Projects

Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management into Local Development Processes for Uttar Pradesh

"Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management into Local Development Processes in Uttar Pradesh" is our current project for next 15 months has been launched in the month of June 2009 with technical support from UNNATI with the funding support of DIPECHO through Malteser International, Germany. full text

Building Community Resilience to Flood Risks in Kaisarganj Block, U.P., India.

Bahraich District of Uttar Pradesh, situated below the boarder of Nepal, is a high flood hazard zone. The districts get flooded when there is high rain in the upstream of rivers in Nepal, and especially when there is overflow discharge from the barrages in the Indo-Nepal boarder. Bahraich District and especially Kaisarganj Block were submerged by flooding from the Ghaghra river from end of July to September 2007. full text

Flood Relief Program in Kaiserganj, U.P.

In the end of September month, major flood divested the area of Behraich district. It was the first time that the flood came in the month of September so people were not in preparation for the flood situation. This time the water released from the Nepal dam was 1 lac CUSEC which was very high compare to the release of 2007. full text

Bihar Flood Relief Programme 2008

On 18th of August 2008, the dam in Nepal Kusaha breached causing devastating floods in five districts of Bihar (India). As a result, the river Kosi changed its course several kilometers to the East flooding the border area in Nepal and five districts in Bihar, India. In India, thousands of villages are affected in the rural and semi- urban districts of 1) Araria, 2) Supaul, 3) Madhepura, 4) Saharsa and 5) Purnea. full text

Flood Relief Programme

Out of the floods which affected 22 districts in UP, SSK took up one district, viz Bahraich, bordering Nepal, near the Ghagra river.Beharaich district is the most backward district of U.P. and is prone to flood as the district is banked by the river Ghaghara. It is unfortunate that every year the government fails to take preventive measures. full text