International Journal in Management & Social Science
Year : 2016, Volume : 4, Issue : 6
First page : ( 92) Last page : ( 102)
Online ISSN : 2321-1784.

Flood hazards and its effect on Arambagh Subdivision of Hugli District, Westbengal

Mondal Pompa

Assistant Teacher of Bansdroni Chakdah Vidyamandir (H.S)

Online published on 8 August, 2018.

Abstract

A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land. The EU(European Union) Floods directive defines a flood as a temporary covering by water of land not normally covered by water. Flood is a natural hazard resulting from extreme geophysical events to create an unexpected threat to human life and property. One of the most common hazards of West Bengal (from South to North) is flood. One of the important flooded region of West Bengal is the Western part of Hugli district mainly Arambagh subdivision consist of six C.D blocks is flooded by mainly three namely Damodar, Darakeswar and Mundeswari. This region has to face almost every year in varying degrees. Traditionally, Damodar basin was known to be a curse. The basin of river Damodar has a very special shape and this influences its flood pattern. Many reasons are there like the short period massive rainfall, decrease of river width, Massive downpour, sudden release of water from upper catchment river's barrage (D.V.C, Mithon, Panchet, Kansabati), Poor natural drainage or siltation, limited flood storage capacity of dams etc. in this study area. The study describes the an efficient & scientific approach with suitable illustrations of map and real time flood inundations. This study area has been also selected as a case study to assess the environmental impact of flood in terms of physical and socio economical. An attempt has also been made to suggest some measures for the development of the study area.

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