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| Flashflood & its erosional effects in Basantar Rivers | | | RAKESH AATHUR | 9/14/2018 10:20:54 PM |
| While traversing Samba, Jammu and Kathau districts, there occurred number of Basantar Rivers comprised of so many distributaries prolonging from towards the different origins giving its huge shape on confluence close to N.H.1. One such near about 1/2 km beyond the N.H.1 bridge ( Samba). Few of the distributaries are leaded from the area like Chila- Danga via Gowal- Choura, Moutlian via Darue, Pappad via Multha- Kanni-Sadyali(Nud), Sumb via Chak -Cholan, Talote- Dub via Kuprian, etc which all may submerge into a huge shaped present Basantar River at an outer edge of samba city.
As per natural topography there occurred with khads cum Nallah/ Basantar River after every chak which literally means an area or village named after a man or place likely happened so in case of Rattanu - Chak, Kalu-chak, Dayala- chak, Nanki- chak, Prithi- chak, etc. along the N.H.1 and its comprised of or originated from different distributaries draining out of hilly areas there available with some bridges of the Indian Railways, Ravi Tawi, N.H.1 etc upon all such Basantar River and khads,
The pattern of the residentials along the Basantar Rivers is cruciform village to satellite town like settlement in which the settlement at its outer banks comprising all its distributaries can be seen where the flashflood prone danger can cause its erosive factors in full vehemence. As the stubborn flow of the Basantar River in its channel near samba city is a problematic issue for the administration as well concerned people towards which the concerned department Flood & Control has not paid its secant attention still.
Though the beneficial influence of the Basantar Rivers can be seen in the matter of water table efficiency which was rendered a major problem in the surrounding region would have emerged a little less due some favorable measures in this regard. Owing to which the canopy of different species of the trees would have enriched and the dryness of the living pets comprising the wild animals living in the forest areas consistent to it have been garnered to some extent.
But the eroding effects of the flashflood in its catchment areas causes devastation of living things like pets and wild animals in different channels. In addition the devastation of the bridges of the Ravi Tawi at samba quite ahead of the Nanki- chak samba is rendering so much tragic while the erosional affect upon the Ravi Tawi pillars vehemently perhaps not in the knowledge of concerned department Ravi Tawi sub- division. In addition, Ravi Tawi Deparment(sub-division Hiranagar) have crossed all limits of accountability when few of its employees are engaged in the optional sources of earning during duty time and same would have grabbed the land in connivance with revenue officials in samba Tehsil also. And the erosional effects on the N.H.1 in the Vijaypur Basantar has been also grown vehemently upon old Bridge pillars and concerned department is also rendered deaf and dumb to adopt any safety measure for it.
Similar condition can be watched at kalu- Chak of old bridge where erosional effects of the flashflood along with filth and dirt of the area remained dumped vehemently to which the N.H.1 and administration would not paying any scant attention for its renovation or dirt and filth heaps clearance. Whereas the sand and boulder mining business is at its full height near the bridges of the Ravi Tawi, Indian Railway and N.H.1 at number of Basantar River catchment areas in the Jammu, samba and Kathua district of the Jammu & Kashmir.
But a leading factor which is always remain to be neglected by the concerned departments, administration and the ministry concerned there is lack of suitable measures or safeguards for the flash flood like incidents in the catchment areas of the Basantar Rivers during spring seasons. Due to which the regions having dependents upon each other for their daily survival may goes to stop or standstill many- a- times. Among many of the areas there is not so proper lead to make provision of proper conveyance during rainy seasons. Even many of them had severed the pain of losing their kith and kin during flash flood in the catchment areas of the Basantar River for which there is lack of safe guarding factors have been realized vehemently
All such incidents shows that there is lack of suitable factors or safeguard measures by the Flood Control& Irrigation Department as well as concerned district administration due to which the innocent people are facing with such jeopardy/ incidents and without any reason they are sustaining so . Owing to which future of many of the survivals of deceased has been also gambled. Alas! There is complete lack of safeguarding measures like flood zoning, trans-seepage, flood- bunding, basin- listing , control of flash flood water, etc due to which there is intermittent sedimentation of the agricultural land have been also created in the lower reaches of the Basantar River like Keso-Kamore, Barota- Camp. Rangoor-Camp, Nanga, Balar, etc where thousand acres of land plus with standing crops goes to vanish due to this free flashflood water in Samba and districts of Jammu & Kashmir every year. Many of the farmers would have been rendered landless who had only a source of their earning and survivals for which they are claiming requisite compensation yet.
Perhaps asleep of the concerned department is the outcome problem for the erosion of Barota Camp Bund/ Ditch cum Bundh which had caused the devastation of the local people's resources on a major scale in the respective area of samba district.
Therefore, it is necessary to adopt some suitable safeguards to control the flash flood and mining in the key areas to avoid the dangerous and uncertain incidents consistent to the banks of Basantar Rivers. May take care of common people's daily life unless situation in the Basantar Rivers areas may out grown with dire situation and departments concern can be answerable for such consequences in near future! |
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