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S.No. Ee Name of the Chapter Page No. Natural Disasters 01 _| Introduction Disasters o1-11 | [07 Heat wave 08 | Cold Wave and Fog 02 Earthquake 12-15 03 Landslides 15-17 04 | Droughts (17-19 05 Floods 19-23 [06 | cyciones | 23-25 0° strom ‘Thunder Strom Hail Strom & Dust 10 | Tsunami 1 Disaster Management ae sn earthquake be considered no mater bow strong the intensities lite and property. For Pres npn calecke a combination of two words ‘des’ meaning bad and ‘aster’ meaning stat, Thus the term refers Eee hc, 23: Disaster Man The United Nations defines disaster as “the eccurenie of sudden of major misforune ae Stich disrupts the basic fare and normal fancsioing ofthe society or commas Near Fa Harhaune som Disaster Background Farha ooan0 Disasters areas olds buman history but the Cen S000 drama in Yel Rie 30.000 Mesa sai Esrigue 25000 ‘Great Kato 2000 Exige ‘Gra Chase Toe hols Cah 00 a ti oon e908 China 000 Cehne ace Cotas —| Sooo in Bangs (151 | Buel antique [1959 | Tey r mus I _ Basisges Tod urine Kaa pos | Usted Sees of Aeros — 356 ea Ea POT ar Te aa tag Ton gs poe ar ee than TOD : oa eth (ii Eantgane foro} Far ry fiequently occuring disasters in India. [ities —— Recsonic damage USD) Tecident elated Pestival related disasters Mine loading ‘condition of the people aio deemnnes the | areeotableorebudtheirhouses, upon therm during hazard event. The Oa a acy of he ge fr tal en sie ee aes) RRMA Home ne Fa TT] & ACE tai Disaster Management eset ceny 29: Disaster Management tage Axton mitigation activities can be feused on 1 hazard itself oF the ele lon the | called as response and recovery activities nthe ‘what iseapaciy ? threat. Examples of miigaesro%%! © the | subsequent chapters we would. discuss. in fined ston pean be ded which 6 nd specie nage: | Stl tne of he major baad eves in sens ad en beara prievirienrienel immanent! in duh pane” gt! |S Sumy is aes input, prepares households and communi epestnaronts seing olay fom te ees | $2 aon mens need be kr ae card areas and £2, Stenebcning sincures to | Climate Profile damage when & or quickly ; : pepe 8 + Vulnerbliy ofthe elements which are recover fom ples apa can affected als be taken into acount Capacies could | | scone value of those elements be: Iadia is home to an extaordinary varity of climatic regions, ranging fom tropical in the South to temperate and alpine in the Himalayan north. ‘The ration's climate is strongly inluenced by the Himalayas and the Thar desers. For the purpose of identification Of drought prone areas by Cental Water Commission (CWC) the criteria adopted was that “drought is a ‘A communica is sid be ake Pia! Capacity: People se tien ts expored to harards and tave ten dsteped ty he toe on cums | S'S. adversely affected by have been destoyed by the ood can Sage igs fom thr oes sad foc tee firms. Some feily members ave Sel, hich exbl hemo fndemploment if either temporarily or | related loses off, propery or ase by ‘ihr edacig the hzaed or vlna of ecnnnie Capac In most of te | the semen ark ne reco 1. Preparedness disse, peo alr ie aes ss in rt unas te pial né tral rain ich pole | TM FONE poe em mens hee cpp cove soa eau of | Sic ele eovernens, commune ad Sinaions 10 cope wid them eect he formalin ot the developmen of tof the years ‘examined. Any lock or equivalent unit where 30 period there were tree occasions i 1877, 1899 and 1918 ‘when percentage of the country affected by drought was more than 60 percent However, even when everything is destroyed they have the capacity to cope up Inthe span of 124 years, the proba ‘sccurence of drought was found maxi Rajasthan (25%), Saurastra & Kutch f ‘he community increases the risk of being severely affected, from January to ease heat of the Disaster Managemene coecur due to heavy rainfall, sto I, song winds and ‘orm surges in the coastal region, yds and droughts occ troughs. Floods roughts affect vst ares of te county ending tate boundsties. Ones ary courity is drovght-prone. Out of 40 taillion hectares of the flood prone area inthe ounty, 09 an average, Moods affet aa ates sf around 7.5 millon hectares pr year, + Droughts (hydrological, meteorological and sgricaltural et) Secondary Events (Maybe climateriven) + Tacience of epidemis ot diseases + “Landslides, saline water intrusion and rmudflows NATURAL DISASTERS 72, Earthquake Earthquake is one of the most destructive tural hazard, They may occur at any tie of habitation but may de-sabilize the government, economy and socal structure of However, tere are many other factors that influences the damage patter ‘Massive earthquakes generally occur near