Ibm in india, ibm teams respond in flooding disaster. This has been typified by the 2015 chennai floods and the latest inundations in. The brunt of the damage was borne by the slums that lay on the banks of the coovum. Droughtlike situation in tamil nadu as reservoirs run dry.
Over 50 people were killed in two incidents of stampede for food and money in relief camps. Tamil nadu floods death toll rises as military rescues. Its a sad reality that disasters happen with distressing frequency. Two years since chennai floods, a forecast system is on. Chennai floods 2015 chennai floods news and updates. Of which few catastrophic floods during 1976, 1985, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2008 and 2010 caused heavy damages. Chennai floods are not a natural disastertheyve been created by.
As floods ravaged chennai last week, throwing the city of 4. Rmsis india floodrisk provides comprehensive flood risk assessment for. A fter the recent floods, most chennaites have undergone the experience of living in an unplanned city. In the 1970s, a similar level of rainfall happened but there was no flood. Local officials described the flooding in chennai, a coastal city, capital and metro. Chennai floods, urban flood management, thames barrier, smart tunnel, retarding basin. The heavy rain has already begun to fall in chennai, causing flooding on the streets of the city. The floods occurred during the northeast monsoon season novemberdecember 2005 as a result of heavy rain. And we have discussed in detail about the urban flood management strategies which have been implemented in various developed countries such as uk, malaysia, australia and japan. Why is that, despite 2 months of warning for the rainfall, that no preparations were.
Concepts its from the associated document, strategic flood management. Ai system for managing and forecasting flood in chennai soon. Study and analysis of chennai flood 2015 using gis and. The coovum and the adyar rivers overflowed inundating the surrounding residential areas. Help wildlife sos and jivesh goenka get them the help they need. The 2015 south indian floods resulted from heavy rainfall generated by the annual northeast monsoon in novemberdecember 2015. Nowadays, unexpected holidays due to heavy downpour are quite common especially during october december. In india, ibm teams respond in flooding disaster ibm. As the city grew, it occupied most of the water bodies. In response, ibm deployed sahanathe open source software from sahana. On the morning of friday the 3 november 2017, the state of chennai, tamil nadu in india, was severely affected by a low pressure area that had formed over sri lanka and south west bay of bengal. Chennais encroachments on water bodies caused floods on the fifth day, large swathes of chennai went underwater for over 24 hrs, as adyar river swelled, washing away homes of. Towards this, we have developed a webenabled software that will list. Thousands of animals have been left dying and trapped by the floods in chennai.
Could damage from the chennai floods have been prevented. In 2015, the floods that hit chennai, capital of tamil nadu, have cost the. Cognizant moved some of its employees to work locations within chennai which were not badly affected by the floods. A month before chennai floods, the met office had issued a. With more rains to come in the next few days, the capital of tamil nadu is in the middle of a big disaster that has already claimed more than 250 lives. They affected the coromandel coast region of the south indian states of tamil nadu and andhra pradesh. And while each brings unique anguish and relief requirements, anticipating and being prepared are ways ibm puts its purpose and values into practice. Thankfully i didnt travel to office that morning as it had already started f. Causes of chennai floods table 1 chennai is not an exceptional one from other metros which is suffering due to rapid urbanization. The death toll from the floods in tamil nadu has risen to 269, according to a statement made by home minister rajnath singh in the indian parliament today rescue and relief operations involving military teams continue in chennai and the districts of kanchipuram and tiruvallur. The entire back office support is provided from our india office. It is also contributing with the increase in floating population every year as it is a hub of all major economical activities. Urban flood management a case study of chennai city. Study and analysis of chennai flood 2015 using gis and multicriteria technique.
Counting the cost of chennai floods jump to media player more than 300 people were killed when devastating floods hit the indian state of tamil nadu. Chennai floods are not a natural disaster theyve been created by unrestrained construction. Chennai velachery road flooded due to heavy rain boats. It was found out that chennai flood was due to the high intensity rainfall caused. Chennai floods latest news and weather updates, airport status and videos. Chennai flood 2015, the disaster, the challenges and the. Rail and road traffic has been severely disrupted and some schools have closed. Chennai battles floods after fresh spells of rains. Over 270 lives have lost till now in the flashfloods. By way of introduction to the chennai flood management plan, we think this image gives a great overview of what we are trying to achieve. In december, 2015, ibm volunteers in india answered the call again. To avert the major floods like in 2015, chennai will soon have an artificial intelligence ai system for flood forecasting and management in urban areas, r. All content is posted anonymously by employees working at arminus software.
The 2005 chennai floods were some of the worst floods to have hit the city of chennai, india. But water offers no exemption to the elite industry. Limited is a global company providing manpower consulting and training services in diverse application areas. After severe flooding, chennai slowly gets back on its. Disaster recovery dr is a part of business continuity planning that deals specifically with restoring it systems, including data, critical software.
