"Even as the Uttarakhand faced the worst floods in its history, CWC, which has been given the task of forecasting floods across flood-prone areas across the country, completely failed in making any forecasts that could have helped the people and administration in Uttarakhand," SANDRAP convenor Himanshu Thakkar alleged.
Thakkar said SANDRAP has been monitoring CWC flood forecasts throughout the monsoon for some years. During June 15-17, when Uttarakhand was receiving the most intense rains, CWC did not make any forecasts regarding Uttarakhand. As far as the most severely disaster affected areas of Ganga basin upstream of Devprayag are concerned, CWC made no flood forecasts at all this year, he said.
Same is the case regarding other affected regions of Uttarakhand including Yamuna basin including Yamunotri and Pithoragarh including Goriganga basin. What is than the role of this premier technical body tasked with flood forecasting? asked Thakkar.
The only forecast that CWC made for Uttarakhand this June 2013 were for Rishikesh and Haridwar on June 18, 2013. Even in these instances, CWC's callousness is reflected. CWC made medium flood forecasts, clearly missing the low flood warning.
It is strange that CWC, instead of putting its house in order, is acting as a lobby for big dams by making baseless claims about Tehri dam having saved downstream area of floods, as reported.
"This is like adding salt to the wounds of the people of Uttarakhand who are suffering from the ill effects of lopsided developments including dams and hydropower projects. It would be better if CWC improves its flood forecasts rather than indulge in lobbying efforts at such times of crisis," said Thakkar.
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