Title: Chennai flood 2015, The Disaster, The Challenges and the Solutions
1Prepared by the citizens of Chennai M. Sundaram,
Medavakkam (Subash_in_at_yahoo.com) Dr. L.
Vedaprakash, Ambattur (vedaprakashl_at_gmail.com)
Date 18-12-2015
2CONTENTS
Calamity
Rescue
Relief
Challenges
Solution
How can we HELP ?
3CALAMITY
Worst flood Chennai has faced in a century.
4On December 1-2 flood-ravaged Chennai received
more rainfall in 24 hours than it had seen on
any day since 1901 - NASA
5 Calamity
6 Calamity
7 Calamity
8 Calamity
9 Calamity
10 Calamity
11 Calamity
12 Calamity
13 Calamity
14 Calamity
15 Calamity
16 Calamity
17 Calamity
18 Calamity
19 Calamity- Loss of Life
20Calamity News Clippings
21Calamity News Clippings
22RESCUE
Resilience of the cosmopolitan chennaiaites
demonstrated in the rescue efforts during the
floods
23 Rescue
24 Rescue
25 Rescue
26 Rescue
27 Rescue
28 Rescue
29 Rescue
30 Rescue
31 Rescue
32 Rescue
33Rescue Pet animals
34Rescue Pet animals
35Rescue Wild animals
36RELIEF
Yet another example of Chennaiaites
resilience.Youth, students to home makers take
lead in relief operations
37 Relief
38Relief
39Relief
40Relief
41Relief
42Relief
43 Relief News Clipping
44CHALLENGE
Major challenge the city is facing
45 CHALLENGE WATER BORNE DISEASES
Controlling outbreak of water-borne diseases,
such as, viral gastro enteritis, cholera,
typhoid, hepatitis A and E, leptospirosis, skin
infections and vector-borne diseases such as
malaria and dengue
46Post-floods Disease Outbreaks in India
- Mumbai (2005)
- Leptospirosis, cholera, fever, gastroenteritiis
- 1,50,179 went sick
- 435 lost lives
- Chennai (2006)
- Leptospirosis outbreak
- 2765 people infected
- West Bengal (1998)
- Cholera epidemic
- 16590 people infected
- 1600 lost lives
- Orissa (2007)
- Water-borne diseases
- 3000 people infected
- 184 lost lives
- Uttarakanth (2013)
- cholera, diarrhea and dysentery
- 400 people infected
47Post-floods Disease Outbreaks in Odisha (Orissa),
2007
- 3000 cases with disease were treated
- 184 deaths due to water-borne disease outbreak
48Disease outbreak News clippings
49Disease outbreak News clippings
50Challenge - Disease outbreak
Doctors warn of epidemic in Chennai due to
incessant rains and floods
51Challenge - Disease outbreak
52Challenge - Disease outbreak
Floods are always associated with an increased
risk of infection
53Challenge - Disease outbreak
54Challenge - Disease outbreak
55Challenge - Disease outbreak
56Challenge - Disease outbreak
57Challenge - Disease outbreak
58Families - inconsolable
59Contaminated water Pose potential diseases
outbreak in Chennai
Water-borne Diseases Diseases caused by
ingestion of water contaminated by human or
animal excrement, which contain pathogenic
microorganisms. These include viral gastro
enteritis, cholera, typhoid, hepatitis A E and
leptospirosis. Water-washed Diseases Diseases
caused by poor personal hygiene and skin and eye
contact with contaminated water. These include
scabies, trachoma, typhus, and other flea, lice
and tick-borne diseases. Water-based
Diseases Diseases caused by parasites found in
intermediate organisms living in contaminated
water. Includes Schistosomiasis and
Dracunculiasis Water-related (or Vector-borne
Diseases Water-related (or) vector-borne
diseases are caused by insect vectors, especially
mosquitoes, that breed or feed near contaminated
water. They are not typically associated with
lack of access to clean drinking water or
sanitation services. Include dengue, filariasis,
malaria, onchocerciasis, trypanosomiasis and
yellow fever.
60Mosquito breeding pose potential disease
outbreak in Chennai
- Anopheles mosquito is a vector of
- Malaria
- Culex mosquito is a vector of
- Filariasis (elephantiasis)
- West Nile Fever (viral encephalitis)
- japanese encephalitis (viral brain fever)
- Aedes mosquito is a vector of
- Dengue fever
- Chikungunya
- Yellow fever
61Mosquitoes breeding in stagnant water
62CHALLENGE Clean and Safe Water is of High Priority
.the number of water-borne, vector-borne,
person-to-person communicable diseases and those
related to the disaster, are those that the state
government, NGOs and volunteers working in the
field need to worry about.
- CLEAN AND HYGIENIC WATER IS THE NEED OF THE HOUR
- At present
- Supply of potable water is insufficient
- Logistic problem and limitations delay the supply
of potable water - Accumulation of packing materials like PET
bottles and plastic sachets causes further
environmental pollution
63CHALLENGE - WATER
Availability of potable water for cooking,
bathing, washing and drinking
64Challenges - Water
65Challenges - Water
Post-disaster consequences
Contamination of existing water resources
Non-availability required volume of clean water
Difficulty in reaching clean water for drinking, cooking, washing, cleaning and sanitation
Chances of added pollution from relief material packages (plastics)
Water-borne diseases (epidemic)
Zoonotic diseases from dead and infected animals
66Challenges - Water
67CURRENT CHALLENGE
- Volunteers stress the need for sustained support
- Affected residents require relief assistance,
especially clean water, for more days - The need for germ-free water is of prime
importance to prevent illness - Flooded areas pose huge probabilities of public
health risk
About 2,000 calls were received daily by the
Health Departments toll-free number
68Immediate Requirement To Resume A Normal
Healthy Life
Safe and clean water at their door step
With no further pollutants during distribution
Supply of reliable, large volume to clean and consume
This is essential to prevent any further calamity
in the form of epidemic diseases
69 Water borne diseases are completely preventable
THINK BEFORE YOU DRINK
70A Simple Rule of Thumb for preventing water-borne
diseases
WASH YOUR HANDS BOIL THE
WATER COOK THE FOOD
PEEL THE FRUITS
Wash hands with soap and water before handling food
When traveling where sanitation and hygiene are poor, avoid water or food that may be contaminated.
Wash, peel or cook all raw vegetables and fruits before eating.
Do not eat contaminated food
Fail-safe way to get clean and safe water
Chlorinate (disinfect) the potable water before
using it
71 clean and safe water
NEED OF THE HOUR
- Disinfection is the right choice to
decontaminate water - Individuals, institutions, industries, government
NGOs can - find a solution
- for this noble cause.
72We hope for a sustained solution to get
clean potable water
THANK YOU
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