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INDIA<br />
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISASTERS<br />
EVENT:<br />
Floods<br />
DATGTIME : July, August, 1968 and October 1968<br />
LOCATIONS :<br />
July/August Floods<br />
West Bengal, Rajasthan, Assam, Kerala, Tripura, Gujarat,<br />
Mysore, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Manipur, and Union<br />
Territories of Delhi.<br />
October Floods<br />
West Bengal, Bihar, Assam<br />
DISASTER VICTIMS: Killed Affected<br />
July 129 5,300,000<br />
August 1,000 1,000,000<br />
October 1,200,000<br />
7,500,000<br />
DAMAGES :<br />
July/Augus t<br />
Estimated Dollar Damage<br />
Damage to homes, crops,<br />
buildings, etc., placed at<br />
300 to 400 million rupees.<br />
Dollar equivalent of lesser<br />
figure.. ........................ $40,000,000<br />
October 357,554 acres of crops lost.. ... 16,300,000<br />
96,316 hmes destroyed ........ 12,800,000<br />
90,000 head of cattle dead..... ?<br />
DESCRIPTION OF THE DISASTERS<br />
July/Augus t Floods<br />
................<br />
Estimated Replacement Cost<br />
Anderson Bridge. 5,000,000<br />
Other bridges, roads, railbeds.. 20,000,000<br />
Barauni Oil pipeline repair.. ... 100,000<br />
~,200,000<br />
Reports of f1oodIr-g in Assam were received early in July following extremely<br />
heavy monsoon rains. Additional flooding was reported in seven states<br />
throughout the month of July. Prime Minister Gandhi visited Calcutta for
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