0 CONTENT 1. INTRODUCTION............................................................................ Pg. 1-2 2. DISTRICT PROFILE ……………………………………………………………………….. Pg. 3- 4 3. HISTORY OF DISASTER ………………………………………………………………… Pg. 5 - 8 4. DO’S & DON’T’S ………………………………………………………………………….. Pg. 9 – 10 5. TYPES OF HAZARDS……………………………………………………………………… Pg. 11 6. DISTRICT LEVEL & LINE DEPTT. CONTACTS ………….……………………….. Pg. 12 -18 7. SUB-DIVISION, BLOCK LEVEL PROFILE & CONTACTS …………………….. Pg. 19 – 90 8. LIST OF SAR EQUIPMENTS.............................................................. Pg. 91 - 92 1 INTRODUCTION Nature offers every thing to man. It sustains his life. Man enjoys the beauties of nature and lives on them. But he also becomes a victim of the fury of nature. Natural calamities like famines and floods take a heavy toll of human life and property. Man seems to have little chance in fighting against natural forces. The topography of the district of Darjeeling is such that among the four sub-divisions, three sub-divisions are located in the hills where disasters like landslides, landslip, road blockade are often occurred during monsoon. On the other side, in the Siliguri Sub-Division which lies in the plain there is possibility of flood due to soil erosion/ embankment and flash flood. As district of Darjeeling falls under Seismic Zone IV the probability of earthquake cannot be denied. Flood/ cyclone/ landslide often trouble men. Heavy rains results in rivers and banks overflowing causing damage on a large scale. Unrelenting rains cause human loss. In a hilly region like Darjeeling district poor people do not have well constructed houses especially in rural areas. Because of incessant rains houses collapse and kill people. Rivers and streams overflow inundating large areas. Roads and footpaths are sub merged under water. Huge roads surface and drains are washed away. Life comes to a stand still. Men cannot keep the mighty forces under his control. But proper measures can be taken to minimize the loss due to these natural phenomena. Science has now provided us the means of forecasting some of these calamities. Safety point measures can be taken in such times. People can be transported to safer areas in times of trouble. Shelters have to be erected for such people. In a famine water resources have to be properly utilized. All this requires long and patient planning. Disaster Management of any kind is collective responsibility of the District Administration and all the concerned departments of GTA, state government and central government agencies, NGOs, social organisations, elected representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions, local bodies and the general public. The efficiency to manage a disaster largely depends on the participatory approach of all the institutions mentioned above. Vulnerability Analysis:- Darjeeling District, comprising of vast mountain terrain is vulnerable to landslide and earthquake being situated at the fault line of Eurasian and Gondwana plates. It falls in Zone IV (High Risk Zone) of Earthquake vulnerability map. Seismologists have predicted the earth quake of major magnitude may occur at any moment. Since time immoral the inhabitants have known to feel the tremor of minor magnitude occasionally. Compounded by the heavy rainfall and Geomorphologic habits the landslides of major and minor scale keep occurring every year during monsoon. Apart from this, in the SIliguri Sub-Division which is located at the plan sometimes due to embankment flood like situation occurs and damages many houses. 2 Seasonality Of Hazard: The main season of occurrence of the landslide is during the monsoon when the South west monsoon ascends on the hills second week of June and lasts upto the first week of October. Risk Analysis: Risk and Vulnerable group: By analyzing Vulnerability Assessment Framework it is concluded that landslide and earthquake is the major concern for the hills effecting all Economic, Social strata of the people in general. Mitigation Strategy: a. Short term: Schemes like House building Grant Scheme, Economic Rehabilitation Grant Scheme, Ex-Gratia Payment in case of death, and the relief items provided by the Government like Special G.R, Clothing, Tarpaulins, and Utensils etc. are provided to the victims to lessen the effect of the Disaster. b. Long term: i) Awareness generation among the mass through Disaster Risk Management Programme and National School Safety Programme. ii) Strengthening of jhora protection wall by utilizing modern technology through NREGA schemes. ii) Drainage Improvements iii) Construction of community cum Shelter buildings at proper places. iv) Improvement of Communication System. v) Social forestry and plantation of Vertiber grass is encouraged at G.P. level through NREGS scheme. Response Plan: The control room for relief and rescue at District Level will be the Disaster Management Section which wil serve as