Flood management

Flood management 25112014

In Google search for information of flood defences and controls /preventions / flood management, I found that there are structural measures and non-structural measures to tackle the problems of floods, not blood. 

The structural measures for flood management are the building of dams, barrages, river improvement works (dredging and deepening), monsoon drains, diversion canals, river bunding, pump houses and ponds.

Non-structural measures of flood management are Flood hazard map, Relocation, Catchment management, flood forecasting & warning, Awareness campaign & education programme, Compliance with laws, acts & guidelines and Master-plan study.

Ng…..we have the good set of both structural measures and non-structural measures in flood management.  Now the question is why many places still experience devastating floods frequently.  Up to now, there are already 8 counts of such flood events this year.     

At the places which experienced devastating floods, are these places structurally and non-structurally well-prepared for floods?  Or…are the people open to the onslaught of floods with little structural and non-structural measures taken by our government?

It is really irresponsible and idiotic to leave people barehanded to defend themselves with the good advice only telling people to dam the doors with sandbags and whatever to fight the floods in such a ridiculous way. 

It is really irresponsible behaviour in advising individual household to defend themselves when our government has done almost nothing in flood defences by taking the required structural and non-structural measures.

When our government has carried all the possible measures in flood defence, then damming our doors and other required individual measures should be deemed as the last resort when other government flood defence measures fail.