District Disaster Risk Reduction Plan - Anantnag
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DISTRICT DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PLAN - ANANTNAG COMMUNITY - BASED DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISTRICT DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PLAN - ANANTNAG DISTRICT DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PLAN Project on Sustainable Reduction in Disaster Risk in Multi-Hazard Prone Districts, 2014-17 Publisher:- District Disaster Management Authority - Anantnag Prepared by:- Asif Majeed Ganaie ([email protected]) www.anantnag.nic.in Phone no. 01932-222337 Email: [email protected] [email protected] FAX No. 01932-223164 Page 1 of 44 DISTRICT DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PLAN - ANANTNAG Deputy Commissioner Anantnag MESSAGE Pleasant to introduce the “Disaster Risk Reduction Plan (DRR)” for District Anantnag (Jammu & Kashmir) that has been formulated under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme “Sustainable Reduction in Disaster Risk”, a Project on Sustainable Reduction in Disaster Risk in Multi- Hazard Prone Districts, 2014-17. In J&K State, Anantnag has been declared as one of the Multi Disaster Prone Districts & has been covered under the said Scheme. The aim of the plan is to build safer, adaptive and disaster resilient communities towards sustainable development through effective risk reduction strategies; to establish an effective and efficient disaster risk reduction at all levels in the district; and to set-up unified and coordinated multi-stakeholder District Disaster Response Systems with trigger mechanism including funding provision that would result in reduction of risks. Through the efforts of the community volunteers, respective stakeholders and community level organizations, this document will progressively help changing the perceptions of the people towards emergencies and in a long way empower the people on the ground to be more proactive and not rely solely on external support when disaster strikes. Awareness raising programs, training of stakeholders, communities & volunteers, capacity-building of people and regular mock drills, are some interventions that are ongoing. This publication is an attempt to document the initiatives that should be taken to reduce the losses, whether in the shape of life or property, and to make aware the general public about the risk reducing factors to tackle every eventuality. Mohammad Younis Malik (KAS) Page 2 of 44 DISTRICT DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PLAN - ANANTNAG (Shabir Hussain Bhat) KAS FOREWORD Anantnag District is highly prone to natural hazards as well as human induced disasters. The catastrophes such as flood, fire, hailstorm, earthquake, drought, snow avalanche, cloudburst, downing etc. have been causing loss of lives besides immense destruction to physical infrastructure and economic assets. 2. District Administration has been working with the State Authorities as well as all the stakeholders and line departments at District Level in order to formulate a comprehensive Disaster Risk Reduction Plan. 3. Loss of human lives due to disasters has been reduced to a large extent over the last decade due to several structural and non-structural measures. However, physical damage and economic losses are increasing due to many factors including lack of risk sensitive development planning at District level. 4. I hope this document will help to provide awareness among all the stakeholders and general masses as well in reducing the losses, whether in the shape of life or property, that generally occur during the disasters. Additional Deputy Commissioner Anantnag Page 3 of 44 DISTRICT DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PLAN - ANANTNAG TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgement Preface District Profile Information GOAL, OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS INTRODUCTION Past Disasters in the District Impact of disasters Most vulnerable communities and groups Local level resources and coping mechanisms Challenges and lessons learnt COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT 1. Awareness Campaign Strategy ................................................................................................. 20 2. Gender Equity in Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation ........................................................ 20 3. Formation of Disaster Management Teams/ Committees ....................................................... 21 3.1 District Disaster Management Authority ............................................................................... 21 3.2 Block Level Disaster Management Committees ..................................................................... 21 3.3 Panchayat/Village Level Disaster Management Committees ................................................ 22 3.4 Emergency Operation Taskforces .......................................................................................... 22 2.4.1 Role and Responsibilities of Taskforces ............................................................................. 25 2.4.2 Activation of the Plan ......................................................................................................... 26 3.5 Manuals and Standard Operating Guidelines ........................................................................ 26 2.5.1 Taskforce Action Plans ....................................................................................................... 26 2.5.2 SOPs for Line Departments ................................................................................................ 40 3.6 Training/Capacity Building .................................................................................................... 40 4. Development of Disaster Risk Management Plan at local level .............................................. 41 3.1 Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction ........................................................................... 41 3.2 Involvement of Civil Defense Volunteers ............................................................................... 41 3.3 Activities to be carried out for Disaster Risk Reduction ........................................................ 41 5. Material Resources and Manpower .......................................................................................... 42 4.1 Establishment of Emergency Operations Center/Control Room ............................................ 42 4.1.1 District Emergency Operations Centre ............................................................................... 42 4.1.2 Sub Divisional Level Emergency Operations Centre (SDEOC) ........................................ 43 4.1.3 Tehsil Control Room .......................................................................................................... 43 5.2 Disaster Management Centres/shelter sheds to be used in case of emergency. ..................... 43 5.2.1 Facilities at Disaster Management Centres ......................................................................... 44 5.3 Inventory of Resources. .......................................................................................................... 44 Page 4 of 44 DISTRICT DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PLAN - ANANTNAG Acknowledgement During its preparation processes, a large segment of district line agency heads, political party representatives, representatives from district-based Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), media persons, other district based supporting organizations and community people were involved. They are much appreciated for their active involvement in different processes of the DDRRP Development. For implementation of the activities outlined in this plan, the Anantnag District Disaster Management Authority has to take the lead. There are several activities that fall into the working domain of more than one line agencies, the District Disaster Management Committee has to coordinate and disburse the activities among the district line agencies. Page 5 of 44 DISTRICT DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PLAN - ANANTNAG Preface Anantnag district has been visited by various disasters during the course of history. However, the resilience shown by the district in tiding over the periods of disaster has always remained impeccable. During the floods of 2014, the district authorities in collaboration with NGOs, Mass Social Organizations and volunteers has not only responded to the disaster with unparalleled bravery but have expeditiously responded and recovered from such an unprecedented deluge within the shortest possible time. The socio- economic activities were again restarted, the shelter and livelihood of tens and thousands of affectees’ have been restored. This not only shows the valour and managerial skills of the district administration but depicts the resilient nature and will power of the common masses. Reasons for the losses are attributed to insufficient public awareness, lack or inadequacy in preparedness, lack of early warning system, lack of coordination among inter-government agencies, inadequate financial resources, low quality of human resource in terms of skill in mitigation of natural disasters, and ineffective dissemination of knowledge and skills to the vulnerable population groups. In order to address the root causes of vulnerability to natural disaster, District Administration is in the process of shifting its government policies towards proactive preparedness, mitigation and prevention. This highlights the links between disaster management and development, calling for a cross- sectoral approach to identify the bottlenecks to risk reduction. District Disaster Risk Reduction Plan is being developed with a dual top-down and bottom-up approach, tapping the existing institutional capacity required for coordinated action, in response to community-based voicing of the most pressing needs.