Comprehensive Disaster Management Plan (Updated Strategic Plan for Disaster Management)
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DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN (UPDATED STRATEGIC PLAN FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT) MAHANADI- BURHABALANGA- PHAILIN-LEHAR-HELEN MAY’2018 BRAHAMANI-BAITARANI SUBARNAREKHA SOMETIMESDISASTERS AREINEVITABLE, BUTTIMELYTAKENPRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AND POST DISASTER RESCUE AND REHABILITATION ACTIVITIES MINIMISES THE LOSS TO A GREATER EXTENT. THE REPORT DESCRIBES THE STRATEGICPLANSFOR DISASTERMANAGEMENT BYSTATEWATERRESOURCES DEPARTMENT. DEPARTMENT O F WATER RESOURCES GOVERNMENT O F ODISHA DEPARTMENT OFWATER RESOURCES, GOVERNMENT OFODISHA COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN MAY’2018 Sl.No. Description of Items Page No. Chapter – 1: Introduction 1.1 Objective 1 1.2 Scope of the Plan 1 1.3 Overview of the Department 3 1.4 Acts, Rules and Policies governing the business of the department. 4 1.5 Institutional Arrangement for disaster management 4 1.5.1 Junior Engineer/Assistant Engineer 5 1.5.1.1 Pre-flood measures 5 1.5.1.2 Measures during flood 6 1.5.1.3 Post-flood measures 6 1.5.1.4 General 7 1.5.2 Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) 7 1.5.2.1 Pre-flood measures 7 1.5.2.2 Measures during flood 8 1.5.2.3 Post-flood measures 8 1.5.2.4 General 9 1.5.3 Executive Engineer 9 1.5.3.1 Pre-flood measures 9 1.5.3.2 Measures during floods 9 1.5.3.3 Post-flood measures 10 1.5.3.4 General 10 1.5.4 Superintending Engineer 10 1.5.5 Chief Engineer / Chief Engineer & Basin Manager (CE & BM): 11 1.6 Preparation and implementation of departmental disaster management plan 12 Chapter – 2: Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability Analysis 2.1 Historical/past disaster/losses in the department 14 2.2 Emerging Concerns 22 Chapter-3: Capacity – Building Measures 3.1 Trainings and Capacity Building 23 3.2 Community Awareness and Community Preparedness Planning 23 3.3 Capacity Building of Community Task forces 24 3.4 Sustainable Management 25 3.5 Mitigation 25 3.6 DRR Master Planning for the Future 25 3.6.1 Community Engagement 26 3.6.2 Organizing Teams 26 3.7 Mitigation Capacity Building Needs & Workshop Planning 26 3.8 Workshop Planning. 26 3.9 Capacity Building 26 Chapter – 4: Prevention & Mitigation Measures 4.1 General 30 4.2 Flood control in Mahanadi Basin 30 4.3 Flood Control in Baitarani Basin 32 4.4 Flood Control in Brahmani Basin 34 4.5 MEASURES 36 4.5.1 Structural Measure 36 4.5.2 Non-structural Measures 36 4.5.3 Institution and Community 37 4.5.4 Launching of Flood Forecasting Model for Department 38 of Water Resources, Odisha 4.5.5 Structural Measures for Flood Control 39 4.6 Risk Analysis 42 4.6.1 Assessing Flood Probabilities 42 4.6.2 Flood Modelling of Rivers 42 4.6.3 Storm-surge Modelling for Hurricanes and Cyclones 42 Chapter – 5: Historical Events and Basin Wise Flood Management 5.1 Flood Damage Statistics 43 5.2 Flood Fighting 43 5.2.1 Measures taken during Phailin (2013) 44 5.2.2 Vulnerable Locations for 2013 50 5.2.3 Vulnerable Locations for 2014 50 5.2.4 Vulnerable Locations for 2015 51 5.2.5 Vulnerable Locations for 2016 52 5.2.6 Vulnerable Locations for 2017 53 5.3 Rainfall Distribution 54 Chapter – 6: Preparedness (For the current year) 6.1 General 60 6.2 Activities 60 6.3 Flood Preparedness-2018 64 6.4 Budget provision-2018 64 6.5 Physical Action to be taken by Officials 66 6.6 Long Term Actions and Responsibility 70 6.7 Dams and their Emergency Action Plan 71 6.7.1 Why Dam Fails? 71 6.7.2 How to keep a watch on Dam Condition? 72 6.7.2.1 Brief history of the dam and salient features 72 6.7.2.2 Assessment of Health Status 72 6.7.2.3 Reservoir operation 72 6.7.2.4 Instrumentation 73 6.7.2.5 Emergency Situations, Signs of Failure and Classification 73 6.7.3 How to get prepared before a Dam Failure 75 6.7.3.1 Preparedness 75 6.7.3.2 Warning System 76 6.7.3.3 Communication System 77 6.7.3.4 Availability of machines, materials & labour 78 6.7.3.5 Dam Security Arrangement 78 6.7.3.6 Review, Update and Validation 78 6.7.4 What to do during a flood? 