the Junction of two tectonic plates, eg, along the Himalayan range, where the Indian plate goes below Eurasian plate. The Indian sub- brought out by the Bureau of Indian Standard GBS), over 65 perceat of the couaty is prone to earthquake of intensity Modified ‘Mereall Intensity Scale (MSK) VII or more. India has been divided into four seismic zones according tothe maximum intensity of ‘eathquake expected. OF these, zone V is the ‘most active which comprises of whole of Northeast India, the northern portion of ‘Bar, Unarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, J&K, Gujarat and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. India bas highly populous cites and the constructions in these cities are not carthquake resistant. Regulatory mechanisms are weak, thus any earthquake striking in one (RR Rn rE PBs GW as] Disaster Management hove occured in the region: 1897 (MB; Kangra, 1905 1934 (M83); and ‘publications have anbguakes are like Himalayan Region, w! fet the lives of se Ind, Cause of Earthquake : “The earth's crst isa sooky layer of varying thickness ranging from a depth of about 10 Kilometers under the sea to 65 kilometers under the cont is not one piece but consists of portions caled ‘plates’ which vary in size Gom a few hundred to thousands of The “theory of plate tecton fn the mote mobile man by some yet unconfirmed mechanisms haps themmal convection currents. Wher hve ples contact ech or Sues aie inthe cnt. ‘Thee estes cn be lassie secoting tg thepe of movenstt along th plate’ boundries: 2) paling avay fom ech thes, 6) pusing again one another and ing sideways relative teach other, Imovemcals ae associted wit aks fe reas of sess at plate boundaries Thich release accumulated energy ty | 1s aul the tectonic point of maximum support rupture then occurs along the ‘uni the stra igencrates vibration called seismic (from the Greek ‘seismos' meaning shock or 2. Convergent crust is destro plate dives under another, Ring of Fire and The ‘malayan mountain range sramatcaly demonstrates one of the most visible and 2 —— Spedaclarconcequoncns ft Iplte econ SR 3. Transformational - where crust is neither produced destroyed as the ‘izontally past each The San Andreas fault Slicing through the Cartizo the Temblor Range east of the city of San Luis Gait he ety of San ‘San Andreas fault, California, U.S.A Plate Motions ‘Ocean n earthquake) waves, which radiates from the focus in all directions. ‘The point of rupture is called the focus’ and may be located ne Body waves (P and $ waves) penetrate the ‘south, is probably the best- known and most-studied ‘example of a divergent-plate boundary. The rate of Disaster Management 0 meter per km per loss is about 2500 tones cause much greater damage to already ‘scalened structures Secondary effects include fires, dam failure snd lnislides which may block water ways gerous marerials resulting in poss spills. Teere may alse bea break dor of commanicstion facilities. The effect people, Abou 95 per faumber of easualies because of the poor cngineering design of lose pro cent of lected b gs and curthquakes isto sigiicat Earthquakes ia Ladin Yee] ten apne of Possible risk reduction measures: preparedness: save y safe constuction of buildings against carthguakes, Before the buildings are constructed the building plans have to be checked by the Municipality, aceordin laid down bylaws, Many’ existing buildings such as hospitals, schools and ns may not be built with ex safety measutes. The needs to be upgraded by rete techniques. wake carthquake safety iting Public education is educating the public on causes and characteristics of an ceanhquake and preparedness measures. bbe created through sensitization and t Programme for community, architects, engineers, builders, masons, teachers, government functionaries teachers and seudents practices. (0 be analyzed before normal pattern in a region for an extended period of time leading 10 general suffering in the society. tis interplay between that people place on natural supply of water snd natural event that provides the water in a given geographical region. The state of Kerala receives more than 3000 mm of I every year is declared drought affected as it is insucient 0 have two 00d crops, disaster a to demare me of its onset and the fend, Any unusual dey period which resls in 4 shortage of useful water. The primary cause of any drought is Asfieny of flan in pact, Aiming, distribution and intensity _of his Disaster Management drought prone (Can you think of what causes drought? ability factors associated with them (ese the box) Some of these fictors are human induced. hough drought