DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN (DISTRICT PATIALA) Year 2021 Kumar Amit , IAS Deputy Commissioner-cum-Chairperson District Disaster Management Authority Patiala Index Sr. No. Subject Page 1. Physical Features. 1 2. Physiographics. 2-3 3. Maps 4-6 4. Flow Chart of Activities Regarding activities done during 7 floods 5. Important Phone No. of Flood Control Rooms/ NDRF Team / 8 Armed Forces Contacts 6 Important Phone/Mobile No. at District Level 9-10 7 Police Department at District Level Contacts 10 8 Drainage Department / PSPCL Contacts 11-12 9 Senior Medical Officer's Contact/Animal Husbandry Patiala 12 10 Trained Homegurads/Tained Boat Driver in Distt Patiala 13 Contacts 11 Public Cooling Places/Shelter Homes 14 12 District Population Profile Tehsil Wise 15 13 Important Phone/Mobile No. at Sub Division Patiala 15 14 Flood prone area/Relief centres in Sub Division Patiala 16-26 15 Important Phone/Mobile No. at Sub Division Rajpua 27 16 Flood prone area/Relief centres in Sub Division Rajpura 28-30 17 Important Phone/Mobile No. at Sub Division Dhudhan 31 Sadhan 18 Flood prone area/Relief centres in Sub Division Dhudhan 31-34 Sadhan 19 Important Phone/Mobile No. at Sub Division Nabha. 35 20 Flood prone area/Relief centres in Sub Division Nabha 35-36 21 Important Phone/Mobile No. at Sub Division Samana 37 22 Flood prone area/Relief centres in Sub Division Samana 38 23 Important Phone/Mobile No. at Sub Division Patran 39 24 Flood prone area/Relief centres in Sub Division Patran 40-42 25 Flood relief Material at Different Sub Divisions. 42 26 Non Government Organisations/NGO, Sub Division Wise. 43-47 27 Guidelines on Minimum Standards of Relief 48-53 1.Physical Features Origin of Name: The district derives its name from the district headquarters town of Patiala, which is said to have been founded about 1762 AD; by Baba Ala Singh, the founder of Patiala State. The word Patiala is constituted of two words Patti and Ala, which means territories of Ala. The city remained in occupation of the descendents of Baba Ala Singh till 1948 when it became capital of PEPSU (Patiala and East Punjab States Union). In 1956 PEPSU was merged in Punjab and thus Patiala became one of the District Divisional headquarters. Location and Size: Patiala district is located in the south-eastern part of the State of Punjab in the Malwa region. It forms part of Patiala division and lies between 20-49’ and 30-47’ north latitude and 75-58’ and 76-54’ east longitude. It is surrounded by Fatehgarh Sahib district in the north; Rupnagar district and SAS Nagar in the north; Ambala district (Haryana State) in the east; Kaithal and Jind district of (Haryana State) , and Sangrur district in the west. It is constituted mainly of territories of erstwhile princely states of Patiala and Nabha, which were known as Phulkian state. Area: According to Surveyor General of India, the area of the district is 3325 sq. kms. It ranks 4th in area in the State consisting 155.19 sq. kms urban, and 3169.81sq. Kms. rural areas. The rural area of the district is derived by subtracting urban area of the district from the total district area, as supplied by the Surveyor General of India. The tahsil wise area, Punjab is as follows: (1) Samana tahsil 420.02 sq. km. (2) Nabha tahsil 628.41 sq. km. (3) Patiala tahsil 1147.74 sq. km. (4) Rajpura tahsil 723.38 sq. km. and (5) Patran tahsil 405.44 sq. km. Climate: The climate of Patiala district is typical of Punjab plains i.e. quite hot in summer and sufficiently cold in winter. The temperature starts rising in March and continues rising till end of June. Hot winds blow during summer, occasionally accompanied by dust storms. The temperature may touch 45 C or more on some days. Generally pre-monsoon showers are experienced in the middle or end of June which may bring down temperature considerably. Rains set in by the first week of July which may continue upto the middle of September. During the rainy season temperatures are considerably lower during the rainy days but it becomes very hot and sultry when it is not raining. From early October, the weather becomes very pleasant as the winter season sets in. November and December are pleasant but nights are cool. There is 7 considerable difference between day and night temperatures during this period. Severe cold is experienced during months of January and February when temperature touch the freezing point. The winter rains are also experienced during these months but these are only shade of rains experienced during July to September. The winter rains are caused due to western disturbances in the Persian Gulf. Mild frost may be experienced during mid December to mid January. Sometime hail storms are experienced in winter months which may cause extensive damage to the standing crops. The following table gives monthly rainfall based year 2019 for the district. 