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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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Vijay Dani 11 years 6 months ago

Main stumbling block is bureaucracy which had been ill-responsive, leisure oriented, having " pass the buck attitude" and mostly untrained.. Examples are from pune floods in 1961 till date- disaster in Uttarakhand.- Every civil servant must study all previous disasters in their true perspective as a curriculum. There is need for a special institute where all the government servants including police( NGOs) Army, navy etc will be trained by case studies. Disasters come unannounced .

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shruthy v s 11 years 6 months ago

government.people should be made aware of what to do in case of disasters.In disaster prone areas we can train volunteers among the locals for search and rescue operations and local disaster management unit can be located in such areas.

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shruthy v s 11 years 6 months ago

Sir Now we have more efficient system of predicting disasters.most of the disasters can be predicted easily.the problem is that most often state administration does not heed to such warnings or take necessary steps for its redressal.The disaster warnings shall be issued not only to the state admn but also to the centre. Such warnings once given by departments emergency steps should be taken for evacuating the people from the area.disaster prevention should become the top priority of the conti

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Surinder Bhaskar 11 years 6 months ago

Dear Sir,1. Learn from experience - Japan. Create similar attitude, moral values, skill and Training for every Indian.2. Compulsory disaster management, security, moral values training for everyone and from 4th class onward. Important age for any individual are 5 year, 10 years and 18 years and It is very important to develop every individual from 10 year onward for such training and skills. 3. Robust infrastructure and state-of-the indigenous early warning systems with rgds Dr S.M.Bhaskar

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SUCHITRA RAGHAVACHARI 11 years 6 months ago

Sir, the intensity of natural disasters & frequency appear to be increasing, probably due to global warming & more damage noted due to populous unplanned cities. The reconstituted NDMA appears to have a scientific temper, they need to 1. form regional / state branches 2.involve IIT's, TERI & DRDO for techno advancement 3.improve Meteorological predictions 4.co-ordinate coastal rescue with involvement of fishing community 5. warning sirens / drills in all zones 6.use social media for updates.

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Abhijit Chatterjee 11 years 6 months ago

We have create a centralized Disaster Management Network with Nodal Offices and Employees in each district of the country. We have coordinate with the current disaster detection systems that we have, using satellites to predict storms etc. We must have a 24 hours emergency disaster management helpline number (like 911). Coordination of this system is the key to disaster management.

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rajkumar pandey 11 years 6 months ago

Modi ji, let us create of a national voluntary security organisation to be named BHARAT SURAKSHA SANGATHAN (BSS), in which youths of 17 to 37 years can join for optional weekend training and services in personal safety, medical aid, civil defense, environment protection, disaster management, assistance to police, etc. Multiple agencies like NCC, scouts, yuva kendras to be subsumed into it. For govt employees, 3 years compulsory. All citizens should contribute to security, not armed forces.

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