Disaster Risk Management

Disaster Risk Management

Programmes

By:
Prof. Alka Shah
Civil Engineering Department
Institute of Technology
School of Engineering
Nirma University
India is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world.

Over 65% land area vulnerable to earthquakes;

70% of land under cultivation prone to drought;
12% of land to floods;
8% of land (8,000 km coastline) to cyclones.
A Major Disaster occurs every 2-3 years;
50 million people affected annually
1 million houses damaged annually along with human, social and other
losses
Recent report of UNISDR said India suffered $80 billion during the 20
year period from 1998 to 2017.
 MAJOR DISASTERS SINCE 1984

● BHOPAL CHEMICAL ACCIDENT, 1984 ( Loss of life 3,800 )

● LATUR EARTHQUAKE, 1993 (Loss of life 22,000)

● ORISSA SUPER CYCLONE, 1999 (Loss of life 7600)

● GUJARAT EARTHQUAKE, 2001 (Loss of life 20,000)

● TSUNAMI, 2004 (Loss of life 10,700)

● EARTHQUAKE /FLOOD 2005 (Loss of life 1400(j&k)
8600 (APPROX)
 MAJOR DISASTERS SINCE 1984
● MAHARASTRA FLOODS, 2005
● KOSI FLOODS BIHAR, 2008
● FLOODS IN SOUTH INDIA 2009
● FLOODS IN UTTARAKHAND 2013
● FLOODS IN J&K, 2014
● CHENNAI VARDAH CYCLONE-2016
● KANPUR TRAIN ACCIDENT-2016
● FLOOD IN GUJARAT -2017
● FLOOD IN BIHAR -2017
● FLOOD IN ASSAM-2017
( Loss of life 1,094 )
(Loss of life 527)
(Loss of life 300)
(Loss of life 10,000 APPROX.)
(Loss of life 854 )
(Loss of life 13,cleared 214
km road & 2234 tress)
(DIED-150,INJURED-200)
(Loss of life 224 )
( Loss of life 514 , 8.5 lakh
people have lost their home)
(Loss of life-497)

● FLOOD IN WEST BENGAL-2017 (Loss of life-50)

● KERALA FLOOD-2018 (Loss of life-483)
GENERAL EFFECTS OF DISASTER
 LOSS OF LIFE
 INJURY
 DAMAGE TO AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
 DAMAGE TO AND DESTRUCTION OF PRODUCTION.
 DISRUPTION OF LIFESTYLE
 LOSS OF LIVELIHOOD.
 DISRUPTION TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES
 DAMAGE TO NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
 DISRUPTION TO GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS
 NATIONAL ECONOMIC LOSS
 SOCIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL AFTER EFFECT.
MANAGEMENT OF DISASTERS IN INDIA

Until 2001 – Responsibility with Agriculture Ministry

Responsibility Transferred to MHA in June 2002 as an

Interim Arrangement

DM Act passed in December 2005.

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) was constituted to
lay down the policies, plans and guidelines for disaster management.
NDMA Vision

“To build a Safe and Disaster Resilient India by developing a

holistic, pro-active, multi-disaster and technology-driven
strategy through a culture of prevention, mitigation,
preparedness and efficient response.”