Business Tourism & Disaster management

BY GROUP MELODY
 Identify Hazards

Contributing Factors

Vulnerability Areas

Impact on:
I. Infrastructure
II. Environment
III. Public/Social Life

What's lacking in the system?

Content Existing Mechanism to deal with Disaster

Preferred Scenario

Room for Improvement

Location & Hazards
 Location Himachal Pradesh
• Himachal Pradesh is exposed to various concrete realities.
• Earthquakes
• Landslides
• Cloudbursts
• Flash floods
• Avalanches
• Forest fires have caused tremendous loss to the state.
• Besides loss of life, these disasters also strain the state exchequer.
  Flash flood of 1 August, 2000, in the Satluj left a trail of destruction in Shimla and
Kinnaur districts killing more than 150 persons and washing away 14 bridges.

 The estimated loss to public and private property in this calamity was Rs. 1000 crore.

 The water level rose suddenly from 12 to 20 metres, damaging a 320 km stretch of the

Major Incidents National Highway and the 1500 MW Nathpa Jhakri power project.

of Disaster
 The Luggar Bhatti landslide on 12
September, 1995, buried 65 persons in the
Kullu valley.
Kangra Earthquake-1905
Magnitude: 8.0
Time: 06.20 hrs
Epicentre: Near Kangra-Dharamshala
Lives lost: 20,000
 Contributing Factor
 Lying in the sensitive Himalayan belt Himachal Pradesh falls in seismic zones IV
& V, highly prone to earthquakes
 Kangra, Bilaspur, Chamba, Kullu and Manali falls in the highest seismic zone.
 Flash floods, particularly in narrow river gorges are the cause of some of the major
landslides in Himachal Pradesh.
 Solifluction (form of creep in which snow or water saturated rocks move down the
slope) type of mass movement that is common on the higher snow covered ranges
of the state.
 Anthropogenic activities(Deforestation, unscientific road construction, terracing
and water intensive agricultural practices, encroachment on steep hill slopes)
 Intensive industrialisation
 Glacial melting due to global warming.
 • Areas near the River Side are more prone to
floods.
Vulnerability • Tourist places near Rivers more prone to

Areas floods.
• Tourist Places in valley Floors.
• Places with poor Road Connectivity.
• Places with lower Transportation Facilities.
• Encroachment on steep hill slopes.
 Environment
• Depletion of carbon sinks, deteriorating the
environmental conditions
• Loss of bio-diversity and extinction of plant and animal
species.
• Loss of soil productivity and flooding of downstream
valleys
• Damage to wild life habitat and their death

Impact Social
• Loss of livelihood for Local
• Loss of livelihood Tribal people from forest fires
• Loss of human life
• Loss of agricultural land
• Creation of a Social Chaotic environment
• Emigration of local public for safe & better
opportunities

Infrastructure
• Loss of Housing for general public.
• Disruption of Road Transport Network.
• Destruction of public facilities like Hospital.
 • Security has been a major issue hurdling

Tourism Growth.
What's lacking in • Political Unrest in the State.
the system? • Improper implementation of law & Orders

• Lacking in funding of Tourist places for

development.

• Lacking in formation & implementation of

Plans & Policies.

• Lack of IEC(Information Education &

Communication) Activities.
 • Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Management

Plan formed in 2012

• Availability of GIS based Hazard analysis to all

Existing Mechanism
to deal with Disaster State Departments.

• Early Warning/ Prediction System.

• State Disaster & Response Force Since July

2022.
 • Integrated system in place that can predict tourist
count and stay duration.
• Proper ability to accommodate tourist in Peak
Seasons.

Preferred • Dedicated Multi Satellite observation Scheduling for

Scenario
large areas.
• Availability of Multi Hazard resistant Tourist Shelter
places.
• Formation &Training of Local Communities -(LERT)
for quick emergency response.
• Integrated Command & Control Center for fast co-
ordination b/w different departments along with army
& LERT.
• Medical Preparedness and Mass Casualty
Management.
 • Conducting Mock Drills atleast Twice a year.
• Conduction IEC Activities.
• Preparedness for worst case scenarios in co-
ordination with revenue and Disaster Management
Room for Department.

Improvement • State & District Emergency Operation Centers.

• Co-ordinate with Telecom Department so they can
send Disaster Specific tailored Instructional
Message to Tourist when they enter any sensitive
area.
• Radio Forecast, Hoardings for easy identification
of sensitive area by Tourists.
• 24*7 availability of proper safety and security in
major tourist places.
Thanks