Bhagat Singh Kandhari: witness of Uttarakhand flood disaster
WildFilmsIndia
2013-08-02
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Bhagat Singh Kandhari witness of Uttarakhand flood disaster.
" My name is Bhagat Singh Kandhari".
He says " I had 2 homes here, both had 6 rooms, 2 bathrooms and 2 kitchens. Initially because of the high flow of river, around 11:30 AM the bridge got totally damaged. We did not give much attention to it as for some reason it might have been swept away but it did develop a fear in our minds.The water kept on coming but we never thought that the water level will rise to such an extent. At 9:30 PM a dreadful amount of water came our way. In a state of panic we could not take our belongings from our shop and home and just escaped from the area. All I can say that the water took away all my life's earnings. I have no clue as to what the government will do to provide us with relief. They are trying to help by providing us with rations but our losses can't be covered with that.They are providing us with wheat and rice. Even if they provide 100 kgs of wheat and rice, it will all get spoilt. It will be better if the government, rather than providing us with biscuits help us with a tent to live in and such other amenities.
Around 2:15 in the night, heavy rain started pouring down and the houses started getting destroyed. I watched all this from the fields above. Every 5 minutes there was a house getting swept away. The only thing in our mind was to save our lives. We all stayed in the fields above and in the morning at 7 we saw that the entire area below was destroyed. All the people were in their homes, but as soon as they got to know around 8:30 PM, all of them left their house. There were not many lives lost but none of our goods and belongings could not be saved.
I have nothing to say about this place. It is impossible for any reconstruction to take place now.. When I recall the incident, I feel that water is coming from my behind me, even if there is no water. It is difficult to stay in my senses when I recall the incident. Even if I dream of it, I feel really frightened. There is extreme fear in my mind and I feel that someone has snatched bread from our mouths and taken all our life's earnings" .
This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at wfi @ vsnl.com and [email protected].
" My name is Bhagat Singh Kandhari".
He says " I had 2 homes here, both had 6 rooms, 2 bathrooms and 2 kitchens. Initially because of the high flow of river, around 11:30 AM the bridge got totally damaged. We did not give much attention to it as for some reason it might have been swept away but it did develop a fear in our minds.The water kept on coming but we never thought that the water level will rise to such an extent. At 9:30 PM a dreadful amount of water came our way. In a state of panic we could not take our belongings from our shop and home and just escaped from the area. All I can say that the water took away all my life's earnings. I have no clue as to what the government will do to provide us with relief. They are trying to help by providing us with rations but our losses can't be covered with that.They are providing us with wheat and rice. Even if they provide 100 kgs of wheat and rice, it will all get spoilt. It will be better if the government, rather than providing us with biscuits help us with a tent to live in and such other amenities.
Around 2:15 in the night, heavy rain started pouring down and the houses started getting destroyed. I watched all this from the fields above. Every 5 minutes there was a house getting swept away. The only thing in our mind was to save our lives. We all stayed in the fields above and in the morning at 7 we saw that the entire area below was destroyed. All the people were in their homes, but as soon as they got to know around 8:30 PM, all of them left their house. There were not many lives lost but none of our goods and belongings could not be saved.
I have nothing to say about this place. It is impossible for any reconstruction to take place now.. When I recall the incident, I feel that water is coming from my behind me, even if there is no water. It is difficult to stay in my senses when I recall the incident. Even if I dream of it, I feel really frightened. There is extreme fear in my mind and I feel that someone has snatched bread from our mouths and taken all our life's earnings" .
This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at wfi @ vsnl.com and [email protected].
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