78 6.7.4.1 Local Evacuation Plan 78 6.7.5 Implementation 79 6.8 Scientific Assessment of Flood Prone Areas Pilot Project 79 at Burhabalanga Basin 6.9 Knowledge Management 80 6.10 Points for Open Discussions 81 6.10.1 Embankment Free Flood Plain 81 6.10.2 De-commissioning of Older Dams 81 FIGURE SL. NO. FIGURE NO DESCRIPTION OF ITEMS PAGE NO. 1 2.1 Tracks of Phailin in different days 17 2 2.2 Flood Inund ation M ap of 18th O ct.2013 20 3 2.3 Tracks of Hud Hud in different days 21 4 4.1 Mahanadi Basin 30 5 4.2 Rule curve of Hirakud 31 6 4.3 Baitarani Basin Map 32 7 4.4 Brahmani Basin Map 34 8 5.1 Flood A ffec ted Dis tri cts 2008 43 9 5.2 Flood Inund ation M ap of 14th Sept.2011 44 10 5.3 Trac ks of Phail in in d ifferent d ays 46 11 5.4 Flood Inund ation M ap of 18th O ct.2013 49 12 5.5 Position Vulne rable Loca tion of 2013 50 13 5.6 Position Vulne rable Loca tion of 2014 51 14 5.7 Position Vulne rable Loca tion of 2015 52 15 5.8 Position Vulne rable Loca tion of 2016 53 16 5.9 Vulne rable Loca tion of 2017 54 17 6.1 Position of Vulnerable Locations in 2018 61 TABLE SL. NO. TABLE NO DESCRIPTION OF ITEMS PAGE NO. 1 . 2.1 Major Flood Events of Odisha 15 2 2.2 Basin D etails of Odisha 15 3 2.3 Gauge Posi tions during Phailin 16 4 2.4 Reservoir pre and post Depletion Levels 17 5 2.5 Damage details during Phailin 21 6 4.1 Travel time of Flood water in Mahanadi Basin 31 7 4.2 1 and 2 -Day rain fall maxima as a fun ction of area 34 8 4.3 Travel Times of Flood Water in Baitarani Basin 34 8 5.1 Flood D amage Statis tics 43 9 5.2 Critical Vulnerable points from 2014 to 2018 54 10 6.1 Division wise weak & Vulnerable points 62 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 OBJECTIVE Objective of this plan is to define the actions and roles necessary to prepare for and respond to any disaster situation in a coordinated manner. The Departmental Disaster Management Plan helps the Department to assess its own capacity in terms of available resources and get ready to mitigate any unexpected disaster effectively and to prevent the loss of human lives and property through preparedness, prevention & mitigation of disasters. It helps to know the standard operating procedures of the department at the time of disaster. The role and responsibility of each and every officer can be detected at the time of disaster. It also helpful to develop immediate and long-term support plans for vulnerable people in/during disasters. 1.2 SCOPE OF THE PLAN Odisha had faced number of natural disasters like flood, cyclone, drought, lightening, coastal erosion etc. Any disaster will cause innumerable miseries, loss of life and appreciable economic loss to the state. The Disaster Management Plan is intended to guide the concerned officers in identifying, monitoring, responding to and mitigating the emergency situations. It is also useful to assist the officials to take immediate action in a critical situation, before getting a formal approval from higher authorities. Scope of the plan is to protect and preserve human life, health and well-being. Minimize damage to the natural environment. Minimize loss, damage or disruption to the facilities, resources and operations. Manage immediate communications and information regarding emergency response operations and campus safety. Provide essential services and operations. Provide and analyze information to support decision-making and action plans Plan Objectives: The objectives of this plan are to: Organisation a. Provide clear and easy-to-follow checklist based guidelines for the most critical functions and liaisons during an emergency response. b. Provide an easy to follow plan design in which users can quickly determine their role, responsibilities and primary tasks. c. Link and coordinate processes, actions and the exchange of critical information into an efficient and real-time overall response so that stakeholders are informed of the emergency response process and have access to information about what is occurring. 1 d. Provide clear and easy-to-follow checklist based guidelines. Communications and Information Management a. Serve as the central point of communications both for receipt and transmission of urgent information and messages. b. Serve as the official point of contact during emergencies when normal communication channels are interrupted. c. Provide 24-hour communication services for voice, data and operational systems. d. Collect and collate all disaster related information for notification, public information, documentation and post-incident analysis. e. Provide a basis for training staff and organizations in emergency response management. f. Decision Making - Determine, through a clear decision-making process, the level of response and the extent of emergency control and coordination that should be activated when incidents occur. Response Operations a. Utilize the resources to implement a comprehensive and efficient emergency management response team. b. Be prepared with a pro-active emergency response management action plan that provides the possibilities and eventualities of emerging incidents.