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1 Published by: State Disaster Management Authority Gangtok, Sikkim September, 2015 For more information, please contact: Secretary/Relief Commissioner, Land Revenue & Disaster Management Department Government of Sikkim Gangtok (Sikkim) Phone: +91-3592-202664 Fax: +91-3592-201145/ 202932 E-mail: [email protected]/ [email protected] This plan is developed by UNDP/ State Disaster Management Authority, Sikkim with active support from Sphere India, WAP, Cordaid and other key agencies in the year 2014. 2 Table of Contents CHIEF MINISTERS MESSAGE VI FOREWORD VII ACKNOWLEDGMENTS VIII INTRODUCTION IX HOW TO USE PLAN X ABBREVIATIONS XII IMPORTANT CONTACT DETAILS Page Table1: Composition of State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA), Sikkim 18 Table 2: State Disaster Management Nodal Officers, Sikkim State 19 Table 3: State Level Govt. Officials Contacts 23 Table 3.1 Chief Minister’s Office 23 Table 3.2: Secretaries to Government of Sikkim 23 Table 4: Contact Details of Police Department, Sikkim; Fire & Emergency Service, Sikkim; Hospitals & PHC’s In Sikkim 26 Table 6: Contact Details of BSNL Officials & Others Service Provider in Sikkim 29 Table 7: Contact Details of District, Subdivision and Block Level Officers 30 Table 7.1: Contact at Districts level, Sikkim 32 Table 7.2: Contact Details of BDO’s, Sikkim 35 Table 8: Contact Details of NDMA Officials, New Delhi 37 Table 9: State Control Room Contacts Details, Sikkim 38 Table 10: Contact Details of NDRF Officials and Nearby Battalions 38 Table 11: Contact Numbers of Military, Air force, BRO, CAPF, and Rehabilitation Department 39 Table 12: Contact Details of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) and Observatories 40 Table 13: Name and Contact Numbers of Staffs in Land Revenue & Disaster Management Department, Sikkim 41 3 Table: 14: Contact Details of Quick Response Team (QRTs) & Home Guards under SSDMA, Head office LR & DMD 42 DEMOGRAPHIC AND CONTEXT DETAILS 43 Table 15:Distribution of Population, Sex Ratio, Density, Child Population And Population Aged 7 Years and Above By Sex 43 Table 16: Population Of Sikkim State Districts wise By Sex and Percentage Share of Population in Total Population 44 Table 17: Literates and Literacy rates by Sex 44 Table 18: Month wise Temperature Data 45 RESOURCE DETAILS: 46 Table-19: Stockpile in State Emergency Operational Center 46 Table-20: Trained NCC and NYK Cadets under The NCC Institutions 46 Table-21: List of Stakeholders' Plans in SDMP Sikkim 47 LIST OF MAPS 49 Map-1: Earthquake Epicenter of Sikkim State 49 Map-2: Earthquake Susceptibility/Vulnerability Zones in Sikkim 50 Map-3: Flood Susceptibility/Vulnerability Zones In Sikkim 53 Map-4: Fire Susceptibility/Vulnerability Zones In Sikkim 58 Map-5: Landslide Susceptibility/Vulnerability Zone in Sikkim 60 Map-6: Drought Susceptibility/Vulnerability Zone in Sikkim 63 Map-7: Snow & Avalanche Susceptibility/Vulnerability Zone in Sikkim 68 Map-8: Riots/Stamped Susceptibility/Vulnerability Zone in Sikkim 72 Map-9: Multi Hazard Susceptibility/Vulnerability Zone in Sikkim 74 Map-10: Road Networks of Sikkim 78 Map-11: Forest Covered Areas of Sikkim 79 Map-12: Development Block Map of Sikkim 80 4 FORMATS AND QUESTIONNAIRE 81 Annexure 1 Hazard, Vulnerability, Risk, Capacity and Resource Assessment Questionnaire 81 Annexure 2 INDIA – RAPID Needs Assessment Format -DISTRICT (Sphere India) 86 Annexure 3 INDIA – RAPID Needs Assessment Format - VILLAGE (Sphere India) 90 Annexure 4 Format for Damage & Loss Assessment (Sikkim Government) 97 Annexure 5 Damage Assessment and Compensation for Animal Welfare 99 Annexure 6 Check List for Natural Disaster Impact Assessment (Sikkim Government) 105 Annexure 7 Norms of assistance of NDRF and SDRF (Sikkim Government) 107 Annexure 8 Guidance Note- Rapid Joint Needs Assessment- Phase 01(India) 118 Annexure 9 TOR Template- RAPID Needs Assessment Format (Sphere India) 122 Annexure 12 Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response in India 127 A- Minimum standards for immediate relief under Food and Nutrition B- Minimum standards to be followed under immediate relief under WASH Sector C- Minimum standards to be followed under immediate relief under Shelter Sector D- Minimum standards to be followed under immediate relief under Protection and Education Sector E-Minimum standards to be followed under immediate relief under Health Sector Annexure 13 History of disasters in Sikkim 133 Earthquake Fire (Including Forest Fires) Landslide Annexure 14 Do’s and Don’ts for various Hazards 140 Annexure 15 Hazard wise alert and warning mechanism 142 IMPORTANT WEBSITES 144 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 146 REFERENCES 147 5 7VI I VIII 8 INTRODUCTION: Disaster Management has been a new discipline in Sikkim over the last few years. With increasing