Top 10 Worst Indian Natural Disasters
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10 Worst Indian Natural Disasters
INTRODUCTION
India due to its geographical position has always
been hit by severe kind of natural disasters. The most frequently occurring
natural disasters in the nation are as follows:
·
flash floods,
·
avalanches
·
droughts,
·
famines,
·
earthquakes,
·
cyclones,
·
tsunamis,
·
diseases,
·
Floods.
FLASH FLOOD (17 JUNE 2013)
In the middle of June of 2013, the flash flood and
landslide severely hit the state of Uttarakhand. India has been at the
receiving end of natural fury. Presence of huge number of glacial lake in the
state of Uttarakhand and the extreme effect of global warming on these glacial
devastated the situation.
AVALANCHES
Avalanches have occurred several times in India in the
states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
DROUGHT AND FAMINE (1943, 1630-32, 1876-78, 1770)
Droughts and famines have extremely hit India in
various centuries.
In the Mughal
period of Indian history there was a horrifying famine which compelled majority
of citizens to starve to death. It was estimated by the nobles of Shah Jahan Empire
that around 20 lakh Indian died the famine of 1632.
There was also a famine during (1770), that is, the East
India Company rule in India. Millions of people died in the state of Bengal,
Bihar and Orissa.
In the great famine of 1876-78 approximately 80
lakhs people lost their life according to British government estimates.
Undivided Bengal once again struck with a
destructive attack of famine in the year 1943. The condition of the people then
became extremely critical due to non-supportive attitude of English
administration.
EARTHQUAKES (1993, 2001)
On September 30, 1993, earthquake struck in the
early hours of morning the state of Maharashtra. The district of Latur and
Osmanabad were worst affected. Around 20 000 citizens died and 30 000
citizens were injured.
On the auspicious occasion of our 51st
Republic day, disaster struck the Kutch region of Gujarat. At the early hours
of 8:46 am an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 on Richter scale was felt.
Approximately 20 000 people were killed and 6 lakhs were left homeless.
CYCLONES (1737, 1839, 1999)
In 1737, Kolkata witnessed one of the worst cyclones
in the history of India. It is estimated that around 3 lakhs of Bengalis lost
their life in this disaster.
In 1839, city of Coringa of Andhra Pradesh was hit
by cyclone killing 20 000 people.
A worst kind of cyclone hit the coast of Orissa on
29 of October 1999. Officially around 10 000 people lost their life.
TSUNAMI (2004)
The Tsunami of 2004, in the Indian Ocean was one of
the most powerful Tsunami in the history. Its destructive effect could be felt
by 1 50 000 people in 11 different countries. In India alone around
10 000 people lost their life in one blow.
DISEASE (1899)
The outbreak of Plague in China had its impact in
India when it reached Hong Kong and Gungzhou. The epidemic was initially
noticed in the port cities of Mumbai, Kolkata, Karachi and Pune. Later it
spread throughout the length and breadth of India. Around 90% of the infected people lost their
life.
CONCLUSION
Most of the natural disasters in India are climate
related. These disasters causes massive lost of life and property. So,
geography of the country cannot be changed but can certainly preventive
measures can be taken by the environmentalist and scientist of the nation to
avoid these calamities.
This right up has been prepared with due help from some of my friend in Media and Universities doing study on natural disasters.
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