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Flood Containment Plan 2021
District Fazilka
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INDEX
Chapter Title Pages No. 1 A Brief Outlook of the District 1 - 3 1.1 Prelude 1.2 Historical Perspective / Earlier Floods in the District. 1.3 Badha Lake
2 Floods : Etymological & Typological Framework 4 - 7 2.1 Generic Exposition 2.2 Definitions 2.3 Etymology 2.4 Typology 2.5 Floods in Punjab 2.6 Reasons of Floods 2.7 General Considerations about Floods
3 Structural & Functional Outlook of The District 8 - 16 Administration : Preventive & Mitigative Measures 3.1 Information Collection Mechanism 3.2 Classification of Flood Affected Areas 3.2.1 Dangerously Exposed Villages 3.2.2 Moderately Exposed Areas 3.2.3 Safe Villages 3.3 Setting up of Evacuation Centers 3.3.1 Evacuation Centers 3.4 Outlook of the District Administration 3.4.1 Methodology of Flood Control 3.4.2 Flood Control 3.5 Best Practices in Flood Control 3.5.1 Mitigation Measures 3.5.2 Flood Prevention 3.5.3 Flood Protection 3.5.4 Pre-Flood Mitigation 3.5.5 Post-Flood Mitigation 3.6 Flood Emergency Preparedness 3.7 Main Flood Mitigation Measures 3.8 Mitigation & Control about Flooding 3.9 Govt's Outlook 3.10 Established Mechanism for Flood Management 3.11 Management of Floods at the Local Level
4 Assignment of Roles to Different Departments in Flood 17 - 31 Preparedness 4.1 General Preparedness Checklist 4.2 Role of District Disaster Management Authority 4.3 Department wise Preparedness / Assignment of Duties 4.3.1 District Administration 4.3.2 Agriculture Department 4.3.3 Animal Husbandry 4.3.4 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited 4.3.5 Development and Panchayat 4.3.6 District Red Cross Society 3
4.3.7 Education Department 4.3.8 Electricity Department 4.3.9 Fire Services 4.3.10 Food & Supplies Department 4.3.11 Forest Department 4.3.12 Roadways 4.3.13 Health Department 4.3.14 Home Guards 4.3.15 Industrial Safety & Health 4.3.16 Irrigation Department 4.3.17 Municipal Council / Corporation 4.3.18 Police Department 4.3.18a Installation of Wireless Sets on Official Vehicles 4.3.18b Availability of Swimmers & Divers 4.3.18c Availability of JCB Machines 4.3.19 Pollution Control Board 4.3.20 Public Health Engineering Department 4.3.21 Public Relations Department 4.3.22 Public Works Department 4.3.23 Regional Transport Authority 4.3.24 Revenue and Disaster Management Department
5 Drainage Department Perspective in District Fazilka 32 - 40 5.1 Drainage System 5.2 Major Outlay of Drains in Fazilka District : Map 5.2.1 Jalalabad-Mouzam Drain 5.2.1a Jalalabad Drain 5.2.1b Mouzam Drain 5.3 Ditch Drain 5.4 Drainage / Canal Department Team 5.5 Structuralism of Rivers : Main River Flow in Punjab 5.5.1 Canal Administration in Punjab 5.6 Drains : Total Length of Drains in Fazilka 5.7 Flood : Dangerous Scenario for Fazilka 5.8 Flood Forecasting in Punjab 5.9 Warring System from Bharka & Pong Reservoir in the Case of Floods / Rains 5.9.1 River Sutlej 5.9.2 River Beas 5.10 System of Flood Warning Signals in Punjab 5.11 Flood Control Measures 5.11.1 Structural Measures for Flood Control 5.11.1a Water Diversion of Flood Water 5.11.1b Integrated Model for Flood Forecasting 5.11.1c Non-Ground Based Model 5.11.2 Revival of Village Ponds 5.11.3 Changing Crop Pattern also added to floods 5.12 Non-Structural Measures 5.12.1 Preparedness Methodology 5.12.2 Training Programmes 5.12.3 Train the Trainer Model for Schools 5.12.4 Flood Plain Zoning 5.13 Pre-Emergency Planning 5.13.1 Protection of Individual Properties 5.13.2 Protection of Communities 4
6 Flood Management as an Offshoot of Disaster 41 - 48 Management : Statutory & Enabling Provisions 6.1 Powers Given to Collector Under Canal & Drainage Act 1873 6.2 Provision Under Indian Penal Code 6.3 Provisions Under Disaster Management Act 2005
7 Role of The Deputy Commissioner 49 - 55 7.1 Extensive & Consolidated Measures 7.2 Flood Relief Operations 7.2.1 Different Phases of Tackling the Flood Menace 7.2.1a Emergency Phase 7.2.1b Static Phase 7.2.1c Post-Floods Phase 7.3 Strengthening Participatory Organizations 7.4 Evaluation of Flood Damages 7.5 General Instructions Issued by Deputy Commissioner for the Execution of Works 7.6 Other Duties of the Deputy Commissioner 7.7 Duties of Zonal Officers 7.8 Duties of Sector Officers 7.9 Duties of other Local Authorities 7.10 Duties of Private Sector 7.11 Duties of Community Groups & Volunteer Agencies 7.12 Duties of Citizenry
8 Flood Control Room at Different levels 56 – 64 8.1 Scheme for Dealing with Floods 8.2 Preparation of Tehsil Maps 8.3 Setting up of Control Rooms 8.3.1 Control Room at the Tehsil Headquarters 8.3.2 Control Room at District Headquarters 8.3.3 Control Room at Divisional Headquarters 8.3.4 Control Room at the Financial Commissioner's Office 8.4 Issue of Flood Warnings to Relief & Evacuation Centers and to other Officers 8.5 Major Flood Control Rooms in Fazilka District 8.6 Flow Chart of Flood Relief : Hierarchy 8.7 Destination of Boats 8.8 Current Position of Flood Equipment 8.9 Punjab Disaster Management Authority 8.10 Military Assistance 8.10.1 Contact No's of Army Headquarters 8.11 SDRF 8.12 NDRF Facility / Nearest Headquarter From District Fazilka 8.12.1 Role of NDRF in Floods 8.12.2 NDRF Key Works During Severe Floods
9 Important Contact Details of Govt. Officials Assigned 65 - 75 with Flood Control & Relief Works 9.1 Block Fazilka 9.2 Block Jalalabad (W) 5
9.3 District Level Main Officials (Civil) 9.4 District Level Main Officials (Police) 9.5 Chemists and Druggists Association 9.6 Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) 9.6.1 NGOs of Jalalabad (W) 9.6.2 NGOs of Fazilka 9.6.3 NGOs of Abohar 9.7 Contact Details of Food & Civil Supplies Department 9.8 Department Wise Nodal Officers 9.9 Department Wise Email-IDs
9.10 Important Telephone Numbers 10 Capacity Building & Training 76 - 82 10.1 Purpose of Capacity Building 10.2 Institutional Capacity-Building 10.2.1 Center for Disaster Management, MGSIPA 10.2.2 District Disaster Management Authority 10.3 Capacity Building of Various Departments 10.4 Civil Engineers (Structural Capacity Building) 10.5 Corporates, Professionals 10.6 Strengthening of District Emergency Operations Center 10.7 Capacity Building at the Community Level 10.8 Development of Information, Education & Communication (IEC) Material 10.9 Sensitization / Awareness Campaigns
11 Disaster Management Plan : Flood Management & 83 - 85 Control 11.1 Components of Disaster Management 11.2 Disaster Management Cycle 11.3 Flow Chart of Flood Losses
12 Sub-Division Wise Flood Relief Camps 86 - 97 12.1 Relief Centers as the Second Line of Defiance 12.1.1 Essentials of a Relief Camp 12.1.2 SDM as a Major Functionary 12.2 Use of Boats 12.3 Role of Commissioner & Submission of Report to the Government 12.3.1 Aerial Reconnaissance 12.3.2 Air Drop 12.4 Relief Centers in Tehsil Fazilka 12.5 Relief Centers in Tehsil Jalalabad (W) 12.6 Relief Centers in Tehsli Abohar
13 98 - 111 Award of Compensation & Special Girdawris
14 Conclusion & Recommendations 112-113 14.1 Assessment of Flood Management 14.2 Conclusion & Recommendations 14.3 Concluding Remarks
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1. A Brief Outlook of the District
1.1 Prelude
165 year old historical town Fazilka, District Fazilka, also known as Bangla, is located in south western Punjab (INDIA), about 325 kms west of Punjab State Capital Chandigarh, 85 km south-west of Ferozepur and 200 km south of Amritsar. Fazilka is on India-Pakistan border and is 11 km off the international border with Pakistan. It is situated on the rice growing and cotton rich belt of the state and is one of the major rice exporting center in India. Before partition, the town was the biggest wool market in undivided Punjab.
Fazilka’s origin dates back to 1844. It was established by Mr. Oliver and was christened after the original owner of the land, Mian Fazil Watoo.When in 1844, the tract of country on the Satluj was ceded by Bahawalpur, there was no village where Fazilka now stands, but Vans Agnew, the first officer stationed there, built himself a bungalow, in which the office of the Subdivisional Officer (Civil), Fazilka, is now located. From that bunglow, the place became known as Bangla, a name still given to the town and tehsil by the people. Two years later, Oliver established a few shops there, and gave the place the name of Fazilka from Fazil, one of early Wattu settlers. Its favourable position near the Satluj enabled it to engross almost the whole of the export trade from the great desert tract towards Sind (now in Pakistan), and made it soon a flourishing market. A most destructive flood happened in Fazilka in 1908 and practically the whole of the town collapsed and had to be rebuilt. The first railway line through the town was setup in 1898 on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the accession of Queen Victoria. Being at the border, Fazilka also had to bear the brunt of the two Indo-Pak wars of 1965 and 1971.
Before the partition of the country in 1947, Fazlika was the biggest wool market in India, but thereafter the trade has been hit very hard, with a major portion of the supply area going to Pakistan and the Bikaner town gradually attracting the raw wool produced in Rajasthan. Other products, for which the town is known, are baan, moorhas, sirkis & hand crafted Juttis. The famous ‘Tosha’ sweets has its origin in Fazilka. The first single cylinder steam ship in the world, Fazilka, was named after this town. Fazilka is also home to the second biggest TV tower in Asia, which stands at 305 m above the ground. Amritsar International Airport and Ludhiana Domestic Airport serves Fazilka. Fazilka Railway Station is located on Abohar-Ferozepur Region of Northern Railways. National Highway 10 passes through Fazilka. Wheat and paddy were the main crops cultivated across the district.
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1.2 Historical Perspective / Earlier Floods in the District.
In 2011, more than three weeks after flood waters from river Sutlej entered Fazilka villages that rendered many homeless and destroyed standing crops in thousands of acres. The locals also had to battle an onslaught of diseases. The stagnant water in several flood hit areas combined with the rotting foliage had become an ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes & lack of availability of potable water led to various kinds of water-borne diseases. The villagers had to wait for receding of the flood waters sitting on the rooftops of their houses, who fell prey to malaria, pneumonia, viral fever and skin related ailments. Even the livestock had started contracting diseases like hemorrhagic septicemia, worms in the stomach and other disorders.
After receding of the water, most of the approach roads were water hampered for the relief work. The doctors, administrative officers and other government officials had to use tractors and JCB machines to reach the flooded villages to set up medical camps. The gravity of the situation could be gauged from the fact that on an average 600 patients visited the medical camps set up at Mahatam Nagar, Gatti number 1 and other areas on daily basis. An equal number of cattle heads were also treated everyday.
The visiting doctors with mobile units had to face unprecedented problems as some villagers had stayed put in the flooded villages. They had to wade through knee- deep waters every time they wanted to treat people for various infections and lung related diseases. The BSF personnel also extended good help in Mohar Jamsehr area in evacuation and shifting ailling villagers to Fazilka Civil Hospital during that period. Most of the sick cases were reported from Kaawanwali, Gulaba, Retawali, RamSinghwala Bhini, Dona Nanaka, Muhar Jamsher and Muhar Kheewa villages.
In year 2013, standing crops were inundated due to overflow of water from Pakistan-based Budha River in Mohar Jamsher village of Fazilka district. The village has Pakistan boundary on three side and Sutlej on the fourth and boat is the only source to reach the village. People suffer almost every year due to floods in the river. Farmers have a prominent demand of strengthening of bundh along the river Sutlej and a permanent bridge. The local administration has to ask the villagers to move to safer places due to rise in water level in Sutlej River during flood situation, besides ordering to issue special girdawaris.
Monsoon Season Affected Area Loss of Life Year (in acres) 2015 7274 02 2016 -- -- 2017 -- 02 2018 348 -- 2019 2752 02 2020 67747-2-07 04 Total 78121-2-07 10 8
1.3 Badha Lake (Fazilka)
As Notified Punjab District Gazetteers Volume XXX A Ferozpore District 1915, Chapter I A Clause (c) (iii) Drainage Channel Page 6, paragraph two, states that “in the Shri Muktsar Sahib Tehsil, there is the Sotar depression which carries water down to the Badha Jheel at Fazilka. Above the Danda also there are some drainage channels; the most clearly marked of these is Moga Nala which entering the tehsil, at Ajitwal ruuns through Moga itself and passes into Faridokot (in the neighbourhood of Bhalur). From above statement of notified gazette of important drainage system, Badha Jheel (Lake) wetland served a significant purpose.
Badha is low lying area is a historical lake and it is a part of eastern river network mainly Sutlej, as defined under the Indus Waters Treaty between the Republic of India and Pakistan, brokered by the World Bank (then the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development), which was signed in Karachi on September 19, 1960. This low lying area of Badha Lake falls between the Harike Pattan and Sulemanki Headwork.
Due to Geographical position of Badha lake catchment area, as per the notification No. 155 dated 5th March, 1916, under Section 5 (3) of the Punjab Municipal Act, III of 1911 the Lieutenant-Governor was fixed the northern boundary of the Municipality of Fazilka city as Bundh of Badha Lake. Location of Fazilka town w.r.t. Badha Lake is well documented in the survey of India maps. Complete map cannot be reproduce and its part carrying significance importance and location of Badha lake is shown below; Sheet No. 44(J/3): Map Scale 1: 50,000 | Surveyed 1974-75 under supervision of Major General Girish Chandra Aggarwal, SGI, and Published in 1983. Due to the map policy of India. The gradual erosion of the feed of the Badha lake, due to the heavy construction in the passage of the its feeder line or the catchment area of the stream.
Bundh of Badha Lake (Khasra Number 91, 92, 93), area along with Alamshah Distributory, presently defines the northern municipal boundary limits of city Fazilka and act as a safety bundh to protect Fazilka against floods. In 2005 District Forest and Wildlife Preservation Department, Ferozpur Division informed that there were about 400 trees standing as being helpful at the Badha Lake Bundh from soil erosion, where PUDA had proposed a colony.
In the year 2000, Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (PSCST) warned State Government and District Administration of Ferozpur District in its report that the conservation of Badha wetlands and its surroundings is very essential. Now dry lake bed of Badha Lake and its tributaries become favorite hotspot for encroachers and sand miners. These activities and illegal constructions are blocking the natural water way of Satluj River tributaries, which are connecting to Main River with low lying areas like Badha Lake.
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2. Floods : Etymological & Typological Framework
2.1 Generic Exposition
Flooding may occur as an overflow of water from water bodies, such as a river, lake or ocean, in which water overtops or breaks levees, resulting in some of that water escaping its usual boundaries or it may occur due to an accumulation of rainwater on saturated ground in an areal flood.
Floods have substantial economic impacts. Floods are a natural phenomenon, Flood management measures mainly deal with mitigation rather than total elimination. Thus the main characteristic of India’s water resources is its uneven distribution in space
and time leading to endemic and sporadic problem of water shortages and excesses.
Floods can also occur in rivers when the flow rate exceeds the capacity of the river channel, particularly at bends or meanders in the waterway. Floods often cause damage to homes and businesses if they are in the natural flood plains of rivers. While riverine floods damage can be eliminated by moving away from rivers and other bodies of water, people have traditionally lived and worked by rivers because rivers provide easy availability of water for human & agricultural consumption and access to travel, commerce and industry is ensured.
Inundation of land and human settlements by the rise of water in the channels and its spill-over results in condition of flooding. Unlike other natural disasters, the causes of floods are well established.
Floods are relatively slow in occurrences and often, happen in well-identified regions and within expected time in a year.
Floods occur commonly when water in the form of surface run-off exceeds the carrying capacity of the river channels and streams and flows into the neighbouring low-lying flood plains. At times, this even goes beyond the capacity of lakes and other inland water bodies in which they flow.
Floods can also be caused due to a storm surge (in the coastal areas), high intensity rainfall for a considerably longer time period, melting of ice and snow, reduction in the infiltration rate and presence of eroded material in the water due to higher rate of soil erosion.
Indiscriminate deforestation, unscientific agricultural practices, disturbances along the natural drainage channels and colonisation of flood-plains and river-beds are some of the human activities that play an important role in increasing the intensity, magnitude and gravity of floods.
Floods do not only destroy valuable crops every year but these also damage physical infrastructure such as roads, rails, bridges and human settlements. 10
Millions of people are rendered homeless and are also washed down along with their cattle in the floods.
Spread of diseases like cholera, gastro-enteritis, hepatitis and other water-borne diseases spread in the flood-affected areas. However, floods also make a few positive contributions.
The Government of India as well as the state governments are well aware of the menace created by floods every year. How do these governments generally respond to the floods?
Construction of flood protection embankments in the flood-prone areas, construction of dams, afforestation and discouraging major construction activities in the upper reaches of most of the flood-creating rivers, etc. are some steps that need to be taken up on urgent basis.
Removal of human encroachment from the river channels and depopulating the flood plains can be the other steps. This is particularly true in western and northern parts of the country which experience flash-floods.
Flood risk increase with higher population density increasing value of economic activity infrastructure in flood prone areas, various needs for tourism and leisure.
2.2 Definitions
A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also apply to the inflow of the tide. Even if Flood is a discipline of hydrology, still it is significantly concerned with agriculture, civil, engineering and public health.
Flooding can be exacerbated by increased amounts of impervious surface or any other natural hazards such as Wildfires, which reduce the supply of vegetation that can abort rainfall; River flooding is often caused by heavy rains and release of excess water from dams and barrages.
Though floods occur frequently over wide geographical area having disasterous ramifications in many parts of the world, floods in the South, Southeast and East Asian countries, particularly in China, India and Bangladesh, are frequent and equally disastrous. Once again, unlike other natural disasters, human beings play an important role in the genesis as well as spread of floods.
2.3 Etymology
The word flood comes from the Old English Languages (compare German Flut, Dutch vloed from the same root as it is seen in flow, float, also compare with Latin fluctus, flumen).
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2.4 Typology -
(1) Areal (2) Riverine (Channel) (3) Estuarine and Coastal (4) Urban Flooding (5) Catastrophic.
Causes - (1) Upslope factors (2) Downslope factors (3) Coincidence
Effects - (1) Primary effects (2) Secondary & long term effects. (3) Benefits (4) Control (5) Analysis of actual Flood situation (6) Flood forecasting.
2.5 Floods in Punjab
We call Punjab as land of rivers. Out of 5 major rivers out of which 3 still have presence in … post, independence Punjab whereas two have their place in Eastern Pakistan Punjab.
Flood of the major natural disasters in the state of Punjab. Rivers play an important role in the development of agriculture & economy but floods at the same time have played destructive part in more than half of the geographical area of the state many times.
As district administration, Deputy Commissioner has to be well prepared with response mechanism with his entourage & other line departments to mitigate & minimize any type of loss in the district. An important flood pattern that has emerged in the state since 1990 to 2010 and causal pattern of its repeated occurrence after every 2-4 years. The canals also lead to accentuated state of loss due to mismanagement of the same.
2.6 Reasons of Floods
Floods are caused by many factors: heavy precipitation, severe winds over water, unusual high tides, tsunamis, or failure of dams, levels, retention ponds or other structures that contained the water.
Periodic floods occur on many rivers, forming a surrounding region known as the flood plain. During times of rain, some of the water is retained in ponds or soil, some is absorbed by grass and vegetation, some evaporates, and the rest travels over the land as surface runoff. Floods occur when ponds, lakes, riverbeds, soil, and vegetation cannot absorb all the excess water.
Excess waters then runs off the land in quantities that cannot be carried within stream channels or retained in natural ponds, lakes, and man-made reservoirs. About 30 percent of all precipitation is in the form of runoff small and that amount might be increased by water from melting snow.
River flooding is often caused by heavy rains & sometimes increased by melting snow. A flood that rises rapidly, with little or no advance warning, is called a flash flood. Flash floods usually result from due to rainfall over a relatively small area, or if the area was already saturated from previous precipitation.
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2.7 General Consideration about Floods
(1) Flood events are a part of nature.
(2) Society has become more prone and vulnerable to natural hazards & calamities.
(3) Flood risk increase where risk is defined as the probability of occurrence multiplied by its impact.
(4) Flood protection is never absolute.
(5) Floods don't recognize natural boundaries.
Flood zone regulations along with engineering solutions like flood embankments, small dams deepening of the channels may be considered for specific localities.
Community awareness is must for the people living in proximity of rivers & low lying parts of floodplains. Risk and flood plain settlements is high pertaining to inhabitations & structures which are made of earth or soluble mortar, buildings with shallow foundations or non- resistant to water force & inundation Infrastructural elements at particular risks are utilities such as sewer systems, power & water supplies, machinery & electronics belonging to industry and communication, livestock, vehicles, agricultural fields & standing crops etc.
Inhabitants of local flood prone areas usually have a number of traditional methods at their disposal for coping with floods such as:-
Issuing warnings at local level.
Participating in flood fighting by organizing work parties to repair.
Embankments or clear debris from the drainage area with the help of pile sandbags.
Stockpile necessary materials.
Facilitating agriculture recovery.
Planning emergency supplies of flood & clean drinking water
To conduct trainings of search & rescue.
Floods have been recurrent phenomenon in monsoon season in varying magnitude. It has brought disaster and miseries in rural areas of Fazilka district many times so far, Rabi crop is worst affected due to floods which results in displacement of humans and livestock.
The aim of flood prevention & mitigation plan is to describe the measures and best practices to prevent, protect and mitigate the adverse impact of flood events on human health, safety, valuable goods and properly apart from aquatic and terriestrial enviorment.
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3. Structural & Functional Outlook of The District Administration
3.1 Information Collection Mechanism
Information about floods to be collected and conveyed to Deputy Commissioners by Tehsildars: - All relevant information about floods should be collected on a constant pace. As soon as a “high flood” warning is received in a tehsil, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate should set about collecting information through his ‘Relief Centers’ regarding the situation. It is expected that ‘Relief Centers’ will get the information either direct, or through ‘Evacuation Centers’. All such information should be collected and conveyed to the Deputy Commissioners and to all concerned at the tehsil headquarters without delay. It will also be the Sub-Divisional Officer’s personal responsibility to alert all concerned with in the tehsil and ‘to clear decks for action’. The Deputy Commissioner shall at the same time ensure that the organisation at the district headquarters is ready to go into action at a short notice.
Evacuation and Evacuation Centers- first line of defence: - The damage caused by the floods in the past years should serve as the guide for making arrangements set forth here.
3.2 Classification of Flood Affected Areas.
Classification of area: - (i) Dangerously exposed areas. These are areas:-
(a) Which were entirely or almost entirely under water;
(b) Which were practically cut off from the rest of the tehsil or district by disruption of communications;
(c) In which villages were washed away, damaged or marooned;
(d) Which could be reached only by boats, rafts or from the air.
3.2.1 Dangerously Exposed Villages: - Such areas should be shaded ‘red’ on the tehsil maps. Normally, every village in a dangerously exposed area should be placed in this category. There are quite a number of villages which though so situated are safe because they are situated on a sufficiently high ground. Such villages may run the risk of being marooned, but are, otherwise, safe so for as shelter is concerned. Thus only those villages which were either washed away in the last floods and have been wholly or partially rebuilt or damaged should be placed in the category of “dangerously exposed areas”.
3.2.2 Moderately Exposed Areas: -
Such areas should be shaded “Green” on the tehsil maps.
Safe areas are those in which communications were not disrupted and no serious damage to roads etc. etc. had occurred
3.2.3 Safe Villages: - All villages which, because of adequate elevation or location, are immune from the ravages of floods (even though they may be marooned or cut off by water from certain sides) may be placed in this category.
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3.3 Setting up of Evacuation Centres
Evacuation and setting up of Evacuation Centres:- People ,animals and movables should be evacuated from “dangerously exposed” villages to “safe” locations, as soon as the warning of ‘high’ flood is received . The decision to evacuate may be left to the Panchayats of these villages. Every high flood may not necessitate this step. A great deal will depend on the intensity of the flood. If the flood is fast approaching in such villages, there should be no hesitation on the part of residents to shift to the safe villages locations earmarked as its “Evacuation Centres."
3.3.1 Evacuation Centers: - Each Deputy Commissioner will in consultation with his Sub- Divisional Magistrate determine the ‘safe’ villages' locations which will serve as ‘Evacuation Centers’. Each centre should be attached to a group of ‘dangerously exposed’ villages and the people of these villages should know before hand the name of ‘safe’ villages locations which will serve as their ‘Evacuation Centers’. The latter should be properly selected; it should be close to its group but safe from the ravages of floods; it should be a fairly big village so that it can, for a day or two, shelter and feed the evacuees and their cattle. In selecting and ‘Evacuation Centre’, the following considerations must be kept in view:-
(i) Safety of the villages.
(ii) Distance from its satellites.
(iii) Availability of good drinking water.
(iv) Its economic resources.
(v) Proximity and accessibility to its parent ‘Relief Centre’.
(vi) Availability of open spaces, where carts, cattle etc. etc. of evacuees can be kept till they move to ‘Relief Centers’.
In each of these Evacuation Centers, these should be a strong committee of workers having organising ability and the sprit of service. There should also be a panel of messengers as mentioned earlier. It may also be necessary to select a place for use as a community kitchen and to keep a stock of foodstuffs in such villages. These Centers will not be expected to shelter and feed evacuees for more than a few days. As soon as possible, these people should, unless the ‘Evacuation Centre’ is in a position to keep them longer, be moved to the parent ‘Relief Centre’. These ‘Evacuation Centers’ may appropriately be described as the first line of defence against floods.
It is necessary to provide for rescuing people from dangerously exposed villages because they may have neither the time nor the inclination to move to their ‘Evacuation Centre’ before the floods overtake them. Such people with their belongings shall have to be rescued by boats and their animals on rafts, unless animals can swim alongside boats.
3.4 Outlook of District Administration
World Bank (2007) stated that "Two years after the Tsunami, South Asia prepares against future Disasters." It observed that across the world, natural disasters are growing in number and destructiveness, and their human toll is escalating. 15
To meet any disaster like floods, district administration, Fazilka has focused on Hazard control so that its effects are minimized on loss of human life, property, social & economic disruptions besides the environmental damage. Apart from this, vulnerability factor about areas under threat & its likely damage have also to be taken into account. Subsequent to this, Risk Management about the floods and capacity building in coordination with different departments have also to be strengthened. District Administration Fazilka has divided the levels of preparedness about combating & tackling any flood situation in the district into three categories. :-
Pre-Flood Scenario During Flood Situation Past Flood Stage Rescue Measures Rehabilitation Mitigation Restoration of basic (Risk Assessment , Prevention) Provision of Search, services and functions. Hazard Mapping Rescue & Aid. Reconstruction Risk & vulnerability Immediate relief Full resumption of Assessment Food, Water & Services. Structural measures clothes. Prevention of Epidemic. Non-Structural measures Medical Care
3.4.1 Methodology of Flood Control Plan Data collection from all line departments. Data Analysis Discussions with experts. Referring national & international literature. Preparation of Action Plans for concerned departments. Preparing draft plan document. Mock drill & checking viability / feasibility of implementation methodology. Vide circulation of public safety measures undertaken by administration. Preparation of Final Plan Document.
