Flood Disaster Response at Tamil Nadu, S.India

REPORT TITLE : RE-BUILDING COMMUNITIES THRO TRAININGS.

PROJECT TITLE :FLOOD DISASTER RESPONSE AT CHENNAI,INDIA.

PROJECT UNDER: FLOOD DISASTER RESPONSE AT TAMILNADU,S.INDIA.

PROJECT SITE: KANNAGI NAGAR,CHENNAI. 

FIRST AID TRAINING: For the development of women in this area and also they must work with courage and self confidence this training was offered to them at Kannagi Nagar Chennai. By sudden Road accidents, big riots, cyclones, tremors’, flood disasters and tidal waves etc women are affected much. Aged people, small children, conceived women, psychologically affected etc. Therefore it is necessary to find these people during the time of disaster and protect them. Also it is necessary for as to provide First Aid help for the people who meet manor accidents at their homes. Therefore Training was offered to the people about the provision of First Aid before the occurrence of the disaster and after the occurrence of the disaster. In a village or at a certain location due to the damage of a dams being situated across the rivers are damaged heavily by the heavy rain flood occurred by the cyclone formation. If it is known that heavy damages would be occurred, people can heap a lot of sand bags and it can serve as a block to avoid the in coming of flood into the village or town. To the village or town people announcement shall be made to them to move to the high places. In addition to this protective action must be taken and to the affected ones First Aid should be provided and reformation should be made in their lives. Affected people of the disasters must be protected by Recovery work team and produce Self confidence and voluntary service for them.A treatment being given for a risk or accident happened is called First Aid treatment. This First Aid is provided being considered the health of the affected patient and to prohibit the infection and to save the life of the patient and to develop the health of the patient and as a life saving action if the people know what shall they do during the emergency times they can save many lives. Even the village people and school children can Lear about this life saving First Aid Helps. During the time of disaster usually for breathing trouble, hemorrhage, jumpiness, shock, Fire accidents etc. First Aid Treatment is provided. If a person is affected during the time of disaster at the walk way or main Bazaar or, Market area or shopping complex a crowd of people should be avoided to stand surrounding him. Then the victim’s dresses shall be losen to enough extent. If the victim feels hard to breathe we must bend his head back to make the free flow of air from his mouth to the lungs and to make open the breathing passage. At the same time somebody shall lift up his lower jeew. Even thought the normal breathing is not begun, we must provide him the artificial respiration. During this process we must take a great inhaling breath and keep our mouth upon his mouth or nostrils and exhale the air. During this occasion we must close one of his nostrils with one of our fingers. Until the comes to the condition of normal breathing we must continue this if somebody gets injured and much hemorrhage is found, we must control his bleeding from the injury to avoid his death. In order to stop bleeding we must find the injured portion with the help of a clean and wet cloth we can cover and firmly press there or the bleeding area can up and held firmly. If the disaster affected person is in unconscious condition, we can make him to turn left or right side in the laying condition and we must insert a wooden block into his mouth or a bunch of folded cloth so that we can avoid the death by sudden shock or death due to the presence of any liquid in his throat or mouth. In order to reduce the shock we must develop the confidence within them. We must arrange to remove the pain and discomfort to the disaster affected also we must provide the warmness to the affected one when he feels very chill and has the shivering. When we do these activities, every thing must be performed gently. When people happen to meet disasters and dangerous incidents they feel scared.  In order to stop their fear we must take action to control the same by doing the First Aid help to the victim. During the First Aid service we must go to the spot where the disaster happened and we must save the life of the victim. If the incident made the accident is there we must remove that incident from there completely. One who met the accident must be protected from the dangerous condition. After providing the necessary measure of the First Aid to the person who met the accident we must take him to the place where he needs to go until that time we must keep him at the place of the First Aid carefully. One who is in unconscious condition may have some internal injuries. If it is thought so, anesthetic medicine can be given to the disaster affected person. During that occasion no food shall be given to the patient. If the heart beat is not felt with the patient at once we must give pressure to his heart. If there are two persons for help it would be better. If there is no heart beat for the patient his body colour would be blue or pale white in colour. Eye pappa would be found enlarged. In his / her neck portion pulse beat would not be found. Patient shall be laid upon a flat area. On his / her one side somebody shall knew and find out his/her chest bone lower end. Then lower portion of our palm must be kept there. We must keep the lower portion of another hand upon the wrist. All fingers of the person who provides the First Aid must be in stretched condition. Being not folded the pressed back towards the back bone. Immediately we must take away our hands. Such giving pressure can be done for an adult person for 60 times per minute. As this treatment is fruitful the patients colour would turn as pale red. Pappas od eyes will contract or shrink. When we check the pulse upon the neck we can check the pulse upon the neck we can touch and recognized we must provide the patient giving pressure to the heart portion. We must do this again and again until the patient reaches the hospital. Those who are entangled within coal mines, deep wells and drainage lines are provided sometimes First Aid services. When we do this we must arrange for them the good ventilation. If possible we must keep the doors and windows. Within the deep wells we must tie a open umbrella with a rope and move the same up and down. If we do so continually the poisonous gas would go far away. Surrounding our waist a rope shall be tied and another end of the rope shall be tied with the victims hand when we pull up the rope, the person who is within the well would come above with the help of the rope.

