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Tin roofed mud houses, red flags on the roof are fluttering with the speed of the wind. Different signs are also made on the flag. These flags, seen in all the houses of the settlement, indicate something.
It is an exercise of preparedness by the local people to deal with disasters. Which has indicated to them who should be given more priority when searching and rescuing them in a disaster.
'Red flags are buried in all the houses here, pictures of children in the houses with children, pictures of the disabled in the houses of the disabled, and plain flags are placed in the houses without children and the elderly,' said Rupa Sunar, a local resident here, 'When there is a flood, which one is easier to rescue and to give priority to those who come here for rescue.'
Kutiakawar, a township on Dodhara Chandni Island surrounded by Jogbuda River on three sides and Mahakali River on the other, has been affected by floods every year. The government has declared seven wards including Dodharachandani-10 of Kanchanpur as disaster prone areas. With the announcement of the government, the local people here have prepared themselves to deal with the disaster. They mapped the disaster risk and put red flags on the houses based on that.
in which children, disabled, disabled, maternity and senior citizens are indicated. What kind of people are in which house during the flood? Locals say that it will be easier to know who to give priority to and rescue based on that.
According to Nirmala Sunar, we have identified the slums that are at high risk of disasters and are preparing for them. We have placed flags of various signals at visible places in all houses, it helps to rescue in disaster. He said that the government has declared three wards of Dodhara Chandni as disaster-prone areas and said that preparations are being made in those vulnerable settlements.
According to him, the locals in Kutiakawar, Shanti Tol, Surkheti Tol, Athar Number Pillar Basti, Sundernagar, Kanjbhoj, Baduwal Tol, Dhaknaghat, Pragati Tol and Patrakhalla are preparing. Chandra Bahadur Singh, Ward President of Dodhara Chandni Municipality-10 informed that symbolic red flags have been placed in the houses of the slums which are at risk of flooding as part of disaster preparedness. 45 houses there have red flags.
Three wards here have been affected every year due to erosion by both Jogbuda and Mahakali rivers. There are now 39 families living in Kutiakawar settlement which has 49 families. Due to the flood, some have entered India, while some have fled elsewhere in search of a safe place.
Mahakali in the east and Kutiakawar in the north and Jogbudha river in the south is connected to India. After the suspension bridge was built on the Jogbudha river in 2074, land has been eroded every year by the Jogbudha and Mahakali rivers in Kutiakawar, which is connected to the city. The settlement, which has an area of about 50 bighas, is shrinking due to erosion every year.