For software engineers and coders who can work from virtually anywhere with. Following decembers major flooding in the state of tamil nadu in southern india, we travelled from airs office in hyderabad to survey. Chennai flood aid shows the power of tagging and social graph. India flood model flood risk river flow data flood risk. Uttarakhand floods, 2014 j&k floods, 2015 assam and chennai floods 2015. Countries top software firms such as infosys, cognizant, tcs, accenture are going through emergency situations, shutting down offices and. Mphasis it firm mphasis has said its margins will take a hit of up to 120 basis points in the december quarter owing to recent floods in chennai. The forecast outlook for 2015 north east monsoon season was issued almost a month before unprecedented rains first lashed chennai and adjoining areas, causing floods that. Chennai companies struggle as heavy rains hit operations livemint. A 40foot container with,470 lbs of essential medicine and medical supplies from direct relief arrived in chennai this week for distribution to local health facilities. Urban flood, flood management, flood risk, chennai flood. Moderate to heavy monsoon rains are likely to continue across chennai as well as coastal tamil nadu due to the low pressure area which lies over the southwest bay of bengal off tamil nadu and sri lanka coast.
Wmo report that 123 mm of rain was recorded at madras minambakkam in 24 hours between 12 and. Iit madras, iit bombay and anna university are developing a flood forecast system to predict floods. Chennai flood 2015, the disaster, the challenges and the solutions 1. With estimates of damages and losses ranging from nearly. Chennai is submerged under flood water and people have started sending in pictures of the overflooded places.
Limited is a global company providing manpower consulting and training services in it, telecom, automotive and insurance domains. Jackie cinemas brings this video about velachery areas got flooded in rain. Flood like situation may arise at once again at some places along the coastal areas. The ceo of chennaibased software firm intellect design arena. It had started raining slightly on the previous evening. After resurfacing from a flood in 2015, chennai is now ironically bracing itself for an imminent drought as all four lakes around the city have dried up leading to shortage of drinking water. Our us entity, arminus software llc is engaged in providing local manpower to our clients in us. Chennais encroachments on water bodies caused floods. Taking stock strategy market data bse sensex 25638 nse nifty 7782 date december 7, 2015 performance % 1m 3m 12m bse200 1% 2% 6% sensex 2% 2% 10% around 70% of tamil nadus districts have received 20% plus more rainfall than normal since 1oct15 during the on going ne monsoon season. Chennai floods are not a natural disaster theyve been. Since 2000, ibm and ibm volunteers have helped in over 50 disaster situations, across 33 countries.
Chennai and other parts of rainravaged tamil nadu were left marooned anf flooded with signs of devastation caused by the natures fury. In october 1943, there were continuous rains lasting over six days. There was no let up to the rain fury in the city and several coastal parts of tamil nadu. A group of civil and structural engineers give probable solutions and talk about the lessons learnt from the chennai floods. Prepared by the citizens of chennaiprepared by the citizens of chennai m. Consistent heavy rainfall in the southern indian state of tamil nadu has submerged many areas in the state, including its capital city chennai.
More heavy rainfall is forecast for chennai, where massive floods this week have inundated multilane highways, an airport runway, streets and homes. Factories and offices in chennai have reduced or stopped operations. Moderate lightning strikes are also possible along the tamil nadu coast including chennai. Lying on the bay of bengal coast, chennai is prone to violent storms and thundershowers during the northeast monsoon septembernovember. Disaster recovery lessons learnt from chennai floods express. Chennai flood news and updates from the economic times. Unmindful of the lofty intellectuals at work in the glass and steel buildings of the software parks. Heavy rain in novdec 2015 resulted in flooding of adyar, cooum rivers in chennai, tamil nadu resulting in financial loss and human lives. Chennai floods to impact margins by 100120 bps in q3. Ibm having onefifth of its indian employees in chennai moved key personnel to bangalore, india.
With 188 deaths reported as a result of floods, the indian army and the national disaster response force are deployed in the citys worst affected areas to rescue survivors. Swastik software solutions chennai flood software testing club blogs 2019. A week after heavy rains and flooding brought indias fourthlargest city to a standstill, killing dozens of people and leaving thousands more stranded, authorities said chennai was slowly. Modelling river floods a growing necessity in india. A similar exercise was necessary on the chennai floods of 2015 to ensure that the vast amount of information and data put up on public domain during and immediately after the event was not lost. Chennai is fighting the worst rain in a hundred years and the floods. How bengaluru is helping chennai during floods citizen matters. The forum provides a platform for indians worldwide to interact and communicate on wide range of topics that include finance, investments, taxes, dual taxation, indian real estate markets. Heavy rains in julyaugust resulted in floods affecting 1. But the cause for the chennai flood is quite different than other usual floods. M2 datalogic software download arminius software pvt ltd wiki software.
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