NEW DELHI: With steady rains and water launched from dams creating flash floods and wreaking havoc in Kerala, the Army is aiding the state govt in rescue operations with its improvisations saving lives.
Army body of workers from Kannur-based Defence Security Corps (DSC) are not simplest setting up brief bridges from fallen bushes but additionally attractive in humanitarian paintings in the flood-hit state.
Colonel Ajay Sharma, Commandant, DSC, Kerala area, mentioned, “Our body of workers from DSC are building bridges with wood logs whereever villages or residential spaces have been bring to an end because of flash floods. These brief bridges manufactured from tree trunks have been inbuilt Kannur’s Iritty, Kozhikode and other spaces. The soldiers are also attractive in providing reduction material to the needy folks. Hundreds of folks have been rescued from flood-hit spaces, even via boats. Big cranes and machines are being used to transparent blockages underneath small bridges.”
Explaining the explanation why several bridges have been washed away in flash floods, Col Sharma mentioned, “It had not been raining such a lot up to now. Because of that many rubber plantations had arise close to rivers. Because of heavy rains and water launched from dams this season, several rubber plantations have washed away. Logs from those plantations have clogged rivers and rivulets, forcing them to modify their course and inundating residential spaces.”
He mentioned, “It has been raining steadily for the final two days and extra rains have been predicted. The Army is able to provide any kind of help to local folks and authorities.”
This isn't the first time the Army has used its expertise in bridge-building to provide a serving to hand to local authorities. During the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 2010, a suspension bridge outside the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium crashed onto a street simply earlier than the Games. The Army then chipped in and its body of workers from Madras Sappers built a 95-metre-long Bailey bridge in a document 5 days simply earlier than the Games opening. The Army additionally supplied a serving to hand to local authorities in Mumbai when it constructed three foot-over-bridges at three local railway stations.
Army body of workers from Kannur-based Defence Security Corps (DSC) are not simplest setting up brief bridges from fallen bushes but additionally attractive in humanitarian paintings in the flood-hit state.
Colonel Ajay Sharma, Commandant, DSC, Kerala area, mentioned, “Our body of workers from DSC are building bridges with wood logs whereever villages or residential spaces have been bring to an end because of flash floods. These brief bridges manufactured from tree trunks have been inbuilt Kannur’s Iritty, Kozhikode and other spaces. The soldiers are also attractive in providing reduction material to the needy folks. Hundreds of folks have been rescued from flood-hit spaces, even via boats. Big cranes and machines are being used to transparent blockages underneath small bridges.”
Explaining the explanation why several bridges have been washed away in flash floods, Col Sharma mentioned, “It had not been raining such a lot up to now. Because of that many rubber plantations had arise close to rivers. Because of heavy rains and water launched from dams this season, several rubber plantations have washed away. Logs from those plantations have clogged rivers and rivulets, forcing them to modify their course and inundating residential spaces.”
He mentioned, “It has been raining steadily for the final two days and extra rains have been predicted. The Army is able to provide any kind of help to local folks and authorities.”
This isn't the first time the Army has used its expertise in bridge-building to provide a serving to hand to local authorities. During the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 2010, a suspension bridge outside the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium crashed onto a street simply earlier than the Games. The Army then chipped in and its body of workers from Madras Sappers built a 95-metre-long Bailey bridge in a document 5 days simply earlier than the Games opening. The Army additionally supplied a serving to hand to local authorities in Mumbai when it constructed three foot-over-bridges at three local railway stations.
Army’s ‘tree-trunk’ bridges rescuing flood-hit in Kerala
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August 15, 2018
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