3.4.2 Flood Control
Introduction - Floods are largely detrimental to economy, damaging crops, settlements, home holds, infrastructure and exterminating livestock and other valuable assets.
Rainfall data collected by Meteorological Department. Rainfall date – FAZILKA ………………… Whether floods are chronicle or not? …………………. The effect of Normal Monsoon / Heavy Monsoon. (The "severity factor" if it crosses ...... mm rainfall) Flash floods – Landslides – If occurred or not?
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Initial assessment reports, tabular data, maps, trends, analysis etc. are required at preliminary stage whereas in the aftermath of floods on the Spatial stage, data is required pertaining to losses. It includes roads and linkages, baseline data about populated places and settlement areas, damage to roads, national & state highways, markets, rural access roads, unpaved roads. Furthermore, agriculture sector also requires a Rapid Mapping Assessment of crops affected/ inundated have also to be measured for the purpose of Special Girdawaris. When you see water level rising, it is too late to plan for prevention against floods. In order to effectively manage the hazards associated with floods, it is imperative for the district administration to have in place a flood risk mitigation strategy that can be implemented before, during and after the floods. The loss of human life, property, live stock and health constitute to be primary concerns in a more strategized manner. Integrated Flood Management calls for a combination of effective strategies in flood management that employ structural and non-structural measures and a pro-active and rapid post-recovery approach to deal with the flood disaster. It has to be borne in mind that absolute protection from floods is a myth, therefore flood emergency management and minimizing the damaging effects of flooding should be at the top priority. Flood risks are defined as the expected losses form actual flood events over a specified period and consist of the magnitude of the flood hazard, the exposure of human activity to flooding and the vulnerability of elements at risk (WMO 2006) To perform flood emergency planning & management properly is a well calculated & well strategized move as far as its early planning is concerned. Institutions, administration & other stakeholders need to make necessary flood management planning for normal or extreme situation in a calibrated manner. Sometimes a (pre-designed) strategy is all the more insufficient as it can go its own way in terms of disaster & the aftermath factor. Even if all necessary preparations & adequate technical measures are taken, still people & administration have to deal with its residual risk & beyond comprehensiblity angle. Both these factors focus on three things ; more costs to be incurred on flood management, alternative thinking pattern for unforeseen factor & protection of life & property of the inhabitants of flood affected areas from further escalated damage. Policy makers have to plan extensively keeping in view normal to severe situations with a high sense of preparedness, District administration has to work and think like flood managers & more of a coordinative agency. In particular, people from the engineering background should be involved in policy and planning apart from the ones having long years of work experience in the flood management task force. Flood management planning is required at national, state, district, sub-district as well as community level. Although flood emergency plans are generally developed for emergencies at specific geo graphical locations. Such plans should be developed in parallel with basin-wide flood management planning.
3.5 Best Practices to Control Floods
Some methods of flood control have been practiced since ancient times. These methods include planting vegetation to retain extra water, terracing hill sides to slow the flow downhill and the construction of flood ways which are man-made channels to divert flood waters. 17
UNISDR (United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction) defines flood mitigation measures as, "measures to reduce or limit adverse impact of floods."
3.5.1 Mitigation Measures
Measures Potential Benefits Potential drawbacks Flood Prevention Additional benefits such as May not protect against peak ground water recharge, floods, which may still cause irrigation and drainage substantial damage. Investment can be multi purpose. Flood Protection Protects critical and high- May interfere with inland value assets. fishery and aquatic Protects low-lying areas, ecosystems. where poor neighborhoods May reduce river storage are often situated. capacity. Very high demand following Land acquisition may food disaster. become different. High investment costs. High recurrent costs that may not be affordable. Flood Mitigation Possibility of extensive Requires certain discipline coverage at low financial which in case of frequent implication. floods may be lost. No impact on natural Perpetrates insecurity. processes. Without flood protection, it may be potentially unacceptable.
3.5.2 Flood Prevention –
1. Retention of Basins. 2. Increasing river capacities. 3. Linking of rivers. 4. Emergency flood storage. 5. Wetlands for flood storage water / accomodation. 6. Managements of catchments. 7. Drainage Management.
3.5.3 Flood Protection –
1. Embankments. 2. Dams 3. Sand Bags. 4. Innovative engineering works. 5. Partitioning 6. Flood Boards. 18
3.5.4 Pre- Flood Mitigation –
1. Flood Hazard Maps 2. Awareness campaigns 3. Flood proofing. 4. Shelter Construction. 5. Disaster communication. 6. Insurance. 7. Evacuation Drills.
3.5.5 Post-Flood Mitigation –
1. Evacuation. 2. Direct Relief Measures. 3. Land restoration. 4. Emergency repairs. 5. Safe Communication methods. 6. Compensation of losses. 7. Rehabilitation measures.
3.6 Flood Emergency Preparedness
Allocation of responsibilities to various departments in advanced meetings. Regular coordination has to be ensured between various stake holders. Food, shelter, evacuation, medical services etc. should be the main focus. Lessons learnt from previous flood have to be borne in mind with a projective & defensive outlook. Public awareness is the basic level of community preparedness. Emergency plan has to be put in place well in advance. Budgetary allocation is vital in flood management. Electrocution, drowning, water borne diseases and safety from poisonous insects and vultures are some important hazards during floods. Elderly, ills children including, pregnant woman have to be at priority. Community combat at first stage is a must with preparedness in mind. First aid kits, life jackets, boats etc must be there / made available. Storage of clean water in abundant quality for humans & livestock. Keeping a sync with Meteorological dept's predictions / forecasts. Evacuation with minimum staff should be the first priority. All must have important contact numbers for better coordination. People must know the route & location of nearest shelter homes. Flood drill is always beneficial for seem less preparedness check up moves. Role of community volunteers have to be well acknowledged. Community volunteers, roles must be defined & designated well in time. 19
Authentic information should be spread to avoid rumors. Flood preparedness must be done at village, block, tehsil, district & national level. Flood risks maps, vulnerability of specific area maps. Resource maps. Shelter home maps, river maps, previous flood affected area maps have to be made available to policy & planning wing of the district administration. Critical roads should be built at a particular height to ensure continuous approach and communication to the flood affected areas. Second line of shelter homes should also be made available, if need be. Stockpile relief goods (ration, medicines, additional support material). Role of NDRF, Army, NGOs must be taken in case of need / exigencies. Resource mobilization & resource inventories. Use of geo-satellite technology must be made for better assessment. Well equipped search & rescue teams should be available on site. Inspect flood mitigation equipments (dykes, levees and flood walls) Public safety information to be disseminated regularly during all phases of flood. Mitigation is more effective when administration, its instrumentalities and affected people work & coordinate hand in hand.
3.7 Main Flood Mitigation Measures
(1) Mapping of the flood prone areas as a main step has to be undertaken. Historical records give us both insight and indication regarding inundation of areas & data along with occurence & extent of the coverage. Warning can be issued looking into the earlier marked heights of the water levels in case of potential threat. It also provides you with water flow if we have hazard mapping in hand. (2) The map is prepared with data inputs off past climatologically records along with frequency of flood. (3) Land use control will reduce danger to life & property when water inundate the flood plains and the coastal areas. In areas where people already have built their settlements. Measures should be undertaken to temporarily relocate them to better sites so as to reduce vulnerability. No major development should be permitted in areas which are subjected to high flooding. Important facilities should be built in lower areas near to the flood zones. (4) Construction of Engineered structures in the flood plains and strengthening of structures to withstand water flood forces & seepage the building should be constructed on an elevated area. If necessary, use of stilts & platforms should be made use of. It should be wind & water resistant, Protection of river embankments should be a good priority. Communication lines should be installed underground. There should be ample no. of buildings for the establishment of shelter homes. (5) Flood control aims to reduce flood damage. Afforestation & protection of vegetation, conservation of ponds & lakes & clearing of debris are other protective measures to tackle floods. 20
(6) Structural measures include flood embankments, drainage channels, anti-erosion works, detention basins whereas non-structural works include flood forecasting, flood proofing, disaster preparedness etc.
3.8 Additional Measures to Prevent-Floods
1. Introduce flood warning system. 2. Modify homes and businesses to help them withstand floods. 3. Construct buildings above flood levels. 4. Tackle climate change. 5. Increase spending of flood defenses. 6. Protect wetlands and introduce "Plant the Trees" strategy. 7. Restore rivers to their natural courses. 8. Introduce water storage areas. 9. Impose soil conditions. 10. Put up more flood barriers.
Emergency plan for floods is like a survival kit for people and administration both. Avoid low spots like ditches, basements, underpasses; all these become extremely dangerous during flash floods. Don't walk or drive in flood areas. Return homes only when administration says that it is safe. Water may be electrically charged from electricity lines (underground or down laid) Service damaged septic tanks, cess pools, pits and leaching systems. Damaged sewerage systems are serious health hazards. Be wary of lingering water after a flood. A dehumidifier can help remove excess water to minimize mold damage. Community should be trained to shut off electricity, gas, water main switches and valves. They have to react quickly to minimize potential damage.
3.9 Govt. Policies and Programs for Flood Control
In recent times, the first ever severe flood was witnessed in 1927 which led to systematic evaluation of flood control policy initiative in pre-independence days. It was followed by Patna conference on floods in 1943. In post-independence era, after the major floods of 1953, the govt. was forced to take several initiatives which ultimately resulted in proper first "National Policy on Floods". It further led to high level committee on floods in 1957 which paved way for policy statement on floods in 1958. After the Ministers Group on Floods in 1972, flood prevention was first incorporated in the scheme of five year plans. National Flood Commission was constituted in 1980 and National Water Policy came into being in 1987. Thereafter, National Commission for Integrated Water Resource Development plan was made in 1996 & formation of region wise five task forces (eastern, north-eastern, northern, north-western & southern) also was done in the same year. 21
Now, these are four major Govt. bodies for flood management at the national level, viz, state flood control departments, Central Water Commission & Brahmaputra Board.
3.10 Established Mechanism for Flood Management Embankments Dams Natural Detention Basin Channel improvement Drainage improvement Diversion of flood waters Flood plain Zoning Flood proofing Water shed development & management program
3.11 Management of Floods at the Local Level Community Based Disaster Preparedness has to be initiated in the affected / flood prone areas. CBDP, local representatives, NGOs, Govt. bodies & District administration have to work in tandem. Review & Analysis of past disasters by CBDP Preparation of seasonality calendar for floods. Mapping risk vulnerability and capacity of the community. Necessary component of CBDP is the formation of task force to provide training & relief to the community.
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4. Assignment of Roles to Different Departments in Flood Preparedness
4.1 General Preparedness Checklist
1. Deputy Commissioner, Fazilka shall ensure that preparedness checklist is duly followed by each front line department and status of the same is discussed in monthly meetings.
2. Head of department of each frontline department shall ensure that the departments are prepared to meet the challenges of any emergency/ disaster by duly following the preparedness checklists.
3. Nodal officers of each of the frontline departments shall ensure quarterly updation of District Disaster Management Resource Inventory and submission of the same to District
Emergency operation centre, Fazilka by:
a) Adding to it any changes in the human resources of their department along with their updated contact numbers, if any.
b) Adding to the equipment list, relevant resources for response activities from both the government and private sector.
4. ADC (G) shall ensure that the same has been updated and uploaded on website of District Administration on quarterly basis with the help of District Information Officer (DIO) and DEOC.
5. Nodal officers of each of the frontline departments shall also report to Head of Department and/or Deputy Commissioner, Fazilka about requisition of any relevant resource/equipment, not available with the Government and/or private sector, for disaster management activity.
4.2 District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Fazilka shall ensure the establishment of Emergency Operation Centre, Fazilka with the following:
a) Proper space for Planning and Logistics Section Chief and staff.
b) Proper space for control room with adequate communication equipments including landline telephones, mobile phones, satellite phones, walkie-talkies, ham radio, computer/ laptop with printer facility, email facility, fax machine,Led TVs etc.
c) Ensure power backup facilities along with availability of generator set.
d) Ensure proper space for meeting, conference, media briefing along with LCD, computer and video conferencing facilities.
e) Availability of District Disaster Management Resource Inventory, Fazilka and also of the neighbouring districts, Disaster Management Resource Inventory of the state and also of critical national resources.
f) Availability of Hazard Seasonality Map of Fazilka district.
g) Availability of District Disaster Management Plan, Fazilka.
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4.3 Department wise Preparedness Checklist
4.3.1 District Administration
1. Ensure enforcement of the codes, bylaws and acts such as National Building Code, Bureau of Indian Standards, etc in the upcoming development projects, construction work, and commercial complexes.
4.3.2 Agriculture Department
1. Prepare Agriculture Contingency Plan.
2. Constitute a Crop Weather Watch Group at district level (as per ‘A Model Manual for Drought Management’, GoI) with representatives from Meteorological Department and concerned officials dealing with agricultural inputs, credit extension, etc. to keep a close watch on the monsoon situation, extreme temperature, hail and wind storm.
3. Identify vulnerable areas prone to pest infestation, drought, flood and other hazards.
4. Ensure awareness generation in farmers regarding various plant diseases, alternate cropping practices crop insurance, provision of credit facilities, proper storage of seeds, etc in disaster-prone areas.
5. Provide training to farmers in alternate cropping techniques, mixed cropping and other agricultural practices which minimise crop losses during future disasters.
6. Ensure surveillance for pest infestation and crop diseases.
7. Ensure availability of stock for immediate replacement of broken / non-functioning gadgets/equipments.
8. Ensure availability of adequate stock of seeds and other agro inputs particularly for areas vulnerable to hazards.
9. Prepare trained and equipped team for assessment of damage to soil, crop, plantation, irrigation systems, drainage, embankment, other water bodies and storage facilities that might impact agricultural activities.
10. Prepare for establishment of public information booths, with appropriate and modern means of communication to assist farmers in providing information regarding insurance, compensation, repair of agro-equipments and restoring of agricultural activities in post-flood scenario.
The HOD must ensure:
1. Formation and training of a Weather Watch Group for the purpose of monitoring crops in the district.
2. Putting in place disaster management protocols for the hazards of drought, flood, hailstorm, etc..
3. Provision of training to farmers in alternate cropping techniques and mixed cropping.
4. Formation of Rapid Damage Assessment Teams who will be capable of assessing the condition of soil, fields, irrigation systems and any other damage to crop in post-disaster situations. 24
4.3.3 Animal Husbandry
1. Ensure fully functional mobile veterinary units at disposal.
2. Prepare a database of veterinary hospitals/ clinics and agencies working for animal care.
3. Ensure availability of stocks of mineral and feed supplements, life saving drugs, electrolytes, vaccines, etc.
4. Ensure sensitization of farmers about protection of their feed and fodder prior to the onset of monsoon.
5. Ensure filling feed banks before the scarcity period
6. Prepare for the feed of the poultry birds for untoward situation.
7. Locate feed and fodder banks in view of submergence situation during the monsoon.
8. Identify sources for procurement of fodder
9. Identify safe locations for fodder depot and cattle camps within the district.
10. Ensure assured source of water or canals for drinking and growing fodder along with the above locations.
11. Prepare for necessary arrangements of gunny bags and tarpaulin sheets to cover the sheds during.
12. Ensure availability of sprinklers/ foggers in camps during heat waves period.
13. Prepare for special care for productive, lactating and pregnant animals; also supplement them with additional concentrates and fodder.
14. Ensure proper administration of de-worming and vaccinations for cattle, sheep and goats, pigs and other relevant measures for disease management during any disaster situation.
15. Prepare for arrangements for transportation of critically injured livestock.
16. Identify space for burial of animals and ensure proper disposal of dead animals.
Wheat, Bhusa & Green Fodder Sr. Name of Shopkeeper Address Mobile No. No. 1. Sh. Raj Kumar Salem Shah Road, Fazilka 94179-15376
2. Sh. Subhash Chandar Madan Gopal, Road, Fazilka 94179-60712
3. Sh. Sham Lal Madan Gopal Road, Fazilka 94179-15377
4. Sh. Krishan lal Barder Road, Nede Baniye da Kanda, Fazilka 98557-64862
5. Sh. Sham Lal Dana Mandi Gait No.2 Fazilka 94633-85278 6. Sh. Parveen Kumar Dana Mandi Gait No. 2 Fazilka 94632-35489
7. Sh. Nand Lal Malout Road, Fazilka 77104-01819
8. Sh. Surinder Kumar Vaan Bazaar, Fazilka 94633-86061 9. Sh. Kuldeep Kumar Vaan Bazaar, Fazilka 94165-30515 10. Sh. Satish Kumar Aalam Shah Chungi, Fazilka 96536-60183 11. Sh. Subhash Chandar Jain Nagari Road, Abohar 94170-63020 25
12. Sh. Maan Singh Jammu Basti, Abohar 81461-91803 13. Sh. Jaswant singh Jammu Basti, Abohar 97809-77864 14. Sh. Variyam Singh Old Fazilka Road, Fazilka 80545-07510 15 Sh. Bittu Near Ganganagar, Railway Crossing, Abohar 86993-37632 16 Sh. Sham Lal Near Ganganagar, Railway Crossing, Abohar 98723-71797 17 Sh. Raj Pla New Abadi, Abohar 62398-62832 18 Sh. Mohan Lal Azimgarh Road, Abohar 99888-64422 19 Kapil Brothers Malout Road, Abohar 96464-50412 Near Nanaksar Gurudwara, Fazilka Road, 20 Sh. Bittu 92566-96000 Abohar Near Nanaksar Gurudwara, Fazilka Road, 21 Sh. Sandeep 97806-67419 Abohar 22 Sh. Puran Near Jodhi Mandir, Abohar 98768-34377 23 Hakam Chand M.C Joginder Wali Street, JBD 90561-61861 24 Mehal Singh M.C Joginder Wali Street, JBD 98765-25162 25 Som Nath Near Girl Collage, Jalalabad 99148-00907 26 Mukhtiyar Singh Near Girl Collage, Jalalabad 98558-96664 27 Darshan Lal Near Lakshmi Kanda, FF Road, Jalalabad 98142-52473 28 Lachman Ram Near Lakshmi Kanda, FF Road, Jalalabad 94648-50680 29 Sardool Singh FF Road, Sahmne Tiwana Road, Jalalabad 94648-48440 30 Raman Kumar Kahna Road de Sahmne, Jalalabad 95925-51682 31 Sham Lal FF Road, Jalalabad 94785-04811 32 Pawan Kumar FF Road, Jalalabad 81469-02316 33 Angrej Singh Bahmani Road, Near DAV Collage, JBD 98723-79451
4.3.4 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
1. Procure recovery plans from private communication service providers for their recovery time objectives.
Civil Aviation
1. Identify safe locations that can be used as helipads (in case of special need / emergency).
4.3.5 Development and Panchayat
1. Prepare mechanism for proper solid waste management, disposal of waste and removal of debris in shelter and relief camps, feeding centres and affected rural areas.
2. Prepare for sanitation operations in view of post flood situations.
3. Ensure availability of tractor trolleys and other required equipments for the same.
4. Plan to provide buildings/guest houses/dharamshalas at different locations to establish control room, first aid and medical posts or shelters during emergency.
4.3.6 District Red Cross Society
1. Ensure availability of funds for relief materials/ works.
2. Train and prepare ward and village wise first aid teams.
3. Prepare database of blood donors in the district and update the same in DDMRI.
4. Prepare database of trainers & volunteers and update the same in DDMRI.
5. Prepare a database of voluntary organizations and service they can offer. Ensure their authenticity and update the same in DDMRI. 26
6. Ensure availability of adequate stock of food items, blankets, clothing including woollens, utensils, first aid kits, stretchers, medicines, etc in view of any emergency situation.
7. Ensure availability of adequate stock of aids (hearing, visual, crutches, artificial limbs, etc) for physically challenged persons.
8. Ensure availability of old blankets & gunny bags for animal during cold wave period.
4.3.7 Education Department
1. Organise awareness generation programs in schools and colleges for students, teachers, administrative staff and other helpers. These programs should focus on do's and don’ts for various hazards and safe evacuations in case of any emergency.
2. Conduct hygiene promotion activities as per direction issued by the Health Department on a regular basis.
3. Ensure preparation of first aid and disaster management kit in each school and college.
4. Ensure preparation of schools and colleges disaster management plan.
5. Identify safe schools and colleges to serve as relief shelters in case of any emergency within that area, only for short period of time.
4.3.8 Electricity Department
1. Ensure transmission map at disposal.
2. Prepare a database of critical and lifesaving infrastructure in the district and prepare for providing uninterrupted power supply to them.
3. Prepare for providing continuous power supply to the affected areas.
4. Prepare to provide electrical connections and system at short notice in affected areas for purpose of pumping flood water and illumination of the area.
5. Prepare for prompt replacement/ re-commissioning of affected power supply system.
6. Ensure availability of adequate stock of important equipments like transformers, poles, conductors, cables, insulators, etc for prompt action whenever required.
7. Ensure trained construction and maintenance staff at disposal.
4.3.9 Fire Services
1. Ensure proper functioning of all equipments.
2. Make a database of existing fire fighting services and facilities provided with private agencies
3. Be aware of MAH units and other potential hazardous installations and level of possible emergency required.
4. Prepare to deal with leakage of flammable toxic substances.
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6. Review the adequacy of existing fire prevention arrangements in each MAH and other hazardous units before and after the installations.
7. Identify roads and routes of access and escape to and from MAH and other potential hazardous units.
4.3.10 Food & Supplies Department
1. Prepare a database of godowns and cold storage facilities in the district.
2. Prepare a database of catering services providers.
3. Prepare for safety of stored food grains in godowns against inundation and water logging, fire and other possible hazards.
4. Prepare for out-movement of food grains to a pre-decided safer location, if required.
5. Ensure availability of adequate food grains storage in godowns in view of the scarcity or emergency period.
6. Prepare a database of kerosene depots, petrol pumps, gas agencies, etc.
7. Ensure availability of adequate stock of gas cylinders, kerosene, etc.
8. Prepare database of private retailers and wholesalers of edible food items.
9. Prepare a database of providers of refrigerated vehicles for transportation of perishable food items.
10. Prepare for large scale movement of food grains, their transportation, expeditious unloading, proper storage and prompt distribution through fair price shops,if required.
11. Prepare a database of private providers of tents, tarpaulin sheets, poles, kanats, cooking utensils, polythene bags, shrouds and other essential items that could be used for community kitchen and cremation and burial.
4.3.11 Forest Department
1. Ensure proper functioning of all equipments and vehicles.
2. Prepare a database of saw mills & carpenters.
3. Prepare team for catching wild animals to prevent infiltration in habitated areas, relief camps, etc.
4.3.12 Roadways
1. Ensure proper functioning of filling stations, vehicles and equipments including fire extinguishers, first aid kits, etc.
2. Ensure prompt deployment of vehicles at short notice for various purposes like mass evacuation, transportation of response teams, relief items, victims, etc.
3. Formation of mechanical teams for prompt repair of equipment and vehicles.
4. Train drivers and conductors in first aid and basic life saving techniques, if possible.
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6. Be well familiar with routes of potential hazardous installations and follow situational traffic plan accordingly.
4.3.13 Health Department
1. Prepare trained team of paramedics, inforenation, Education & Communication.
2. Develop do's and don’ts and IEC materials regarding health and hygiene.
3. Organise awareness camps with help of CHC/ PHCs and Development and Panchayat Department for hygiene promotion and public health issues.
4. Ensure availability of trained mobile medical teams at disposal.
5. Prepare psychological and psychosocial care teams.
6. Ensure availability of generator sets and buffer stock of fuel at disposal.
7. Ensure availability of adequate supply of life saving equipments and stock of medicines, portable supplies including portable oxygen cylinders, portable X – ray machine, portable ultrasound machines, triage tags, etc.
8. Ensure availability of adequate space with suitable facilities for storage of medicines.
9. Prepare a database of private hospitals and nursing homes with services and facilities available with them.
10. Prepare a database of doctors registered with Indian Medical Association (IMA).
11. Prepare a database of available ambulance services from government, private agencies and District Red Cross Society, if any.
12. Ensure, at disposal, list of MAH units and hazardous chemicals stored in them.
13. Ensure, at disposal, the list of antidotes for various hazardous chemicals. This list is prepared by Department of Industrial Safety and Health.
14. Ensure availability of adequate supply of blood units.
15. Prepare database of blood donors in the district.
16. Prepare a database of providers of refrigerated vehicles for transportation of vaccines, blood, blood products, etc.
17. Train drivers and attendants of ambulance and mobile medical units in first aid and basic life saving techniques.
18. Prepare a decontamination ward in view of any possible chemical or industrial hazard, if it is situated in the nearby area of flood zone.
19. Prepare for prompt establishment of temporary hospital, mobile surgical unit etc at short notice near the affected area.
20. Ensure proper and safe mechanism for medical waste disposal.
21. Prepare for proper disease surveillance system.
22. Make proper arrangements and mechanism for mass casualty management.
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Common Diseases during Floods
Floods can potentially increase the transmission of water borne diseases, such as typhoid fever, Cholera, leptospirosis & hepatitis-A Vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever, yellow fever and west Nile fever. Typhoid Fever Cholera Hepatitis – A Malaria Dengue fever Hypothermia (1) Typhoid fever: - It is a bacterial infection caused by Salmonella Typhi. Once the bacteria enters the body, it multiplies and spreads into the bloodstream causing symptoms like prolonged fever, fatigue, headache, nausea, abdominal pain and constipation or diarrhea. Typhoid fever can be life threatening, if it is untreated. It is spread by having contaminated food or drinking water with the feces of an infected person. Poor sanitation and Poor hygiene during floods can increase the risk of typhoid out breaks. Drinking clean water and adequate hygiene among food handless, alongside typhoid vaccinations are still effective in preventing typhoid fever, Frequent hand washing prevents the disease to some extent.
(2) Cholera: - It is an acute infectious diarrheal disease caused by indigestion of bacterium Vibrio cholera. The bacterium causes severe watery diarrhea which can lead to dehydration & even death within hours, if it is left untreated. Cholera is transmitted by eating food or drinking Water contaminated with bacterium. Lack of access to clean water and sanitation facilities, which commonly occurs during floods, can increase the transmission of the disease. Similar to typhoid fever, Cholera can be prevented by drinking clean drinking water & adequate sanitation.
(3) Hepatits –A: - It is a highly contagions liver infection caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). The virus is transmitted through ingestion of water or food that is contaminated with the feces of an infected person or through direct contact with the infection person. Symptoms of hepatitis A include fever, malaise, loss of appetite, diarrhea, nausea, abdominal discomfort, dark-coloured urine and jaundice (yellowing of the skin and whitening of the eyes). Improved sanitation, food safety and immunization can prevent the disease. Personal hygiene practices such as regular hand-washing before meals and after going to washroom is also effective in combating hepatitis A.
(4) Malaria: - It is a Life-threatening infection / disease caused by plasmodium parasites. The Parasites are transmitted to people through the bite of female Anopheles mosquitoes. Malaria has symptoms which are typical fever, tiredness, vomiting and headache. In severe cases, it can cause yellow skin, seizures or death. 30
Malaria epidemics after flooding are a well-known phenomenon, especially in endemic areas. The risk of disease can be reduced by preventing mosquito bites through mosquito nets and insect repellents, or through mosquito control measures such as spraying insecticides and draining standing water.
