Objective and Guidelines to be followed The Flood Shelters shall be used for • The shelter purpose during any flood for the people of locality. • To facilitate the distribution of food and Relief Materials to the sheltered people. In normal time the flood shelters shall be used as • School (Primary / Upper Primary / High School) • Training Center for Disaster Preparedness Activities, • Cultural Activities as per need of the people • Any other purpose which Government may decide from time to time. • Like the Model of MCS (multipurpose cyclone shelter) out of Prime Ministers National Relief Fund • The plinth area about 2000 Sq. ft for each floor. • The approximate cost of each unit is about Rs Lakh. • Earthquake resistance design is ensured for construction of the Flood Shelter. • The flood shelter is well connected to the nearest all weather road. • Facilities for boarding by a boat to the rescued people. • High approach road with facilities for cross drainage. Foundation: These buildings are of special type designed to withstand the current of high floods as well as the super cyclone. The Orissa is the pioneer state in India in creating the concept of Construction of Flood Shelter and entrusted IIT Kharagpur, Bhubaneswar Centre to design such multi store building in Orissa. All buildings are designed considering basic cyclonic wind speed of 300 kmph and the Seismic Zone III as per IS code. For severe environment proper study has been done and the technical requirements are inbuilt in the design. The foundation soil strata of most of the locations are treacherous in nature and vary from place to place, where the construction is proposed. Therefore, Single under ream pile foundation of different depth is recommended, as per the soil investigation report of each site and guidelines of latest IS code
