Glimpses of the impact of Asian Tsunami
This photo blog contains images of the impact of the Asian Tsunami that was triggered by the Mega Andaman Sumatra Earthquake of 26.12.2004. The calamity claimed 227300 lives around 14 countries in the Indian Ocean Rim States. While rehabilitation of human societies, restoration of livelihoods relief efforts were all undertaken on a war footing, soil restoration and restoration of degraded lands were not taken up at all at least in Andaman Nicobar Islands, Tamilnadu and Puducherry in India.
This is a very interesting picture. The cracked runway in Port Blair was made of clay and coral reef ... built by the invading Japanese forces in 1942 it had withstood the weight of military aircraft for decades. But the Mega Earthquake cracked it. To the credit of the Indian Airforce the ground staff rebuilt it within 48 hours to facilitate movement of aid and relief material.
Sea water ingress into sunken lands calls for restoration of land degradation soil conservation on a war footing. To this day, almost 15 years after the mega disaster soil restoration has not been taken up. Land has been rendered saline. Not just the ground water.
The landmark lighthouse at the tip of Great Nicobar Island sank into the Sea... Called Indira Point because of a bust of late Indian Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi Lands End submerged into the sea because of the subduction earthquake which caused the land to fall into the sea.
Pictures: Courtesy of
United Command, Ministry of Defense Government of India,
UN Photo Library,
Department of Information and Publicity,
Union territory Administration of Andaman Nicobar islands, Government of India.
Links:
Preparing for the Day After - a picture Ebook by Malini Shankar and Walter Keller
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