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As a result fish and other aquatic life stand at the risk of getting lost,” he said.Locals in Sundarbans, however, said that they have no alternative but to accept whatever is being offered to them, “We have lost everything to the cyclone.
We have so far distributed rations to around 150 families in 10 kgs of jute bags,” said Ronit Basu, co-founder of A Little Contribution, a student based organisation based in Kolkata.Get our top news delivered to your inbox every morning, Monday to Friday.
Cyclone Amphan Aftermath: Plastics From Relief Kits Could Add To Pollution In Sunderbans Experts say that the mindless use and disposal of plastic could put aquatic life and aquaculture in danger. Copyright © 2020 HuffPost India Pvt. Another menace is plastic bottles strewn everywhere by tourists,” pointed out Tuhin Ghosh, director, department of Oceanography at Jadavpur University.“There is a designated place for dumping plastic waste in Godkhali at Gosaba but rarely is it used.
Villages continue to remain submerged in water even a month after cyclone because the river channels are clogged with plastic blocking the flow of water. Therefore, recently in our governing body meeting, we have all unanimously decided to stand by these people and take the responsibility to reduce the burden of their total admission fee by Re 1 for 21 Under Graduate courses in our college,” he added. Plus de trois millions de personnes avaient été évacuées et mises à l'abri à son approche.Le cyclone a provoqué une onde de tempête (raz-de-marée) haute jusqu'à trois mètres qui a submergé sur une partie du littoral et fait déferler des monceaux d'eau salée dans les villages.
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Plastic waste associated with relief material, used in the aftermath of Cyclone Amphan in the Sundarbans, could cause damage to the eco-sensitive region, say environmentalists.Environmentalists fear that the delivery of dry ration kits in polythene bags and water pouches, which, when discarded irresponsibly could be harmful to the fragile Sundarbans.“We have done a preliminary survey that reveals around 26 metric tonnes of plastic have already entered Sundarbans post the cyclone. Au terme d'une nuit de terreur, les 15 millions d'habitants de Calcutta se sont réveillés avec le spectacle d'une ville aux rues inondées, des voitures remplies d'eau parfois jusqu'aux fenêtres et des axes de circulation bloqués par les arbres et poteaux électriques tombés par terre. Cyclone Amphan is headed directly for the India-Bangladesh border, bringing with it the potential for major destruction and upheaval in two countries that … Apart from serving as a … Amphan avait atteint lundi la catégorie 4 sur 5 sur l'échelle de Saffir-Simpson, avec des vents de 200 à 240 km/h. Tropical Cyclone Amphan located in the Bay of Bengal has strengthened with winds topping 260 kph (or 160 mph) which is equivalent to a super typhoon …
We have distributed relief material in biodegradable items and people are also being advised to do the same.
“We fully understand the threat to nature by plastic waste and have been using jute bags to distribute the relief material. SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWS NEWSLETTER
Tree stumps and mangled branches jut out along several roads of Salt Lake and its adjoining areas as the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation has yet to remove the signs of destruction inflicted by Cyclone Amphan more than two months ago. By Gurvinder Singh, Mongabay-India The plastic is also getting entangled in the propellers of the boat causing a problem in their movement. It is not just the plastic waste from relief material but there are other issues as well. People are throwing them back into the water which is then flowing into the sea. As a result, people continue to survive in pathetic circumstances without any drop in water level,” said Somendra Mohan Ghosh, a Kolkata based environmentalist.Some organisations are proactively avoiding plastic by distributing relief material in jute bags.
Rompues à la gestion de cyclones et bénéficiant de systèmes de surveillance météorologique efficaces, les deux nations d'Asie du Sud avaient évacué à titre préventif plus de trois millions de personnes dans des abris.Apparu ce week-end au large de l'Inde, Amphan a touché terre mercredi en fin de journée au sud de la grande ville Calcutta, accompagné de vents autour de 165 km/h et de pluies diluviennes. Des centaines de villages côtiers inondés, des cultures perdues, des arbres arrachés et des infrastructures inutilisables : Près de 24 heures après l'arrivée sur la terre ferme du cyclone, les pertes en vies humaines semblent provisoirement bien moins importantes que celles provoquées jusqu'à une époque récente par les plus violents cyclones dans la région, qui ont parfois fait plusieurs milliers de morts. By the time cyclone Amphan hit the states of West Bengal and Odisha in India, it had been reduced to a category 3 storm.
Several non-profits, local clubs and individuals have made a beeline to provide relief material to the people. “The microplastics in Sundarbans is increasing quite fast. The West Bengal government will give weightage to teachers having done work for the economically affected during COVID-19 lockdown and Cyclone Amphan while choosing recipients of 'Siksha Ratna' on Teacher's Day on September 5, an official notification said. Synthetic bags filled with mud and stones are used to protect the embankments but those bags are getting degraded and forming micro plastic within 2-3 years,” said Dr. Punarbasu Chaudhuri, assistant professor, department of environmental science, University of Calcutta.“We have also found micro plastics in the gut of six fish species during our research. The burning of plastic leads to emission of toxic gases while the plastic dumped into water causes eutrophication resulting in the reduction of oxygen level in the water.