ASSESSMENT OF DISASTER DUE TO RECENT FLOODS

IN NORTH KARNATAKA USING RS & GIS

SYNOPSIS :

Flood is defined as the “ High water stages in which water

over flows its natural or artificial banks onto normally dry
land , such as river inundating its flood plain “. Floods has
been considered as one of the most recurring and frequent
disaster in world. Due to recurrent prevalence, the economic
loss of life damage caused by flood has put more burdens on
economy than any other natural disaster.

Floods in north Karnataka was totally an unexpected

disaster. An event to be called as a disaster will usually follow
the criterias : 10 or more people killed , 100 or more people
affected ,declaration of a state of emergency, call for
assistance. Hence the recent floods in North Karnataka can
be called as a disaster. It majorily affected the villages of
North Karnataka. It caused a huge loss of life and economy.

An assessment of this disaster is of a major concern,since it

is very difficult to control floods, but vulnerability can be
reduced by adopting certain pre and post disaster
measurements.

The impact of flood on human lives go beyond the immediate

effect. Management of flood accepted that, “ The
devastating floods not only result in loss of precious human
lives, cattle and damage to public and private property but
create a sense of insecurity and fear in mind of people living
in flood plains. The after effects of flood like the agony of
survivors, spread of epidemic, non-availability of essential
commodation and medicines,loss of dwellings make flood
most feared among natural disaster being faced by human
kind”.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:

 To monitor and to assess the cause for flood damage .

 To know the extent of destruction and loss of life and
property.
 To determine the methods to reduce the risk.
 To plan the emergency due to disaster of floods.
 Disaster management

SELECTION OF AREA :

Districts and villages of North Karnataka which are proned to

unexpected and major flood issues.

USE OF SOFTWARES :

Remote Sensing( RS) :- Sentinel satellite, Copernicus ; Google

earth

Geographic Information System(GIS) :- Snap, ArcGIS , QGIS

SOURCES OF INFORMATION :

 ESA (European Space Agency)

 SURVEY OF INDIA
 Meteorological Department

INFORMATIONS TO BE PRODUCED :

 Period of flooding
 Stages of flooding
 Area submerged
 Affected residential buildings, public and commercial
buildings
 Loss of crops
 No of death reported
 No of person missing reported
 No of cattles affected
 Flood preparation
 Methods for prevention

METHODOLOGY :

Remote sensing techniques make it possible to obtain and

distribute information rapidly over large areas by means of
sensors operating in several spectral bands, mounted on
aircraft or satellites.

The Geographical Information Systems (GIS) help to process

Remote Sensing (RS) observations from satellites in a spatial
format of maps - both individually and along with tabular
data and “crunch” them together to provide a new
perception - the spatial visualisation of information of natural
resources. The integration of information derived from RS
techniques with other datasets - both in spatial and non-
spatial formats provides tremendous potential for
identification, monitoring and assessment of floods.

Information regarding the required distinctives can be

obtained from the sources of information as mentioned.

Ex. The demographic and information regarding land ,

buildings can be obtained from the authorities of their
respective departments.( SURVEY OF INDIA).
PROGRESS OF WORK :

RS :- Google Earth image of Almatti reservoir :

Sentinel Satellite image of Almatti reservoir before flood :

Sentinel Satellite Image of Almatti Reservior after flood :
Bagalkote : ( Google Earth Image ):
Sentinel satellite Image of Bagalkote region before flood:
Sentinel Satellite Image of Bagalkote region after flood:
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