DISTRICT DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN 2019-20 DISASTER DO HAPPEN, ARE YOU PREPARED? Shri Biswa Bandhu Sen Deputy Speaker, North Tripura MESSAGE As per the Disaster Management Act, 2005, the District Disaster Management Plan of Tripura has been prepared in consultation with the National guideline of Govt. of India. Tripura is prone to various natural and manmade disasters, to minimize the loss due to disaster there is a need for district specific action plan and guideline for all levels of authorities and responsible department in the district. Im glade that District Disaster Management Authority has taken the initiative to develop the District Disaster Management Plan by involving all responsible agencies, I hope, this plan will guide all Stakeholder for better preparedness, effective response for disaster management in our district. (Shri Biswa Bandhu Sen) 2 Shri Raval Hamendra Kumar, IAS District Magistrate & Collector MESSAGE I am happy that the District Disaster Management Authority, North Tripura District is publishing the Distrit Disaster Management Plan for the year 2019-20. It reflect the current holistic approach of disaster mitigation and preparedness as envisaged in the District Management Act, 2005 Disaster is an unpredictatable natural and manmade calamity. It claims lives and properties; it affects human society, during such disaster everyone suffers emotionally, economically and environmentally. The District Disaster Management Plan has been prepared as per the guideline issued by the state Disaster Mnagement Authority. It has collected all the relevant information from various key agencies and line departments. I urge all the agencies and departments to act as per the roles and responsibleties laid down in the DDMP to ensure coordination efforts towards the best possible Disaster mitigation and preparedness in North Tripura District. (Raval Hamendra Kumar IAS) 3 Shri Subhasha Datta Nodal Officer, Disaster Management MESSAGE I am glade to learn that District Disaster Management Authority, North Tripura District is publishing District Disaster Management Plan for the year 2019- 20, which is a unique effort and task made by DDMA, North Tripura District to combat any Disaster in future. As a legal mandate of the state government as per the Disastr Management Act, 2005, the District Disaster Management Plan has been prepared and approved by the Tripura Disaster Management Authority. The main objective of the plam is to enable effective and prompt response to any type of Disaster, determine of role and responsibilities of the key agencies and line departments for better preparedness at the normal times. I urge all Sub-Divisional Magistrates, Block Development Officer and other responsible agencies to act aupon the approved guideline and responsibilities laid in the District Management Plan to make this Plan a living document. (Subhasha Datta) 4 CONTENT Sl. Content Pages Sl. No. Content Pages No. Introduction i) Aim & obejectives Role and responsibilities of 1 6-8 2 9 ii) Scope of plan DDMA iii) Needs of plan Over view of the District 3 Map of North Tripura 10 4 11-12 i) Administrative setup What is Disaster 5 Role of IRS in North Tripura 14 6 15 i) What is hazard Disaster preparedness 7 i) Natural Hazard 15-16 8 NDMA 16 ii) Man made disaster Disaster Management Cycle TDMA i) Pre-Disaster Activities 9 i) State executive committee 16-17 10 18-19 ii) Emergency activities ii) Co-opted Member iii) Post Disaster activities 11 Vital info.on DM 20 12 Information flow protocol 21 13 Capability Analysis 22 14 DDMA action plan 2019-20 23 15 Roles for stakeholders 24 -27 16 Role of DM 28 17 Pre & post DM plan 29-32 18 Recovery measures 33-34 19 Population Breakup 35 20 District Administration at glance 36 21 Evacuation, Search & rescue 37-38 22 Shelter management 39-41 23 Relief operation 42-43 24 Infrastructure Restoration 43-44 25 Flood prone areas 44 26 Shelter 45-47 27 Volunteer KCP Sub-Div 48-50 28 Landslide prone area 51 29 DDMA 52 30 DDMC 52 31 Quick Respose team 53 32 Helipads 54 33 NGOs involves in DDMA 55 34 Disaster in North Tripura 56-60 35 Equipment 61-65 36 Seasonality of Hazard 66-67 37 Climate & Rainfall 68-70 38 Sub-Divisional DM teams 71-94 39 District Control Room 95-99 40 Prepareness & Mitigation 100-103 41 Incident commander 104 42 Do’s & Don’t 105-107 43 Scale of relief 107 to 108 44 Maps 108-114 45 Volunteer DMN & PSR Sub-Div 115-23 46 Abbreviations 123-124 5 Introduction The increase in the frequency of disasters and their associated damages in the region ispart of a worldwide trend, which results from growing vulnerability and may reflect changingclimate patterns. These trends make it all the more necessary for the regions to break the cycle of destruction and reconstruction and address the root causes of vulnerability, rather than merely treating its symptoms when disasters happen. The principal causes