is a natural disaster, its excessive use of surface water for growing crops, loss ofbiodiversivy, ‘Typical adverse effects: fiom any other natural disaster, does not cause any. structural damages. AS the meteorological drought tums into hydrological drough, the impacts start appearing fist in agriculture which is most dependant on the soil moisture Iigated areas are affected much later than the rainfed areas. However, regions surrounding perennial rivers tend to a Dg os os Pin is Nn er Around 8 per cent of India's toa area is ght prone to drought 5 out of a total of 725 Talukas in 99 1s ate drought prose. rllion people are annually affected by folk media 2 Drought Moni 3. Water supply augmentation and harvesting in hous increases the com Water barvesting s ACE ay Components of arouEht pan ince cxublishing drought taskforce which te team of specialists who can sive government in taking decision deal w drought situation, cacy coordination mechanism amosg vena rough yer wt pre rt 1988 2% 1987 8 zoe a 20 Disaster Management ‘agencies which deal with the droughts, providing crop insurance schemes to the farmers to cope with the drought related crop losses, and public awareness generation ee of te oa by rough (Moderate drought (%) m3 o ‘Severe drought) ‘Thete are diferent types of floods namely: flash flood, riverine flood, urban flood, ete ‘is a huge erop loss. This results in shorage of food, and animal fede. Floods may also affect. the soi characterises. The land maybe rendered Cov oo mens Be Res 2: Disaster Mans 5 12 agement major loos of lula Year | Number of people killed 73s 2,000 [Noam 1968_| 3.802 | (1) Rajasthan, Goarat-@) Nont-East, West Bong, Assam 4,025 Non nds ‘Noah, Noneast ‘Unar Pradash, Shar Gujarat, Kora, Hanana ira, Anshen Pragosh, Gujarat wes | aT re | woos | a orla, Meghalaya, Prob, Stn itr Pradosh, West Bengal states 3000 | 1230 | Gujrat, Anta Pradosh, Assam, Arunachal P ‘Bhar, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Utar Disaster Management depending upon the local conditions, od freeing ood Mood” proofing, disaster “he Nood agement So fr have provides protection oat ara of reasonable depree 1581 milion hectares through out the county What isa Cyetone? Cyclone is a region of tow atmospheric ‘essure surrounded by high atmospheric Pressure resulting in Disaster Managemen, usec Dt al 1984 to twenty average of topical ‘Tomadoes (or) Twisters USA, Canada arian west indies Depressions ~Palisin Indis, Warning: Sow Pressure and the development can be detested hours oF days before it causes Cyclone names inthe word sspeily thse in the Sea port stbaice Wily — ily Austaa Commercial evan andthe goverment ‘Typhoons — China, Philippines ‘machinery, Sie rn et eg ~*~ Nase ofthe Coury ‘No. of Destine Storm surge rape) W751 Hal ne ou i) . = 1275 tates angen zn soar 1085 erect Zz 1 segues - tn © ain 1970 page 197) i rae Pa seares Paces, 9. Thunder Strom Hail Strom and bow much wa Tounamis and earthquakes happen ater ceauries of et used by the displacement of of a body of wate, usualy ¢ Tamil I or impact of a meteor. The second most common cause of the ‘sunami is a landslide either occuring wader [Sa ecg Bio an os ain Oo orm aT] or under water may be ‘eprested similar tothe ation of voleano General Characteristics; ‘smami differs from ordinary occan waves, hich are produced by wind blowing over water The tsunamis travel much faster than ordinary waves. Compared to normal wave speed of 100 kilometers per hour, Suna in the deep water of the ocean may tavel the speed ofa jet airplane - 800 kilometers per our! And yet, in 30-45em and often passe The waves follow each othe 510 50 minutes spar. Tsunami normally causes flooding as a huge wall of water enters the ‘main nd. Predietablit: There are two distinct pes of tsunami warning: 1) uemational nami waming systems ad ) Regional warning systems, ©) Tsunamis have occurred a the Pacific Tsunami Warning System (PTWS) was developed with its operational center at the Pacific Tsunami Waming selected coastal com tsunami tsunami subsequen eoesaphic areas. Regional Warning Systems usually use 1 possible local a tsunami. Such systems are capable enough to provide warnings to the general public in les than 15 minutes, In 1995 the US. Nat Atmospheric Admini surface buoy. ‘The surface buoy then Da Disaster Managemen, ‘adios the information fo the PTWC, of India mai In India, the Survey tise Rage atvorc along the eo8st of India, Thy anges ae Tosated in m9)" POMS 35 shown ig the figure. The day-to-day maintenance of ye fauge is caried with the assistance gq authorities ofthe pors. ‘Apart from the tide g0UEe, (SUNAM can be ‘tected with the help of radars. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, recorded data. fom four radars and recorded the height of minutes from the source cause the majority of damage. The force of the ‘everything in its path. It is normally the flooding affect of the tsunami that cau ‘out to sea, Damage to pot may prevent importation of rod and medical supplies. API from the physical damage, there is a huge impact on ic health system. Deaths val needed AGE Sa — tre erushed by the debris, causes, m4 Some ‘There are very few" evidences which show Ps ht problem Availbilty of drinking water tas always been a msjor problem in areas afeced bry disaster. Sewage pipes may be damaged causing major sewage disposal problems, ‘Open wells and other ground water may be contaminated by salt water and debris and sewage. Flooding in the locality may lead to trop loss, loss of lvelibood lke boas and nets environmental degrad : prone have been taken to reduce the damage caused on shore. Japan has implemented an extensive programme of building tsunami walls of up to 4.5m (13.5 A) high in front of populated coastal areas. Other lo flood gates and channels to redirect the water from incoming tsunamis, framed structures in the area. The wall may irs. The prepacdess 10 eee cai of eves ie ize and pln and is going YB one lenges to manogers engaged it DRR. Recent experiences of enti i ——— Disaster Management Japan leading to Tsunami, fire and then nscet emegeney are a je oper to 08e underestimating the might and f of nature. . a On 11" March 2011, at 14:86 the northeastem part of Japan was triggered by 8 major earthquake of magnitude 9 with an 130 km — off the pacific coast ty of 6 was recorded in 28 cities and towns in Miyagi, ima, Ibaraki, and Tochigi prefacture included Wakuya town, Tome city 1nd Osaki city. Intensity of 6 or weaker was observed in different pats of the country. 11.Man Made Disasters ire Events: On 1th March, several fires’ resulted due to powerful eathquake triggered near the east coast of Honshu, the largest and main rake out at Cosmo Oil Iebiara city. The fire Lith March, The number of recorded. It increased to 325 cases on 19th March ‘Industrial and Chemical Disasters Industrial disasters include events that, ooeur due mishaps or failures in industry of related activities and also the property and aaa Disasters’ and “Industrial 7 eo oe iTS] ACE 30 ‘often used interchangeably but are actually @ sub-category of the other, A chemical disaster ‘may occur du to both, natural or human-made sources, however, in view of growing chemical usage and industrial worldwide, the pre-dsaster prev natural evens leading to serious effects inside kely 10 cause loss chemicals, misuse of chemicals % + Arson and sabotage + Human error 5, Nuclear Emergency. at 20:30 CET (04:30 inquake all the three operating reactors automatically began the ‘Benerators for supy down the fuel rods the tsunami were available began to evaporate and at 15:30, JST on March 12 a first hydrogen explosion took place atthe number one reactor and led etl sais yt nie 25th march, 2011, 7 the impact are des Though the list is not exhaust 1 about various types of situations pedes can occur + Riots + Sports events + Weather related 7. Nuclear Emergencies: Device Disaster Management ‘aterals or both together in to the environment emergency may be encountered in ons: Intentional use of have War, redundancy in safety systems t0 prevent any mal-operations and 10 bring the system ‘The area affected would ‘depend on the amount of the release, and speed and weather 1 due to any reason can be ‘Chernobyl is a good example With modern reactor design, a catastrophic radiation is highly unlikely, but close to 12 lakh deaths end 52 lakh jared, many of whom are disabled for rest ‘many of these victims active young people ‘Trends in ts, injuries, fatalities, ‘motor vehicles & road network: Between 1970 and 2008, the number of accidents quadrupled with more than 7 fold Inresse in injuries and more than & fold increase in fatalities in the backdrop of about 64 fold increase in the number of registered motor vehicles and threfold increase in oad network. Profile of road accidents: Pe Ce era ing ra Raa] er Management persons as por World Road Statistics 2009 (published by Intemational Road Federation, Geneva) shows lower incidence of both the ‘comparison to many 9. Rall Accidents Based on the definition of the Disester Management Act 2005, Ministry of lways has adopted "the following definition on Railway Disaster: “Railway pisaster is a tunoward ever with Departments of the Railway, ober Central/State