Lakhimpur Kheri has witnessed several floods in the past due to heavy rainfall in the month between June to September every year. The lives of the people get affected due to proximity of the people residing on the banks of the River Sharda. Flood protection work taken up by Flood Division Sharda Nagar, UP protected sensitive cluster of villages along left and right bank of river Sharda in district Lakhimpur Kheri. In order to provide protection to the vulnerable reaches, high strength woven geotextile bags were used in construction of Bank revetment and launching apron for a total length of 2410 m and concrete porcupines spacing at 60 m c/c and 500 m c/c in three rows as an additional protection to the banks in order to reducing the velocity of flow. Such application is rapidly deployed to achieve maximum benefit to the community, typically through the use of on-site river bed materials, innovative woven geotextile materials and construction techniques. Flood protection work has protected 140 hectares of cultivated and homestead land including sensitive cluster of villages, other public and private properties. The paper briefly presents the problem and the protection works carried out along the vulnerable reaches of River Sharda in district Lakhimpur Kheri.
Flood, Protection, Geotextile bags, Tensile strength