of vulnerability in the region include rapid and uncontrolled urbanization, the persistence of widespread urban and rural poverty, the degradation of the region's environment resulting from the mismanagement of natural resources, inefficient public policies, and lagging and misguided investments in infrastructure. Development and disaster-related policies have largely focused on emergency response, leaving a serious under-investment in natural hazard prevention and mitigation. The lack of preparedness and the lack of safety measure also increase the vulnerability and add to the human and property loss. India is also one such country whose great vulnerability to natural disasters is not unknown. With 65% of its land area vulnerable to earthquakes, 8% to cyclones, 12% to floods and 70% to droughts, more than 1 million houses are damaged annually in India and above them are the human and social losses that go unaccounted. The super cyclone in Orissa killed 10,000 people and destroyed 18 lakh houses, Rohtak floods of Aug-Sept 1995 left 55% of land area submerged resulting in huge economic losses conservatively estimated as Rs. 2000/- Crores. Gujarat Earthquake of 2002 measuring 6.9 on Richter scale shook the very edifice of our system. More than 3.5 lakh houses collapsed across 7633 villages and cities, causing unprecedented damage. Death and destruction it caused was never seen ever before. These and many more paint the picture of a cycle of destruction that affects our country and over and again leave us bereft of the small and yet so significant development strides we make with so lots of effort. It is thus imperative that we must move in the direction of a proactive stance to reduce the toll of disasters in the region. It requires a more comprehensive approach that encompasses both pre-disaster risk reduction and post-disaster recovery. To promote a culture of disaster preparedness within the district. Initiate policy level change as per demand of the district for ensuring safe environment. Sensidise the community on disaster preparedness and safety measures. Motivate direct participation of stakeholders in activities that would help building towards a disaster resilient community. Promote capacity building of officials & the community. Carry out IEC activities to each individuals Impliment structural/non-structural mitigation measures after hazard hunt. Saving human lives/lifestocks in North Tripura district as the highest priority along with minimum loss of property & environment. Like other District of the State, more than 60% area is hilly and has good forest coverage. The important hill ranges are Jampui in the South-East of the District in Kanchanpur Sub-Division. It is the highest range in the State, which is approximately 3000 ft. high from Mean Sea level. The other hill is Sakhan which divides the Kanchanpur Sub-Division of the District and Longtharai Valley Sub-Division of Dhalai District located in the South-West of the District. The another hill is Shakan which divides the Kanchanpur Sub-Division of the District and Longtharai Valley range is Unokoti which is located in between Kailashahar and Dharmanagar Sub-Division and in Central-Northern part of the District. This 6 hill range is famous for locating less than 1 (one) Crore engraved picture of gods & goddess on the stone, which is a famous tourist spot. All the hill ranges run from South to North. In the extreme South the hilly region can be said the foothills of the Chittagaong hill tracts of Bangladesh. The river Deo that subsequently meets the Manu river at Kumarghat area starts from the Chittagaong hill tracts and flows through the Kanchanpur Sub-Division towards North. The main river Longai and Juri flows from South to North. As for other parts of the State, though there are good habitations on the tilla land, maximum habitations are on plain and on the riverbanks. It is fact that before 30/40 years, back the river Deo, Juri and Longai used to play vital role for transportation of different goods by locally made boats. Even for few years back the Longai river was used for transportation of main commodities under PDS from Damcherra to Khedacherra. Undulating hilly terrain and uneven plains characterize the topography of the District. The soil condition of these hilly ranges is same and composed of gravel mixed with loose soil and laterite type and alluvial in the river valleys and fat lands. Hot and humid summer with sufficient rainfall between June & October and dry winter characterize the climate of North Tripura District. Rainfall is usually high in the District compared to other Districts in the State. But since 2008 the amount of rainfall has decreased somewhat. Temperature is generally moderate and mild variations are noticed in various places of North Tripura District. The North Tripura District is situated in intense seismic region, which is placed in the category of Zone – „V‟.