(5) Dengue Fever: - It is mosquito borne viral infection caused by dengue virus, which can lead to a severe flu-like illness, sometimes causing a potentially lethal complication called severe dengue. The virus is commonly caused through the bite of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. The spread of dengue virus results in viremia, which indicates a high levels of the virus in the bloodstream severe dengue can be life threatening within a few hours often requires hospitalization. The global rate of incidence of dengue has grown dramatically in recent decades. Severe dengue is a leading cause of serious illness and death among children & adults both in Asian countries. The most common symptom of dengue is fever with houses, vomiting, rash and aches and pain in eyes, muscle joints or bones. Use of insect repellents is recommended to avoid mosquitoes bites.
(6) Hypothermia :- Since the start of floods, it is termed as medical emergency that occurs when the body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, causing a dangerously low body temperature (below 35'C). Children & elderly people are more at risk of hypothermia during floods. Symptoms depend on the severity of hypothermia. There is shivering & mental confusion combined with slurred speech and decreased reflexes when the shivering stops. In severe hypothermia, cold inflamed skin, hallucinations, lack of reflexes, fixed dilated pupils, low Blood Pressure and paradoxical undressing, in which a person removes his clothing, can occur. Appropriate clothing (dry & warm clothes) helps to prevent hypothermia.
List of Medical Kit for Each Medical Team Sr.No List of Drugs For Floods Quantity Name 1 Inj.Diclofenac Sodium 25 mg/ml 300 AMP 2 Inj.Dexamethsons Sodium Phosphate 4mg/ml 100 AMP 3 Inj.Hydrocortisone Sodium Succinate 100 mg - 4 inj. Pheneramine maleate 22.75 mg/ml 500 AMP 5 inj. PromethzineHcl 25mg 100 AMP 6 Inj.DicylomineHcl 25 mg/ml 100 AMP Inj.Theophylline and Etofylline (50.6 mg + 169.4 200 AMP 7 mg) 8 Inj. Tetanus Toxoid - 9 Inj.Metaclopramide 5 mg/ml 100 AMP 10 Inj.Anti Rabies Vaccine 2.5 IU/Dose - 11 Inj.SnakeVenon Anti Serum IP 20 VIALS 12 Inj.Cefttiaxone 1 gm 100 VIALS 13 Inj.Amoxycillin + Clauvine Acid (1gm+200Mg) 100 VIALS 14 Inj.Ranitidine IP 25 mg/ml 200 amp 15 Inj.Hyocine Butyl Bromide 20 mg/ml - 16 Inj.Tramadol 50 mg/ml 200 amp 17 Inj.Phenytoin Sodium 50 mg/ml 100 amp 18 Sterile water for injection,IP 200 AMP Plasma Volume Expander 3.5% Polygeline - 19 infusion 500 ml 20 Inj.Metronidazolel.V. 5 mg/ml 100 Bott. 21 l.V Ciprofloxacin 200 mg/100 ml 200 Bott 31
22 l.V Normal Salinne ( Sodium Chloride 0.9%) - 23 Multiple Electrolyte G 50 Bott 24 l.VDexotrose 5% - 25 l.VDexotrose Saline 5%w/v - l.V Ringer Lactate- Lactic acid (Na Lactate) - 26 0.32%, Nacl:0.06%,Kcl 0.04%,Cacl2:0.027%/ Eye Drops 27 Cipro 0.3% + Dexa 0.1% Eye Drops 2000 Pc 28 Gentamycine 0.3 % Eye/ Ear drops 2000 Pc Tablets and Capsules 29 Tab.Paracetamol 500 mg 10000 Tab 30 Tab.LevoCetrizine 5 mg 25000 Tab 31 Tab.Albendazole 400 mg 1000 Tab 32 Tab.Tinidazole 500 mg 2000 Tab 33 Tab.Ranitidine 150 ml 20000 Tab 34 Tab.DicyclomineHcl 10 Mg 5000 Tab 35 Tab.Metaclopramide 10 mg 2000 Tab 36 Tab.Ciprofloxacin coated 500 mg 5000 Tab 37 Tab.Cotrimoxazole SS 5000 Tab 38 Tab.Cefixine 200 mg 5000 Tab 39 Tab.Furazolidone IP 100 Mg 500 Tab 40 Tab.Multivitation NFI Formula 10000 Tab 41 Tab. Domperidone 10 mg 10000 Tab 42 Tab.Chloroquine Phosphate 250 mg - 43 Tab.Ofloxacin + Omidazole ( 200 mg + 500 Mg) 10000 Tab Tab.Paracetamol 500 mg + Diclofenac Sodium 20000 Tab 44 50 ml 45 Tab.Zinc Sulphate Dispersible 20 Mg 10000 Tab 46 Tab.Premaquine 2.5 mg - 47 Tab.Premaquine 7.5 mg - Solutions, Creams, Applications 48 Soln.povidine iodine 5 % w/v 20 Bott
4.3.14 Home Guards
1. Ensure proper functioning of all equipments.
2. Prepare teams trained in search and rescue, first aid, fire fighting, while assisting Police officials.
3. Prepare a database of volunteers and equipments.
4.3.15 Industrial Safety & Health
1. Prepare offsite emergency plan.
2. Prepare a database of Major Accident Hazard Units and their contact details.
3. Enlist methods of packaging and handling, safe transportation, disposal, containment and precautions for all the hazardous materials present in district.
4. Inspect premises and machinery in plants, industries for adequacy of safety and emergency arrangements in industries and direct for corrective measures, if necessary, with respect to statutory provisions for safety.
5. Direct the management of industries and units to prepare on-site emergency plan of their units.
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4.3.16 Irrigation Department
1. Ensure proper early warning mechanism in place for flood by monitoring water level of surface water bodies.
2. Ensure proper and timely inspection of conditions of bundhs, siphons, regulators, embankments, etc.
3. Ensure timely de-silting and dredging of rivers and canals, if required.
4. Ensure prompt repair of channels, if required.
5. Ensure proper functioning of all equipments including dewatering pumps.
4.3.17 Municipal Corporation
1. Prepare for sanitation operations in view of post flood situations within jurisdiction of their area.
2. Ensure availability of tractor trolleys and other required equipments for the same.
3. Prepare mechanism for proper solid waste management, disposal of waste and removal of debris in shelter and relief camps, feeding centres and affected areas in their jurisdiction.
4. Plan to provide building/ guest house at different locations to establish control room, first aid and medical post or shelters during emergency.
4.3.18 Police Department
1. Ensure proper functioning of all equipments.
2. Ensure proper mechanism in place for early warning of different hazards through police stations and police posts.
3. Arrange for public address system and siren.
4. Prepare for temporary installation of wireless systems between district and subdivisions in case of any damage to existing wireless system with the department.
5. Train the communication wing of police in setting up control room at short notice at the required sites.
6. Prepare Crisis Management Plan for Flood & Disaster Management & other law and order emergencies.
7. Prepare duty chart plan of home guards and other volunteers for protection of property of affected community.
8. Prepare for proper arrangement for custody of recovered belongings and property from dead bodies and affected sites.
9. Train police personnel and staff of PCR vans in first aid and basic life saving techniques.
10. Prepare for proper protection to women, girls and children to avoid cases of human trafficking. 33
11. Prepare for protection of dead bodies to avoid their theft and false claims.
12. Prepare for safety and security of food and other commodities.
13. Prepare for protection against hoarding, black marketing of relief material.
14. Prepare for safety and security arrangements for evacuated area, affected area, transit camps, relief camps, hospital, medical centre, cattle camps and feeding centres.
15. Ensure traffic plan of Police at disposal.
4.3.18a Installation of Wireless Sets on Official Vehciles -SSP Fazilka establishment of Flood Control Room at DPO Fazilka with one functional No. 85588-00900 (01638-262333)
Police post has been established at village Kawan Wala Pattan.
Officials on Duty at Flood Control Post (Kawan Wala Pattan)
Sr. No. Rank Name Belt No. Mob. No. Posting
1 ASI/L Mukhtiyar 235/FZK 94177-36985 I/C Guard Main Singh Gate
2 PHG Major Singh 7241 PS SDR FZK
3 PHG Malkit Singh 6892 98776-58955 PS SDR FZK
4 PHG Dalip Singh 7286 98557-39155 PP Ladhuka Mandi 5 PHG Des Raj 7265 94649-48116 PP Ladhuka Mandi
Installation of wireless sets in official vehicle of Tehsildars Fazilka & Jalalabad besides SDMs of Fazilka & Jalalabad has been ensured.
S.E Drainage, Ferozepur at Fazilka has no official vehicle.
Instructions have been issued to install wireless sets in official vehicles of ADC (G) & Tehsildar-cum-SDM Abohar.
4.3.18b Availbility of Swimmers & Divers
Police department does not have any swimmers or divers on its rolls.
A list of swimmers & divers have been prepared from the Flood affected villages
Sr. Name of the Diver/ Swimmer & village Mobile Number No.
1 Jaswant Singh S/o Khan Singh Village 94172-93421 Parbhat Singh Wala 2 Gurmej Singh S/o Kishor Singh Village 98306-81817 Parbhat Singh Wala Hithar 3 Kala Singh S/o Bagga Singh Village Aatu 94651-73062 Wala 4 Kala Singh S/o Chiman Singh Village N/A Parbhat Singh Wala Uttar 34
5 Sheeshan Singh S/o Manhora Singh Village 94656-31891 Parbhat Singh Wala Hithar 6 Ram Singh S/o Kashmeer Singh Village N/A Parbhat Singh wala Hithat
4.3.18c Availbility of JCB Machines
Sr. Name of the JCB Machine Owner Mobile Number No.
1 Sh. Munsha Singh Thekedar r/o Ghubiya, 94171-62822 Tehsil Jalalabad 2 M/S Rajinder Kumar & Company r/o 88724-10008 Arniwala, Tehsil Jalalabad 3 Sh. Goutam Kalucha thekedar r/o Tiwana, 98156-53878 Tehsil Jalalabad A list of Sarpanches of villages falling near river Satluj has been prepared who have been instructed to ensure Thikri Pehras in case of flood situation in the area.
A list of Granthis of Gurudwara Sahibs of villages falling near river Satluj has been prepared who have been instructed to alarm people by public address in case of flood situation in the area.
4.3.19 Pollution Control Board
1. Prepare a database of hazardous chemicals and pollutants in the districts and their probable adverse effects on the environment.
2. Prepare for methods and techniques of decontamination of the same.
4.3.20 Public Health & Water Supply
1. Ensure availability and well functioning of all equipments and vehicles.
2. Prepare for distribution of water purifying tablets, bleaching powder and chlorination of public water resources, if required.
3. Prepare for arrangement of safe drinking water supply for surviving community in the affected areas and also in relief camps and shelters. Also prepare for provisioning of water for other purposes.
4. Prepare a database of suppliers and distributors of packaged drinking water.
5. Prepare for prompt repair of pipelines supplying potable water.
6. Prepare for prompt repair of sewerage systems and water works.
7. Make standby arrangements of generators for running the water pumps.
8. Ensure cleaning of drains before the monsoon season.
9. Ensure installations of tube wells, if needed, before the monsoon to provide underground water to the livestock during flood period.
10. Ensure availability of adequate number of water tankers, drums, jerry cans or identify their private suppliers to prepare for supply of water, in scarcity period and in emergency. 35
11. Ensure availability of water supply/ filling points for fire tenders, water cannons, hospitals and other necessary life saving infrastructure.
12. Prepare for prompt provision of temporary toilets/ trench latrines in the affected area and relief camps.
13. Ensuring filling of water ponds/ lakes in the district with canal water/ tube wells prior to the onset of summer.
14. Prepare for the arrangements of clean drinking water for affected livestock and poultry.
15. Prepare mechanism for proper solid waste management and disposal of waste in shelter and relief camps, feeding centres and affected villages.
4.3.21 Public Relations Department
1. Prepare for proper public address system ensuring rumour control.
2. Prepare for media management.
3. Ensure database of do's and don’ts of all possible hazards in the district.
4. Ensure distribution of IEC material to community for awareness generation about the same.
5. Publicise the information in the interest of public awareness through booklets, mass media, pamphlets, radio, television, film shows, newspapers, documentary films, door to door campaign, meetings, etc.
4.3.22 Public Works Department (B & R)
1. Ensure availability and functioning of all equipments like cranes, JCBs etc.
2. Prepare a data base of availability of heavy equipments like cranes, JCB with private agencies also.
3. Ensure, at disposal, the list of MAH units and other vulnerable buildings.
4. Prepare for prompt clearance of debris.
5. Prepare the demolishing squad for prompt demolition of unsafe buildings.
6. Prepare for prompt clearing and repairing of damaged roads, culverts, bridges and flyovers.
7. Prepare for construction of new temporary roads at short notice for diverting traffic from the affected area.
8. Prepare for construction of temporary facilities like medical posts, temporary shelters, temporary toilets etc at short notice.
9. Prepare for prompt establishment of helipad near the affected site in case of VVIP visits.
10. Prepare for restoration of government buildings damaged during disaster.
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4.3.23 Regional Transport Authority
1. Make a database of private vehicles available with schools, colleges and other private agencies.
4.3.24 Revenue and Disaster Management Department
1. Ensure regular monitoring of rain gauge and regular updation of database for distribution and variation in rainfall.
2. Ensure proper mechanism in place for early warning of different hazards to village level through tehsildars, patwaris, DDPO.
3. Prepare Flood Control Order by 31st May of each year.
4. Ensure proper functioning of District Emergency Operation Centre/Flood Control Room during monsoon period and otherwise, if required.
5. Identify villages vulnerable to floods.
6. Prepare a database of critical and lifesaving infrastructure in the district.
7. Prepare a database of safe locations for evacuation.
8. Identify possible safe sites for temporary shelters and relief camps.
9. Ensure availability of fully functional boats, life jackets and oars in view of flood condition of the district.
10. Prepare a database of voluntary organizations and service they offer. Ensure the authenticity of the same.
11. Identify competent persons/experts from various fields for carrying out damage and need assessment post disaster.
12. Prepare proper mechanism for disbursement of compensation to victims or families of deceased.
13. Prepare a database of safe locations for relief distribution site for mass care and housing.
14. Identify site for temporary burial.
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5. Drainage Department Perspective in District Fazilka
5.1 Drainage System
Fazilka is a flood prone district, River Sutlej forms natural boundary between Fazilka Distt. & Pakistan. The total length of Rivers in the district is about 100 KMs.
The lay out of the drainage from its initial planning and availability has been extended to twice its size and length in the present context.
The drains and sub-drains have not been able to accommodate full flood waters.
Near Gharummi village, there was an outfall in pre-independence day towards Pakistani side & full cleaning of the same used to be taken up regularly.
In post-independence situation, no cleaning exercise has ever been the case as for as Pakistani initiative is concerned. Rather, it has been witnessed that due to geo-political advantage, the other side has converted it into a marshy land so that during the hostile situations, no Indian infantry or tank battalion could infiltrate into the opposite side.
The human waste of Fazilka goes to Sainia village Sanitation Treatment Plant (STP) which is further routed into Fazilka drain.
Second outfall point of Fazilka city's human waste is near Shivailk School, Fazilka which contains untreated water falling into Fazilka drain.
Near village Gharummi, there is Ditch-Cum-Bundh, DCB drain which is exclusively managed and controlled by Indian Army Unit stationed near it.
This DCB is feeded by Sabuana distributory which is used for defense purposes as and when required according to the immediate circumstances.
Satluj Creek is feeded by Jalalabad-Mouzam drain & Ditch drain besides extra water of Hussaniwala released downswing.
National Green Tribunal, NGT has ordered to release water to Ditch drain to prevent flooding in certain villages near Kerria & Gharummi in its report.
Principal Secretary, Water Resources Departments, Punjab has been advised to take up this matter with Govt. of India via diplomatic channels with Pakistan to take up cleaning of drains falling in their territorial jurisdiction.
a. Major Outlay of Drains in Fazilka District
5.2.1 JALALABAD-MOUZAM Drain
It has a combined contribution from Jalalabad drain & Mouzam drain.
This drain has its ultimate outflow in Satluj creek near Mouzam.
5.2.1a Jalalabad Drain
Jalalabad drain emerges from Guru Har Sahei region.
It has further contributions from Barkat Wah drain, Tarrobari drain (feeded by Jandwala drain) & Ladhuka drain. 38
5.2.1b Mouzam Drain
It emerges from Shri Mukatsar Sahib district via-
Khuranj-1 drain, Khuranj-2 drain & Rattakhera drain contributes towards Sarriyan drain which has an outfall in Mouzam drain.
5.3 DITCH Drain
It has its final outfall point near village Dilawar Bhaini (between Qadar Bakash & Nooran).
It was carved out during kargil war times & still continues as a small defense line.
Ditch drain is feeded by Fazilka drain, Korrian Wali drain, Sabuana distributory, Tahli wala bodla drain (feeded by Khui Khera drain).
Khui Khera drain is further feeded by Sajrana drain & Ghattian Wali drain.
It is said that the other side has re-routed the outflow of filthy waters again to Indian side Sadki in flow.
From Ferozepur circle, small drains like Khui Khera drain, Tahli wala drain & Sajrana drain have their outflow in Ditch drain.
From Giddarbaha circle, Abul khurana drain & Aspal drain have there routing in Fazilka district which has its ultimate outflow in Ditch drain.
Ditch drain has its last outflow in Satluj creek near Mohar Jamsher village.
5.4 Drainage / Canal Department Team
OFFICER Sr.No OFFICE (Sarvshri/Smt.) 95014-11044 1 XEN Golewala Drainage Division Ferozepur Cantt. Sh.Rupinder Singh 01632-245366 78372-70447 2 XEN Drainage construction Division Ferozepur at Fazilka. Sh. Vinod Kumar Suthar 01638-263448 95010-05960 3 Executive Eastern Division Ferozepur at Fazilka. Sh.Jagtar Singh 01632-246215 95010-05960 4 Xen Canal, Abohar. Sh.Jagtar Singh 01634-220417 98881-30222 5 Xen Canal Lining, Division Shri Muktsar shaib. Sh. Parmvir Singh Sekhon. 01633-262312 98763-00588 6 XEN Drainage construction Division Fridkot at Giddarbaha. Sh. Mukhtiar Singh Rana. 01637-230531 Sh Navdeep Kamboj, Sub Divisional Officer, office of the 7 Drainage construction Division Ferozepur at Fazilka (Sub 95019-38146 Division Fazilka) Sh Sarabjeet Singh, Sub Divisional Officer, office of the 8 Drainage construction Division Ferozepur at Fazilka (Sub 99151-75752 Division Jalalabad)
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5.5 Structuralism of Rivers : Main River Flow in Panjab
Ravi, Beas & Satluj
Western most Ravi is linked with Beas via Madhopur-Beas link
Combined waters of Ravi & Beas rivers flows into Beas river & passes through Pong Dam.
Eastern side, Satluj flows in Punjab from Bhakhra Dam to Ropar.
Further it meats Beas river at Harike Pattan.
During Monsoon, waters released from both Pong Dam & Bhakhra Dam cause floods in Punjab along areas, where it flows.
BBMB controls & monitors pond level & outflow on Dams constructed on these rivers.
When excess water reaches Harike Barrage, then it is released downstream Satluj river to Hussainiwala Headworks.
From Hussainiwala, it is further released d/s Satluj River which flows ...... in Ferozepur & Fazilka district.
Approximate time lags of flood water to pass from various location
Bhakhra to Ropar - 12Hrs
Ropar to Harike - 72 Hrs
Pong to Harike - 72 Hrs
Harike to Hussaniwal - 12 Hrs
According to discharge, classification of floods i.e, low, medium and high at Harike & Hussainiwala headworks is shown on "Discharge slip" which is generated & circulated daily to flood control room along with rainfall data.
5.5.1 Canal Administration in Punjab
Canal Administration is primarily responsible for operation and maintenance of a very well developed and widespread 14500 Kms long canal system and 5 Headworks.
Total cultivable command area in Punjab is 42.90 lac hectares out of which 30.88 lac hectares has been brought under command of canals networks (In addition to prepartition utilization of 32MAF in Shahnehar Canal System).
Canal irrigation systems in Punjab comprise of Sirhind Canal system, Bist Doab Canal system
Bhakra Main Line (BML) Canal System
Upper Bari Doab Canal system, Kashmir Canal
Ferozepur Feeder/Sirhind Feeder system
Eastern Canal system 40
Makhu Canal System
Shahnehar Canal system
Kashmir Canal system.
The Rajasthan Feeder and Bikaner Canal which carry Ravi-Beas water exclusively for Rajasthan run a considerable length over Punjab Territory.
Flood control refers to all methods used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters. Some of the common techniques used for flood control are installation of rock berms, rock rip-raps, sandbags, maintaining normal slopes with vegetation or application of soil cements on steeper slopes and construction or expansion of drainage channels. Other methods include levees, dikes, dams, retention or detention basins. At present, 97% of the arable land in the Punjab is irrigated, 27% from surface water (canal) irrigation and the remaining 73% met from the ground water resources. Rejuvenation and revamping of canal network is the thrust area of state government. The canal surface water distribution system consists of 14500 km of canals/distributaries covering six major systems in the State namely: Sirhind Canal system, Bhakra Main Line, Bist Doab Canal, Upper Bari Doab Canal, Sirhind feeder and Eastern canal.
5.6 Drains :Total Length of Drains in Fazilka
Sr. Name of Drain Reach RD Length Constituency XEN Name and No. in Km. Mobile No 1 Tahliwala Drain 0-52500 16.00 Fazilka/Jalalabad Sh. Vinod Kumar Suthar 78372-70447 2 Tahliwala Link Drain No.1 0-5250 1.6 Fazilka do 3 Tahliwala Link Drain No.II 0-6000 1.83 Jalalabad do 4 Tahliwala Link Drain 0-10000 3.05 Fazilka do No.III 5 Kourianwali Drain 0-75000 22.87 Fazilka do 6 Kourianwali Link Drain 0-11500 3.51 Fazilka do No.I 7 Kourianwali Link Drain 0-7150 2.18 Fazilka do No.II 8 Fazilka Drain 0-22000 6.71 Fazilka do 9 Sureshwala Drain 0-30525 9.31 Fazilka do 10 Salemshah Drain 4200-14960 3.28 Fazilka do 11 Turkanwali drain 0-30150 9.19 Fazilka do 12 Theh Qualender 0-21000 6.4 Fazilka/Jalalabad do 13 Shatir wala Link Drain 0-13000 3.96 Fazilka do 14 Shatirwala F/Drain 0-5500 1.68 Fazilka do 15 Khuikhera Drain 0-86000 26.22 Fazilka/Jalalabad do 16 Sabuana Drain 0-43500 13.26 Fazilka do 17 Ditch Drain 0-60450 18.43 Fazilka do 18 Shajrana Link Drain 0-30040 9.16 Fazilka do 19 Fazilka old Drain 6500-8500 0.61 Fazilka do 20 Flood Protection Bundh 0-31200 9.51 Fazilka do reach 21 Barkatwaha Drain 0-73000 22.25 Jalalabad do 22 Chak Rakh Amir Drain 0-11500 3.51 Jalalabad do 23 Jalalabad Main Drain 0-89000 27.13 Fazilka/Jalalabad do 24 Tarobari Drain 0-70000 21.34 Jalalabad do 25 Ladhuka Drain 0-25000 7.62 Jalalabad do 26 Nokerian Drain 0-24000 7.32 Jalalabad do 27 Sarian Drain 0-57000 17.38 Jalalabad do 28 Ratta Khera Link Drain 0-4000 1.22 Jalalabad do 29 Khuranj Link Drain No.I 0-10150 3.09 Jalalabad do 30 Khuranj Link Drain No.II 0-3900 1.19 Jalalabad do 41
31 Ghatttianwali Drain 0-15000 4.57 Jalalabad do 32 Jalalabad Mauzam drain 0-116000 35.36 Fazilka/Jalalabad do 33 Jand wala Drain 0-59300 18.07 Jalalabad do 34 Fattan Wala Link Drain 0-6500 1.98 Jalalabad do 35 Sohele wala Link Drain 0-13000 3.96 Jalalabad do 36 Abul Khurana Drain 0-126410 38.54 Abohar Sh.Mukhtiar Singh Rana 98763-00588 37 Wahab Wala Drain 0-15286 11.49 do do 46624-57834 38 Abul Khurana Outfall 0-45500 13.86 do do Drain 39 Kuttianwali Link Drain 0-12800 3.90 do do 40 Aspal Drain 20500-98200 30.44 do Sh. Parmvir Singh 101060- Sekhon 123210 98881-30222 41 Baam Drain 0-55758 17.00 do do 42 Sarawan Bodla link Drain 0-37700 11.61 do do 39700-40100 43 Mehrajwala Drain 0-2250 0-69 do do
5.7 Flood : Dangerous Scenario for Fazilka
When one lakh cusecs water is released from Hussaniwala Head works. When Pakistan closes Sulemanki Headworks to store additional water. Satluj has its main flow along with its tributaries has a Geographical encirclement over and above certain villages of Fazilka & Jalalabad Sub-Division. The number of villages under flood threat in Jalalabad is twenty two (22) & Fazilka thirteen (13) Name of affected villages in Jalalabad (W) Sub-Division - Chak Bazida, Chak Tahli Wala, Lamochar Kalan, Bhamba Wattu Uttar, Gatti Hasal, Chak Khiva, Jalla Lakhe ke Hithar, Baghe ke Hithar, Parbhat Singh Wala, Santokh Singh Wala, Dhandi Qadim, Dhandi khurad, Chak Sarkar Muhaji (Parbhat Singh Wala), Peera ke Hithar, Bodal Peera ke, Mehmood Khane Ke, Bame Wala, Balale Ke Kamal, Fattu Wala, Mohar Singh Wala, Ram Singh Wala, Chak Sarkar Muhaji Baghe ke 1&2
Name of affected villages in Fazilka Sub-Division - Muhar khiwan,Muhar Sona Naki ke, Muhar Jamsher, Beri Wala, Pakka Chishti,Noor Mohammad, Rete wali Bheini, Ram Singh Wali Bheni, Hasta Kalan, Gatti No.1, Dhani Sadda Singh, Kawan Wali, Guddar Bhaini, Walle Shah Hithar, Walle Shah Utaar, Gulam Rasool, Chak Ruhela, Ruhela Tejaka, Dona Shikandri, Ganjuana.
Name of affected villages in Abohar Sub-Division - Nil
5. 8 Flood Forecasting In Punjab
Arrangements are made with the Local Office of the Meteorological department, Govt. of India, for weather forecast report. These reports will be conveyed to the SEs of Drainage Administration through the Sinchai Bhawan Control Room for the safety of the embankment/dhussies. The present level of Bhakra Dam, Pong Dam, RSD Dam as on 9.4.2010 are 1516.48 ft.(maximum level 1680.00ft.), 1297.69 ft.(1390.00 ft.), and 497.34 mt.(524.91 mt.) respectively. The maximum water level attained during September, 2009 at Bhakra Dam, Pong Dam and Ranjit Sagar Dam was 1638.97', 1339.48' and 502.26 mtr. Respectively.
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5.9 Warning System from Bhakra and Pong Reservoir in the Case of Floods/Rains
5.9.1 RIVER SUTLEJ
Following norms are maintained for the issuance of flood warning as per standing instructions issued by the Executive Engineer, Regulation, Irrigation Branch Head Office, Chandigarh (Punjab):- Bhakra Beas Management Board will issue flood warning to police wireless station at Nangal when the releases below Nangal Dam exceed 50,000 cusecs and through their own wireless systems to Chief Engineer, Drainage, Chandigarh. Executive Engineer, Head Works, Ropar will convey warnings to the concerned District Civil authorities and officers of the Drainage organizations whenever the releases D/s Ropar exceed 80,000 cusecs (revised limit). There are four hill torrents which outfall into river Sutlej D/s Nangal Dam. Two of these i.e. Swan and Sirsa outfall U/s Ropar Head Works. During the Flood Season, additional wireless sets will be installed at following sites:-
i) Sirsa On Nangal Hydel Channel Crossing Sirsa, Nadi.
ii) Siswan Nadi and Will be manned by deputing men at both sites but Budki Nadi wireless set will be installed at Budki site where Accommodation is available.
iii) Swan Near Una. If the discharge in these rivulets exceeds 15000 cs. A 2-hourly message conveying the flood will be issued to Director, W.Regulation, B.B.M.B., Nangal through wireless.
