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At present, news of a very big and worrying natural disaster is coming from Silli, a rural area adjacent to Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, which has given sleepless nights to the local administration and the general public. The sudden breach of the dam of Ranihara Dam (Ranihara Dam) falling under Silli region has caused huge devastation, due to which thousands of gallons of water from the dam has gone out of control and entered dozens of nearby villages like a flood. Due to this midnight or sudden deluge, the houses of villagers living in low-lying areas have been flooded, forcing people to take shelter in safe places. This unexpected incident has dealt the biggest blow to the farmers, because the ripe paddy crop standing in the fields has been completely submerged and ruined. After this major accident, there is huge anger among the local people against the poor system of the Irrigation Department and the District Administration, because due to lack of timely repair, this historical dam has become the cause of destruction today.
How did this terrible accident of dam breaking of Ranihara Dam happen?
Ranihara Dam, located in Silli block of Ranchi district, has been a major source of irrigation for local farmers for a long time. Due to the continuous rains in the area for the last few days or the excessive pressure of the water level, the capacity of this old and dilapidated dam has given way. According to the local villagers, there was a problem of leakage in a part of the dam for a long time, about which written and verbal complaints were made several times to the officials of the Irrigation Department, but due to administrative negligence, it was not taken care of in time. As a result, due to the increasing water pressure, a large part of the dam suddenly collapsed with a loud noise and within no time a huge flood of water rushed towards the residential areas. This sudden disaster has once again proved how negligence and corruption of government departments poses a serious threat to the lives and livelihood of innocent villagers.
Flood like situation in many villages, water entering houses and an atmosphere of chaos.
After the dam of Ranihara Dam broke, there was chaos due to sudden flooding of dozens of nearby villages like Ranihara, lower areas of Silli and many other settlements. People ran towards rooftops or higher places to save their lives. Due to sudden entry of water at midnight or early morning, people did not even get a chance to save their household items, grains and cattle. Many kutcha houses could not withstand the pressure of the strong flow of water and collapsed, leaving families in trouble. As soon as the information was received, local police, administration and disaster management teams are trying to reach the spot, but due to inaccessible roads and excessive flow of water, relief and rescue operations are facing huge difficulties. The administration is making efforts to evacuate the affected villagers and make immediate arrangements for food and water for them.
Farmers’ year-long hard work gets washed away, paddy crops destroyed
The saddest aspect of this accident is related to the hardworking farmers of Jharkhand, whose crop of their year’s hard work and hard work has been destroyed in one stroke. The present season is of harvesting and ripening of paddy, and the blooming paddy crops in these fields of Silli region were bringing smiles on the faces of the farmers. But when the water of Ranihara Dam entered the fields like a flood, it washed away everything with itself. The paddy crop standing on thousands of acres of fertile land has completely rotted after being submerged in mud and water. Farmers say that they had used expensive fertilizers, seeds and pesticides in farming by taking loans from banks and money from moneylenders, but now after this disaster, they are facing hunger and financial crisis. Farmers have demanded a special relief package and compensation for crop loss from the state government and district administration with immediate effect.
Administrative staff lost sleep, phase of investigation and compensation assurance begins
In view of the seriousness of the incident, senior officials of Ranchi district administration have reached the spot and the situation is being assessed. Instructions have been issued by the government that immediate relief should be provided to the affected families and those whose houses have been damaged or crops destroyed should be assessed on a war footing. However, the villagers are angry over the fact that every time the administration wakes up only after some major incident. If the renovation and repair work of Ranihara Dam had been done in time, this terrible destruction would not have been seen today. There is every possibility that this issue will become politically heated in the coming days, because the opposition parties have started accusing the government of negligence. At present, the priority of the administration rests on completing the relief and rescue work quickly and providing safe shelter to the displaced people.