Flood Management: Bangladesh

Question 1

Short term management

Answer 1

• boats to rescue people
• emergency supplies for food, water, tents and medicine
• repair and rebuild houses, as well as services such as sewage
• aid from other countries

Question 2

Long term management

Answer 2

• reduce deforestation in Nepal + Himalayas
• build 7 large dams in Bangladesh to store excess water - cost 30-40 million + 40 users to complete
• build 5000 flood shelters to accommodate all the population
• build 350km of embankment - 7 metres high at a cost of 6 billion to reduce flooding along the main river channels
• develop an effective flood warning scheme

Question 3

When

Answer 3

• in 1989 the government of Bangladesh began working with a number of international agencies to produce a flood action plan