5.9.2 RIVER BEAS
Information regarding water level, inflow and outflow at Pong Dam is received at he Sinchai Bhawan Control Room from the B.B.M.B authorities, and is included in the daily flood report sent to the State Flood Control Room. The D/s site at Naushera Mirthal and Dhilwan are manned by the staff of the Executive Engineer, Discharge Division, Mohali who also sends the information to the Sinchai Bhawan Control Room.
5.10 System of Flood Warning Signals in Punjab
Flood protection embankments have been constructed along major rivers, choes and nadies with a total length of about 1800 Kms in the state. The embankments are designed for flood discharge of a specified return period (as per Rashtriya Barh Ayog, a return period of 1 in 25 years as recommended keeping in view the high investment cost for higher return periods). The embankments are liable to be overtopped during exceptionally high floods. The embankments are liable to damage due to change in river course where the water current suddenly changes direction. In such cases, breaches can occur causing flooding of area adjoining the embankments. As such, flood warnings have to be issued to all areas along with the rivers, near the affected embankments.
5.11 Flood Control Measures
5.11.1 Structural Measure for flood control:
Revival of Bhupindera Sagar Lake
The lake Bhupindera Sagar created by Jhambo Wali Choe near town Patran must be restored not only to protect a vast area of Patran block from floods but also to restore the 43 disappeared wetland biodiversity. Revival of Bhupindera Sagarlake is very difficult and costly also.
5.11.1a Water Divresion of Flood Water
Safe conveyance of flood water Gradients support for natural flow Min. disturbance to surrounding environment & infrastructure Optimum utilization of flood water Economic viability Identification of possible new storage sites for excess water Study of River Morphology & River Bank Erosion modelling Protection of historically breaches in flood protection dykes.
5.11.1b Integrated Model for Flood Forcasting Rainfall- runoff model. Rainfall – runoff- inundation model.
5.11.1c Non-Ground Based Model Global satellite Mapping of Precipitation data (ASMAP) Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) model precipitation data. GIS functions to assist flood-run-off models. A default run-off analysis model. Interfaces to display output results. Using RRI model to simulate breach scenario. Geo-Spatial maps are necessary during Rehabilitation & Reconstruction.
5.11.2 Revival of Village Ponds
Encroachments and extinction of village ponds in the Fazilka District should also be checked at the earliest. Effort should be made for their revival as these can contain considerable amount of rain water which otherwise will be available for inundation.
5.11.3 Changing Crop Pattern also added to floods
Earlier the people in the surrounding areas use to sow one crop only. The cross drainage work was kept at higher elevation to achieve spreading of flood water on upstream to benefit the barani crops and altered the flow on d/s. Now after green revolution, the cropping pattern has changed with double and even triple crops.
5.12 Non-Structural Measures
5.12.1 Preparedness Methodology
Instead of waiting for a disaster to occur and then to manage it, this concept envisages to make people part of the management process. The plan contains a series of measures for preparedness in schools, colleges, hospitals, and all other vital institutions and ultimately the community itself. 44
5.12.2 Training Programmes
The annual work plan mainly consists of widespread training and awareness generation programmes in all the state of Punjab. The Information Education and Communication projects (IEC) to be thus undertaken by Government of Punjab are described in the subsequent sections.
5.12.3 Train the Trainer Model for Schools
The Department of Revenue Rehabilitation and Disaster Management intends to conduct programmes for train the trainer model for schools in Punjab. One such programme would be carried out in each of seven flood prone districts viz. Patiala, Sangrur, Mansa, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar and Moga.
5.12.4 Flood Plain Zoning
Flood plain zoning, which places restrictions on the use of land on flood plains, can reduce the cost of flood damage. Local governments may pass laws that prevent uncontrolled building or development on flood plains to limit flood risks and to protect nearby properties. Landowners in areas that adopt local ordinances or laws to limit development on flood plains can purchase flood insurance to help cover the cost of damage from floods. Flood plain zoning, if carried out will also help in reducing the expenditure on various structural measures to be adopted for flood management.
5.13 Pre-Emergency Planning
Pre-emergency planning allows for the immediate implementation of policies and procedures – practiced and understood by everyone on site. A detailed and well-established flood loss prevention plan has these advantages:
Personnel respond more rapidly and effectively than if no planning had taken place
Promotes an understanding of the issues involved in responding to a dangerous situation
Ensures development of complex responses to complex situations
Provides for a complete examination of difficult and controversial issues (e.g., who is in charge?)
Identifies information that must be gathered to properly use to respond to the floods.
Recognizes preparations that must be made for a response (acquiring and maintaining equipment, records, funding, materials, etc.)
Promotes a sense of ownership and buy-in to the plan among personnel who participate in the planning process and who will be impacted by the plan
Ensures a clear assignment of tasks and responsibilities, helping to avoid important things being left undone or unnecessarily duplicated
Produces a plan that can serve as a baseline or starting point for modification, if other emergencies arise
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5.13.1 Protection of individual properties
Property owners may fix their homes to stop water entering by blocking doors and air vents, waterproofing important areas and sandbagging the edges of the building.
5.13.2 Protection of communities
When more homes, shops and infrastructure are threatened by the effects of flooding, then the benefits of protection are worth the additional cost. Temporary flood defenses can be constructed in certain locations which are prone to floods and provide protection from rising flood waters. Rivers running through large urban developments are often controlled and channeled. Water rising above a canal's full capacity may cause flooding to spread to other waterways and areas of the community, which causes damage. Defenses (both long-term and short-term) can be constructed to minimize damage, which involves raising the edge of the water with levees, embankments or walls. The high population and value of infrastructure at risk often justifies the high cost of mitigation in larger urban areas.
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6. Flood Management as an Offshoot of Disaster Management: Statutory & Enabling Provisions
6.1 Powers given to Collectors under the Canal and Drainage Act 1873
1. Powers of the Collectors under the Canal and Drainage Act- Collectors had been given powers under Section 57-A read with Section 30-A to 30-G of the Northern India Canal and Drainage Act, 1873 by the Punjab Government Notification No. 6257-IW3-62/7589, dated 20th May, 1964 issued by the Secretary to Government, Punjab, Irrigation Department.
2. Construction of Link (fields) Drains- In the matter regarding constructions of link (field) drains it has been decided that:-
(i) It will be the responsibility of the Irrigation Department to prepare the alignment, plans and L- Sections and to demarcate the land (Nishan Dehi) on the spot.
(ii) The execution of the work pertaining to the link drains will be the responsibility of the Irrigation Department.
(iii) Technical supervision will be that of the Irrigation Department.
(iv) In cases where land is not voluntarily given by the villagers, it will have to be acquired according to the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act.
3. To avoid confusion, field and link drains should always be referred to as field (drains). Field drains are defined as drains, which are upto five miles in length. All other drains are main, subsidiary, tributary and sub-tributary drains. A field drain may have its outfall into a sub- tributary, tributary, subsidiary of a main drain directly as the case may be.
4. As regards the inter- superiority of the execution of the field drains in a district, preference should be given to the field drains which would help draining off the congestions in localised depressions.
Selection of test Relief works
5. Test Relief works- Instructions regarding the selection of Test Relief Works in the flood affected areas and their execution etc. are as under : -
The Test works proposed by the Deputy Commissioners fall into the categories given below. These categories have been given in order of priority in which they may be taken up, subject to availability of funds.
(i) Digging link drains and other drains to drain out standing flood water.
The primary responsibility for this should be that of the Drainage Department and where a provision exists for a drain which could not be dug or completed before the last flood season the department should undertake the work immediately with its own funds. Funds from the head “2245- Relief on account of Natural Calamities” (Revenue Department’s Head) should be utilized only where the work is absolutely essential and necessary funds are not available with the Department.
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(iii) The repair of bundhs for the protection of agricultural lands.
In both (ii) and (iii) above, if the Department concerned has any funds, the repair should be undertaken by them otherwise the required funds may be utilised from“2245- Relief on account of Natural Calamities” head.
(iv) The construction of ring and other bundhs for the protection of abadis.
Necessary funds may be found from the allotments made under the head “2245- Relief on Account of Natural Calamities” for the Relief Test Works or through diversion of funds by the Deputy Commissioners from the amounts placed at their disposal for subsistence grants.
(v) The construction of bundhs to protect agricultural lands.
(vi) Constructions of new roads (only earth work and necessary culverts) in areas which are likely to be flooded.
These works will facilitate future flood relief operations in the event of floods. Where floods are not likely because of flood protection works in the near future, construction of such roads may not be undertaken.
Funds for such works may be provided by diversion of the amount placed at the disposal of the Deputy Commissioners for subsistence grants, unless the funds are available with the Department or Zila Parishad concerned.
(vii) Repairs of damaged (a) Roads, (b) Drains and (c) Canals. Responsibility for such repairs is that of the Department concerned and they should be expected to start such works with their own funds.
(viii) Deepening of existing drains to eliminate possibility of future floods. Here also the responsibility is that of Drainage Department who are expected to provide necessary funds.
(ix) Improvement of existing roads, so as to make them usable even in the event of floods, by raising their level, provision of more culverts and protective bundhs etc.
Here again, the responsibility is that of the Department concerned and the necessary funds for such works are to be provided by them.
Priority for the selection of Test Relief Works.
5. Criteria to be observed by Deputy Commissioners in the selection of test relief works to be undertaken- While observing priorities suggested above, selection should be continued to those works which: -
(a) Have the highest potential for employment of unskilled labour;
(b) Which can be started soon and completed within the current financial year; and
(c) Where 100% or almost the entire estimated amount will be paid as wages for unskilled labour.
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6.2 Provision under Indian Penal Code
Under section IPC 432 causing a danger to the lives of several inhabitants living in the danger zone.
Mischief by causing inundation or obstruction to public drainage attended with damage.—Whoever commits mischief by doing any act which causes or which he knows to be likely to cause an inundation or an obstruction to any public drainage attended with injury or damage, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both.
Under section 55 of Northern India Canal & Drainage Act, 1873
Power to prohibit obstructions or order their removal.– Whenever it appears to the [Provincial Government] that injury to any land or the public health or public convenience has arisen or may arise from the obstruction of any river, stream or drainage-channel, such Government may, by notification published in the official Gazette, prohibit, within limits to be defined in such notification the formation of any obstruction, or may, within such limits, order the removal or other modification of such obstruction. Thereupon so much of the said river, stream or drainage-channel as is comprised within such limits shall be held to be a drainage- work as defined in section 3.
Any other applicable law in order to ensure the life and liberty of the citizens of India guaranteed under Article 21 of Constitution of India.
Flood Management is a crucial part of disaster management. it is the duty of district administration to make Flood Management Plan under the periphery of management of disasters in the territorial jurisdiction of a district. Disaster Management Act, 2005, hereinafter referred to as DMA has given a place to the meaning of disaster as well as disaster management under section 2 (d) & (e) sub sections (i) to (viii) as
(d) “Disaster” means a catastrophe, mishap, calamity or grave occurrence in any area, arising from natural or man made causes, or by accident or negligence which results in substantial loss of life or human suffering or damage to, and destruction of, property, or damage to, or degradation of, environment, and is of such a nature or magnitude as to be beyond the coping capacity of the community of the affected area; (e) “Disaster Management” means a continuous and integrated process of planning, organising, coordinating and implementing measures which are necessary or expedient for— (i) Prevention of danger or threat of any disaster (ii) Mitigation or reduction of risk of any disaster or its severity or consequences (iii) Capacity-building (iv) Preparedness to deal with any disaster (v) Prompt response to any threatening disaster situation or disaster (vi) Assessing the severity or magnitude of effects of any disaster (vii) Evacuation, rescue and relief 49
(viii) Rehabilitation and reconstruction
6.3 Provisions under Disaster Management Act 2005 Under Section 30 of The Disaster Management Act, 2005 following powers are assigned to the District Authority:-
(1) The District Authority shall act as the district planning; coordinating and implementing body for disaster management and take all measures for the purposes of disaster management in the district in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the National Authority and the State Authority.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1), the District Authority may -
(i) Prepare a disaster management plan including district response plan for the district; (ii) Coordinate and monitor the implementation of the National Policy, State Policy, National Plan, State Plan and District Plan; (iii) Ensure that the areas in the district vulnerable to disasters are identified and measures for the prevention of disasters and the mitigation of its effects are undertaken by the departments of the Government at the district level as well as by the local authorities; (iv) Ensure that the guidelines for prevention of disasters, mitigation of its effects, preparedness and response measures as laid down by the National Authority and the State Authority are followed by all departments of the Government at the district level and the local authorities in the district; (v) Give directions to different authorities at the district level and local authorities to take such other measures for the prevention or mitigation of disasters as may be necessary; (vi) Lay down guidelines for prevention of disaster management plans by the department of the Government at the districts level and local authorities in the district; (vii) Monitor the implementation of disaster management plans prepared by the Departments of the Government at the district level; (viii) Lay down guidelines to be followed by the Departments of the Government at the district level for purposes of integration of measures for prevention of disasters and mitigation in their development plans and projects and provide necessary technical assistance therefor; (ix) Monitor the implementation of measures referred to in clause (viii); (x) Review the state of capabilities for responding to any disaster or threatening disaster situation in the district and give directions to the relevant departments or authorities at the district level for their up gradation as may be necessary; 50
(xi) Review the preparedness measures and give directions to the concerned departments at the district level or other concerned authorities where necessary for bringing the preparedness measures to the levels required for responding effectively to any disaster or threatening disaster situation; (xii) Organise and coordinate specialised training programmes for different levels of officers, employees and voluntary rescue workers in the district; (xiii) Facilitate community training and awareness programmes for prevention of disaster or mitigation with the support of local authorities, governmental and non-governmental organisations; (xiv) Set up, maintain, review and upgrade the mechanism for early warnings and dissemination of proper information to public; (xv) Prepare, review and update district level response plan and guidelines; (xvi) Coordinate response to any threatening disaster situation or disaster; (xvii) Ensure that the Departments of the Government at the district level and the local authorities prepare their response plans in accordance with the district response plan; (xviii) Lay down guidelines for, or give direction to, the concerned Department of the Government at the district level or any other authorities within the local limits of the district to take measures to respond effectively to any threatening disaster situation or disaster; (xix) Advise, assist and coordinate the activities of the Departments of the Government at the district level, statutory bodies and other governmental and non-governmental organisations in the district engaged in the disaster management; (xx) Coordinate with, and give guidelines to, local authorities in the district to ensure that measures for the prevention or mitigation of threatening disaster situation or disaster in the district are carried out promptly and effectively; (xxi) Provide necessary technical assistance or give advice to the local authorities in the district for carrying out their functions; (xxii) Review development plans prepared by the Departments of the Government at the district level, statutory authorities or local authorities with a view to make necessary provisions therein for prevention of disaster or mitigation; (xxiii) Examine the construction in any area in the district and, if it is of the opinion that the standards for the prevention of disaster or mitigation laid down for such construction is not being or has not been followed, may direct the concerned authority to take such action as may be necessary to secure compliance of such standards; (xxiv) Identify buildings and places which could, in the event of any threatening disaster situation or disaster, be used as relief centers or camps and make arrangements for water supply and sanitation in such buildings or places; (xxv) Establish stockpiles of relief and rescue materials or ensure preparedness to make such materials available at a short notice; 51
(xxvi) Provide information to the State Authority relating to different aspects of disaster management; (xxvii) Encourage the involvement of non-governmental organisations and voluntary social welfare institutions working at the grassroots level in the district for disaster management; (xxviii) Ensure communication systems are in order, and disaster management drills are carried out periodically; (xxix) Perform such other functions as the State Government or State Authority may assign to it or as it deems necessary for disaster management in the District.
Section - 31 of DMA enunciates district plan made under the overall supervision of Deputy Commissioner which he has to make with his active involvement and guidelines.
District Plan.-
(1) There shall be a plan for disaster management for every district of the State. (2) The District Plan shall be prepared by the District Authority, after consultation with the local authorities and having regard to the National Plan and the State Plan, to be approved by the State Authority. (3) The District Plan shall include— (a) The areas in the district vulnerable to different forms of disasters; (b) The measures to be taken, for prevention and mitigation of disaster, by the Departments of the Government at the district level and local authorities in the district; (c) The capacity-building and preparedness measures required to be taken by the Departments of the Government at the district level and the local authorities in the district to respond to any threatening disaster situation or disaster; (d) The response plans and procedures, in the event of a disaster, providing for— (i) Allocation of responsibilities to the Departments of the Government at the district level and the local authorities in the district; (ii) Prompt response to disaster and relief thereof; (iii) Procurement of essential resources; (iv) Establishment of communication links; and (v) The dissemination of information to the public; (e) Such other matters as may be required by the State Authority. (4) The District Plan shall be reviewed and updated annually. (5) The copies of the District Plan referred to in sub-sections (2) and (4) shall be made available to the Departments of the Government in the district. 52
(6) The District Authority shall send a copy of the District Plan to the State Authority which shall forward it to the State Government. (7) The District Authority shall, review from time to time, the implementation of the Plan and issue such instructions to different departments of the Government in the district as it may deem necessary for the implementation thereof.
Section 34 of The Disaster Management Act, 38 of 2005 -
For the purpose of assisting, protecting or providing relief to the community, in response to any threatening disaster situation or disaster, the District Authority may—
(a) Give directions for the release and use of resources available with any Department of the Government and the local authority in the district;
(b) Control and restrict vehicular traffic to, from and within, the vulnerable or affected area;
(c) Control and restrict the entry of any person into, his movement within and departure from, a vulnerable or affected area;
(d) Remove debris, conduct search and carry out rescue operations;
(e) Provide shelter, food, drinking water and essential provisions, healthcare and services;
(f) Establish emergency communication systems in the affected area;
(g) Make arrangements for the disposal of the unclaimed dead bodies;
(h) Recommend to any Department of the Government of the State or any authority or body under that Government at the district level to take such measures as are necessary in its opinion;
(i) Require experts and consultants in the relevant fields to advise and assist as it may deem necessary;
(j) Procure exclusive or preferential use of amenities from any authority or person;
(k) Construct temporary bridges or other necessary structures and demolish structures which may be hazardous to public or aggravate the effects of the disaster;
(l) Ensure that the non-governmental organizations carry out their activities in an equitable and non-discriminatory manner;
(m) Take such other steps as may be required or warranted to be taken in such a situation.
Section 41 of DMA has elaborated the role of local authorities which will function under the command and control of the Deputy Commissioner:-
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Functions of the local authority.-
(1) Subject to the directions of the District Authority, a local authority shall—
(a) Ensure that its officers and employees are trained for disaster management; (b) Ensure that resources relating to disaster management are so maintained as to be readily available for use in the event of any threatening disaster situation or disaster; (c) Ensure all construction projects under it or within its jurisdiction conform to the standards and specifications laid down for prevention of disasters and mitigation by the National Authority, State Authority and the District Authority; (d) Carry out relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction activities in the affected area in accordance with the State Plan and the District Plan. (2) The local authority may take such other measures as may be necessary for the disaster management.
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7. Role of The Deputy Commissioner
7.1 Extensive & Consolidated Measures Establishment of Flood Control rooms. Articles, material, equipments etc. to be made available to all in need. Cleanliness of Drains / Canals. Establishment of Relief camps--- functionality thereof to be ensured 24 X 7. Availability of Ration in Relief camps.. Availability of drinking water in affected areas. Availability of Tarpaulins, Polythene sheets & empty sand bags. Availability of Doctors & Medicines. Vet Medicines & availability of fodder. Wireless system. Availability of Air tubes. Safe & uninterrupted Power supply. Availability of Vehicles. Availability of Divers & Swimmers. Availability / Management of JCB machines. Repair of Roads & Bridges. Thikri Pehras. Disposal of dead animals & carcasses. Cooperation from NGOs & self help groups. Press notes regarding flood urgent measures day to day events. Cleanliness of Sewage system & rivulets. All SDMs to conduct regular appraisal meetings. Communication system to be in place. Preparation of Contingency Plan. Use of technology / Geo sensing / Satellite imputes. Role of Meteorological Data. Role of Army in extreme situation. Protection of critical infrastructure like schools, hospitals, industrial sites, bridges, individual houses to be at high priority. Rapid needs assessment to make arrangements of further material, articles or equipment which were not thought of earlier. Rebuilding & reconstruction should be a past-flood priority. Vital lifeline facilities such as water, electricity, hospitals, sewerage system, repairing & rebuilding homes, roads, restoration or contaminated water sources, resumption of educational activities, telecommunication & mobile services etc. should be ensured as quickly as possible with specialized & technical manpower intervention. Psychological care to people should also be provided, wherever required. Resumption of lifeline services should be ensured in a shortest span. 55
In past flood scenario, assets & infrastructure should be ensured with the help of latest technology & standards (no regress reconstruction) Remapping of present floods should also be drawn to have a comparative view Vis a Vis earlier floods for better protection in future. District Administration has to be open to rethinking & re-planning mode for better protection of community & people. Debris management & disposal of dead human / animal bodies in the past-flood period. Irrigation networks, disposal of flood waters, recoursing the natural flow of water channels, if possible should be viewed afresh. District Administration has to view flood management as an integrated planning approach as pre, mid & post flood defense mechanism. Flood signs should be placed at prominent places in flood prone areas.
Regular drills, if possible should be undertaken in flood prone & high risk areas. Trainings to role playing agencies.
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7.2 Flood Relief Operations
7.2.1 Different phases of tackling the flood menace: - Flood Relief operations are to be regulated in three distinct phases; namely (i) the Emergency phase (ii) the Static phase, and (iii) the post Flood phase.
7.2.1a Emergency Phase: - In the emergency phase problems like warnings of floods to vulnerable villages, speedy intimation of arrival of floods to the authorities, speedy contact by local authorities with affected villages, establishment of the basis of the relief operations, deployment of flood relief equipment/ personnel, evacuation of people, medical aid, opening of free kitchen and chlorination of drinking water are to be tackled.
7.2.1b Static Phase: - In this phase, operations like the return of evacuated persons to their homes, regular flow of flood and essential goods to affected villages, provision of drinking water, opening of fair price shops, and temporary dispensaries for human beings and animals, dewatering of abadis, detailed assessment of their needs, damages and establishment of communications are undertaken.
7.2.1c Post-Floods Phase: - This phase starts when flood waters have either dried up or have been drained off. During these operations repairs to damaged houses, removal of debris, repairs of wells/ roads, disbursement of loans for seeds, fodder and implements, distribution of clothes and starting of test relief works are undertaken.
7.3 Strengthening Participatory Organizations
Food & Non-food items. Medical aid Medical camps Medical Mobile units Medicines Testing facilities Reproductive Health Baby kits Hygiene Kits Medicines for common diseases.
WATSAN Water Tents Sanitation Road clearance Hygiene
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Hygiene has to be a top priority Relief Camps
All raw & cooked material. All required infrastructure. Relief & Rescue Works as high priority. Assessment of ongoing relief works. Coordination & assessment of damages. Management of Relief camps as one of the main function. Assessment of Compensations Causalities Households Livestock Infrastructure resumptions Rebuilding Clearance of debris Assistance to other relief agencies. Assessment of livelihood damages. Assessment of different facets of relief work. Protection of species & wild life as the case may be Data collection qua damages / devastation caused Installation of Water filtration plants after Floods. Field Trips samples & Data collection
7.4 Evaluation of flood damages
Flood damages to be reported to the Chief Engineer (Drainage) Irrigation Works Punjab by the Deputy Commissioners: -The Deputy Commissioners are required to supply necessary information regarding flood damages to the Chief Engineer (Drainage), Irrigation Works, Punjab, on the prescribed proformas (F.D.5 and F.D.7) as at Appendix ‘H’ every year immediately after the flood season is over. The information is to be supplied to the Chief Engineer (Drainage) along with the plan showing sites of damages under intimation to the Revenue Department.
7.5 General Instructions Issued by Deputy Commissioner for the Execution of works
Other suggestions for the guidance of Deputy Commissioners for the execution of works- (i) Deputy Commissioners should get the necessary plans and detailed estimates prepared by the technical Department concerned. Where the estimate exceeds the rough cost estimates already submitted, the case should be immediately referred to Government for approval.
(ii) For areas and villages where the works are started, payment of subsistence grant should be discontinued to all families which have at least one able bodied male member above 18 years of age, provided that this stipulation should not prohibit the employment of females above the age of 18 years and males between the age of 15 to 18 years on these works. 58
(iii) Works may be undertaken only in the areas affected by heavy floods involving large scale evacuation in relief camp.
(iv) With a view to ensuring that an adequate number of able-bodied persons turn up regularly for work, that payments are made regularly, that fictitious muster rolls are not maintained, that proper works are executed and completed in current financial year, that proper accounts of all payments are maintained and that families whose members are offered employment on such works and refuse such employment are not paid subsistence grants, it is desirable that the following instructions are observed:-
(a) The area in which Test works are to be undertaken should be divided into sectors, each sector corresponding to the jurisdiction of Overseer/Sectional Officer who will be responsible for the technical part of the work. Each sector should be placed under the charge of a Sector officer not below the rank of Naib-Tehsildar and preferably the Block Development and Panchayat Officer of the Block. These Sector Officers should be appointed by the Deputy Commissioners.
(b) A number of such sectors should be grouped into a zone and for each zone the Deputy Commissioner should depute a Zonal Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar/Block Development and Panchayat Officer. These Zones should correspond to the areas under the Sub- Divisional Officer of the Technical Department responsible for the work. Where the sector is placed under the charge of Block Development and Panchayat Officer, Zonal Sector may be placed under the charge of Tehsildar.
7.6 Other Duties of the Deputy Commissioner
(1) Selection of works to be undertaken and ensuring that proper plans and estimates are prepared for the works selected and these works are started soon and completed during the current financial year.
(2) To divide the areas in which works are to be undertaken into zones and each zone into sectors.
(3) To appoint Zonal and Sector Officers
(4) To exercise general supervision over zonal and sector officers and to ensure that wages are paid regularly to the persons employed and that proper accounts are kept.
(5) Facilitate and coordinate with local govt. bodies to ensure that pre and past disaster management activities in the district are carried out.
(6) Assist community training, awareness programs and installation of emergency facilities with the support of local administration, NGOs and the private sector.
(7) Function as leader of the team and take appropriate actions to smoothen the response and relief activities to minimize the adverse impact of disaster.
(8) Recommend Commissioner of Relief (CoR) and State govt. for declaration of disaster.
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7.7 Duties of Zonal Officers
(1) To supervise generally the execution of all tests works in his zone.
(2) To supervise particularly the work of his sector officers and to ensure that every sector officer maintains the prescribed register (appendix G)
The work of each Sector Officer should be inspected at least twice a month when the entries in the register should be checked and initialled in the appropriate column. Random checking on the spot to verify the correctness of entries made by the Sector Officer should be done on each visit to work sites and villages in the sector. At least 25% of the entries in the register should be so checked.
(3) To assist the Technical Officer who is his counter-part, in all matters connected with execution of works in supply of man power.
If there is any friction between a Sector Officer and his technical counter-part, the Zonal Officer and his technical counter-part should see that it is removed. If they cannot do it, the Zonal Officer will bring the matter to the notice of the Deputy Commissioner.
7.8 Duties of Sector Officers
(1) To explain to people in the sector that all able-bodied persons will be expected to work failing which they would cease to get subsistence grant.
(2) To maintain properly the register prescribed in para (2) of (b) above
(3) To ensure adequate and regular supply of manpower from the affected villages for the execution and completion of works in the sector before the end of the financial year.