EOC. The control room will be operation at all Sub- Division, Block and upto G.P. Level. The contact numbers of all concerned has been included in the Plan Book. The control room will be opened 24x7.Civil Defense Volunteers are available in District/ Sub-Division/ Block and almost all Gram Panchayat of the Block who will act accordingly during any disaster. The displaced families are sheltered in the temporary rescue shelters. Health care and Primary aid is provided by the Health and Family Welfare Department. At the site of incident Relief Control Room, Health care Control Room is setup for monitoring the operation. The separate Cell is setup for search/ evacuation / Rescue purpose with the help of volunteers. Separate cell is setup for Caracas and Dead bodies disposal. All these operations will be supervised by the Officers concerned. All these operations will be closely monitored and will be evaluated for better preparedness to meet the disaster with the Knowledge of better prevention and mitigation. 3 DISTRICT PROFILE Darjeeling is the northern most district of the Jalpaiguri Division roughly resembles an inverted wedge with its base resting on Sikkim, its sides touching Nepal, Bhutan, Bihar, North Dinajpur and the Jalpaiguri District of West Bengal. District H.Q. Darjeeling Area 3,149 Square Km. Location 27 Deg. 13 Min. N to 26 Deg. 27 Min. North Latitude 88 Deg. 53 Min. E to 87 Deg. 59 Min. East Longitude Altitude 6710 Feet. 2042.5 Meters (Darjeeling Town) Temperature (Darjeeling Town) Annual Mean Max Temperature 14.9 Degree Celsius Annual Mean Min. Temperature 8.9 Degree Celsius Lowest Min Temperature ever recorded -5.00 Degrees th Celsius on 11 February 1905 Rainfall Average Annual Rainfall : 2489.08 MM Density 584 Persons Per Square Km. Sex Ratio 1:1 Birth Rate 2.69% Per Annum Death Rate 2.40% Per Annum Infant Mortality Rate 67 Per 1000 Literacy 79.92% No. of VILLAGES/TOWNS: Corporation 01 Municipalities 04 Gram Panchayats 134 Irrigated Area 4.8 Thousand Hectares. LAND USE PATTERN Total Area 325.470 Th. Hects. Land under Forest 33.957 Current Fallow Land 10.057 Other Fallow Land 5.384 Net Cropped Area 131.063 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS Food grains Production Area (.000 Hects.) Production (.000 Tones) Rice 47.8 72 SUB DIVISIONS, BLOCK, POLICE STATION & GRAM PANCHAYAT Sub-Divisions Block Police Station No. of G.P. Darjeeling (Sadar) Darjeeling – Pulbazar Pulbazar 23 Lodhama Darjeeling (Sadar) Rangli – Rangliot Rangli – Rangliot 11 Jorebunglow – Jorebunglow 16 Sukhiapokhari Sukhiapokhari Kurseong Kurseong 14 Kurseong Mirik Mirik 6 Kalimpong – I Kalimpong 18 Kalimpong – II Nil 13 Kalimpong Gorubathan Gorubathan 11 Jaldhaka Siliguri Matigara 05 Matigara Bagdogra Siliguri Naxalbari 06 Naxalbari Khoribari Khoribari 04 Phansidewa Phansidewa 07 4 Length of International & State Borders Nepal Border (Partition River Mechi) 62.75 Mile of 101.02 Km. Bhutan Border (Partition River De Chu) 18.75 Mile or 30.18 Km. Bangladesh Border (Partition River Mahananda) 12 Mile or 19.32 Km. Sikkim Border (Partition River Rangit, Teesta & Rangpo) 33.75 Mile or 54.33 Km. Bihar Border 30 Mile or 48.30 Km. PROVISIONAL TOTAL (As per 2011 Census) Male Female Total 9,34,796 9,07,238 18,42,034 LITERACY RATE MALE FEMALE TOTAL 723711 604507 1328218 Total Literacy 13,28,218 as per Census 2011. Average Rainfall in the Year- 2015 Cumulative Total Rainfall Cumulative Average Water level 7612.98 mm 1906.09 mm 113.55 MUNICIPALITY WISE POPULATION APPROXIMATE FIGURE AS PER CENSUS 2011 Sl. Nos. of Total Name of Municipality Male Female No. Wards Population 1. Darjeeling Municipality 32 60,113 60,300 1,20,414 2. Kalimpong Municpality 23 22,844 23,605 46,449 3. Kurseong Municipality 20 21,642 20,704 42,346 4. Mirik Municipality 9 5,675 5,812 11,487 5. Siliguri Municipal Corporation 47 1,48,309 1,41,455 2,89,768 BLOCKS WISE POPULATION APPROXIMATE FIGURE (CENSUS 2011) No. of Gram Population Sl. No. Name of the Block Panchayats Male Femal Total 1. Darjeeling-Pulbazar 23 63,766 62,981 1,26,747 2. Rangli – Rangliot , Takdah 11 35,065 35,044 70,109 3. Jorebunglow- Sukhiapokhari 16 56,139 57,362 1,13,501 4. Kurseong 14 47,048 47,289 94,337 5. Mirik 06 23,082 22,706 45,788 6. Kalimpong-I 18 37,690 36,974 74,664 7. Kalimpong-II 13 34,285 32,129 66,414 8. Gorubathan 11 30,729 29,553 60,282 9. Matigara 05 97,508 95,085 1,92,593 10. Naxalbari 06 82,780 79,053 1,61,833 11. Khoribari 04 55,686 53,512 1,09,198 12. Phansidewa 07 1,03,707 1,00,803 2,04,510 5 DETAILS OF FLOOD/LANDSLIDES PRONE AREAS WITH PAST HISTORY OF FLOODS DARJEELING SADAR SUB-DIVISION Year Calamity Name of Area Damages done Life lost 148 Nos. houses fully Damaged & 514 Darjeeling Municipality 4 persons died. Nos. houses partailly damaged 625 Nos. houses fully Damaged & Landslide occur Darjeeling – Pulbazar Block 10 persons died. 1517 Nos. houses partailly damaged 2009 due to Cyclonic Jorebunglow – Sukhiapokhri 135 Nos.