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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

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India & Disasters

The worst

Drought 1943 East of Bengal -1.9mn ppl Famine 1943 - Bengal Famine - 3mn ppl Earthquake 2001, Republic Day Gujarat 25k ppl Cyclone 1942 Orissa & WB 40k ppl Epidemics 1920 - Bacterial Plague 2mn ppl Terrorism 1993 Mumbai Blasts 260 ppl

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Disaster Management in India

Relief & Recovery

Vulnerability mgmt.

Introducing Preparedness in all levels. Decentralized response capacity in the country Empowerment of vulnerable groups. Learning from past disasters

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Technology in DM

To catalyze preparedness, response & mitigation. Access to vital information on Disaster preparedness to the public GIS based DSS for planning Designing Early warning system. Emergency Communication for timely relief & response

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History of DM in India

Famine Commission, 1880

Famine Relief Code

High Power Commission on disaster Management, 1999 Gujarat Earthquake, 2001 made an impact on government. Disaster management Act, 2005 National disaster Management Authority

Xth five year plan (2002 - 07) has a chapter for disaster management

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Organisation in DM

29 States & 6 Union Territories Responsibility of Local Admin, Supervision of State Govt., Facilitated by Central Govt. Collector is the District Administrator. According to DM Act, 2005 each district should have

DM plan District Dm committee Training & Drills

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Organisation in DM

Each state has a DM cell Funding from Central Govt. Training in DM Prepare plans & Documents

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National Disaster Management Authority

Main themes of NDMA are

Encouraging mitigation measures based on state-of-the-art technology Develop contemporary forecasting Early warning system backed by IT Promoting productive partnership with the media, NGOs and Corporate Sector. Efficient Response & Relief with humane approach.

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National Disaster Response Force

Multi Disciplinary & Multi Skilled Military related response force Eight battalions set up for facing Disasters Four trained for NBC threat Total strength of 1158 with nine locations

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KIRUBA DANIEL. J
Lecturer, MBA dept., Sri Venkateswara Institute of Information Technology & Management, Ettimadai, Coimbatore

jkirubadaniel@gmail.com

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