Govt. agencies, NGOs, private agencies, ele. has to be done by the Safety the are by and large ol collisions, forced landings, crasb due to technical snags and air-crash in mountains temain due to poor visibility. While air accidents can occur at any time and at any place, areas within about 30 - 40 kms. radius of airports are most_ vulnerable Experience show: accidents occur landing near maj Paths “get congested. In addition, tr Accidents also take place at remote inaccessible places like forests, hilly and Mountainous regions, high se2s,. et Accidents to Indian Civil Registered Aireraft from 1990 to 2000 may be seen Causes of air accidents ae iter ee Disaster Management human failure of pilots, air afc ‘controllers or technical of on board, landing instruments. In rare cases, it may ‘occurs in the process of mining ‘minerals, The Act categories an accident involving loss of lives less than 10 major accident. Thousands of miners di process of coal ‘mining. One of the greatest mining Indian mines occurred on 27 175 due to water in rush from shaft mine working of Chast leading to death of 375 miners. Following types of mining di and impact + Side ‘pencast mines, + Roof and side falls in underground + Collapse of mine pillars, + AirBlas, + Failure of rope haulage, + Accident due to electricity, + Mine fires, + Accidents due to explosive, + Inundations, + Explosions in mines Rock burst and bumps, Mining accidents can have a variety of causes, including leaks of poisonous gases flooding oF improperly used or malfunctioning of Reena eee Ra) incidences caused 3672 {L.Epidemies in India: rnumber of eases ofa disease in ity clearly in excess of what is popu uunhygienie food, 1907 & 1983, and of 1937, Over | the disaster management in| one subst ‘A. permanent and bbegan in the decade of slisaster management of Agriculture, fol decade of 1990 88 the “ner we ie. for Natal Diener nog DR) ty the UN Goaeal Ane ering series of disse sy srquake (1993) Orisa SuPer Cyclone (199 Onteguake (2001), a. high rowel Earvonitice under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Minisey. tr as consitied for drovng up , comprehensive and hlete Spproach towards disasters, Thr was ashi policy from an approach of lit tough id toa holistic one for ares, the Gisaster_ management division was shied under the Ministry of Home A@hics in 2002 Secretariat's Notification No, DOC.CD-108/2002 dated 27/02/2002 and a structure for disaster Organisation and Structure of Disaster ‘Management jon Officers, Technical Officer, Senior Economie Investigator consults and ober supporting staff. The upper echelon of ing and m stp or various ‘eather related hazards. A stuctie f No7 of information, in the form of writes ater and updates. about the oncom hazard, also emerged within this framework. eu Disaster Management powered group representatives joners. The Act further provides stitution of different Executive at national and state levels. Legal -lnstitutional Framework: A legal e Fr the institutional framework developed based oo appreciation of response mechanism whi vision of the Act across the country, has been putin ‘Disaster Management BBQ ‘enforcement and (©) Coordinate the {or disaster managemer (@) Recommend pro ‘purpose of mitigation; (8) Provide such support to oer countries affected by major disasters as may be determined by the Central Government; ( Take such other measures for the prevention of disast Lay down broad policies and guidelines for the functioning of the National Institute of Disaster Management, ‘Composition of NDMA: Besides the nine members nominated by the Prime Minister, of the Authority, the _ Organ ‘structure consists of a Secretary and five Joint Secretaries including one Advisor, There are 10 posts of sand Directors” 14 Assistant Under Secretaries and A: I Advisor and Duty Offi ‘with supporting staff. Further, Recruitment Rules have been notified Disaster Managemer * posts Recruitment Ri ster Management Authority (Group A’) Recruitment Rules, 2009, of DM Act an Advisory © with 12 Members has been Tome exery 2 its Chirpeson, effi, Hor Secrest the Goverment of ie Ministre o Departnents baving anive contol of ie aerolie, reap. dfece, inking wate teanent and forest Mane Camas hn pw ‘Sotmuncnon urban development, ater ‘Saree ‘Toe Chit of Integrated Defence Soavor he Chefs of Saif Commitee, is Members Diu, all the rest have. cons under the DM Act, 200. Diu have also established SDMAs prior to ‘enactment of DM Act 2005 ‘State Executive Committee (SEC): The Act envisages establishment of State Executive Committee under Section 20 of the Act, to be headed by Chief Secretary of the ste Government