The Chairman, Vice-Chairman, members of the Samiti in which the work is located, the Sarpanch and Panches of the villages concerned should be requested to assist in getting people to take up these works.
(4) To give full co-operation to his technical counter-part.
(5) To be present when weekly payments are made to labourers and to attest the Muster –Roll.
(6) Every Sector Officer will be required to maintain a register in the proforma at Appendix ‘G
7.9 Duties of other Local Authorities
Provide assistance to District Collector in Disaster Management activities. Ensure training of its officers and employees and maintenance of resources so as to be readily available for use in the event of a disaster. Ensure that all construction projects under it conform to the standards and specification laid down. Each dept shall prepare a disaster management plan for the district; carry out relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction activities in the affected area within the district.
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7.10 Duties of Private Sector:-
The Private sector should be encouraged to ensure their active participation in the pre-disaster activities in alignment with the overall plan developed by DDMA and the collector.
They should adhere to the relevant rules regarding prevention of disasters as may be stipulated by relevant local authorities. As a part of CSR undertaking, DRA projects are too executed in consultation with Deputy Commissioner for enhancing district's resilience.
7.11 Commuinty Groups & Volunteer Agencies.
Local community groups and voluntary agencies including NGOs normally play an important role in prevention & mitigation activities under the overall director and supervision of the DDMA and collector. They should be encouraged to participate in all training activities as may be organized and should familiarize themselves with their respective role in disaster management.
7.12 Duties of Citizenry
It is the duty of every citizen to assist the District Collector or such other person enthrusted with or engaged in disaster management whenever demanded generally for the purpose of disaster management.
Upon receipt of potential alert, DEOC / designated officials will appropriately issue a notified action which is to be taken by residents of the area under floods & other stakeholders departments etc. shall be informed forthwith. Disaster occurrence could result in the disruption of govt. functions and, therefore all levels of local govt. and their allied departments should develop & maintain procedures to ensure continuity in governmental actions.
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8. Flood Control Room at Different levels
8.1 Scheme for dealing with floods: - A comprehensive scheme should be evolved to deal with floods. Necessary protective measures should be adopted on the lines indicated below: -
Every care should be taken at all levels to ensure that the launching of this scheme does not create panic or give the impression that floods are imminent. On the other hand, it should give the impression that Administration is prepared and has a sound plan to cope with the situation, of floods.
Experience has shown that a great deal of the material and psychological damage caused by floods, whether by over-flowing rivers or excessive rains, is due chiefly to the following factors: -
(a) Unpreparedness.
(b) Failure to give timely warnings to all concerned, particularly to the people of villages exposed to floods.
(c) Lack of accurate information regarding the areas cut off by floods.
(d) Inability of the administrative machinery to establish immediate contact with the affected areas.
(e) Inadequate co-ordination between various departments and between the administrative and non-official agencies.
(f) Unplanned action, and
(g) Time- lag in mobilizing resources.
8.2 Preparation of Tehsil Maps: - For facility of directing flood relief operations effectively, it is desirable that the information obtained in the Control Rooms should be exhibited suitably by graphs, charts and maps. Failure to do so can be a serious handicap. Four copies of such maps and charts in each tehsil should be prepared. If a tehsil is absolutely immune from floods on account of its topography, it will not be necessary to prepare a map of that particular tehsil. These maps should contain all the information mentioned in the form at Appendix ‘C’. Four copies of such maps should be prepared ;one for the tehsil Control Room, one for the District Control Room, and one each for the Commissioner and the Financial Commissioner, Revenue.
It is understood that as soon as the emergency arises, at least one official will always be there on duty in such a Control Room.
Sr. No Name of the Office Incharge Officer Tele. No. Resi/ Mob.No 1. District Flood Control Room DRO Fazilka 01638-262153 99140-76661 2. Tehsil Office Jalalabad Tehsildar JBD 01638-251373 99145-80050
3. Tehsil Office Fazilka Tehsildar FZK 01638-262153 99145-80050
4. Tehsil Office Abohar Tehsildar ABH 01634-220546 98154-01115 62
Canal Telegraph Officer (i) Canal Colony FZR 01632-242245 5. (ii) Hussaniwala 01632-242246 (iii) Canal Telegraph Officer, Canal Colony Makhu at 01682-270034 Harike Headworks 6. Civil Surgeon, Fazilka 01638-264105 93564-66357 01638-260128 7. Deputy Director Animal Husbandry FZK 01638-261008 88474-13512
8. DFSC Fazilka 01638-260400 97813-30180
8.3 Setting up of Control Rooms: - Control rooms should be set up at the head quarters of Tehsils, Districts, Divisions and at the Secretariat and placed in the charge of the officers mentioned below: -
8.3.1 Control Room at the Tehsil Headquarters: - The Control Room at the Tehsil headquarters shall:
(i) Collect information regarding the flood situation coming from all parts of the tehsil. At 5 p.m. every day all the information received till then, shall be set down in form ‘A’ Appendix ‘D’ and conveyed immediately, either by Fax/wireless, or telegram, or where these means of communication have failed, by such other expeditious means as are possible, directly to the Deputy Commissioner, Commissioner and Financial Commissioner Revenue.
Nil report need not be sent;
(ii) Keep in touch with the evacuation of people from dangerously exposed or seriously flooded villages. Such evacuation shall, as explained later, proceed from village to an ‘Evacuation Centre’ and hence to a ‘Relief Centre’. All necessary directions and organisational details pertaining to evacuation shall also be issued from the Control Room.
(iii) Organise and direct relief measure throughout the tehsil through various ‘Relief Centres’;
(iv) Co-ordinate the participation of non-official organizations and agencies, both for evacuation and relief operations; and
(v) Guide and inform all those who may seek assistance or information regarding situation in the tehsil
8.3.2 Control Room at District Headquarters: - The District Control Room shall perform the following functions:-
(i) Maps showing the flood situation in all tehsils in the district shall be set up in this Control Room and kept upto-date.
(ii) This Control Room shall perform function for the District similar to those performed by the Control Room at the tehsil level.
(iii) By 6 P.M. each day collect situation reports received from the Tehsil Control Rooms and send a consolidated report for the whole district by Fax/Police Wireless to the Commissioner, Financial Commissioner, Revenue and Chief Secretary and other authorities concerned with evacuation and relief operations, such as the local army.
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8.3.3 Control Room at Divisional headquarters: -
(i) Functions of this Control Room shall be similar to those of the District and Tehsil Control Rooms but the Commissioner shall not be required to issue situation reports to Govt., unless considered necessary in special circumstances.
(ii) Maps of all Tehsils in the Division shall be set up in this control room and kept upto-date.
(iii) The Commissioner of a division shall normally be responsible for enlisting the aid of military authorities, when necessary. It is expected that the Deputy Commissioner shall get in touch with the Commissioner when the situation calls for assistance from the army. If such assistance can be secured locally by the Deputy Commissioner, the Commissioner should be kept informed. If military assistance on a large scale is considered necessary, the Commissioner shall contact the Chief Secretary on telephone or otherwise and also inform the Financial Commissioner, Revenue about it.
Provided that ordinarily in Flood Relief Operations help should first be sought from Police and reserved personnel. Army is to be called upon only when the floods are of exceptional magnitude.
8.3.4 Control Room at the Financial Commissioners’ Office: - Control Room in the Financial Commissioners’ Office, shall be set up under the overall control of one of the Joint /Deputy Secretaries (Revenue) and manned jointly by the staff deputed from the offices of the Financial Commissioners’, Punjab and the Chief Engineer (Drainage), Irrigation Department, Punjab. The officials of the Irrigation Department should obtain and handover the latest information regarding water discharge of the various rivers/ rivulets in the state, to the branch concerned in the F.C’s Office dealing with emergency relief matters. The Assistant deputed from the office of Financial Commissioners’, Punjab should receive messages from Deputy Commissioners and other outside agencies including Weather Office and pass it on without any delay to the Branch Officer Incharge of the above-mentioned Branch for taking necessary action.
The maps showing the flood prone areas in the districts of the State may be displayed in this Control Room and kept up-to-date.
During the rainy season, the concerned officers at all levels shall depute officials for appropriate timings/round the clock duty in the Control Room enabling them to keep a constant vigil on the impending danger of floods. In the event of a contingency, they would report to their respective authorities about the danger so that timely action is taken to check the same by adopting preventive measures.
8.4 Issue of flood warnings to relief and Evacuation Centres and to other officers
Timely warnings should be given to all concerned.
It may not always be possible to give timely warning to people in the exposed villages, but every endeavour should be made by the Tehsildar /Sub-Divisional Magistrate, as soon as such a warning is received by him to convey it to the villages directly through patwaris or Relief and Evacuation Centres incharges. Warning of approaching floods should be immediately conveyed by the Irrigation authorities to the Deputy Commissioners, Commissioners, and Financial Commissioner Revenue. As soon as a warning is received by the Deputy 64
Commissioner, it will be communicated to the sub-Divisional Magistrate/Tehsildars concerned by telephone or wireless .The Sub-Divisional Magistrate shall immediately alert all “Relief Centres” “Evacuation Centres”, where these are set-up and villages in dangerously exposed areas.
As regards floods caused by heavy rains, no warnings can be given. Every one concerned must be alert as soon as heavy rains start. The Sub-Divisional Magistrate must be particularly wide-awake and keep their Deputy Commissioners informed of the situation as it develops. A watch should be kept on all protective bundhs, water –ways natural drainage channels, railway lines and roads. As soon as there are indications of any breach, steps should be taken to repair the breach and direct the water along safe channels, unless the only escape for the water is through such a breach. In order to have up-to-date information about the situation, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate concerned should remain in constant touch with all ‘Relief Centres’ in his jurisdiction .The ‘Relief Centres’ shall on their part, maintain contact with the ‘Evacuation Centres’ in their area, while the Evacuation Centres’ shall remain in touch with the villages they are expected to serve.
It is absolutely essential that all warnings and information emanating from the Tehsil Control Room should reach ‘Relief Centres’, Evacuation Centres’ and dangerously exposed villages as rapidly as possible and that information from these villages should be passed on to the Tehsil Control Room with all possible speed through Evacuation and Relief Centres. If the telephonic communication is put out of action by floods or if there are no telegraph offices of places where ‘Relief Centres’ are located, the Sub-DivisionalMagistrate should arrange runners, who may use bicycles, horses, boats or sometimes may walk for conveying messages. As soon aswarning or a message is received from the Sub-Divisional Magistrate by ‘Relief Centre’, the later will convey it to all ‘Evacuation Centres’ attached to it in the quickest possible manner and each ‘Evacuation Centre’ will, like wise send the information to the villages attached to it .It would be a great advantage if each village ‘Evacuation Centre’. ‘Relief Centre’ and Tehsil Control Room maintains panels of fit, dependable and active men who would be prepared to serve as messengers in such emergencies.
8.5 Major Flood Control Rooms in Fazilka District
Sr. No Name of the Office Incharge Officer Tele. No. Resi/ Mob.No 1. District Flood Control Room DRO Fazilka 01638-262153 99140-76661 2. Tehsil Office Jalalabad Tehsildar JBD 01638-251373 99145-80050 3. Tehsil Office Fazilka Tehsildar FZK 01638-262153 99145-80050 4. Tehsil Office Abohar Tehsildar ABH 01634-220546 98154-01115 Canal Telegraph Officer (i) Canal Colony FZR 01632-242245 5. (ii) Hussaniwala 01632-242246 (iii) Canal Telegraph Officer, Canal Colony Makhu at 01682-270034 Harike Headworks 6. Civil Surgeon, Fazilka 01638-264105 93564-66357
01638-260128 7. Deputy Director Animal Husbandry FZK 88474-13512 01638-261008
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8.6 Flow Chart of Flood Relief: Hierarchy
Reports from DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT, Ferozepur are received regarding:-
1. Hussainiwala Head Works
Golewala Drainage Deptt. TELEPHONE NUMBERS 01632-245366 ↓
The above information is received at
1) DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OFFICE
Tel.No. 01638-260555
Fax No. 01638-264666
2) DISTT. FLOOD CONTROL ROOM
Tel.No. 01638-262153
Fax No. 01638-263374
#Two officials are put on duty at each Control Room round the clock.
# D.R.O, Fazilka (Post vacant) officiating is the incharge of SDM, Fazilka District Flood Control Room, his Mobile Number.99140-76661 ↓
If any Information regarding possibility of flood or large releases of the water from the dams is received, it is transmitted to the concerned Sub Divisional Magistrate immediately to take appropriate measures. The Telephone Number of the respective S.D.M's are:-
1. Sh. Keshav Goyal S.D.M Fazilka 01638-263374, 99140-76661
2. Sh.Suba Singh, S.D.M Jalalabad 01638-251336, 94630-50975
3. Sh.Sagar Satia, SDM Abohar Officiating Charge 01634-221666, 83605-11922
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8.7 Destination of Boats
No. Sr. Sub- Name of the place where boats are of Incharge No. Division lying Boats
Office 1. Jalalabad 9 All Boats lying at Tehsil Office Kanungo
Office 2. Fazilka 5 All Boats lying at Tehsil Office Kanungo 3. Abohar - - -
One boat is at District Head quater Dist.–Head 4 1 which is in the custody of Tehsildar Quarter Fazilka.
8.8 Current Position of Flood Equipment
Sr. Name of Jalalabad Fazilka Abohar Total No. Equipment 1. Boats 9 5 0 14 2. Life Jackets 20 50 10 80 3. Killey 60 100 0 160 4. Tents 10 5 0 15 5. Bamboos 20 195 0 215 6. Umbrella 2 6 6 14 7. Rain Coats 0 3 3 6 8. Gum Shoes 8 10 10 28 9. Torch 0 6 3 9 10. Bags 0 0 0 0 O.B.M 0 11. 0 0 0 Engine 12. Oars 0 20 0 20 13 Generator 0 1 0 1 Sewerage 0 14. 0 2 2 Pumps 15 Kunday 10 0 0 10 16. Hammers 0 0 0 0 17. Ropes 0 0 0 0 18. Air Tubes 10 0 0 10 Motor Boats 0 19. 1 0 1 (FRP) 20. Boat Trolly 0 0 0 0 21. Roop Boats 0 0 0 0 22. Tarpal 0 0 0 0 23. Search Light 0 0 1 1 67
8.9 Punjab Disaster Management Authority
The Punjab Disaster Management Authority is the apex body for disaster management at state level is headed by Chief Minister. It lays down policies, plans & guidelines for disaster management and coordinates their enforcement and implementation for ensuring timely and effective response to disasters. It takes other measures which are considered necessary for the prevention of disasters, mitigation and preparedness and capacity building, for dealing with a threatening disaster situation.
It overseas the provision and application of funds for mitigation & Preparedness measures. PDMA has the power to authorise the departments or the authorities concerned to make emergency procurement of provisions or materials for rescue and relief in a threatening disaster situation or disaster.
8.10 Military Assitance
1. At the time of flood in case of grave situation assistance of Army will be sought immediately to evacuate the people who are trapped in flood hit area.
2. The Army will be supplying skilled personnel who can operate boats properly. In case of need they will be supplying boats along with skilled boat-operators.
3. The details at probable evacuation centers selected by the respective Sub Divisional Magistrate have been supplied to the Army.
4. Important Telephone numbers of District Administration have been provided to the Army.
5. The following telephone numbers can be contacted in case of emergency during the floods.
8.10.1 Contact No.s of Army Headquarters
Sr. No Army Officer and BSF Telephone No. 01638-260120 1. Commandant BSF 52 Battalion, Fazilka 94639-79452 01638-262119 2. Commandant BSF 96 Battalion, Rampura 94179-01089 01638-250095 3 Commandant BSF 124 Battalion, Jalalabad 98884-55147 01638-251561 4 Commandant BSF 02 Battalion, Jalalabad 94179-01103
8.11 SDRF
Sr. No Name and designation Telephone No. 0181-2230647 1. Sh. Manjeet Singh Dhesi, PPS, Cmdt. 80 BN Jalandhar 98146-00786 2. Sh. Maneet Singh.AIG, SDRF & ARP, 80 BN Jalandhar 98142-88422 3 Sh. Manoj Kumar Inspector, SDRF 80 BN Jalandhar 97790-82256
8.12 NDRF Facility / Nearest Headquarter From District Fazilka
Sr. No NDRF Telephone No. 0164-2246030 National Disaster Rescue Force, Bathinda 0164-2246570 1. Control Room 0164-2246193 94658-84344 2. Sh. Ravi Kumar, Commandant NDRF Bathinda 94178-02032
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8.12.1 Role of NDRF in Floods
The responsibility of managing disasters in India is that of the State Government. The ‘Nodal Ministry’ in the central government for management of natural disasters is the Ministry of Home Affairs. When 'calamities of severe nature' occur, Central Government provides.
After its constitution in 2005, NDRF with its swift and highly skilled rescue operations has emerged as most visible and vibrant force of the National Disaster Management Agency. NDRF personnel are invariably trained in courses like Flood Rescue, Collapsed Structure Search and Rescue, Medical First Responders, Rope Rescue, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Emergencies; Dignified Disposal of Dead Bodies etc.
While the NDRF is being trained, re-trained and equipped as a specialist force for level three disasters, it is equally important to ensure capacity building of state police personnel who are invariably the first responders in any disaster. To ensure this, a two-pronged strategy is being suggested to the states, firstly, to train state police personnel in the basics of disaster management and secondly, to train at least one battalion equivalent out of their state armed police units as State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on lines of the NDRF.
In addition to state police, SDRF may be constituted from existing resources of the Fire Services, Home Guards and Civil Defence. NDRF Battalions and their training institutions will assist the States/UTs in Police training colleges to include this subject in their basic and in- service courses.
NDRF battalions are located at twelve different locations in the country based on the vulnerability profile to cut down the response time for their deployment. During the preparedness period/in a threatening disaster situation, proactive deployment of NDRF will be carried out by the NDMA in consultation with state authorities. Nearest location to Fazilka district in Bhatinda where NDRF team is stationed with CRPF 07 Battalion at present.
The aim of the National Disaster Management Authority is to build a safer and disaster resilient India by developing a holistic, proactive, multi-disaster and technology driven strategy for disaster management.
It has to be achieved through prevention, mitigation and preparedness to generate a prompt and effective response at the time of disasters. This national vision inters alia, inculcating a culture of preparedness among all stakeholders.
8.12.2 NDRF Key works during severe floods
1. Awareness & preparedness campaigns
2. Proactive approach of management
3. To mobilize rescue teams of State Police as first responders.
4. Local police, fire personnel and rescue teams to be mobilized.
5. To focus on least loss of life & property of affected persons.
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7. Area familiarization process & exercises.
8. Knowing topography access route to various flood prone areas.
9. Taking assistance of local infrastructure / logistics.
10. Conducting of regular mock drills.
In case of any requisition of NDRF requisition form is filled up by at least SDM level official to have them on site.
11. Community of students also has to be trained.
At present over go teams have been earmarked across the country. One NDRF team has about 45 personnel and is equipped with gadgets and inflant boats & superior gadgets.
12. Secure drills are being conducted keeping in view COVID-19 situation.
13. Special precaution because of 60 Corona cases in Amphan cyclone in West Bengal in June 2019
14. Focus on coordination between different agencies regarding rise of water levels in catchment zones and areas especially IMD.
15. NDRF has different action plans for different floods & its intensity.
16. Implementation of COVID-19 protocol as a major challenge
17. Field training exercises & capacity building measures
18. Taking control & supervising rescue, relief & evacuation works.
19. Medical help and by-air help to distribute food, water & medicine.
20. The severe the floods are the huge the role of NDRF becomes.
21. Damage assessment and preventive methods.
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9. Important Contact Details of Govt. Officials Assigned With Flood Control & Relief Works
9.1 Block Fazilka
Sr. Important Person of Name of the Kanungo & Patwari Name of Village Population No. the Village 1) Smt. Kuljeet Kaur, Sarpanch, 94655-11365 1) Sh. Jaj Singh, Kannugo, 98833-24000
Guddar Bhaini 2) Sh. Dilawar Singh, Nmabardar, 94633- 2) Sh. Inder Mohan, Patwari, 62803- 1. 2200 (Ghurka) 75276 44237
3) Sh. Harmesh Singh, Chokidar, 64642-18913 1) Sh. Ramesh Singh, Sarpanch, 1) Sh. Jaj Singh, Kannugo, 98833-24000
2) Sh. Gurdev Singh, Nambardar, 94170- 2) Sh. Inder Mohan, Patwari, 62803- 2 Walle Shah Hithar 1300 60144 44237
3) Sh. Karnail Singh, Chokidar, 94634-48336 1) Sh. Balwant Singh Sarpanch 1) Sh. Jaj Singh, Kannugo, 98833-24000 94634-28421 2) Sh. Inder Mohan, Patwari, 62803- Mahatam Nagar 3 1870 2) Sh. Banta Singh Namberdar 44237 (Dona Nanka) 01638-242059
3) Sh. Ram Singh, Chokidar, 62841-57381 1) Sh. Boota Singh, Sarpanch, 96469-31718 1) Sh. Jaj Singh, Kannugo, 98833-24000
2) Sh. Satnam Rai, Namberdar 2) Sh. Inder Mohan, Patwari, 62803- 4 Dona Sikandri 170 94633-01245 44237
3) Sh. Phuman Singh, Chokidar, 98888-33825 1) Sh. Jangir Singh, Sarpanch 1) Sh. Jaj Singh, Kannugo, 98833-24000 75290-72744 2) Sh. Inder Mohan, Patwari, 62803- 5 Chak Ruhela 500 2) Sh, Jangir Singh, Namberdar 44237 94172-71979
3) Sh. Puran Singh, Chokidar, 94646-11054 1) Sh. Baggu Singh, Sarpanch 1) Sh. Jaj Singh, Kannugo, 98833-24000 84370-25177 2) Sh. Inder Mohan, Patwari, 62803- 6 Ruhela Tejeka 1370 2) Sh. Resham Singh Namberdar 44237 94650-70952
3) Sh. Pooran Singh, Chokidar, 94646-11054 Hasta Kallan 1) Sh. Jaj Singh, Kannugo, 98833-24000 (Rette wali Bhaini) , 1) Sh. Harbans Singh, Namberdar, 94633- (Jhanger Bhaini), (Gatti 85131 2) Sh. Inder Mohan, Patwari, 62803- 7 No. 1), 4400 44237 (Bhaini, Ram Singh) 2) Sh. Gurnam Singh, Chokidar, 62836-40500 All Dakhli Hastan Kalan 1) Sh. Mandeep Singh, Sarpanch, 62399- 1) Sh. Jaj Singh, Kannugo, 98833-24000 Shikarpur Urf Kawan 00109 8 810 Wali 2) Sh. Surajpal Singh, Patwari, 97791- 2) Sh. Raj Kumar, Chokidar, 97814-97750 92340 1) Sh. Satnam Singh, Sarpanch, 98774-54311 1) Sh. Jaj Singh, Kannugo, 98833-24000
2) Sh. Davinder Kumar, Nambardar, 98551- 2) Smt. Parmjit Kaur, Patwari 88377- 9 Mouzam 4700 58582 80712
3) Sh. Jagga Singh, Chokidar, 62397-77362 1) Sh. Hansa Singh Sarpanch 1) Sh. Jaj Singh, Kannugo, 98833-24000 75893-11099 10 Mohar Jamsher 1200 2) Smt. Parmjit Kaur, Patwari 88377- 2) Sh. Phuman Singh Nambardar 80712 94643-31305 1) Sh. Kashmir Singh Sarpanch 1) Sh. Jaj Singh, Kannugo, 98833-24000 94175-46960 11 Muhar Khiwa 3500 2) Smt. Parmjit Kaur, Patwari 88377- 2) Sh. Lekh Singh Namberdar 80712 95306-43103 1) Smt. Amarjeet Kaur, Sarpanch, 75290- 1) Sh. Jaj Singh, Kannugo, 98833-24000 Muhar Sona Urf 72810 12 1100 Naki ke 2) Smt. Parmjit Kaur, Patwari88377- 2) Sh. Prem Singh, Nambardar, 77105-61 606 80712
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9.2 Block Jalalabad
Sr. Important Person of the Village Name of the Kanungo & Patwari Name of Village Population No. 1) Sh. Kulwinder Singh Sarpanch 97811- 1) Sh. Balraj Singh Kannugo, 98775- 64003 03313
1 Baghe ki Hithar 2450 2) Sh. Subhash Chander Namberdar 98762- 2) Sh. Harkishan Patwari 94647-23500 02627
3) Kala Ram Chokidar 97812-53804 1) Sh. Mohinder Singh Sarpanch 94789- 1) Sh. Balraj Singh Kannugo, 98775- 72884 03313 Parbhat Singh wala 2 2560 Hithar 2) Sh. Darshan Singh Namabardar, 98781- 2) Sh. Harkishan Patwari 94647-23500 11304 1) Sh. Ladha Singh Sarpanch 88726-93858 1) Sh. Balraj Singh Kannugo, 98775- 03313 3 Santokh Singh wala 820 2) Sh. Mohinder Singh Namabardar, 94781- 14423 2) Sh. Harkishan Patwari 94647-23500 1) Sh. Boota Singh Sarpanch 97811-68557 1) Sh. Balraj Singh Kannugo, 98775- 03313 4 Dhandi Qadim 4550 2) Sh. Baggu Singh Chokidar, 98149-48572 2) Sh. Wazir Singh Patwari 94632- 32522 1) Smt. Dyalo Bai, Sarpanch, 99147-66216 1) Sh. Balraj Singh Kannugo, 98775- 03313 2) Sh. Manjeet Singh, Nambardar, 95308- 5 Dhandi Khurad 2680 07353 2) Sh. Wazir Singh Patwari 94632- 32522 3) Sh. Satnam Singh, Chokidar, 98141-30802 1) Sh. Sulkhan Singh, Sarpanch, 94174-14314 1) Sh. Ashwani Kumar, Kannugo, 97811-19600 6 Peere Ke Uttar 1020 2) Sh. Mukhtiar Singh, Nambardar, 93735- 10004 2) Sh. Mukhtiar Singh, Patwari, 94174- 18466 1) Sh. Sulkhan Singh, Sarpanch, 94174-14314 1) Sh. Ashwani Kumar, Kannugo, 97811-19600 7 Peere ke Hithar 979 2) Sh. Balkar Singh, Nambardar, 81958-23024 2) Sh. Mukhtiar Singh, Patwari, 94174- 18466 1) Sh. Jaswinder Singh, Sarpanch, 94177- 1) Sh. Ashwani Kumar, Kannugo, 16710 97811-19600 8 Bodal Peere ke 1200 2) Sh. Surjeet Singh, Nambardar, 94174-48003 2) Sh. Mukhtiar Singh, Patwari, 94174- 18466
9.3 District Level Mail Officials (Civil)
Sr. No Name of the Office Office 1 Commissioner Ferozepur Division Ferozepur 01632-244004 2 Deputy commissioner Fazilka 01638-260555 3 Addl. Deputy Commissioner (G) FZK 01638-266555 4 Addl. Deputy Commissioner (D) FZK 01638-266555 5 Civil Surgeon, FZK 01638-264105 6 Dist. Revenue Officer, FZK 01638-260555 01638-261008 7 Deputy Director Animal Husbandry, FZR/FZK 01638-260128 8 Dist. Food & Supplies Controller FZK/FZR 01634-260400 9 X.E.N. Public Health FZK. 01638-261348 10 X.E.N Public Health Abohar. 01634-220175 11 Dist. Public Relation Officer FZK. 01638-260500 12 Dist. Manager, P.W.H. Corpn. FZK. 01632-220061 13 Senior Medical Officer (SMO) FZK. 01638-262105 14 Dist. Sainik Welfare Officer, FZR 01632-246211 01638-262125 15 SDO BSNL, FZK. 01638-260000 16 Chief Agriculture Officer, FZK. 01638-261083 17 D.E.O (E) FZK 01638-260358 18 Commandant, PHG, FZK 01638-242687 19 D.D.P.O FZK 01638-266366 20 X.E.N, PSPCL. Fazilka 01638-263408 21 X.E.N, PSPCL. Abohar 01634-220946 01638-250990 22 X.E.N, PSPCL. Jalalabad 01638-250991 23 X.E.N, PSPCL. Malout 96461-14530
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9.4 District Level Mail Officials (Police)
Sr. NO. Name & Designation Mob. No.
