Excavators: This is how they are saving your life, and you didn’t notice.

You guessed it right! Excavators, earthmovers, and other equipment are lifesavers when it comes to disaster relief and rescue operations. 

Effective Disaster Management Involves:

1. Logistics – Unique challenges posed by devastated environments, and the need to provide relief measures.
2. Technology – Pivotal technology like excavators and other earthmovers to tackle the response and recovery operations.
3. Strategy – This involves the large-scale demolition of devastated infrastructure.

Disaster response efforts are critical in the immediate aftermath of catastrophic events like floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, and tsunamis. These events are often followed by recovery efforts to save lives and salvage important infrastructure. Specialised equipment like excavators and earthmovers and trained professionals are vital for these efforts to bear fruits. 

The National Disaster Management Authority(NDMA) has conducted an official Workshop On Disaster Management  which has included certain Familiarisation Exercises (FAMEx). It is clearly stated in this workshop document that earthmoving equipments are an essential part of asset mapping i.e their availability plays a vital role in disaster relief and rescue operations.

Recent Events.

Recent extreme events across the world and India have shown how excavators and earthmovers have become vital when it comes to responding to natural disasters.

Source: https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2024/Dec/02/nine-killed-as-fengal-drowns-puddcherry-villupuram

• In August this year in Chosoti village of Kishtwar, J&K, which was ravaged by flash floods and landslides triggered by cloudbursts in the area, earthmovers and excavators were used for rescuing the 75 people lost in the debris.
• While in September this year, in Ludhiana, after the recent rains caused the river Sutlej to flood the neighbouring farmlands, excavators and earthmovers were used to salvage the only livelihood source of the farmers in the area.
• The Wayanad landslides of July 2024, also proved that excavators, earthmovers, and its operators play a critical role disaster relief and rescue operations.
• The cyclone Fengal, which caused heavy devastation on the coastline bordering the Bay of Bengal, especially in Villupuram, Puducherry in December 2024 showed the critical role played by excavators in rescue relief operations of women and domestic animals affected by the natural disaster.
• In the United States, the Equipment Share Foundation has helped rescue people affected by a tornado in southeast Missouri. With the help of heavy equipment, they were able to remove downed trees and debris that blocked transportation services.

And this is how they save our lives.

1. Remove downed trees, tear downed destroyed buildings, and haul off debris.
2. Provisioning of vital health, wellness, and nutritional resources in emergencies.
3. Helping the elderly, the differently abled, and women affected by disasters.
4. Clearing blocked transportation services affected by disasters.
5. Stabilizing hazardous structures.
6. Assisting in reconstruction efforts.
7. Breakwater excavators can build artificial embankments across coastal areas that can save human lives from tsunamis.
8. Marine excavators help lay critical pipelines that take treated sewage away from coastal areas, saving lives and vital fishing resources. 

Why do we need excavators for Disaster relief and rescue?

1. They provide speed, efficiency of response as this differentiates between life and death situations.
2. Excavators and Earthmovers with long boom arms can extend from 60 ft to 100 ft, which is useful in rescue operations.
3. Excavators and Earthmovers provide stability, have a robust structure and advanced hydraulic systems.

These benefits enable excavators and earthmovers to carefully manipulate materials and save valuable lives.

What does all of this mean?

Excavators, earthmovers and other heavy equipments play a key role in response to various natural and man-made disasters that we are prone to. To plan a quick response in the immediate aftermath of these events, availability of such heavy earthmoving equipments is crucial to save lives in time. 

This is where we come in. We at Kasturi Earthmovers, provide all types of excavators on rent. The solution to rent these equipment provides a flexible and hassle-free way for you to procure maintenance-free excavators for rent.