MAKING BANDAGE: Making bandage is the application medicated cloth upon the injury and upon that &thin cloth would be rolled up in order to stop bleeding and to cover the injury and avoid the infection or toxication  being made by the germs and to absorb the buzz leaks from the injury and to avoid the further damage of the injury. The bandage cloth must be medicated and free from germs and having the absorbing quality. If the medicated cloth is not ready to brake bandage instead of that we can utilize the fine and clean cloth and it must be very soft or, we can use a hand kerchief also for this purpose, when we handle the medicated cloth we must be very careful we must not touch any portion of the injury with our hand or with any of our finger. If we do so, it may cause any infection further to the patient. If somebody gets injured on head and bleeding is found, to stop the bleeding from that head injury we must press well that portion. And also we can stop the bleeding that spot must be cleaned with a clean nice cloth a neat folded wet cloth can be kept up that injury and press there firmly and a bandage may be made surrounding that. If any person has injury upon her/his palm, that injured portion must be cleaned and surrounding the thumb and surrounding the palm bandage must be made. If anybody has fracture upon his hand or leg, in that portion no movement shall be made. Also the patient shall feel the pain in creased. Therefore on both the sides of the injury (on top & bottom of the fracture) flat sticks or two 1foot scales can be kept and surrounding that a tight bandage shall be made. As we make the bandage in this manner the affected person would  not feel any pain and no swelling would not be formed as the injured portion Also this hand shall not be given any movement . Therefore the hand can be bended towards his/her chest and a hanging knot shall be made surrounding the injured person’s neck. In order to make the hanging knot or tie, or towel or pillo cover or the shirts of men can be used. After we do these First Aid help to the injured patient he / she can be taken to the hospital for further treatment. For such injured and disaster affected person First Aid is very much important. That is why along with the First Aid Treatment bandage making was also taught with the practical demonstration.

 For women self help Group members and for common people  in the disaster affected areas of Kannagi nagar, Chennai through the organization Chevalier Roche Society Training about the usage of water, their benefits and defects, quality of water protection of water Resources and keeping the water in good condition was taught the trainees participated in the programme.

  WATER CONSERVATION THRO ANALYSIS: For all lives in the world water is an important factor for their living. Not only for men but also for plants, animals, birds and for all living beings in the world water is an important one among the basic needs of the life. As the population is increasing day by need for the living is also increasing day by day. As the measure of the rain fall is not increased, we are in the compulsion to   share the available water. Through out the state measure of the rain fall is also not uniform. District to district it varies. When the seasonal rain is failed, it is nature water scarcity   is found. During these occasions under ground water is utilized in major level is decreasing day by day. Regarding Tamil Nadu state failure of rain fall is not a new thing. During the scarcity of water we use water in limited manner. At the same time when we have more water than the normal condition we for get the limitation we waste the water a lot. During the rainy season we must collect and save the water safely for our future use. As we do so during the scarcity of water, we can utilize the protected water for our use. Monsoon times of North East and south west are rainy season for Tamil Nadu state. As in our Tamil Nadu state municipalities, Panchayat unions  and district Headquarters are extended day by day open lands are occupied by Roads, parks, buildings, Factories etc. the possibility of rain water entries in to the soil naturally has decreased. When rain is falling, we must collect the rain water properly. Then it would be much helpful during the time of water scarcity we must not allow the rain water to run away and to be wasted. If we collect and save the rain water as a water source, the ground water level would increase particularly in rivers, ponds, pools, tanks, lakes etc following that water level in the wells of the open ground and bore wells water level would increase.Govt. has formed the drinking water resources being known the need of the people. But the people did not keep   them as safe and wastage of water – In drinking water pipe lines people wash their clothes clean their vessels, take baths, arrange to bath their goats, cows and balls. In addition to this if a breakage is found in a drinking water pipe – line people usually don’t come forward to get fix that problem. If any damage is found with the dirking water pipe lines usually people dig out a bit and collect the leaking water from the pipe line. People should not allow the waste water storage near the drinking water pipe lines. Also they must not waste the drinking water. Surrounding the water storage tank fencing must be made for the protection of water storage tank. If we dose we can avoid the cattle’s such as goats, cows, and balls wont go into the water storage tank area and wont make the place dirty. These locations must be kept clean. People must be careful to look after that no filthy water is deposited. This maintenance is very important. It was informed clearly to the trainees. In rivers, ponds and lakes people are cleaning their vessels, washing their goats and cows. As the people do so water becomes dirty. Bacterial and germs affect the drinking water. Who ever utilizes this water those will be affected by some diseases and infections. In addition to this when filthy water is allowed to be near our domestic areas and near hand pumps mosques tic areas and near multiply there spread many diseases such as Malaria, Brain fever, Chicken guinea etc.  Mosquitoes which bit these diseased persons and then bit a healthy person. In this manner healthy persons are also affected by contagious diseases.

FIELD WATER TOOL KIT PRACTICAL TRAINING: Regarding the water samples collection for the experiment was explained and by the performance of practical demonstration.

NITRATE TEST: Take a quantity of 10 ml. water in the given small glass bottle. Then add 2 drops of N2 solution and also 2 drops of N3 solution and stir well during this test if the colour of the water is not changed it is found out that water has no Nitrate salt content. If the water turns to the colour of Bluish Red that water has the Nitrate Salt content. If the Bluish red colour is found in the solution that measurement shall be noted and explanation was given to the participated Trainees.

BASE QUALITY: During the Training programme Base quality check up test was performed in front of the trainees. In the measuring jar a quantity into a plastic beaker. 5 drops of A1 liquid was added with that. Water will turn into Bluish green colour. Get a measure 1ml A2 liquid in a syringe. Then add this liquid into the water to be tested drop by drop. Measurements shall be recorded as mg/ltr.