FLOOD PROBLEMS

IN INDIAN STATES EVERY YEAR THERE ARE MANY AREAS WHICH ARE PRONE TO DROUGHTS
AND FLOODS. ONE OF THE MAJOT CITY IS BIHAR WHICH FACES BOTH. SO WHAT THE SOLUTION
TO IT
SOLUTION 1
Sponge City- Now this idea might seem familiar to you, which was introduced
by China communist part in 2014. India was planning on to apply this idea on
Chennai but, that city already has no problem for water. Bihar is a city in which
if we implement this idea, water would be saved as well as left over water can be
sent to different states suffering from droughts or can be exported outside which
will be an economical advantage for India as we can work on to this project to
make this more efficient and less time taking. So it is a win-win strategy.
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Video Links for the same:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gLl50h8YWk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U37gst79pGc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz66M10o7BM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JckOliC6-fg
This links are available on YouTube.
SOLUTION II
Usage of Vetiver grasses. See these grasses
not only hold the soil so that the floods
can’t erode the soil, it also is edible for the
cows. So this is again a win-win strategy
SOLUTION III AND IV
SOLUTION 111
Replacement of koshi barrage- The Koshi Barrage is a sluice
across the koshi river that carries vehicular, bicycle, and
pedestrian traffic between saptari district and sunsari district
of Nepal. It was built between 1958 and 1962 and has 56
gates. It was constructed after the Koshi Agreement signed
between the Government of Nepal and India on April 25,
1954.When Nepal open all the gates of koshi barrage lakhs of
cusec water move towards Bihar with full speed and there is
sudden increase in water in rivers which cause heavy
destruction and loss of life as floods are caused.
SOLUTION 1V
So The samples of Kosi silt collected from different regions were sent
to the Central Glass and Ceramics Research Institute (CGCRI) based in
Kolkata to study their chemical composition. The Kosi silt consists of
fine to very fine sand and is dominated by quartz and significant
amounts of muscovite mica. Chemically, this is composed of 72-76% of
silica followed by aluminum oxide (10-11%), iron oxide (3-4%),
potassium oxide, sodium oxide (3-4%), calcium oxide, magnesium
oxide (< 2 %) and minor amount of titanium oxide(<1%),” the study
says. The study says that the silt can be used as backfill material in road
construction. Besides, various studies have been quoted to suggest that
the dredged material can be substituted as a raw material for
manufacturing fired bricks for use in construction of buildings. The
dredged sediments can also be used as replacement of raw material
for manufacturing Portland Cement.
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