boarding passes of the pilgrims were apparently torn up. Rathod and Rao trade charges on different TV channels. Worse, Rathod says nothing is being done for the pilgrims by the armed forces for the people from his state. "Hanumantha Rao started abusing me and used unparliamentary language," says Rathod. He refuses to admit he made a mistake. In fact, TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu, who was at the scene, watched the fight and did not bother to stop the two.

Naidu has now apologised for the squabble but blames the Congress.

Murugan wrote:Best solutions for disaster relief can be successful only if local climate, diets and logistic chains kept in mind .

chaanakya wrote:This is the precipitation map of the Rea. Notice the severe precipitation in and around the Chardham areas.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Natura ... p?id=81450



I strongly think that Chorabari /Gandhi sarovar failure with glacial burst could be the main reson. The lake burst in not unknown in Himalayan regions and cloud burst could have caused it. But picture will be clear after sometime when clud cover is not there. Govt has already surveyed the area and taken photos of damages and sure they would be examining it to come to some conclusion.


See Kedar as it was some 50 years ago.
http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2013 ... tarakhand/