wi Secretaries of such departments as the state Gor ‘may think +r Management Authority of the DM Act provides for ion of DDMA for every aut ides an elecy erate a Sigteon cern en = the Chief Executive Member of tp of Autonomous Disa ote he CEO of he Serna Pl, eh Orfeo the Dit an wate fel offers a aeapaee bee Severn rity is responsible for planning, coordination and implementation of disaster management and to take auch measures for disaster managements provided ie guidelines. The District Authority alsy ine the constriction in any area in the district to enforce the suey standards and also to arrange. fi 's and respond to the disaster atthe exceeding 2.5 million) the second Ad Reforms Commission has suggested that the Mayor, assisted by the Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation and the Police Commission ton, departments such as the Background: In the backdrop of the {iemational decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a National Centre for nena anise study ounces, conferences, lectures and seminars 10 promote and ministries, departments of th Government and hea scientific, Disaster Managerene Force (CISF) and Central Reserve roe (CRPF) to build them up as Tespond to disaster or (1 battalion comprised 1144 specialised teams trained in various types of natural, man made and non disasters. 72 of such t cater to the besides» natural 149 personnel organised 6 ams comprising of 45 personnel, who are being equipped and tained for rendering reatening dicate teained for handling CBRN disasters. The composition of such be visited a, Based on vulnerability profile of diffrent regions ofthe counry, these specialist batalions have been presently stationed atthe follwing cht places as may be seen. Details of the NDRF Battalions SiN Parent Force | State__| Location For natural Dinter and CBRN emergencies (Chemical iologeal,Radiologieal and Nuclear) CIS Chensai_|Arakkonam 11BP a Pradesh | Greater Noid BSF Kolkata Barasat CREF Miaharasia CF Orisa TBP BSF CREF and UTs conscious of the need of protection measures and to keep sivil protection plans for majo force throughout the count 1962 was confined to making ‘enacted in 1968 which sia & pe act defines CD and prises gr gy Has of Catal Gove ot es for CD, Sling out vars ass | sen fr CD mewnze ge? be ines fOr conan of cy et of members in Pir eons of MENDET ee Te ketenes frends in 2010 caer ge sk Of disaster MANAEEMEN $0 a5 10 utilise he | ot ees of Chil Defoe sees pat Picvties in the country ‘the CD Organisation is raised only ia och areas and 20085 which "are considered vulnerable to exemy atk, The fevision and renewal of categored CD towns is done at regular intervals, withthe level of perceived threat or” extemal aggression or hostile attacks by an raion elements oF terrorist to vita instalans. Compendium of instructions: ~ CD deals including the Master Plan of Civil Defense, Civil Defence Act 1968, taining couses conducted at NCDC, syllabus of states. Nagpur, taining | + Sasagement of damage against conventional ‘spons to also include threat perceptions est nucle weapons, biological and bemical warfare and environmental iar, ‘Tere ti structure as given below has been ‘reed 1 formulate CD policy and for coordinating and supervising, measures 10 implement * Givi Defence Advisory Comminee under the (Cainnanshp of Union Home Minister, * Givi Defeoce Commitee under the (Chairmanship of Home Secretary and + Civil Defence Joint Planning Staff ‘under the Chairmanship of Director General Civil Defence. ELigiiity to become volunteers: (A petson who. int + to have completed the age of 18. years may be relaxed at ompetent authority up yeas for any branch ‘orcategary ofthe Corps, standard, nd ths condition may be relaxed by the vice in the National Volunteer © ia the aed fees of the ACE Dats, eeeirinte Disaster Management 2%, se Milt oF HOME AT Ie is expected that each state ill ave ogg Oe lang Uo Fae He hac | SMa Chul Defence Caege (NCDC), Uaion shall be a special qualification ee peo SDE Fn'sygc ome | im (2)Soxh persons hal ondary seve in | CD Taig si te atone other equipments, The Speonmentandupeatsiongrr 8 | TH Sos Dinser Mangement Thing Aksignted as 2 Con yer the county. This e {nstiution ofthe county was founded on 29% ecentton fom exch Ste eet | Ap gs Samy Wa nde on 298 Emergency Relief Training Institute ( lo snpn ie Emergency lef Orzanaen Ofte Goverment of Inia TInt Oneida nd seit wt fr ‘ent offi sponsible for" Distr Relef Opens gua ay the duties under the Civil thas been fixed at Communication and Bureay of population of CD towns as per sundards. This Committee was has been accepted for the