1 SH. Deepak Hilori. IPS, SSP, Fazilka 82838-77388 Office 1638-262333 Resi - 01638-261600
2 Sh. Manwinder Singh, PPS. SP(HQ), Fazilka (Nodal Officer) 98762-00662 Office 01638-262333 Resi. 01638-265544 3 Sh. Palwinder Singh, PPS,DSP(SD)Jalalabad. 82880-00900 85588-00807 4 Sh. Jasbir Singh, PPS. D.S.P (SD) Fazilka. 85588-00808
5 99150-21421 Sh. Rahul Bhardwaj, PPS. DSP(SD), Abohar. Office 01634-223300 6 Sh. Avtar Singh, PPS. D.S.P (SD) Abohar-Rural. 85588-00209
7 85588-00814 Sh.Bachan Singh Inspector. SHO PS City Fazilka
8 85588-00813 Sh Jatider Singh SI. SHO PS SDR Fazilka
9 85588-00816 Sh.Tajinder Pal Singh Inspector, SHO PS City-1 Abohar
10 85588-00817 Sh. Baljeet Singh Inspector LR, SHO PS City-2 Abohar
11 85588-00819 Sh. Gurwinder Singh. SHO PS Sadar Abohar
12 85588-00812 Sh. Malkeet Singh SI. SHO PS City Jalalabad
13 85588-00811 Sh. Davinder Kumar SI SHO PS Sadar Jalalabad
14 85588-00698 Sh.Balbir Singh Inspector. SHO PS Amir Khas
15 Sh. Amrinder Singh SI, SHO PS Veiro ke 85588-00642 16 85588-00815 Sh. Sunil Kumar SI, SHO PS Arniwala S.S
17 85588-19193 Sh. Rajinder Kumar SI, SHO PS Khui Khera
18 85588-00818 Sh. Sukhpal Singh. P/SI, SHO PS Khuian Sarwar
19 85588-00820 Sh. Balwinder Singh.SI, SHO PS Bahaw Wala
9.5 Chemists and Druggists Association
1. District Level
1.1. President - Mr. Ashok Kumar, Kali Chabbra ,Mob: 98158-50764 1.2. Secretary - Mr. Bal Krishan Kataria, Neelamani Neal Arisales& Promoter :98150-61005 1.2 Sub-Divison-Fazilka
1.1. President Mr. Bal Krishan Kataria, Neelamani Neal Arisales& Promoter :98150-61005 1.2. Secretary - Sh.Raj Kumar Takhral : Mob:
2.1. Sub-Division- Abohar 2.1 (1).President - Sh. Arjun Demla.Mob98159-43090 2.1. (2) President- Sh. Davinder Chawla Mob 98140-40937 Secretary - Sh Goldy.Mob 98555-33780
2.2. Sub Divisional Jalalabad 2.2. President - Mr. Ashok Kumar, Kali Chabbra , Jalalabad Mob: 98158-50764 2.2.2. Secretary - Sh Raman Watts Mob 81462-22022
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9.6 Non-Govt. Organizations (NGOs)
9.6.1 NGOs of Jalalabad (W)
Sr. Name of Contact Person Address of organization Tel/ Mob No No. (President) NGO President Lok Sewa Sangh Society Regd. Jalalabad Sh.Shiv Kumar Chhabra 99159-88729 1
2 Bharat Vikas Parishad Sh.Rajesh Kuamr 98788-90451
3 Guru ki sewa Society Sh.Navjit Singh 98032-64435
4 Gaushala Sewa Samiti Sh.Rajeev Dahuja 98159-51049
Press Club Sh.B.S Ranu 98153-64105 5 Sh. Harish Setia 98788-95666
6 Lion Club Jalalabad Sh.Davinder Kukkar 98148-52309
7 Sai Dham Mandir Society Jalalabad Sh.Surinder Batra 98141-50410
8 Art of Living Jalalabad Sh.Ranjeev Dahuja 98159-51049
9 Jai Mata Chintpurrani Langar Society Sh.Kamal Dommra 78889-01635
10 Sant Nirankari Charitable Welfare Soceity Jalalabad Sh.Parmod Chaudhry 92165-50104
11 Shiv Vatika Mandir Sh.Harish Kaumr 98155-72721
12 Rogi Ka Prabh Khando Rog. Sewa Society (Gurudwara Singh Sabha) Sh.Gurwinder Singh 84276-37777
13 Sri Ram Sharnam Jalalabad Sh.Sanjeev Pruthi 72775-00010
14 Gurudwara Sri Guru Arjun Dev ji Gandhi Nagar Jalalabad Sh.Satvinder Singh 98552-00560
15 Radha Soami Satsang Beas Sh.Ashok Arora 97794-58053
16 Citizen Welfare Council Sh. Gurbaksh Khurana 97792-95002
9.6.2 NGOs of Fazilka
Name of Contact Person Sr. No Address of Organization Tel/ Mob No (President)
1. Sewa Bharti Sh. Surinder Sachdeva 95010-16771 2. Manav Kalyan Sabha Smt. Saroj Khirani 95305-07872 3. Social Welfare Society Sh. Shashikant 94177-38428 4. Arorvansh Geeta Bhawan Sh. Des Raj Dhuria 94633-85772 5. Bharat Vikas Parishad Sh. Sunil Kakkar 98155-15663 6. Student for Society Sh. Pardeep Jain 93572-78724 7. Lions Club Fazilka Sh. Ajay SawanSukha 98148-23934 8. Lions Club Vishal Sh. O.P Sachdeva 94172-62547 9. Recrashion Club Sh. Pawan Bhateja 92160-00786
10. Sh. Gurdawara Singh Sabha Sh. Davinderpaal Singh 94173-52515
11. Sh. Hanuman Mandir Sh. Davinder Sachdeva 92160-62512 12. Sh. Brahman Sabha Sh. Ashok Sharma 99147-34485 13. Sh. Sadhu Ashram Sabha Sh. Roshan Lal Thakar 94653-12548 14. Sh. Ram Sharnam Sabha Sh. Dina Nath Sachdeva 92162-62234 15. Vapaar Mandal, Fazilka Sh. Ashok Gulbandhar 94176-13940 16. Aadtiya Association Sh. Sunil Madaan - 17. Sh. Munshi Ram Charitable Sh. Surinder Ahuja 98152-76611 18. Sh. Gaushala Sabha Fazilka Sh. Roshan Bhusri 94172-63175 19. Agarwal Ashram Sh. Subhash Bansal 92172-65365 20. Sh. Durgiana Sabha Sh. Subhash Chalana 94171-68193 21. Sh. Ram Kirtan Mandar Sabha Sh. Kewal Kaamra - 22. Sh. Balaji Dukh Niwaran Mandar Sh. Naresh Juneja 98765-41008 23. Sh. Rajput Dharmshala Sh. Ramesh Verma 98559-17965 24. God Gift Welfare Sh. Happy Thakral 98153-72917 25. Arorvansh Welfare Society Sh. Babbu lal 99881-08887
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9.6.3 NGOs of Abohar
Sr. No Address of Organization Name of Contact Person(President) Tel/ Mob No
1 Bala ji Sewa Samiti Sh. Gagan Malhotra 96462-05000 Sh. Sharandeep Singh 94634-03000 2 Gurudwara Shri Sangat Sarr Sh. Davinder Singh 79868-00051 3 Yuva Sangh Sh. Nishant Goyal 82909-96755 Sh. Joginder Singh 01634-226709 4 Gurudwara Nanaksar Tobha Sh. Sukhwinder Singh 96468-59498 5 Bhai Ghaniya Sewa Society Sh. Balwinder Singh 98762-25026 6 Nar Sewa Narayan S ewa Sh.Raju Charaya 98889-55000 7 Manav Sewa Samiti Sh. Subhash Manav 95011-01527 Sh. Megha Charaya 98888-69133 8 Robin Hood Army Sh. Ajay Tawar 78891-00500
9.7 Contact Details of Food & Civil Supplies Department
Sr. No. Name of Block Name of Officer/Employee Mob.No. 1. Vikas Batra, AFSO 94172-81617 2. Rittu, Inspector 98889-74475 3. Ajay Kumar, Inspector 95016-00390 4. Balwinder Kumar, Inspector 81465-78370 5. Pawan Kumar, Inspector 95012-27383 1. Abohar 6. Mohinder Kumar, Inspector 95010-32868 7. Baldev Singh, Inspector 98728-34191 8. Amit Ahuja, Inspector 98555-24015 9. Jagdeep Singh, Inspector 94644-44820 10. Shivraj, Inspector 98773-87977 1. Sh. Sandeep Kumar, AFSO 88740-01438
2. Sh. Gurvinder Singh, Inspector 98885-04502 99157-04502
3. Sh.Gagandeep Gandhi, Inspector 99147-82525 4. Sukhwinder Kumar, Inspector 84273-08400 5. Dharam Chand, Inspector 81463-55837 2. Fazilka 6. Arun Babber, Inspector 81465-61993 7. Vijay Kumar, Inspector 94175-16248 8. Lakhveer Singh, Inspector 70092-68690 9. Satyakant, Inspector 97790-33304 10. Karam Chand, Inspector 82838-28942 10.Rachit Schdeva, Inspector 98723-23800 11. Pritam, Inspector 98728-44570 12.Sandeep Chhabra, Inspector 98777-26126 1. Sh. Charnjit Singh AFSO 98147-01142
2.Sh.Chhinder Singh, Inspector 95015-78640 3. RajinderPal, Inspector 99146-88848 4. Rajwinderpal , Inspector 84274-11118 3. Jalalabad 5.Harpreet Pal Singh, Inspector 81463-34786 6. Sunil Gumber, Inspector 98765-43425 7.Ved Parkash, Inspector 94644-57484 8.Heera lal Singh, Inspector 98765-01673 9. Mohinder Pal, Inspector 84277-85700 10.Sarvdeep, Inspector -- 1.Sh. Ravinder Singh Brar AFSO 79868-00377
2.Sh.Anupam, Inspector 70149-11512 3. Himansh, Inspector 81144-75842 4. Khuian Sarwar 4. Karan Kumar, Inspector 94172-53115 5. Ranbir Kumar, Inspector 99142-45179 6. Amit Gilla, Inspector 98726-38106 7. Navdeep Singh Inspector 97802-74685
9.8 Department wise Nodal Officers
Sr. No. Name of Nodal Officers and Department name Telephone Number
1. Dr. Ashwani Kumar, DMC Fazilka (Nodal officer) ( Additonal Charge ACS Fazilka) 01638-264105, 98767-92923 Sh. Manwinder Singh, PPS. SP(HQ), Fazilka (Nodal Officer) 98762-00662 2 Office 01638-262333 Resi. 01638-265544 Sh. Khaninder Chudhary, Commandant, 52 Bn BSF Border Security Force Sadqi 94639-79452, 3 Road, Fazilka(PB) 01638-260120 94179-01103, 4 Sh. Hukam Singh Yadav, Commandant, 02 Bn BSF 01638-251561 75
98884-55147, 5 Sh. Parminder Singh, Commandant , 124 Bn BSF JBD 01638-250095
94179-01089 6 Sh. Naresh Kumar, Commandant, BSF 96 BT:Rampura 01638-262119 7 Commandant, SHQ BSF Abohar 01634-230733 94176-15167 8 Sh. Chander Kumar, Xen, Water supply and sanitation Department Fazilka, 01638-261348 Sh. Sukhvinder Singh, Junior Engineer, Water supply and sanitation Department 9 78378-00158 Jalalabad, 94632-35400 10 Smt. Vandna, DFSO Fazilka,
Dr.Anil Kumar Pathak, Senior Vatnery Officer o/oDeputy Director, Animal 98151-35975 11 Husbandery, Fazilka 01638-261008 12 Dr.Nipun Khungar, Vatnery Officer, Fazilka (Incharge Flood Control Room) 94173-45237 Dr. Narinder Pal Singh, Senior Vatnery Officer, Abohar 94178-30560 13 Dr.Amit Nain, Vatnery Officer, CVH Abohar (Incharge Flood Control Room) 95929-77779 96461-14533 14 Sh. Ranjan Kumar, Xen, PSPCL, Fazilka 01638-263408 15 Sh. Suresh Kumar, Xen, PSPCL, Abohar 96461-14531
16 Sh. Mandir Singh, Xen, PWD.Cons.Div.No.1 FZR / JBD 98158-14400 01632-245282 17 Sh. Harinder Singh, Xen, PWD.Cons.Div.No.2 Fazilka 82888-29999 01638-267674 18 Sh.Navdeep Kamboj, SDO Drainge Fazilka 95019-38146 19 Sh.Sarbjit Singh,SDO Drainge Jalalabad 99151-75752 20 Sh.Rajinder Kumar SDO,BSNL,Abohor 94630-00181 Sh. Sukhpreet Singh, SDO, Canal Div.Fazi;ka 94177-30700 21 Sh. Vipul Sachdeva,JE Canal Dept Fazilka. 70874-63772 22 Sh. Jaspal Singh, Dy. Director Horticalture.Abohar 75080-18848 Sh.Rajiv Jasuja, BSNL, Fazilka 94179-08999 23 Sh. Rajesh Ranbulla, BSNL, Fazilka 94630-20111 9417-09339 24 Sh.Tarseem Vikhona,SDO,BSNL,Jalalabad 01638-252664
9.9 Department wise E-mail IDs
Sr. No. Department Name Email Address
1 Financial Commissioner (R), Chandigarh [email protected]
2 PLRS Br. Chandigarh [email protected]
3 Disaster Management Br-1, Chandigarh [email protected] 4 Deputy Commissioner, Fazilka dc.fzk@ punjab.gov.in
5 Additional Deputy Commissioner,(G) Fazilka adc.fzk@ punjab.gov.in [email protected] Additional Deputy Commissioner,(D) Fazilka 6 [email protected] 7 District Revenue Officer, Fazilka dro.fzk@ punjab.gov.in [email protected] Senior Superintendent of Police, Fazilka [email protected] (control room) 8 [email protected] 9 SDM Abohar. [email protected] [email protected] 10 SDM Fazilka. sdm.fzk@ punjab.gov.in [email protected] SDM Jalalabad. 11 sdm.jbd@ punjab.gov.in 12 Civil Surgeon, Fazilka [email protected] 13 Tehsildar, Fazilka [email protected] 14 Tehsildar, Abohar [email protected] [email protected] Tehsildar, Jalalabad (W) 15 [email protected] 16 Naib Tehsildar, Arniwala Sheikh Subhan [email protected] 17 Naib Tehsildar, Sitto Guno [email protected] 18 Naib Tehsildar, Khuian Sarwar [email protected] 19 DDPO Fazilka [email protected] 76
20 BDPO Fazilka [email protected] 21 BDPO Jalalabad [email protected] 22 BDPO Abohar [email protected] 23 BDPO Khuian Sarwar [email protected] 24 BDPO Arniwala Sheikh Subhan [email protected] 25 EO MC Fazilka [email protected] 26 EO MC Jalalabad [email protected] 27 EO MC Abohar [email protected] 28 EO Nagar Panchayat Arniwala Sheikh Subhan [email protected] 29 Xen PWD Construction Division 1 Ferozpur. [email protected] 30 District Mandi Officer, Fazilka [email protected] 31 Secretary, Market Committee, Fazilka [email protected] 32 Secretary, Market Committee, Abohar [email protected] 33 Secretary, Market Committee, Jalalabad [email protected] 34 Secretary, Market Committee, Arniwala Sheikh Subhan [email protected] 35 PLRS Branch [email protected] 36 Dy. Dir. Local Government, Ferozepur [email protected] 37 DEO Senior Sec. Fazilka. [email protected] 38 DEO Elementary Fazilka. [email protected] 39 Chief Agriculture Officer, Fazilka [email protected] 40 DFSC, Fazilka [email protected] 41 DFSO, Fazilka [email protected] 42 Pun Grain Fazilka (DFSC) [email protected] 43 Mark fed [email protected] 44 Pun sup [email protected] 45 Warehouse. Corp. [email protected] 46 FCI, Fazilka [email protected] 47 Xen Punjab Mandi Board Fazilka. [email protected] 48 Xen Drainage Fazilka at Ferozepur. [email protected] 49 Xen Drainage Abohar [email protected] 50 Xen Drainage Giddarbaha. [email protected] 51 Xen Drainage Faridkot . [email protected] 52 Xen Canal Lining Shri Muktsar Sahib [email protected] 53 Xen Canal Lining Abohar [email protected] 54 Xen Drainage Project Giddarbaha. [email protected] 55 Xen Canal Division Abohar [email protected] 56 Xen Pancyati Raj. Fazilka. [email protected] 57 Xen PSPCL Fazilka. [email protected] 58 Xen PSPCL Abohar. [email protected] 59 Xen PSPCL Jalalabad. [email protected] [email protected] 60 Xen PSPCL Malout. [email protected] 61 Xen Eastern Division Fazilka / Ferozepur xen [email protected] 62 Xen Pollution Control Board Faridkot [email protected] 63 Xen PWD Construction Division 1 Ferozpur. [email protected] 64 Xen PWD Construction Division 2 Fazilka. [email protected] 65 Xen PWD Central Works B&R Abohar. [email protected] 66 Xen Punjab Water Supply & Sanitation Fazilka. [email protected] 67 Xen Punjab Water Supply & Sanitation Abohar. [email protected] 68 Xen Punjab Water Supply & Sewerage Ferozepur. [email protected] 69 District Transport Officer, Fazilka [email protected] [email protected] 70 RTA Ferozepur [email protected] [email protected] 71 District Public Relation Officer, Fazilka [email protected] 72 Dy. Dir. Horticulture, Abohar [email protected] 73 Dy. Dir.Saink Welfare Fzr/Fzk [email protected] 74 GM. Rodways FZK [email protected] 75 Pri. ITI.FZK [email protected] 76 Punjab Homeguards and civil defence border wing 6 BN [email protected] 77 Punjab Homeguards arban wing Fzr/Fzk [email protected] 78 District Forest officer, Fzk [email protected] 77
79 Pri.MR.collage.FZK [email protected] 80 DIG, BSF, Abohar [email protected]
9.10 Important Telephone Numbers
CONTACT NO. Sr. No OFFICER OFFICE Mobile No. 01638-251336 1. SDM Jalalabad 01638-251346 2. SDM Fazilka 01638-263374 99140-76661 3. SDM Abohar 01634-221666 Vaccant Post 4. Tehsildar Jalalabad 01638-251373 94635-87400 5. Tehsildar Fazilka 01638-262153 94635-87400 6. Tehsildar Abohar 01634-220546 98154-01115 82880-00900 7. DSP, JBD 01638-251353 85588-00807 01638-250990 8. Xen PSPCL JBD 96461-14527 01638-250991 9. SDO Public Health FZK/ JBD 01638-261348 95016-99113 10. SMO JBD 01638-250034 98786-61077 11. SMO Abohar 01634-221430 99887-22944 12. BDPO JBD, 01638-250064 98142-11990 13. BDPO Abohar 01634-226213 94177-68801 14. BDPO Khuian Sarwar 01634-220371 89686-52368 15. AFSO JBD - 89686-00732 16. SDO, Telephone JBD 01638-252664 94176-09339 17. BDPO,FZK 01638-260025 98152-76062 18. BPEO-1, JBD - 99144-15600 19. BPEO-II, JBD - 99151-64117 20. BPEO-III, JBD - 99151-64117 21. Secty. Market Committee, JBD 01638-250036 99886-62701 22. EOMC Abohar 01634-220233 97807-00042 23. Central Works Abohar 01634-221268 94771-72417 24. Vaterinary Hospital Abohar 01634-220049 94178-30560 25. Naib Tehsildar Fzk. 01638-262153 96468-80001 26. Naib Tehsildar Arniwala Shiekh Suban - 9417168021 96469-00609 27. Naib Tehsildar, Jalalabad. 01638-251373 78892-21399 28. E.O.M.C. Jalalabad(w) 01638-250021 99882-36015 29. BAO. Jalalabad(w) - 94639-76472
TELEPHONE NUMBERS SUB DIVISION ABOHAR
CONTACT NO. Sr. No OFFICER OFFICE Mobile No.
1. Sh. Jaspal Singh Brar, Tehsildar Abohar 01634-220546 98154-01115
2. Sh. Rahul Bhardwas, DSP, Abohar 01634-221844 94932-00001 85588-00709 3. Sh. Sandeep Singh, DSP Balluana 98033-02374 4. Sh. Baljinder Singh, N. Tehsildar, Khuwian Sarwar 94631-00333 5. Sh. Sham Lal, N.Tehsildar, Sitto Gunno 97807-05166 6. Sh. Nirmal Singh, BDPO Abohar 01634-226213 94177-68801 7. Sh. Varinder Kumar BDPO, Khuwain Sarwar 01634-220371 89686-52368 8. Sh. Salod Bishnoi, Sec. Market Commettee Abohar 01634-220353 95010-00250 9. Sh. Vinod Kumar, SDO, Canal Division, Abohar 78372-70447 10. Sh. Suresh Kumar, XEN, PSPCL Abohar 01634-220946 96461-14533 11. Sh. Gagandeep Singh, SMO, Civil Hospital Abohar 01634-221430 99887-22944 12. Sh. Manjeet Singh, SMO, Civil Hospital Sitto Gunno 98148-41207 13. Sh. Sourabh Kumar, SMO, Khui Khera 80543-83006 14. Dr. Narinder Singh, SVO, Abohar 01634-221200 94178-30560 15. Dr. Amit Naryan, VO, CVH Abohar 95929-77779 16. Sh. Jugal Kishor, XEN Sewarge, Abohar 84276-63501 17. Sh. Sarwan Kumar, BDAO, Abohar 98149-76086 94176-05052 18. Dr. Ranbir Yadav, BDAO, Khuwian Sarwar 89498-41304 19. Sh. Sunder Lal, ADO, Khuwain Sarwar 98158-40636 20. Sh. Vijay Singh, ADO, Abohar 75894-11911
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TELEPHONE NUMBERS- SUB DIVISION JALALABAD
Sr.No OFFICER OFFICE RESIDANCE
1H SDM Jalalabad 01638^251336 01638^251346 01638^251536 FAX 2H Tehsildar Jalalabad 01638^251373 99145-80050 3H DSP.Jalalabad 01638^251353 85599-00807 4H XEN.PSEB.Jalalabad 01638^250990 96461-14527 5H SDO.Public Health.Jalalabad ----- 97799-00763 6H SMO.Jalalabad 01638^250034 98786-61077 7H BDPO.Jalalabad 01638^250064 81466-56100 8H AFSO.Jalalabad ----- 98147-01142 9H SDO.Telephone. Jalalabad 01638^252664 96461-14596 10H BAO. Jalalabad ----- 95926-57111 11H BPEO.I.Jalalabad ----- 98151-09753 12H BPEO.II.Jalalabad ----- 98151-09753 13H BPEO.III.Jalalabad ----- 98151-09753 14H Secty. Market Committee. Jalalabad 01638^250036 99886-62701 15H EOMC Jalalabad 01638^250021 82838-01703
TELEPHONE NOS.- CONTROL ROOM AND NODAL OFFICER HELPLINE/ CONTROL ROOM:-
Civil Surgeon Office, Fazilka Ph. No. 01638-264105
Sr. Name of Help Line/Nodal Officers of Telephone Number No. District Level 1. Dr. Parminder Kumar Civil Surgeon 01638-264105, 93564-66357 Fazilka 2 Dr. Ashwani Kumar, DMC Fazilka 01638 -264105, 98767-92923 (Nodal officer) ( Additonal Charge ACS Fazilka) 3 Dr. Ashwani Kumar, DMC, Distt. Fazilka 01638-263151, 98767-92923 4 Dr. Amit Guglani, Distt. Epidemiologist 01638-261105, 78370-91045 (NVBDCP) 5 Dr. Sunita Rani. Epidemiologist (IDSP) 01638-261105, 94170-28659 Name of Help Line/ Nodal Officers of Block Level 6 Dr Sudhiar Pathak,SMO Distt. Hospital 01638-263105, 94172-15915 Fazilka 7 Dr. Pankaj Chohan , SMO CHC Dabwala 01638-240343, 97793-44084 Kalan 8 Dr. . Babita, SMO P.H.C. Jandwala 97800-72100 Bhimeshah 9 Dr. Ankur Uppal , SMO CHC Jalalabad 98786-61077 (Additonal Charge) 9 Dr. Rohit Goyal ,SMO CHC Khui Khera 95040-15000 (Additonal Charge) 10 Dr Gagandeep Singh SMO Civil Hospital 99887-22944 Abohar 11 Dr. Tarlochan Singh,SMO CHC Wahab 96460-20602 Wala 12 Dr. Ranjana SMO CHC Ramsran 99882-21601 12 Dr. Ravi Bansal, SMO CHC Sitto Gunno 98780-29165 (Additonal Charge)
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List of Mobile Medical Team
Sr. Name of the Vehicle No. Staff Posted Area No. Check Post & Driver 1. PHC, As per 1. Dr. Pawan preet Singh 1. Jandwala Bhime Jandwala Available Mob: 73473-73950 Shah & BhimeShah Surrounding Area. 2. Sh. Jai Naresh Pankaj Pharmacy Officer Mob: 70097-23807
3. Sh. Jaspal Singh MPHW, 97818-80977
4. Sh. Gurdial Singh, C-IV 2. CHC, As per 1. Dr. Ashish Grover 1. Dabwala Kalan Dabwala Available Mob.98724-61632 & Surrounding Kalan Area 2. Sh. Naresh Sachdeva Pharmacy Officer
3. Sh. Paramjeet Singh, MPHW 95920-87717
4. Sh. Ashwani, C-IV 3. CHC, Sitto As per 1. Dr. Naveen Mittal MO, Sitto Gunno & Gunno Available Mob. No.94176-04351 Surrounding Area
2. Sh. Jagbir Singh Pharmacy Officer Mob.No.98551-16991
3. Sh. Sahib Ram MPHW 99148-11642
4. Sh. Nand Ram, C-IV
Mobile Teams (Reserve at District Head Quarter)
Sr. Mobile Team Vehicle No. & Medical Team No. Driver Name 1. Civil Hospital PBH05 AL H5493 1.Dr. Aman Nagpal 98889-78629 Abohar Sh. Sukhmander Singh 2. Sh. Narian, Phamacy Officer Mob.No.97814-10073 3. S. Mann Singh, C-IV 2. Civil Hospital MP.11 TR. 4542 1. Dr. Gurpreet, MO, 95922-47095 Jalalabad Sh. Balkishan 2. Sh. Malkit Singh Pharmacy officer Mob.No.98155-84699 3. Sh. Amar Singh C-IV
3. CHC KhuiKhera PBH05HH 9538 1. Dr. Charnpal Singh , Sh. Balvinder Singh M.O. Mob: 78883-06633 Mob.No.94179-79236 2. Sh. Ram Kumar, Pharmacy Officer 3. Sh. Chander Bhan, MPHW 4. Sh. Bhupinder , C-IV 4. Civil Hospital PBH22 R 0507 1. Dr. Unique Gupta, 95010-29510 Fazilka Sh. Kuldeep Singh 2. Sh.Suresh Kataria , Phamacy officer Mob.No.94174-48350 3. Sh. Jagdish Arya , C-IV
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List of Chemists & Druggists Association
1.1 District Level 1.1. President - Mr. Ashok Kumar, Kali Chabbra, Mob: 98158-50764 1.2. Secretary - Mr. Bal Krishan Kataria, Neelamani Neal Arisales& Promoter: 98150-61005 1.2 Sub-Divison-Fazilka
1.1. President Mr. Bal Krishan Kataria, Neelamani Neal Arisales& Promoter: 98150-61005 1.2. Secretary - Sh.Raj Kumar Takhral: Mob:
2.1. Sub-Division- Abohar 2.1(1).President - Sh. Arjun Demla.Mob98159-43090 2.1.(2) President- Sh. Davinder Chawla Mob 98140-40937 Secretary - Sh Goldy.Mob 98555-33780
2.2. Sub Divisional Jalalabad 2.2. President - Mr. Ashok Kumar, Kali Chabbra, Jalalabad Mob: 98158-50764 2.2.2. Secretary - Sh Raman Watts Mob 81462-22022
List of Charitable Hospitals
1. Sub Divisional Level
1.1. Abohar - Sharda Trust Eye Hospital, Abohar, Fazilka
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10. Capacity Building & Training
As envisaged under the National Disaster Management Act (2005), capacity-building includes:-
i. Identification of existing resources and resources to be acquired or created;
ii. Acquiring or creating resources identified in the district.
iii. Organization and training of personnel and coordination of such training for effective management of disasters.
