A study on the Tamil nadu state disaster management policy during chennai floods, 2015

Chennai floods 2015 show the vulnerabilities that arise from the neglect of urban planning. The sights have taken residents of the city to devastating times when boats plied on the roads. It may have evoked memories of the river’s channels-and other water bodies. Ironically, Chennai has lost most – if not all of the water bodies of old. Media reports quoting the National Institute of Disaster management pointed out that Chennai had about 650 water bodies, including lakes, ponds and storage tanks till about two decades ago; today it has less than 30. In the recent floods, the city paid a heavy price for the loss. Mudichur in Chennai and the surrounding areas of Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu was badly hit during Chennai Floods, 2015. Many areas like GST Road, CTO colony were badly affected It was mainly due to uncontrolled developments of concrete spaces, shrinking of marshland, improper housing, subsequent embankment breaches and water overflowing from the Chembarambakkam lake which flooded Mudichur main road. The present research study was undertaken to find out the policies which were formulated and implemented by the State Disaster Management during Chennai Floods, 2015 and its impact.