Comps shall be manner as the 1968. NCDC. ne taining course of stakeholders, evelopment are Development Fire Service College (NFSC), mandated for + various proups ig on capacity per on Capacity + Mechanisms and Service Statutory , Conditlon: Home Guards are raised unger the Home Guards Act and Rules of ie evel The college awards certificates, diplomas, vanced diplomas on successful ‘souses, These are recognized . ccamal government, the public Success wid an oe ‘se counties, and ples tar 0 epi SeenNOUSe gS enn at re et on Sasa wwe ple oe eee ‘derake climate and ‘ued esearch othe county. Goveramest of India has designated the esa given inthe Box $1 a8 the nodal feiss for early warning of diferent ‘sand arte Disaster wise nodal agencies for Forecast: Disses ame ‘our development trace gas atmospheric started radiation measurements about SO year back and currently maintaining 45 the country for providing countrywide dataset for assessment of energy resources, Atmospheric monitoring: ‘There are 25 types of atmospheric monitoring networks that are operated and coordinated by the IMD. This includes meteorological, climatologically, environment, air pollution and other specialized 0b of atmospheric trace constituents. It maintains 559 surface meteorological observatories, about 35 radio-stations and 64 pilot balloon stations for monitoring the upper atmosphere. red observations are made for agro logical purposes at 219 stations and ton parameters are monitored at 45 3s, There are about 70 observatories jnitor current weather conditions for n. The IMD collects meteorological data over oceans by an establishment of, cooperation feet of Voluntary Observing (VOF) comprising merchant ships of merchant ships of the Indian Navy. ling on the high seas, ing observatories, Records of fobservations are passed on to the IMD for + pre-cyelone Meteor Beonomic and S fand the Pacific (ESCAP) Panel members countries viz Bana Myanmar, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Oman. IMD, Ne advance, cyclone alert issued at least 48 hours in advance , + eyelone waming issued at least 24 hours in advance, and as post landfall outlook issued at least 12 hours in advance of expected time of landfall, IMD has prepared roadmap for ceyclonegenesis and further intensification, monitoring and prediction. Flood Forecasting — Central Water ‘Commission: The flood forecasting and warning system is used for alerting the likely damage centre well in advance of the actual arrival of ised platforms specially ‘constructed forthe purpose, A beginning in scientific flood forecasting ie was St UP at ils Hea S for giving tir ee il by now the ve ing Network of he CWC etd fntze major flood prone inter State baie ig ony od occ ines he on {a observation and eo and hydro meteorological data, twansmission of Data to forecasting cates, analysis of data and formulation of freas, ad 0a an average 6000 fo places in the country ‘monsoon seasons every ye (1978 to 2002) indicat forecasts has consiste of actual discharge. In monitoring the Moods, severity of fowls are placed in the following four categories bythe CWC * Low Flood stage — It is that ood snation When the water level of the sver is flowing between warning level and Se level ofthe forecasting * Medium flood stage ~ The ‘medium floods when is wate Disaster Management Unprecedented flood stage - The river is called in unprecedented floods when it tains water level equal to or above Previous HFL at any forecasting stations. A conpuerized monitoring system bas been developed under which daily wate levels 3s served at 080 boars ad forecasts sve ty field unis are transmited to CWC eadques ia New Deki, Based on the onplaon ofall such data received fom fed divisions, daily water level and flood fovecast bulls in two parts for stage and forialowfressting stains respectively. Tounami warning — Indian National Ceatre for Ocean Information System ancorsy: Post tsunami dated 26t December, 2004, Ministry of Earth Sciences has esablshed tte Tndan National Tsunami Waring Systm at Indian National Centre Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hydestad. The Tsusami Easly Waring Sytem (TEWS) was made operational on 13th Oct 2007. This agency bas developed a protocol for issu for Teusami Watch, Alert wea Warnings. ‘The Ceake gives ination (0 all responders about the Mien tie, Focstion of the epicenter, srgniude and depth of an carhquake inside {br pean and accordingly issues bullets. és of detecting. all Tet ie’ of more tan 6 Magnitude Indian Ocean in ess than 20 a a a as nance Biers Ge one EPS log pee oe ty of a oS ss sd meh of ot ee a So oer ee ete baer