frequency and intensity of disasters and large number of people coming in their way, the subject needs a more systematic attention and a planned approach. State Disaster management Act, 2007 mandates the development of comprehensive disaster management plan at the state level. A lot of efforts have been going on for development of plans at different levels by different agencies. The documents largely remain limited to knowledge and information manuals rather than practical action plans for the stakeholders. There has also been a significant change in our understanding of disaster management from National to the grassroot levels in the last few years. Hyogo Framework for Action and later National Disaster Management Act 2005 brought a paradigm shift in disaster management from a reactive relief based approach to a more proactive disaster risk reduction approach. The evolving understanding of the subject of disaster management, lessons learnt from the existing plans and the mandate provided by State Disaster Management Act, 2007 to DDMA's for developing comprehensive disaster management plan provides an excellent opportunity for modelling plans and a standard process for development of district disaster management plan for replication in different parts of the country. Sphere India, National Coalition of Humanitarian Agencies in the country, in collaboration With SSDMA and technical support from GOI-UNDP and its member agencies like IAGs initiated the process to develop the state plan. The figure below illustrates the timeline and process followed for the same. Plan developed on : 2014-2015 Next review and updation due in : April 2016 Database updation schedule : Every April and October months (Every six month) Mock drill schedule : May month of every Year. Plan prepared and compiled by: Prabhakar Rai State Project Officer. UNDP Sikkim Saikhom Kennedy Singh Programme Coordinator Inter Agency Groups. Sphere India 9IX HOW TO USE PLAN ACTIONS REFERENCES REMARKS 1. Identify Yourself Household Municipal/Ward Committee Line Departments Other Stakeholder 2. Know your Risk (Hazards, Volume-1, Read this to understand the disaster in vulnerabilities & capacities) Context Analysis (HVCA) context of Sikkim State 3. Identify other stakeholders Volume-1 Read this to understand who are the (Stakeholder Analysis) stakeholders in the state of Sikkim. DRR and Mitigation Plan (SDMA Green Book) Volume-1 SDMA Actions (Volume 1 and 2) State Disaster Response Plan (SDMA Red Book) Volume-2 4. Act per your specific plan Green Section (Stakeholders' action during non- disaster time) Line Department, Other Stakeholders Red Section (Stakeholders' action during disaster time) 5. Know institutional Read this to know about various mechanism & good practices Volume-1 institutions at district level and for implementation of plan understand good practices like ESF, IRS, URS, DMT/QRT etc. 6, Know linkages with state, Read this to know about linkage at national and international Volume-1 various levels as Volume-1, per the level resources. of disaster 7. Know legal & financial Read this volume to get assessment provisions for implementation Volume-1 formats, checklists and database of plan resources available in the State. 8. Find checklists, Volume-3, Read this volume to get assessment assessment formats, resource "Checklist, formats & resource formats, checklists and database database database" 10 resources available in the State. 1. Volume-1: DRR AND MITIGATION PLAN: This volume (also referred as Green Book) enlists the specific actions to be taken during non-disaster time for DRR and mitigation measures. This includes mainstreaming of DRR into development; capacity building; Functional continuity actions; Partnership with other stakeholders; Process on Rehabilitation & Reconstruction; Emergency Preparedness and Plan maintenance. This also enlists various structural and non-structural as well as hazard specific mitigation measures and strategies. This volume also gives details of context of Sikkim which includes general situation; Hazard, Vulnerability & Capacity Analysis; Problem Analysis; SDMP development Strategy; and Stakeholders analysis. This particular section is specifically useful to you if you are new to the State and like to understand the general situation, history, and broader context of the State. It also covers details of the various institutions at State level & their roles /responsibilities in disaster management. This also gives information on good practices like ESF, IRS, URS, DMT and QRT etc. for coordination and integration among different stakeholders. This volume also describes the linkages with other districts, divisions, state and national level as per the level of disaster and the emerging needs. 2. Volume-2: STATE DISASTER RESPONSE PLAN: This volume (also
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