City Disaster Management Plan (Draft Final Report)
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City Disaster Management Plan (Draft Final Report) Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation 1 2 Contents ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................................................... 6 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 7 1.1. PREFACE ............................................................................................................................................... 7 1.2. CLASSIFICATION OF DISASTERS .......................................................................................................... 9 1.3. OBJECTIVES ........................................................................................................................................ 11 1.4. SCOPE OF THE WORK........................................................................................................................ 11 1.5. GVMC PLANS AND PROGRAMMES FOR CDMP ............................................................................... 12 2. PROFILE OF GREATER VISAKHAPATNAM MUNICIPAL CORPORATION .................................................. 13 2.1. PROFILE OF THE CITY ........................................................................................................................ 13 2.2. DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE................................................................................................................... 15 2.3. TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATE and RAINFALL .......................................................................................... 22 2.4. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE CITY GOVERNANCE ......................................................... 31 2.5. CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (CDS) FOR GREATER VISAKHAPATNAM MUNICIPAL CORPORATION (GVMC) ................................................................................................................................ 32 2.6. MAJOR WATER BODIES and DRAINS ............................................................................................... 37 3. METHODOLOGY FOR PREPARATION OF CDMP ...................................................................................... 39 3.1. GVMC PLANS AND PROGRAMMES FOR CDMP: ............................................................................. 39 3.2. BASIC CITY DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN and METHODOLOGY: ............................................... 39 3.3. CDMP- Methodology: ....................................................................................................................... 40 3.4. PROPOSED STUDY FOR BASIC CDMP of GVMC:.............................................................................. 41 3.5. DISASTER RISK REDUCTION (DRR) ................................................................................................... 43 3.6. RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK: ................................................................................................ 43 3.7. VULNERABLITY and CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT ............................................................................... 45 3.8. HYOGO FRAMEWORK OF ACTION (HFA: 2005-2015): ................................................................... 45 3 3.9. RESPONDING TO NATURAL DISASTER ............................................................................................. 46 3.10. FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................ 46 3.11. CYCLONE RISK MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................... 48 4. CITY DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR VISAKHAPATNAM................................................................ 50 4.1. City in Its Regional Setting: ............................................................................................................... 50 4.2. Disasters in Visakhapatnam Context: .............................................................................................. 53 4.3. Disaster Operations Centre: ............................................................................................................. 60 4.4. Cyclone hazard profile of the City: .................................................................................................. 62 4.5. Forecasting Centers at Visakhapatnam: .......................................................................................... 63 4.6. Stages of warning and their importance: ........................................................................................ 63 4.7. Earthquake hazard profile: ............................................................................................................... 64 4.8. Disaster preparedness planning: ..................................................................................................... 64 4.9. Revenue Department: ...................................................................................................................... 65 4.10. Roads and Buildings Department: ............................................................................................... 65 4.11. Integrated Child Development Services Project: ........................................................................ 66 4.12. Civil Defense (CD): ........................................................................................................................ 66 4.13. Synergizing efforts and resources of various agencies involved: .............................................. 68 4.14. Capacity building measures for developing trained human resource for civil Defense: ......... 68 4.15. National Disaster Response Force ............................................................................................... 72 4.16. Media preparedness in disaster management: .......................................................................... 73 4.17. Legislative support at the Local/ Municipal/ Panchayat Level: ................................................. 74 4.18. Application of Geospatial information in Disaster Management: ............................................ 74 4.19. Knowledge Management: ............................................................................................................ 75 5. CITY DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLANNING ............................................................................................. 76 5.1. Preparedness, Response and Action Plan ....................................................................................... 76 5.2. Disaster Response Plan (DRP): ......................................................................................................... 87 4 5.3. Shelter Management: .....................................................................................................................103 5.4. Structural Mitigation Measures: ....................................................................................................104 5.5. Mitigation strategy: ........................................................................................................................105 5.6. Action Plan ......................................................................................................................................106 5.7. Community level training and public awareness activities:.........................................................107 5.8. Insurance: ........................................................................................................................................109 5.9. Coastal Mitigation Measures: ........................................................................................................109 5.10. Cyclone mitigation: .....................................................................................................................110 5.11. Training of Volunteers: ...............................................................................................................111 5.12. Public Awareness: .......................................................................................................................111 5.13. Requirement of equipment and machinery for disaster management in the district: .........111 6. RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION .............................................................................................113 Annexure ..........................................................................................................................................................114 Annexure-1: Fire Statistics of the city for the December, 2013...............................................................114 Annexure- 2: Contact Details of the ULBs ................................................................................................118 References: ......................................................................................................................................................122 5 ABBREVIATIONS AP Andhra Pradesh APSDMP Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Plan APSRAC Andhra Pradesh State Remote sensing Applications Centre CBDM Community Based Disaster Management CD Civil Defence CDP Centre for Disaster Preparedness CRF Calamity Relief Fund CSCs Community Service Centers DDMPs District Disaster Management Plans DDMA District Disaster Management Authority DM Disaster Management DM ACT, 2005 Disaster Management Act, 2005 DRR Disaster Risk Reduction DSF Disaster