Significant food rel 5 9 comprehen peenavonenal d33 Rise Enviromental management and 10d coni avalanche warning ~ Defence Research & ‘Development Organization (DRDO): DRDO was formed in 1958 with the ‘amalgamation ofthe then already functioning technical development establishments of the fedian Army and the Dirctorste of ‘Technical Development and projection with the Defence Science Organization. DRDO wwas thea 2 small organization with 10 establishment or laboratories Over the years i irctonlly in tems of sarellits ia the required orbits. Accor ISRO has successfully operationalised technology and its appliation to various national tasks ISRO has established two major space systems, INSAT for communication, television broadcasting and sneteorlogical Services, ad Indian Remote Sensing Satellites (IRS) system for resources ‘monitoring and management. ISRO_ bas developed wo satelite launch vehicles, SLV and GSLV, to place INSAT an on fo research inthe field ‘nd avalanches and. 10 provide ‘Sesttativas for Capacity Development ‘atonal nstitute of Disaster Management sips): i; | Mickeroand: In the backdrop of the erational Decade for Natural Disaster tion (IDNDR), a National Centre for was id Simpemeni RE eve ose Sele eee [Le ° ae eee re eae ote a ‘Section 42 of the Disaster Management Act, See erent eee ee a See ior eee piece pein Ct | So a see oa and organise study courses, conferences, i wens erect, crs Se spaible jprastha Apollo person, aged 32 ip shop in Mayapuri thi non-governmental i reseatch papers and Located centrally at the Indraprastha Estate ‘comprises of multi sectoral and accordingly all sectors role in managing exigencies human resource capac re seems to exist a tronic and print on building an 1 DM and ereating 3e target audience. Disaster Management National Fire Serviee College (NFSC), Service College was 156 as a sub-ordinate fof Ministry of Home Affairs of providing taining to the Fite the country in advanced Janiques of fice fighting and rescue, and creating uniformity in the Fire Service ry of Panchayat, 7 F has advised the Ne wati Raj and Rural De, ee Nin cONeES of is the, waining oF representa, i Maya Ra states ag The Ministry of Ta let st 92010 in thi he ongoing and fire prijs gh sai should incorporate nitty dlsases riient features ito them. Stas tine towards a tiated in 1 ‘management under this project. provides for constitution of State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) by The Minisry of Home Ars © suidelines to the state for Pejales Of SDRF. Allocations to the State Het Funds have been made based on the ‘Commendations ofthe successive Finance 2 ‘While allocating the funds to ious states for a period of five years the ‘actors considered incured by the state petions during the about 10. years, ‘lnerabiliy ofthe state to natural disasters ‘nd economic stats of the state. Cure 30.93 crore in the State Disaster Relief Fund 0 all the states, Comprising of ' 25847.93 croce as central Stereo! showing the stte- wise and year \witeallocation tothe SDRF Sho | States ‘Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Response Fund: Section 48 (i) of Disaster Management Act 2005, 28 8 | ‘Arunachal Pradesh BAS. Disaster Management a se Acco Oey etal of he | YER The a a A rT IETS ps od ner als nid Meghalaya | 14.65-| 15.38 | Tenis | 1696 | 1781 | 8095 imptoller 8 Auditor Gengat gsoXF | sae tig and capacity building of 4726 ce of nig holies and ha Mian "335 [939 [as 1 OSD every set sucess eta ns, Nagaland [497 | 539] 3a 27.46 wait Ram ot easter manages ‘Onssa_—— | 39158] IL 16 | a3i.72 216378 auter Response Reserve: mange tk and valent Pugad Pana aegoy [357 mL sist Mot of Baer et by ce ined eit Raiser | Goose [ade [ 602 bee et eee Sit} 27s apf aso reset of et Bron gy | MTMMMERServen: familnada {295.52 {308.2 [325.61 ‘often associated with pen Te ee ae a Pe oes ssc wit aim'y | MDS rae Conon tt Thar Pre [38s 39" | anos [a9e a9 heel inn ati Uttarakhand 177.66 | 123.54 | 129.72 pment and pe We sous [-s2007 [33607 ho POD nt Soa 6077.3 | 6381.18 | 6700.22 ‘maintained for providing immediate reli respective be € Keep an inventory of tees “Tse bes fe soving einen nde oe | fl ove Sima pr tthe Ste seh ioe NDRF. The Connie Serves Deprnent towards hit wi singly recommended a ial putt £53000 crs inte fms a hn fat 10 ree a rds 5 “Al mil coorins 2 papulaon of more than I ilion (201 ces) ms pat in place Si hazatd ‘espouse and mifigaion lan fir it teetie aes” An olonl find of ‘72x as en lot seven tates. ‘wise Allocation of State Disaster Response Fund [ational Disaster Response Fund (NDRF); | __

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