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disaster management policy (need to improve resilience (Indian houses -…
disaster management policy
70% of its coastal areas - prone to
tsunamis and cyclones
| 60% of its landmass vulnerable to
earthquakes
| 12% of its land -
floods
need to
improve resilience
Indian houses - made -
brick masonry walls, with fire/unfired bricks and stones
civil engineering courses - focus -
on reinforced cement and concrete
Earthquake engineering - taught as a
specialization
few universities,
shortage
of
retrofitting-trained civil
engineering manpower
Risk management -
infancy
-
Kerala, in 2003
, the
Home Ministry
- formation of specialist teams to manage disasters -
four
battalions from the
Central Industrial Security Force
and
Indo Tibetan Border Police
- required ‘to identify a State-level training institution’ for the purpose -
project forgotten
far behind
- forecasting disasters - floods in
2013 in Uttarakhand
still has
few
if any
Doppler radars
- early alerts - cloudbursts + heavy rain
few guidelines
on construction in flood - prone regions, or even a
map of safe zones
few States - prepared
emergency action plans
- over 5,000 large dams in India, reports - just 200 dams covered so far
NDRF
- hampered -
shortage of trained manpower
, training, infrastructure and equipment
CAG
- National Disaster Management Authority’s performance - in vulnerability assessment and mitigation projects -
“abysmal”
each State + district -
different costs
for labour and construction - idea of a
uniform amount for relief redundant
| same amount per unit for disaster relief in Bundelkhand as in Goa -
inadequate
norms skewed
-
rural areas
- focussing on
agriculture, fisheries, livestock and handicrafts
from a relief perspective
revenue officials
- responsible - visiting affected areas + identifying people for relief - scope for misuse and corruption.
disaster relief -
exclude
anyone living in an unauthorised area|also
exclude share-croppers and agricultural labourers
|
focus
- small and big farmers
Unlisted disasters
- Calamity Relief Fund - restricted
relief of 10% of the fund’s annual allocation
what makes infrastructure
climate resilient -
not codified
- 2018 budget - funding to create standards - no progress |
labelling
of infrastructure projects as climate resilient
will be ad hoc
Disaster policy of India
three tier mechanism
for Disaster Management -
National
Disaster Management Authority,
State
Disaster Management Authority and
District
Disaster Management Authority
Central Government
- policies and guidelines - technical, financial and logistic support while |
district
administration carries operations in
collaboration with central and state level agencies
National Policy
on Disaster Management approved by the Government in
November 2009
Way forward
Planned urbanization
- eg - Japan
which faces earthquakes at regular intervals.
India Disaster Resource Network
institutionalized as - repository - organised information + equipment gathering
invest in climate-smart infrastructure
- water management, transport, and energy - services not only to the city but regions beyond that |
done now
- requires
lead time
to design and implement
build principles of climate resilience - coastal
infrastructure development -
incorporating
into existing urban infrastructure
challenges
- incorporating climate resilience into coastal infrastructure -
non-availability
-
location specific information
- fine-resolution data - sea level measurement + variation in precipitation
disaster management agency
- long-term rehabilitation strategy , built on anticipatory governance
NDRF must
fill its vacant specialist positions
National Commission of the
Constitution (
NCRWC
) - its
inclusion
in Concurrent List
Meaning of Disaster
- National Disaster Management Act, 2005 - narrow = broadened ,
Japan
- local governments have a role to play in such matters
Second ARC
recommends -
larger cities
- Mayor, assisted by the Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation + Police Commissioner - directly
responsible for Crisis management