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Biodiversity, Conservation and Environmental Issues — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYBiodiversity, Conservation and Environmental Issues4 Marks
Question
Floods in Sangli and Kolhapur in August 2019, were responsible for many problems during and after the floods. Think and enlist different types of problems faced by flood affected areas.
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Answer

  1. Floods of Western Maharashtra were mainly due to unseasonal and extremely heavy rain caused by climate change events.
  2. The floods had hit the districts of Kolhapur and Sangli hard. Sangli got completely marooned: There was no electric supply for extended period.
  3. Over two lakh people were living without electricity in affected areas.
  4. Lack of food and drinking water was a main problem.
  5. Several water-supply schemes became dysfunctional.
  6. Fields were completely ruined as crops were damaged. In Kolhapur district alone crops over 67,000 hectares were damaged.
  7. Large number of cattle were dead.
  8. Houses were destroyed completely. Thousands of people were shifted to safer places.
  9. About 223 villages in district of Kolhapur suffered a lot. 18 out of these have been completely marooned.
  10. About 28,897 persons were affected out of which 8,923 people were shifted.
  11. 813 houses were affected in the district, out of which 89 are completely damaged.
    There was also the scarcity of petrol and diesel.
  12. The Mumbai-Bengaluru National Highway, which passes through Kolhapur was dysfunctional and hence transport was also affected.

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