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Flood Relief - Flood Relief In Bagalkot District Of North Karnataka The devastating rainfall and floods that swept away the lives and dreams of hundreds of rural families in North Karnataka between 29th September and 3rd Oct 09 heralded the begin of an unprecedented disaster in the area. The district of Bagalkote was one of the worst affected receiving 60% of its average annual rainfall in the span of a few days. Ghataprabha River, Malaprabha River and Krishna River flow through the district. Koodalasangama lies at the point of confluence of the rivers Krishna and Malaprabha. In most years, Bagalkote district receives the lowest rainfall annually in Karnataka. The dry climate makes the soil arid and the region is susceptible to drought and crop failure. In 2009, the release of waters from the Almatti and the Narayanpura Dams after the heavy down pour, resulted in the rivers overflowing and destroying everything in their path. In some areas, the flood waters were well over 15ft above ground level.
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| Flood in Cholachagudda Village at Badami Taluk, Bagalkote District | |||||||||||||||||
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During this time, Biocon Foundation became a part of the Aasare Project, proposed by the Government of Karnataka, which, aims to build homes for families whose homes have been washed away, through a path breaking Public Private Partnership.Using a rural participatory approach for the proposed housing project, the foundation held village meetings in order to enable exchange of ideas and build rapport with the local communities. These were lively meetings; the communities had many ideas which we have tried to incorporate. Scale models of 2 designs were shown to them, one with the toilet attached to the home and the other with a toilet some distance away. Contrary to popular belief, every woman and many men in the villages emphatically said that they prefer to have a toilet attached to the house as it will be safer and easier for the aged, children and women to use. |
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| We are trying to build durable houses in the least time consuming manner so that the affected communities can be shifted from the temporary tin sheds to their own homes | |||||||||||||||||
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| Biocon Foundation’s involvement and partnership with these communities will not stop with the construction of the houses. We will be setting up our health clinics in the villages that are being rebuilt and will help these communities to insure the livestock and homes. We aim to begin a soil regeneration project which will help in long term socio economic rehabilitation of these rural communities. We will also implement a number of Education Initiatives in the region. In order to build good quality houses to meet the requirements of the community, we need additional funds without which we will have no option but to reduce the number of houses we are committed to. We will be their partners in change and we hope you will be too!! |
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