Why the Kashmir floods have been so deadly. CityLab
by Tanvi Misra

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12 September 2014

On 12 September 2014 Mother Jones reported: The latest floods in Kashmir have already cause the deaths of an estimated 200 people on the Indian side and another 250 on the Pakistani side. As rescue operations continue, the number is only going up. How can there have been so many fatalities in a region long known to be flood-prone? It happened because of a combination of urban policy and program failures, says Himanshu Thakkar, coordinator at the South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People. The flood zones surrounding the waterways that run through the Kashmir region are not clearly demarcated. Because of this, no clearly defined rules or regulations exist about where it's safe to build. The result is what Thakkar calls 'encroachment' of the river bed-residential and government buildings (even hospitals) have been cropping up on vulnerable areas near the Jhelum River. The river 'embankments,' meant to stop the flooding, only give a 'false sense of security,' he says. Local water bodies such as lakes have also been neglected, and so their water-holding capacity is negligible. Existing and future hydropower projects are partly responsible. Global Good News service views this news as the failure of modern government systems. Such 'flops' highlight the need for more intelligent, evolutionary, Natural Law based, life-supporting systems.

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