10.1 Purpoes of Capacity Building:
The primary purpose of capacity-building in disaster management is to reduce risk and make communities safer. This can be done by increasing resilience and enhancing coping capacities. Effective capacity build ing at the district level requires the active participation of all those tasked with it. It must therefore include maintaining a comprehensive and upto-date Disaster Management Resource Inventory, awareness generation, education, Research and Development (R&D) and systematic and systematized training. The Deputy Commissioner should ensure the following capacity-building activities of the entire district, and the various Heads of Departments should ensure capacity building of their respective departments. Furthermore, the Nodal Officers should, in coordination with the HODs, procure relevant equipment for disaster management activities.
10.2 Institutional Capacity-building
Institutional capacity-building will be structured upon a level-system that will be designed to bring officials and professionals from multiple fields and skill-sets at the district level. The District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) will utilise the abilities and expertise of representatives from following areas, structured in the form of levels on the basis of priority.
Level-1 Capacity-Building
10.2.1 Centre for Disaster Management, MGSIPA
The Centre for Disaster Management (CDM), MGSIPA holds responsibility at the State level for conducting training programs on Disaster Management in all the districts of state. The trainings take place over three to five days and involve district officials from various departments, as per the specificities of the training being conducted. Trainings are conducted in the Institute as well as within the districts, for which officials are nominated by the District Administration. It is incumbent upon these officials to attend the trainings for which they have been nominated, and upon completion of the program, they shall receive certification from MGSIPA. The officials in charge of updating the DDMP are also responsible for keeping track of all trainings conducted and at the time of updating the plan, they are to include the names and contact details of all officials from Fazilka district who have attended any Disaster Management related training in the past six-months. This will ensure the availability of trained human resources capable of dealing with disasters at the district level.
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10.2.2 District Disaster Management Authority
The role of District Level Officials in terms of capacity-building and training is primarily that of the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA). The Authority will ensure that participants from various departments are nominated for the various disaster management-related trainings conducted by CDM, MGSIPA and any other body/authority that is competent to conduct/organise trainings in the field of disaster management. The role of the DDMA will, thus, be predominantly that of coordination and monitoring. Furthermore, capacity- building at the institutional level should be done by carrying out various activities. The DDMA will also be responsible for ensuring that the Heads of Department (HODs) of the following departments discharge their responsibility of nominating officials from their departments for various disastermanagement trainings pertaining to their specific areas of work.
10.3 Capacity Building of Various Departments
Agriculture Department
Formation and training of a Weather Watch Group for the purpose of monitoring crops in the district.
Putting in place disaster management protocols for the hazards of drought, flood, hailstorm, etc
Provision of training to farmers in alternate cropping techniques and mixed cropping.
Formation of Rapid Damage Assessment Teams who will be capable of assessing the condition of soil, fields, irrigation systems and any other damage to crops in postdisaster situations.
Animal Husbandry
Formation of Rapid Damage Assessment teams capable of examining and assessing damage caused to livestock, feed and fodder, and other things within the domain of animal husbandry.
Home Guards
Provision of trainings for volunteers, in Search and Rescue (SAR), First Aid, Traffic
Management, Dead Body Management, Evacuation, Shelter and Camp Management, Mass Care and Crowd Management.
The purchase of SAR equipment through the appropriate channels of the District Administration.
District Red Cross Society
Provision of training for the preparation of ward-level and village level First Aid teams. 83
Ensure organisation of blood donation camps on a regular basis during normal times.
Organise drives to recruit volunteers to help with blood donation camps and other activities.
Education Department
Formation and training of damage and need assessment teams within the department.
Provision of trainings in First Aid and basic survival skills for teachers and students in the district.
Education and awareness programs should be designed in such a way as to include the disaster management education in the school / college curriculum.
Capacity-building at the institutional level should be done by carrying out various activities under the School Safety Programme (SSP).
Electricity Department
The timely purchase of electric equipment necessary for maintaining a state of adequate preparedness and for speedy and efficient disaster response, through the appropriate channels of the District Administration.
Forest Department
Formation and training of teams within the department, for catching wild/escaped animals that pose a threat to human safety.
Transport Department
Provision of training to drivers, conductors and staff in First Aid and basic life saving techniques
Adequate stocking/replenishing of First Aid kits and maintenance of fire extinguishers in all vehicles and depots in the district.
Health Department
Formation and training of damage and need assessment teams within the department.
Provision of trainings for preparing teams of paramedics, mobile medical teams, psychological first aid teams and psycho-social care teams.
Timely procurement/ purchase of portable equipment for field and hospital diagnosis triage, etc.
Provision of trainings for health attendants and ambulance staff in First Aid and lifesaving techniques.
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Capacity-building at the institutional level should be done by carrying out various activities under the Hospital Emergency Preparedness Programme (HEPP).
Irrigation Department
Provision of trainings to all human resources with regard to early-warning for flood.
The timely purchase of early warning and communication equipment through appropriate channels of the District Administration.
Development and Panchayat Department
Provision of training for formation of teams to engage with the issues of hygiene and sanitation at the village level through the Gram Panchayats.
Police Department
The efforts of the police go a long way in helping avoid and/or control chaos at disaster sites. They also help prevent human trafficking which is increasingly common in the aftermath of disasters these days. A training module on Disaster Preparedness and Response for Punjab Police has been prepared by CDM, MGSIPA and will need to be modified from time to time as per the requirement of district. Other training programs on disaster management that are relevant to the role of the police force are conducted by CDM, MGSIPA from time to time, and the District Administration should ensure that police personnel are deputed for such trainings.
The trained police personnel should be placed on record within a district level database of persons trained in disaster management. Such trainings are thus an important aspect of capacity-building in the district. District police will also receive training specific to the role of the department from the Police Academy Punjab (PAP) in Jalandhar District.
Fire Services Department
Punjab Fire services operated by Municipal Corporations/ Municipal Councils. Fire Services in Fazilka district should be made responsible for conducting fire-safety trainings and capacity building for all district officials as well as for Education institutions, housing societies and etc. from time to time. District Fire Services should also be made responsible for conducting safety audits of various government and civilian buildings in order to check whether they are compliant with fire safety norms. Furthermore, the Fire Services should conduct mock-drills for fire-fighting and evacuation procedures from time to time, following a schedule stipulated by the District disaster Management Authority (DDMA). Training programs on disaster management that are relevant to the role of the Fire Services and the District Administration should ensure that fire personnel are deputed for such trainings. The trained Fire Services personnel should be placed on record within a district-level database of persons trained in disaster management. Such trainings are thus an important aspect of capacity- building in the district.
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Capacity Building
10.4 Civil Engineers (Structural Capacity Building)
There is strong evidence that appropriate engineering intervention can significantly reduce the risk of disasters. Civil engineers also play an important role in post-disaster conditions – in rescue operations, damage assessment and the retrofitting of structures. Civil engineers need to keep themselves updated about the latest research and developments in construction technology, advances in construction materials and analysis or design procedures. Civil engineers should also take support from other branches of engineering for the better planning, execution and functioning of their building and infrastructure projects. Trainings to Civil Engineers will be provided by CDM. Furthermore, at the district level, civil engineers will conduct training of masons for construction of earthquakeresistant structures. Such trainings will be facilitated by the DDMA.
10.5 Corporates, Professionals
The National Disaster Management Framework emphasizes on the “involvement of corporate sector in awareness generation and disaster preparedness and mitigation planning‟. Keeping in mind the need to mainstream disaster management concerns at multiple levels of the corporate sector, the following steps should be taken into consideration:
Through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Corporates can assist in development projects can thus help enhance the capacity at the district-level.
Conducting mock-drills at regular intervals to determine the efficacy of the DM plans.
Large-scale association with awareness generation initiatives aimed at building the knowledge, attitude and skills of the common people for a safer habitat.
To move away from relief centric approach to a pro-active assault on vulnerabilities through risk management measures and capacity building of industrial personnel through Business Continuity Planning (BCP), trainings and other measures.
Training of a core team of Structural Engineers for retrofitting of existing industrial infrastructure as per requirement.
10.6 Strengthening of District Emergency Operations Center
Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) contains important equipment and certain resources such as maps and communication equipment including landline telephones, mobile phones, satellite phones, walkie-talkie, ham radio, computer/ laptop with printer facility, email facility, fax machine, television, etc. In addition, it will also contain, LCD monitors, printers, videoconferencing equipment, power sources and backups, copies of plans, etc. It is crucial to strengthen the district-level EOC. This can be done by ensuring regular training of all staff meant to be present in the EOC.
10.7 Capacity-building at the Community Level
Capacity-building at the community level includes awareness, sensitisation, orientation and developing skills of communities and community leaders. At the district-level, assistance 86 will be provided by consolidating the know-how and practical training provided by NDRF, Civil Defence and NGO, District Red Cross and Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and disseminating it within the communities. Multiple responsibilities within the arena of capacity-building and training will be delegated to local authorities, PRIs and ULBs under the overall guidance of District authorities. It is also crucial to focus on imparting training, cultivating community awareness and ensuring skill development among members of the community. Furthermore, capacity-building at the community level should be done on the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model. This can be done by ensuring identification of local resources and developing local infrastructure through PPP. Community-based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) and Village Contingency Planning (VCP) is also critical for capacity building at the community-level and will be managed by the concerned departments in the district.
10.8 Development of Information, Education & Communication (IEC) Material
Addressing the specific requirements of vulnerable regions and the risk mitigation and preparedness needs of identified communities, various IEC material like list of do’s and don’ts, posters, leaflets, banners, training modules and audio visual material must be prepared using capacity building funds of the state. The aim is to develop a large body of advocacy and awareness materials, especially in vernacular languages, targeting vulnerable groups such as women, children, elderly; Physical disables, and marginalized and excluded groups.
10.9 Sensitization/Awareness Campaigns
The District administration must reach out to the local residents and general public of the district with various level sensitization programmes. Sensitization programmes shall be conducted for schools, hospitals, colleges, communities, policy makers and all other specific sectors. Awareness on multi hazards and dos and don’ts to solve it are most import and basic for a human being to save him/herself. Disaster strikes everywhere everyone irrespective of land, caste, creed, color, people, and gender. The basic information shall be given in forms of booklets reading materials, audiovisual material etc. The broad objectives of such programmes shall be as follows:
1. To bring awareness about disasters among the inmates of all institutions and residents of all communities in district.
2. To pave way for strict enforcement of building rules in construction departments and contractors.
3. Preparation of Building Evacuation Plans and training the general public on base of IRS self defense thereby building capacities of school authorities and saving lives in the event of an Earthquake or Fire accidents or any other disaster.
4. To sensitize officers from the District Administration, Department of Education, Police, Health, Fire Service and all other parallel agencies.
Different methods and techniques shall be utilized to spread awareness on disaster in the district. Some sample techniques and methods are listed below:
Public meetings / workshop/ seminar/ training. Wall painting in the communities. 87
Distribution of posters/ leaflets and other Information Education and Communication (IEC) materials to students and local people. Observation of disaster risk management day/ week Street plays, documentaries and films on disaster management subject. Use of electronic media, especially cable channels and print media. Quiz-painting competitions, special types of books, etc for students. Any other means the DDMA feels apt.
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11. Disaster Management Plan : Flood Management & Control
Major Stakeholder – NDRF Structural Mechanism - Functional Aspect. Requisition from reg. NDRF
11.1 Components of Disaster Management –
1. Hazard Analysis 2. Vulnerability Analysis 3. Prevention & Mitigation 4. Preparedness 5. Prediction & Warning 6. Response. 7. Recovery
11.2 Disaster Management Cycle
1. MITIGATION 2. PREPAREDNESS 3. RESPONSE 4. RECOVERY
MITIGATION – PREPARATION Hazard Prediction & Modeling Scenario Development Risk Assessment & Mapping Emergency Planning Spatial Planning Training Structural & Non-Structural Capacity Building Measures Public Awarness & Education RESPONSE RECOVERY Dispatching of resources Early Damage Assessment 89
Emergency telecom Re-establishing life-line, transport Situational awareness and communication infrastructure. Command Control Coordination Dissemination of Information Emergency Health Care
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11.3 Flow Chart of Flood losses
Tangible Tangible Intangible Direct indirect Human and other Losses Losses Losses
P Damage to :- Loss of or disruption to Loss of Life R Building Agricultural production Physical Injury I Contents of Building Industrial Production Loss of heritage or M Infrastructure (roads & Communication (road, rail & archaeological sites A bridges) telecommunications R Crops & Animals Health care and education Y service Utility Supplies electricity
s Flood causes fire & Lost value added in industry Increased stress E fire causes damage Increased traffic congestion Physical & C Salt in seawater and costs Psychological trauma O containments land & Disruption of flow of Increase in flood N reduce crops yields employees ot work causing related suicides D Flood cuts electricity "knock on" effects. Increase in water A supply, damaging, Containments of water borne diseases R susceptible machines supplies Increase in ill health. Y and computers run Food & other Shortage Increase in post-flood
Increased cost of emergency visits to doctor services Hastened and / or Loss of Income Increased mortailty
Increased Household costs
Enhanced rate of Some businesses are Homelessness T property and decay bankrupt. Loss of livelihoods E Long-term rot and Loss of exports Total loss of R damp Reduced national gross possessions (i.e T Structures are weakened, domestic product uninsured) A making them more Blighted families R damage prone in Y Lost communication subsequent floods. where communities are broken up
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12. Sub-Division Wise Flood Relief Camps
Setting up Relief Centres.
12.1 Relief Centres- the second line of defence - Suitably situated big villages or towns should be selected as ‘Relief Centre’. At the time of selection, care should be taken to ensure that communications can be maintained between these Centres and between the tehsil headquarters and these centres. As for as possible, ‘Evacuation Centres’ attached to particular ‘Relief Centres’ should not be more than 5 miles from it.
Every Relief Centre should have: -
12.1.1 Essentials of a Relief Camp - (i) A local relief committee comprising local officials, if any, and influential non- official of alldenominations and parties. These committees should be set up forthwith and acquainted with the role they will be required to play in the event of an emergency. The Tehsildar shall set up such a committee in consultation with the leading residents of the place.
(ii) A small building earmarked for use as an office.
(iii) A place for cooking food for distribution to evacuees as they arrive and for sending it out with relief parties;
(iv) A place for storing food, tentage etc. etc.
(v) Selected sites for pitching tents, herding cattle, parking carts, storing chattel etc, etc. and buildings earmarked for housing evacuees.
(vi) A panel of selfless workers of active habits and vigorous constitution who are capable of handling boat in rough or running water; can put rafts swim and endure hardships smilingly. These will be the people who will go out as relief parties to rescue stranded people, bring in people from Evacuation Centres, accompany officials relief parties etc. etc.
(vii) Selected sites or buildings for serving as community kitchen.
(viii) A panel of messengers for carrying messages, running errands and so on.
12.1.2 SDM as a Major Functionary - Should the relief centre be cut off by water from its satellite evacuation centres, it should be provided with boats and rafts by the Sub- Divisional Magistrate. For housing evacuees, the Sub- Divisional Magistrate should arrange to place tents at the disposal of the Relief Committee.
The Sub- Divisional Magistrate should maintain the closest possible contact with “Relief Centres” in his Tehsil and render all possible help to Relief Committees. It would be of advantage to maintain at each Tehsil headquarter a list of all non- official organizations, missions, societies, schools and colleges which are expected to contribute workers, funds, equipment etc. etc. for dealing with the emergency. A representative committee of all such bodies should be set up at each tehsil headquarter immediately and the task of collecting foodstuffs, beddings, funds etc. entrusted to them. In special circumstances, it may even be necessary to start Langars’ at tehsil headquarters for feeding evacuees, who do not report at relief 92 centres and for those sent with relief parties. Essential medicines can also be collected through this committee, if influential members of the local business community are its members.
After construction of dams on Sutlej and Beas, the need for large scale evacuation during floods would now normally arise only in tehsils close to Ravi. Deputy Commissioner’s may therefore, determine the tehsils in their District in which the evacuation and relief Centres would be necessary and take steps to set up the same in these tehsils during the flood season.
Establishing contact with areas cut off Arrangement of Boats.
12.2 Use of Boats- Communications break down almost entirely during floods. It is a problem to devise ways and means of establishing contact with the cut- off areas. The few boats available at ferries in the districts through which rivers flow are utterly inadequate for dealing with the situation, when it is grave. More often, quite a number of these boats are washed away before the authorities can commander them. Experience has shown that loss of life in dangerously exposed villages is invariably due to lack of boats. If arrangements are to be effective, there should be a fair sized boat and a raft or two always available in each of such villages. Women, children and the infirm can be evacuated in boats, while able bodied men, animals and house-hold effects can be easily transported on rafts .It would pay people of such villages to contribute to the cost of a boat and rafts made of sleepers. It is possible that one boat may be able to serve more than one village and in that case the cost can be shared. People of bigger villages should be persuaded to undertake this expenditure. For the poorer villages, the Zila Parishads should do the needful. Besides, these boats, some boats should be kept at each relief centre and the Evacuation Centre. The Zila Parishad may finance the manufacture of these boats so far as possible. One or two well- constructed rafts should also be maintained at each centre by the Zila Parishad.
Each Deputy Commissioner will immediately ascertain the number of boats available in his district and the number required if arrangements as suggested above are to be made. He will take steps to get these boats made. Payment for these boats may be made out of the Zila Parishad funds. These boats should not be more than 15 or 20 feet in length, should be capable of being rowed by one or two persons at the most and should be of light weight. Each boat should be provided with a spare set of oars and should have, in addition, a stout and long bamboo pole for putting, where oars cannot be used and for extricating the boat should it get stuck in mud .It would also be a great advantage if each boat is provided with a large water proof tarpaulin for protecting food, clothes, medicines, etc. etc. from the rain water.
For rapid movement in completely flooded areas, particularly by relief parties consisting of doctors and local officers who cannot afford to waste time, boats of the above size fitted with out-board motor engines will be ideal.
12.3 Role of Commissioner & Submission of Report to the Government -
12.3.1 Aerial reconnaissance - If considered necessary aerial reconnaissance of flooded areas should be carried out by the Commissioner at the earliest opportunity to enable him to asses the gravity of the situation. 93
A reconnaissance report should be compiled by the Commissioner and copies of this report sent to Deputy Commissioner concerned, Financial Commissioner Revenue and Chief Secretary. Afflicted areas, localities where people are stranded, villages that have collapsed or are on the verge of collapse, breaches of railway tracks, roads, canals, bunds etc. etc. are points of particular importance to be noted in such flights.
12.3.2 Air Drop - Air dropping of food should not be necessary if other arrangements, as suggested above, have been made. When air-dropping is considered necessary the Commissioner should contact the Chief Secretary or the Financial Commissioner Revenue.
12.4 Relief Centers in Tehsil Fazilka
Tehsil Fazilka, Flood Relief Camp No. - 1
Name of Officer Shifting Relief Village Officer Incharge of the Sr. No. People from Villages to Supporting Staff Center Attached evacuation centre Camps
Smt. Paramjeet Kaur Patwari Halka Govt. High Sh. Malkit Singh B.D.P.O, 1)Muhar khiwan Sh.Rajnish Kumar, E.O.M.C, Mauzam Mobile No. 94644-58260 1. School Fazilka. Mob:No. 62842- 2)Muhar Sona Fazilka, Mob:No. 96461-00369 and Maujam 96798 3)Muhar Jamsher Related Village’s Panchayat Sectt.
1) Medical Aid 1) Dr. Amit Guglany Mob.88729-61645 2) Veterinary Aid & Disposal 1) Dr. Ashish Dhingra V.O Mob. of Dead Animal 94178-67073 2) Sh. Naresh Sachdeva Mob.94179- 2) Sh. Ravi Kant V.I Mob. 94174- 34375 52153
3) Food and Essential Sh. Baldev Singh Inspector Food 4) Drinking Water Sh. Naresh Khera Sentry Inspector Commodities Supply Fazilka 98728-34191 96460-06263 5.) P.S.P.C.L. Sh. Sh. Manohar Lal JE 96461-20696 6) NGO's 1) Sh. Gurduwara Singh Sabha, & With Staff. Fazilka 2) Aartiya Association Fazilka 3) Lineage Club Fazilka
Tehsil Fazilka, Flood Relief Camp No. - 2
Sr. Relief Center Name of Officer Village Attached Officer Incharge of the Supporting Staff No. Shifting People from evacuation centre Villages to Camps 2. Govt. High Sh. Hardeep Kumar 1) Beri Wala Sh. Sukhwinder Singh, Miss Kirna Patwari Halka School, Assaf Sharma Principal I.T.I, 2) Pakka Chishti S.D.O, Punjab Mandi Board, Mumbeka Mob. Wala Fazilka Mob. 01638- 3)Noor Mohammad Fazilka. Mob:No. 98887- 62395-94944 & Related Village’s 262857 86729 Panchayat Sect. 88724-68672
1) Medical Aid 1) Dr. Ahsish Grover Mob.98724-61632 2) Veterinary Aid & 1) Dr. Nipun Khunger V.O 2) Sh. Sanjeev Kumar, MPHW, Mob. 94655- Disposal of Dead Animal Mob. 94173-45237 56152 2) Sh. Rajinder Kumar V.I Mob. 94171-76338
3) Food and Essential Sh. Lakhbir Singh Inspector Food Supply Fazilka. 4) Drinking Water Sh. Naresh Khera Sentry Inspector Commodities Mob: No. 96460-06263 70092-68690 5.) P.S.P.C.L. Sh. Kulbir Singh.JE. Mob:No. 6) NGO's 1) Shri Brahman Sabha 88476-05286 2) Sewa Bharti & With Staff. 3) Manav Kalyan Sabha
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Tehsil Fazilka, Flood Relief Camp No. - 3
Name of Officer Sr. Officer Incharge of the Relief Center Shifting People from Village Attached Supporting Staff No. evacuation centre Villages to Camps Govt. High 1) Sh. Gurjinder 1) Rete wali bheni. 1) Sh. Harmeet Singh, Sh. Surajpal Singh Patwari School, Hasta Singh S.D.O. (PWD) 2) Ram Singh Wali SDO, Panchayati Raj. Halka Rana 97791-92340 kalan 97787-60007 Bheni Mob:No. & Related Village’s Panchayat 3. 2) Sh. Anjuman Sethi, 3) Hasta Kalan 81466-56100 Sectt. Assistant 98728- 4) Gatti No.1 2) Sh. Amar Singh Head 62769 5) Dhani Sadda Singh Draftmen. Mob:No. 94786-04539 1) Medical Aid 1) Dr. Amit Jasuja,RMO .Mob: No. 94177- 2) Veterinary Aid & 1) Dr Sahil Setia V.O Mob. 61810 Disposal of Dead 95307-05000 Animal 2) Sh. Naresh Narang Pharmacy officer, 84277- 2) Sh. Surinder Kumar V.P. 52250 Mob. 94172-58970 3) Food and Essential Sh. Arun Babber Inspector Food Supply 4) Drinking Water Sh. Naresh Khera Sentry Commodities 81465-61993 Inspector 96460-06263 5.) P.S.P.C.L. Sh. Nand Singh J.E. 96461-45294 6) NGO's 1) Sh. Munshi Ram Charitable & With Staff. 2) Bharat Vikas Parishad 3) Arorvansh Geeta Bhawan
Tehsil Fazilka, Flood Relief Camp No. - 4
Name of Officer Sr. Shifting People Officer Incharge of the Relief Center Village Attached Supporting Staff No. from Villages to evacuation centre Camps 4. Sant Kabir Sh. Rajpal Registrar 1) Kawan Wali. Sh. Sanjeev Kumar Ex- Sh. Malkit Singh Polytechnical Co-operative 2) Guddar Bhaini Punjab Mandi Board, 94174-02569 Patwari circle Hastan College, Societies, FZK 3) Walle Shah Hithar Fazilka Kalan Fazilka. 94179-04070 4)Walle Shah Uttar 98550-00577 & Related Village’s Panchayat 5)Gulam Rasool Sectt.