1 Monthly Rainfall For the year 2020 Sr. Month Rainfall (mm) Sr. Month Rainfall (mm) no. no. 1. January 216.9 7. July 1278.2 2. February 18.2 8. August 735.5 3. March 385.4 9. September 25.6 4. April 79.8 10. October 0 5. May 281.6 11. Novembe 75.4 6. June 197.9 12. December 14.8 Total of Rainfall in Year 2020= 3309.3 2.Physiographic: This district is sub-divided into following two sub-micro regions on the basis of soils, topography, climate and natural vegetation; (i)Patiala plain and (ii) Ghaggar flood plain. Each of these regions is described briefly as follows: (i) Patiala Plain: This region spreads over the northern and north-western parts of Patiala district, occupying the whole tahsils of Nabha a large part of Patiala, Rajpura and Samana tahsils. The region is a flat featureless plain having alluvial and most fertile soils. The main soils are Ochrepets - Orthents and Ocharepts-Psammets. But there are some pockets in the western parts of Patiala and Samana tahsils where the surface water dries out in dry weather, leaving a sheet of white powdery material at the surface, which is known as Kallar or Reh. Being a plain area, no major river passes through this region, but there are choes / nalas. The important ones are; Patiala Rao. There are few pockets of protected, forests, namely Bhadson Bir, Bir Dosanja, Bir Moti Bagh, etc. (ii) Ghaggar Flood Plain: This region spreads over the eastern, south-eastern and southern parts of Patiala district covering parts of Rajpura, Patiala and Samana tahsils. Ghaggar River flows from north–east to south–west direction. The other choes/nalas are namely Pranadi, Dangri Nadi, Miranpur Choe, Gadri Nadi and Pagna Nadi. Most of the villages are situated on low lying areas and these are 8 subject to floods during rainy season. There are few pockets of protected forests, namely Bir Bhuner Heri, Ganesh and Bir Gardialpura. Rivers and Drains: It is said that Satluj River used to flow through the Gobindgarh area but changed course to its present course in early part of 13 century which is well outside the district boundaries. The following streams which traverse this district are briefly described below:- 2 Ghaggar: The chief stream which traverses this district is the Ghaggar. It rises in Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh and is known by the name of Kaushalaya in the upper reaches. After flowing through Himachal territory and Ambala district of Haryana it enters plains near Mubarikpur. Thereafter it is called Ghaggar. It flows in the south–westerly direction and is joined by streams like Tangri, Patiala Rao, etc. Later, outside the district boundaries it is joined by combined waters of Saraswati and Tangri stream (emanating in Haryana). Its bed is narrow and ill defined in Banur and Rajpura areas but near Ghannaur, its banks are low and the stream floods easily. Further south, the river flow provides some excellent soil. In summer only, small quantity of water is available in its upper reaches, but during the rainy season the quantity of water is considerable which cause floods and damage to crops and property. Patiali Rao (Patialewali Nadi): It rises near Chandigarh and after carrying waters of several other torrents flows further, It enters Patiala from north, touches Patiala city and moves south–east to join river Ghaggar near Ratta Khera village. It known as Patiala Rao till Patiala city beyond which its name changes to Patialewali Nadi. 3 Map Patiala district 4 Map Patiala District Tehsil & Villages 5 Map Patiala District Drainage 6 FLOW CHART OF ACTIVITIES REGARDING ACTIVITIES DONE DURING FLOODS Information Flood Control Room Regarding Floods Public/ Agency Nodal Officer At Sub Division Level Law and Damage to Banks of Evacaution NDRF, Medical Relief Order Rivers/Drains Armed Forces, Home Team Regarding Guards, Teshsildar/ Fodder/ DSP/ SHO Xen/SDO, Drainage Naib Tehsildar CMO Veterinary Deptt. DDAH/SVO Relief Regarding Repair of Damage to Regarding Compensation Roads Flood and Shelter of damage of Crops/Live Xen/SDO PWD, B&R Stock/House DFSC/DFSO Xen, Mandi Board Tehsildar/Naib Tehsildar 7 5. Important Phone No. of Flood Control Rooms at Distt. & Sub Division Level Sr. No Name of Flood Control Room Contact No. E-Mail ID 1 Distt Patiala 0175-2350550 [email protected] 62843-57500 2 Patiala (Tehsil) 0175-2311321 [email protected] 3 Dudhan Sadhan 0175-2632615 [email protected] 4 Rajpura 01762-224132 [email protected] 5 Nabha 01765-220654 [email protected] 6 Samana 01764-221190 [email protected] 7 Patran 01764-243403 [email protected] 6.