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Disaster Preparedness

Start Date :

Dec 31, 2014

Last Date :

Jan 23, 2015

18:30 PM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)

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India faces many natural hazards, including floods, cyclones, drought etc. But every hazard need not turn into a disaster. By careful planning, capacity building, early warning, ...

India faces many natural hazards, including floods, cyclones, drought etc. But every hazard need not turn into a disaster. By careful planning, capacity building, early warning, community participation, procurement and pre-positioning of necessary equipment and resources, participation of civil society, assigning clear role to the private sector, involving panchayati raj institutions and urban local bodies, rigorous enforcement of techno-legal regime on land use and building regulations etc., significant reductions of losses can be brought about in such events. We have a national policy on disaster management, at http://ndmindia.nic.in/NPDM-101209.pdf

We have created a number of institutions by way of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, which may be seen at http://ndmindia.nic.in/acts-rules/DisasterManagementAct2005.pdf

What more can be done to enhance our preparedness to handle natural disasters?

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Appaso Dhulaj 11 years 6 months ago

local prudence is not properly utilised by the authorities is the real issue , no mock drills are conducted by the authorities , lot of work pressure is on the Tahasildars and Collectors , therefore ,independent officers at least in disaster prone areas to be appointed and deployed in such areas, example . LATUR is sensitive area for earthquake . no latest seismometer is there and that should be with district magistrate. awareness and training to the people at large . Have collaboration with jap

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Appaso Dhulaj 11 years 6 months ago

alerts intimation to the citizen should be correct . correct briefing to the press in the event of disaster is necessary, local functional NGOs to be identified and trained and rewards to be given to the best officers and citizens

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Appaso Dhulaj 11 years 6 months ago

bottom up approach should be there. each village level disaster management plan is to be prepared first condidering the local circumstances of the locality. do not be hurry in preparing the plan without involving the local people . then go ahead is the right procedure , then in consultation with the technical experts prepare exhaustive plan, regular updation and assessment is also to be done by the district authority

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RAKIB ZAHOOR WANI 11 years 6 months ago

We need to restructure the Disaster Management in our country. It must have a Central Administration and Management including the Central Pool of funds. The states will have Operational level & Lower Management & Administrative Duties. Resources must be present in all states for tackling any emergencies. Recently Kashmir witnessed floods and the evacuation process continued for about 10 days because of Non Availability of Resources likes Boats , Life Saving Jackets , Medical Kits ,Generators etc

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salmanul faris 11 years 6 months ago

Sir, Kerala is located at the southern part of India which is known as gods own Country. In the state there is a system for Numbering houses and Buildings which costs 50 crore and above for 5 years. If we locate the houses and building using Aerial Photography we can provide a unique numbering to building and houses and Government don't need to number again the same houses and building. Government can save 48 crores in 5 years. If we continue the same, A lot of spending can be saved

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SUCHITRA RAGHAVACHARI 11 years 6 months ago

Sir, certain zones are prone to natural calamities like quakes, floods, cyclones. These should mapped using ground, satellite data & collated with prior events to grade them. Depending of threat perception, the populace of these zones should be trained to meet sudden evacuations. Regular drills should be held in all work places & educational institutions w.r.t. evacuation in times of fire alarms & breach of security. Japan faces quakes daily, with citizens tuned with regular drills & updates.

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Ragavendra Balakrishnan 11 years 6 months ago

Almost everyone has a mobile and atleast one in the family has one. GoI shd try to utilise cellphone towers to broadcast messages to alert people to threats/natural disaster that will occur in a particular region. This is a simple method that costs nothing and reaches maximum people. GoI can inform of the dangers and also how to safeguard or reach safe locations to save themselves. http://www.fcc.gov/guides/wireless-emergency-alerts-wea The link shows this is utilized in USA.

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MAHESH BHADSALKAR 11 years 6 months ago

BEFORE DISSCUSE ON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, SOME JOB ON EXPRESS HIGH WAY ON MUMBAI PUNE , JOB MUST BE COMPLIT . WHEN HIGHWAY STARTED TO TIL TODAY JOB WAS INCOMPLIT POSITION. EXT OR ENTRY FOR PANVEL AT AJIVALI & KON HAVE ONLY ONE BRIDGE FOR TO. & FROW , LOTS OF PEOPLES LOST THERE LIFE, SO DONOT WAIT ,OTHER PEOPLES LIFE LOST. INCOMPLETE JOB SHOULD BE COMPLITE, SO WE WILL AVOID ACCIDENT .& DISASTET PREPARE TION .MR NITIN JI GADKARI .YOYR PENDINDING JOB PLEASE COMPLITE ,SAVE OUR LIFE

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Hari Kumar 11 years 6 months ago

Contd ..However, our engineers have very little experience in retrofitting. Much of what we call retrofitting is no more than the repair of damaged buildings. I believe that there is a need for getting technical support to build capacities of our engineers in this important aspect. USAID supported Delhi Engineers earlier, but this wasnt taken forward by Delhi Govt. Such support from experienced US engineers maybe one of the things to discuss with the US President when he comes. Thanks, Hari (2/2

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Hari Kumar 11 years 6 months ago

One important aspect of risk reduction is the safety of our lifeline buildings, bridges and critical utilities. Many of our critical buildings, not just in Delhi but in every district headquarter ( such as Hospitals, Collector's office, Fire Stations, etc ) are not as disaster resilient as they should be. Many of these in earthquake prone regions (at least in Seismic Zones IV and V) need to be assessed for earthquake safety and retrofitted (made earthquake resistant) if required. Post 1/2

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