1) Medical Aid 1) Dr. Shina AMO Mob.98555-37888 2) Veterinary Aid & 1) Dr. Gourav Babbar, VO, Disposal of Dead Animal Mob. 99885-70383 2) Sh. Sunil Pharmacist, Mob. 94172-67277 2) Sh. Amandeep V.I. 98551- 06761
3) Food and Sh. Gagandeep Singh Inspector Food Supply 4) Drinking Water Sh. Jagdeep Sentry Inspector Essential 99147-82525 82838-01703 Commodities 5.) P.S.P.C.L. Sh. Manjeet Singh J.E Mobile No. 96461-15879 & 6) NGO's 1) Sh. Hanuman Mandir his Staff 2) Sh. Sadhu Aashram 3) Sh. Balaji Duhknivaran Mandir
Tehsil Fazilka, Flood Relief Camp No. - 5
Sr.No. Relief Center Name of Officer Village Attached Officer Incharge of the Supporting Staff Shifting People evacuation centre from Villages to Camps 5. Govt. High Sh. Gurmeet Singh 1) Chak Ruhela Sh. Bajrang Bali, SCO Sh. Inder Mohan Patwari School, Cheema Block 2)Ruhela Tejaka Soil & canservation, Halka Ganjuana Salemshah Agriculture Officer 3)Dona Shikandri Fazilka 98881-01404 Fazilka Mob. 4)Ganjuana Mob. 977274-39609 Related Village’s Panchayat 94787-15415 Sectt. 1) Medical Aid 1) Dr. Sanju Mobile No.96608-31553 2) Veterinary Aid & 1. Dr. Anmol V.O Mob. 2) Sh. Sahil Pharmacist Disposal of Dead 99886-39495 Animal 2) Sh.Som Parkash V.I. Mobile No. 94653-16492 3) Food and Sh. Sandeep Chhabra Inspector Food Supply 95015- 4) Drinking Water Sh. Jagdeep Sentry Inspector Essential 93700 82838-01703 Commodities 5.) P.S.P.C.L. Sh. Manjeet Singh, J.E. FZK 6) NGO's 1) Recration Club 96461-15879 & Staff 2) Sh. Ram Sharnam Sabha
3) Market (Vapaar Mandal) Association Fazilka
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12.5 Relief Centers in Tehsil Jalalabad (W)
Tehsil Jalalabad (W), Flood Relief Camp No. - 1 Sr. No. Relief Center Village Attached Officer Incharge of Supporting Staff the evacuation centre
1. Govt. 1) Chak Bazida B.D.P.O. JBD Kanugo Circle Ghubaya Elementry 2) Chak Tahli Wala Sh. Gurjinder Singh Sh. Kewal krishn Kanugo School 3) Lamochar Kalan Mob No. 79864- 94630-4132 Ghubaya 4) Bhamba Wattu Uttar 21586 Sh. Wazir Singh patwari 5) Gatti Hasal 94632-32622 6) Chak Khiva 7) Jalla Lakhe ke Hithar 1) Medical Aid Dr. Jai Naresh Singh, Pharmacist, 2) Veterinary Aid & Sh. Raj Singh Jalalabad Disposal of Dead Vet. Officer Ghubaya 94175-67288 Animal 88728-09600
3) Food and Sh. Charanjit singh ins. AFSO. Jalalabad 4) Drinking Water Sh. Balwinder Singh SDO Public. Essential Mob. 89686-00732 Health Jalalabad 97799-00763 Commodities 5.) P.S.P.C.L. Sh. Fuman Singh EX-E-EN P.S.P.C.L. 6) NGO's Sh. Tarsem Lal, President of Bharat JBD 96461-14527 Vikas Parishad 94176-09339
Tehsil Jalalabad (W), Flood Relief Camp No. - 2 Sr. Relief Center Village Attached Officer Incharge of the Supporting Staff No. evacuation centre 2. Govt. Elementry 1) Baghe ke Hithar B.P.E.O-1 .JBD Kanugo Circle Ghubaya School Parbhat Singh 2) Parbhat Singh Wala Sh.Jaspal Singh Sh. Kewal krishn Kanugo Wala Uttar 3) Santokh Singh Wala Mob No. 98151-09753 94630-4132 Sh. Harikrishan patwari 94647-23500
1) Medical Aid Sh. Vaneet Kumar, Pharmacist, JBD 2) Veterinary Aid & Sh. Lakhan Sachdeva Vet. Officer Mob. 99143-22300 Disposal of Dead 97807-19686 Animal
3) Food and Sh. Ved Parkash, Inspector. JBD 4) Drinking Water Sh. Angrej Singh, J.E Public Health Essential Mob. 98762-74216 Jalalabad Commoditie 98766-29740 s 5.) P.S.P.C.L. Sh. Gabbar Singh J.E P.S.P.C.L. JBD 6) NGO's Sh. Happy Kathpal President of Lions 96461-14872 Club Jalalabad. Mob. 98154-62299
Tehsil Jalalabad (W), Flood Relief Camp No. - 3 Sr.No. Relief Center Village Attached Officer Incharge of the Supporting Staff evacuation centre
3. Govt. High 1) Dhandi Qadim Sh. Jaspal Singh, Kanungo Circle Ghubaya School Baghe 2) Dhandi khurad B.P.E.O 2. JBD Sh. Kewal krishn Kanugo ke 3) Chak Sarkar Muhaji 98151-09753 94630-4132 Parbhat Singh Wala Sh. Harikrishan patwari 94647-23500
1) Medical Dr. Vikas Kumar 2) Veterinary Aid & Sh. Gourav Babbar. Aid 99147-40481 Disposal of Dead 98885-70383 Animal
3) Food and Sh. Sunil Kumar, Inspector. JBD 4) Drinking Water Sh. Rishab J.E Public Health 98768- Essential Mob. 98765-43425 14830 Commod ities 5.) P.S.P.C.L. Sh. Jashandeep Singh J.E P.S.P.C.L. 6) NGO's Sh. Rajeev Dahuja President of 96461-15516 Gaushala Sewa Samiti 98159-51049
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Tehsil Jalalabad (W), Flood Relief Camp No. – 4
Sr. Relief Center Village Attached Officer Incharge of the Supporting Staff No. evacuation centre
4. Govt. Elementry 1) Peera ke Hithar ADO. JBD Kanugo Circle Mamujoyia School Midha 2) Bodal Peera ke Sh.Baldev Singh Sh. Ashwani Kumar Kanugo 3) Mehmood Khane Ke 94639-76472 97811-19600 4) Bame Wala 5) Balale Ke Kamal 1) Medical Aid Dr. Surinder Kumar CHO 2) Veterinary Aid & Sh. Baldev Kamboj 98880 -80646 Disposal of Dead 95693-23337 Animal
3) Food and Sh. Harpreet Singh Inspector. 4) Drinking Water Sh. Angrej Singh, J.E Public Health Essential Jalalabad.81463-34786 Jalalabad Commodities 98766-29740
5.) P.S.P.C.L. Sh. Balwinder Singh, J.E. P.S.P.C.L 6) NGO's Dr. Shiv Chhabra, NGO President 96461-14874 99159-88729
Tehsil Jalalabad (W), Flood Relief Camp No. – 5
Sr. Relief Center Village Attached Officer Incharge of the Supporting Staff No. evacuation centre
5. Govt. Elementry 1) Fattu Wala S.D.O.P.W.D JBD Kanungo Circle Ghubaya. School Sukhera 2) Mohar Singh Wala Gian Chand Sh. Kewal krishn Kanugo Bodla 3) Ram Singh Wala 98780-58048 94630-4132 4) Chak Sarkar Muhaji Baghe ke Sh. Ashish Kumar patwari 1&2 94644-29566 1) Medical Aid Sh. Rajnish Kumar 2) Veterinary Aid & Sh.Gurcharan Singh 98551-19017 Disposal of Dead 94175-83195 Animal
3) Food and Sh. Saravdeep Singh, Inspector 4) Drinking Water Sh. Rishab, J.E. Essential 98788-55444 98768-14830 Commodities 5.) P.S.P.C.L. Sh. Bakhsish Singh J.E. P.S.P.C.L 6) NGO's Sh. Gurbaksh Khurana, Citizen 96461-14881 Welfare Council 97792-95002
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12.6 Relief Centers in Tehsil Abohar.
Flood Relief Camps, Tehsil Abohar
Supporting Staff Sr. Place of Camp Detail of Villages Incharge Officer No.
1. Sh. Nagin Kumar, A.D.O. 95924-79636 1. Balluana 1) Sh. Sarwan Kumar, Agri. 2. Sh. Kuldeep, A.D.O. 2. Ramgarh Officer, Abohar 99154-60230 Govt Sr. Sec school 3. Gaddadob 98149-76086 3. Kulwant Singh, 1 (Boys) Balluana 4. Bhangala 2) Sh. Nageen Kumar, Panchayat Secretary, 5. Chanan Khera A.D.O, Abohar 95924- 94171-73000 79636 4. Sushil Kumar, Panchayat Secretary, 98763-68493 1)Mr. Tejinder Singh 1) Sh. Jaspal,Singh, Kanugo Circle Balluana Deputy Director 98881-47476 Horticulture Abohar 98551- 2) Sh. Gurvinderpal Singh Patwari Circle Kundal 1) Kundal Govt. Sen. Sec. 06497 99881-46509 2) Dharangwala 2 School Kundal 3) Smt. Maninder Singh Patwari Circle 3) Gobindgarh 2) Mr. Ramanpreet Singh Dharangwala 97803-70562
HDO, Abohar 94633-77741 4) Sh. Parmdeep Singh Patwari Circle Gobindgarh 97798- 79009 S. Baljinder Singh Sect. Market Committee Enployee 1. Dutaran wali Market Committee Abohar 1) Sh. Satish Grover, 94175–68451 Civil Hospital 3 2. Rajan wali 98886-62701 2) Sh.Harpreet Singh ,98781-45388 Kala Tibba 3. Raipura 3) Sh. Jaspal, 95015–02851 4) Sh. Harmeet Kumar, 80542–00473 S. Gursewak,Singh, N. 1. Sh.Jaskaran Singh, Circle Rukanpura @ Khui Tehsildar Khuian Khera 94173-48293 Sarwar98146-63023 2. Sh.Kuldeep Kumar Patwari Circle Wahabwala 70091-63764
3. Sh. Kuideep Garg Patwari Circle Rukanpura 1. Wahabwala 98726-98640 Civil Hospital 2. Khatwa 4 Wahabwala 3. Bhagu 4. Sh. Baldev Singh Patwari Circle Bhagu 4. Amarpura 75894-11726 5. Ramsara 5. Sh. Subash Patwari Circle Amarpura 98772- 72710
6. Sh. Gagandeep Kamboj Patwari Circle Ramsara 98889-76412
1) Sh. Varinder Kumar 1. Sh. Ramsavroop Kanugo Circle Abohar BDPO Khuian Sarwar Shamli 94174-88919 89686-52368 Govt. High School 2) Mr. Guljeet Singh Tex 2. Sh. Ashwani Kumar Patwari Circle 1. Allamgarh 5 Allamgarh Collector BDPO Khuian Allamgarh 98771-29831 2. Sayadwala Sarwar 89680–04100 3. Sh. Parndip Patwari Circle Sayadwala 97798- 79009
Sh. Jaspal Singh Tehsildar, 1. S.PiaraSingh Incharge Kangoo Circle Sitto Abohar Gunno 94175-28297
98154-01115 2. Sh. Ravinder Singh,Patwari Circle Sitto Civil Hospital Sitto 1. Sitto Gunno Gunoo 98159-82715 6 Gunno 2. Khuban
3. S.PiaraSinghPatwari Circle Khuban
94175-28297
1) Sh. Vijay Pal, A.D.O. 1. Sh. Dalip Kumar, Panchayat secretary 98143-29200 88752-20989 2. Sh. Nanak Chand, Panchayat secretary, 2) Miss Neetu, A.S.I. 98557-11010 1. Malukpur 2. Jodhpur Govt Sr. Sec. School 97803-57578 3. Sh. Gyan Chand, Panchayat Secretary 3. Dhaba Kokrian 7 Kear Khera 98145-11131 4. Kera Khera
5/ Bassain 4. Sh. Gurpreet Singh, Panchayat Secretary
94638-34124
5 Ashok Kumar, Panchayat Secretary, 78883- 03142
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Tehsil Abohar, Flood Relief Camp No. – 1
Sr. Relief Village Attached Officer Incharge of the Supporting Staff No. Center evacuation centre
1. Govt Sr. Sec 1. Balluana 1) Sh.SarwanSingh 1)Sh Nageen kumar,A.D.O Abohar 95924-79636 school 2. Ramgarh Agricultur Officer, Abohar 2) Sh.Kuldeep.A.D.O. 99154-60230 (Boys) 3. Gaddadob 98149-76086 3) Sh. Kulwant Singh, Panchayat Secretary 9417173000 Balluana 4. Bhangala 4) Sh. Sushil Kumar, Panchayat Secretary, 98763-68493 5. Chanan Khera 2)Sh Nageen kumar,A.D.O Abohar 95924-79636
1) Medical Aid 1. Dr. Ravi Kumar, SMO Sitto 2) Veterinary Aid & 1. Dr. Vijay Kumar, V.O. Kundal 81469-14447 Gunno 98780-29165 Disposal of Dead Animal 2. Sh. Amrit Pal Singh, V.I., Ramgarh 97817-48749 & & his staff. his Staff.
2. Dr. Vishu Sharma, AMO, CHC, Sitto Gunno 94632- 26354
3) Food and 1. Sh.Vikas Batra, AFSO 4) Drinking Water 1) S. Baljinder Singh Sect. Markit Essential Abohar 94172-81617 Committee Abohar 98886-62701 Commodities 2. Sh. Pawan Singla, Inspector 2) Sh. Sourabh, J.E. W/S & San., Food Supply 95010-27383 Balluana 94650-62724, 95601-04342 5.) P.S.P.CL 1) Sh. Vijay Kumar, AEE 6) NGO's All Non-Govt Organizations 96461-14609 2) Sh. Navpreet Singh, J.E. 96461-15075 3) Sh. Sukhdev Singh, J.E. 96461-15079 4) Sh. Pawan Kumar, J.E. 96461-15036
Tehsil Abohar, Flood Relief Camp No. – 2
Sr. Relief Center Village Attached Officer Incharge of Supporting Staff No. the evacuation centre 2. Govt. Sen. Sec. 1) Kundal 1)Mr. Tejinder Singh 1) Sh. Jaspal,Singh, Kanugo Circle Balluana School Kundal 2) Dharangwala Deputy Director 98881-47476 3) Gobindgarh Horticulture Abohar 2) Sh. Gurvinderpal Singh Patwari Circle Kundal 98551-06497 99881-46509 3) Smt. Maninder Singh Patwari Circle 2) Mr. Ramanpreet Dharangwala 97803-70562 Singh HDO, Abohar 4) Sh. Parmdeep Singh Patwari Circle 94633-77741 Gobindgarh 97798- 79009
1) Medical Aid 1. Dr. Swapinil Arora, RMO, CHC, Sitto 2) Veterinary Aid & 1) Sh. Sukhjinder Singh, V.I. Gobindgarh Gunno 99888-09898 Disposal of Dead 98150-06580 2. Sh. Raj Kumar, MPW, Animal CHC, Sito Gunno 94781-18891 2) Sh. Jagmeet Singh, R.V.P, 98726-04666 & & his staff. his Staff .
3) Food and 1. Sh.Vikas Batra, AFSO Abohar , 4) Drinking Water 1) S. Baljinder Singh Sect. Markeet Committee Essential 94172-81617 Abohar 98886-62701 Commodities 2. Sh. Amit Ahuja, Inspector Food Supply 98555-24015 2) Sh. Harpreet Singh, J.E. W/S & San., Balluana 98782-39222
5.) P.S.E.B 1. Sh. Vijay Kumar, AEE, Sub Division. 6) NGO's All Non-Govt Organizations No. 3, PSPCL, ABOHAR 96461- 14609 2. Sh. Navpreet Singh, J.E. 96461-15075 3) Sh. Sukhdev Singh, J.E. 96461-15079 4) Sh. Pawan Kumar, J.E. 96461-15036
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Tehsil Abohar, Flood Relief Camp No. - 3
Sr. Relief Center Village Attached Officer Incharge of the Supporting Staff No. evacuation centre
3. Civil Hospital 1. Dutaran wali S. Baljinder Singh Sect. Market Committee Enployee Kala Tibba 2. Rajan wali Market Committee 1) Sh. Satish Grover, 94175–68451 3. Raipura Abohar 98886-62701 2) Sh.Harpreet Singh ,98781-45388 4. Kala Tibba 3) Sh. Jaspal, 95015–02851 4) Sh. Harmeet Kumar, 80542–00473
1) Medical Aid 1. Dr. Shaveta Sharm, CHC, Sitto 2) Veterinary Aid & 1. Dr. Manav, V.O. Dutaran Wali 94172-79997 Gunno, 99888-69035 Disposal of Dead 2. Sh. Gurdas Singh, R.V.P. 94179-79536 & 2. Sh. Sahab Ram, MPW, CHC, Sitto Animal his Staff . Gunno, 3. Sh. Ram Krishan, R.V.P. 73073-33335 99148-11642 & his Staff. 3) Food and 1) Sh.Vikas Batra, AFSO Abohar , 4) Drinking Water 1) S. Baljinder Singh Sect. Market Committee Essential 94172-81617 Abohar 98886-62701 Commodities 2. Sh. Ajay Nagpal Inspector Food Supply Abohar 95016-00390 2) Sh. Mani Gupta J.E. W/S & San., Abohar 98033-48755
5.) P.S.P.CL 1) Sh. Parminder Singh, AE, Sub Div. -II 6) Veterinary Aid & All Non-Govt Organizations PSPCL, Abohar 96461-14423 Disposal of Dead Animal 2) Sh. Khetpal, J.E. PSPCL, Abohar 96461-15080
3) Sh. Jabar Jang Singh, J.E. PSPCL, Abohar – 96461-14100
4) Sh. Raja Ram, Lineman 96466-97452
Tehsil Abohar, Flood Relief Camp No. - 4
Sr. No. Relief Center Village Attached Officer Incharge of Supporting Staff the evacuation centre
4. Civil Hospital 1. Wahabwala S. Gursewak,Singh, 1. Sh.Jaskaran Singh, Circle Rukanpura @ Wahabwala 2. Khatwa N. Tehsildar Khuian Khui Khera 94173-48293 3. Bhagu Sarwar98146-63023 4. Amarpura 2. Sh.Kuldeep Kumar Patwari Circle 5. Ramsara Wahabwala 70091-63764
3. Sh. Kuideep Garg Patwari Circle Rukanpura 98726-98640
4. Sh. Baldev Singh Patwari Circle Bhagu 75894-11726
5. Sh. Subash Patwari Circle Amarpura 98772-72710
6. Sh. Gagandeep Kamboj Patwari Circle Ramsara 98889-76412
1) Medical Aid 1. Dr. Ranjna, M.O., CHC Sitto Gunno 99882- 2) Veterinary Aid & 1. Dr. Sunil, CVH Bhavwala 94651- 21601 Disposal of Dead 94431 2. Sh. Sher Singh, MPW, CHC Sitto, 94173- Animal 2. Dr. Yogesh, CVH Bhagu 98762-56065 22582 3. Sh. Amandeep Singh, 94178-54523 & 3.Sh. Dharminder, Pharamacist 75083-29291 & his Staff . his staff. 3) Food and 1. Sh.Vikas Batra, AFSO Abohar , 94172-81617 4) Drinking Water 1) S. Baljinder Singh Sect. Market Essential 2. Sh. Shivraj, Inspector Food Supply Abohar Committee Abohar 98886-62701 Commodities 98773-87977 2) Sh. Harman Singh Sidhu, J.E. W/S & San., Abohar 97360-78504
5.) P.S.P.CL 1) Sh. Parminder Singh, AEE, Sub Division. No. 6) NGO's All Non-Govt Organizations 3, PSPCL, ABOHAR 96461-14423
2) Sh.Khetpal , J.E. PSPCLAbohar 96461-15080
3) Sh. Jabar Jang Singh, J.E. 96461-14100
4) Sh. Raja Ram Lineman 96466-97452
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Tehsil Abohar, Flood Relief Camp No. - 5
Sr. No. Relief Center Village Attached Officer Incharge of the Supporting Staff evacuation centre
5. . 1. Allamgarh 1) Sh. Varinder Kumar 1. Sh. Ramsavroop Kanugo Circle Govt. High 2. Sayadwala BDPO Khuian Sarwar Abohar Shamli 94174-88919 School 89686-52368 Allamgarh 2) Mr. Guljeet Singh Tex 2. Sh. Ashwani Kumar Patwari Circle Collector BDPO Khuian Allamgarh 98771-29831 Sarwar 89680–04100 3. Sh. Parndip Patwari Circle Sayadwala 97798-79009
1) Medical Aid 1. Dr. Sourabh Phutela (SMO) 80543-83006 2) Veterinary Aid & Disposal of Dead Animal 1) Dr. Sohrab SinghVeterinary Officer CVH, Kikker Khera 97800- 2. Dr. Tushar Bansal, MO, CHC, Khui Khera 86200 99884-80241 2) Sh. Inderjeet Singh Veteterinary 3. Miss Kiran, CHO 96466-64193 Pharmasist, CBH, Kikkar Khera 94646-72460 & his Staff . 4. Miss Sukhjit Kaur, CHO, 97815-60354
3) Food and 1. Sh. Ravi Brar, AFSO, 4) Drinking Water 1) S. Baljinder Singh Sect. Markit Essential Khuian Sarwar 79868-00377 Committee Abohar 98886-62701 Commodities 2. Sh. Ranbir Kumar Inspector Food Supply, Abohar 99142-45179 2) Sh. Parvesh Kumar, J.E. W/S & San., Abohar 86999-37808
5.) P.S.P.CL 1. Sh. Vijay Kumar, AEE, Sub Division. 6) NGO's All Non-Govt Organizations No. 3, PSPCL, ABOHAR 96461-14609 2. Sh. Navpreet Singh, J.E. 96461-15075 3. Sh. Sukhdev Singh, J.E. 96461-15079 4) Sh. Pawan Kumar, J.E.96461-15036
Tehsil Abohar, Flood Relief Camp No. – 6
Sr.No. Relief Center Village Attached Officer Incharge Supporting Staff of the evacuation centre
6. Govt High School , 1. Sitto Gunno Sh. Jaspal Singh 1. S.PiaraSingh Incharge Kangoo Sitto Gunoo 2. Khuban Tehsildar, Abohar Circle Sitto Gunno 94175-28297
98154-01115 2. Sh. Ravinder Singh,Patwari Circle Sitto Gunoo 98159-82715
3. S.PiaraSinghPatwari Circle Khuban
94175-28297
1) Medical Aid 1. Dr. Naveen Mittal, CHC Sitto Gunno, 2) Veterinary Aid 1. Dr. Manav, V.O. Dutaran Wali 94176-04351 & Disposal of 94172-79997 2. Sh. Chander Mohan, CHO 98585-86452 Dead Animal 2. Sh. Mukesh Kumar, V.I. 98585-86542 94174-22718 & his Staff. 3. Sh. Pankaj Verma, CHO 82390-02898 3) Food and 1. Sh.Vikas Batra, AFSO 4) Drinking Water 1) 1) S. Baljinder Singh Sect. Markit Essential Abohar 94172-81617 Committee Abohar 98886-62701 Commodities 2. Sh. Jagdeep, Inspector Food Supply 94644-44820 2) Sh. Deepak Kumar, J.E. W/S & San., Abohar 98729-65065
5.) P.S.P.C.L 1. Sh. Parminder Singh, AE, Sub Div. -II 6) NGO's All Non-Govt Organizations PSPCL, Abohar 96461-14423 2. Sh. Khetpal, J.E. PSPCL, Abohar 96461- 15080 3. Sh. Jabar Jang Singh, J.E.PSPCL, Abohar 96461-14100 4. Sh. Raja Ram, Lineman 96466-97452
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Tehsil Abohar, Flood Relief Camp No. - 7
Sr.No. Relief Center Village Attached Officer Incharge Supporting Staff of the evacuation centre 7. Govt Sr. Sec. School 1. Malukpur 1) Sh. Vijay Pal, 1. Sh. Dalip Kumar, Panchayat secretary Kear Khera 2. Jodhpur A.D.O. 98143-29200 3. Dhaba Kokrian 4. Kera Khera 88752-20989 2. Sh. Nanak Chand, Panchayat secretary, 5. Bassain 98557-11010 2) Miss Neetu, A.S.I. 3. Sh. Gyan Chand, Panchayat Secretary 98145-11131 97803-57578 4. Sh. Gurpreet Singh, Panchayat Secretary 94638-34124
5 Ashok Kumar, Panchayat Secretary, 78883-03142
1) Medical Aid 1. Dr. Rakesh Dawar, RMO, CHC Sito 2) Veterinary Aid 1. Dr. Haqikat Choudhary, V.O., C.V.H. Gunno & Disposal of Malukpura 95017-88366 94170-15997 Dead Animal 2. Sh. Raman Kumar, RVP, 94173-21405 2. Miss Poonam Rani, CHO 88473-71028 3. Sh. Ashok Kumar, MPW 88724-41115 3) Food and 1. Sh.Vikas Batra, AFSO Abohar 94172- 4) Drinking 1) 1) S. Baljinder Singh Sect. Markit Essential 81617 Water Committee Abohar 98886-62701 Commodities 2. Sh. Bhupinder Singh, Inspector Food Supply 80540-13800 2. Sh. Mani Gupta, J.E. W/S & San., Abohar 98033-48755 5.) P.S.P.C.L 1. Sh. Parminder Singh, AE, Sub Div. - II, 6) NGO's All Non-Govt Organizations PSPCL, Abohar 96461-14423 2. Sh. Khetpal, J.E. PSPCL, Abohar 96461-15080 3. Sh. Jabar Jang Singh, J.E. PSPCL,Abohar 96461-14100 4. Sh. Raja Ram, Lineman 96466-97452
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Animals Flood Relief Point, District Fazilka
Animal Husbandry Department Fazilka has set up relief centers for the treatment of animals during floods.
Team Sr. Flood Relief Flood Prone Villages Name Designation Contact no. No. No Point 1 1 Dr. Nipun Khunger V.O 94173-45237 Pakka Chisty Beri wala, Mumbe Ke, Kadar 2 Sh. Kulwant Singh V.I 99151-53033 Bakhsh, Ghuarmi, Muhamd 3 Sh. Harinder Kumar V.I 94175-88553 Peera, Muhamd Amira, Bakhu Shah 4 Sh. Neelu Kumar Class 4 98721-36142 2 1 Dr. Mandeep Kumar V.O 99884-05243 Pattan Post Mohar Khiva, Muhar 2 Sh. Som Parkash V.I 94653-16492 Sona, Mohar Jamsher, 3 Sh. Dildeep Singh V.I 98550-11946 Moujam 4 Sh. Surinder Kumar Class 4 98141-42670 5 Manohar Lal Class 4 94174-38167 3 1 Dr. Raghav Gandhi V.O 94175-89752 Kawan Wala Gulam Rasul, Walle shah 2 Sh. Amandeep V.I 98551-06761 Pattan uttar, Walle Shah Hittar,Kawan Wali, Hastan 3 Sh. Surinder Kumar V.I 94172-58970 Kalan, Shamshabad. 4 Sh.Ramesh Kumar Class 4 94654-16882 4 1 Dr. Raj Singh V.O 88728-09600 Ghubaya Dhani Natha Singh, Dhani 2 Sh.Harjeet Singh V.I 94172-17850 Aattu Singh, Fuleke, Dhani Bachan Singh, Chak Bazida, 3 Sh.Rajinder Rajan V.I 70872-70002 Jalla Lakhe ke Hittar, Jodha 4 Ravi Kumar Class 4 94176-21557 Bhani 5 1 Dr. Sahil Satia V.O 95307-05008 Mahatam Mhatam Nagar, Chak Ruhela, 2 Sh.Mandip Singh V.I 84276-47146 Nagar Ruhela Tejeke, Raite wali 3 Bhajan Singh R.V.P 94640-26728 Bhani, Gatti No.1, Dona Shikandri 4 Lal Chand Class 4 94638-34635 6 1 Dr. Rishab Jajoria V.O 75088-72338 Ladhu Ka Jhangar Bhani, Ram Singh 2 Sh. Amandeep V.I 98551-06761 Pind, Ghurka Bhani, LadhuKa Pind, Dhani Mohna Ram, Guddar Bhani, 3 Sh. Om parkash Class 4 94176-18475 Ghurka 7 1 Dr. Amarjeet Singh V.O 94648-78226 Parbhat Singh Parbhat Singh Wala , Baghe 2 Sh. Satpal Singh V.I 99147-63928 Wala , Aatoo Ke, Alam Ke, 3 Sh. Harmeet Singh V.I 80543-05810 Wala 3 Sh. Surinder Singh R.V.P 94176-11263 4 Sh. Gurjant Singh Class 4 94647-02963 8 1 Dr. Lakhan Sachdeva V.O 97807-19686 Dhandi Dhandi Qadim, Dhandi 2 Sh. Anil Kumar V.I 94171-43064 Qadim, Khurd, Santokh Singh 3 Sh. Chander Dev V.I 98153-49546 Santokh Singh wala, Baghe Ke Hithar
4 Sh. Jaskaran Singh V.P 98728-61422 wala and Near prone area
5 Sh. Ranjit Singh Class 4 98725-65532
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13. Award of Compensation & Special Girdawris
Secretary, Revenue Department, Revenue and Disaster Management (DM-1) Branch vide Memo No. 2/11/2011-2DM1/14975-76 Dated 18.09.2019 has issued following instructions regarding Assessment and Disbursement of (Flood / Natural Calamities) Relief to be given to affected persons with regard to Natural Calamities-Assessment of damage crops, houses, human lives, livestock and other property and Disbursement of gratuitous to the affected persons – Consolidated draft of instructions with latest amendments.
The State Government issued instructions from time to time for the releif to beneficiaries affected by natural calamities. Instructions of Government issued on the subject from time to time are now consolidated herewith for facility of reference of field officers. while consolidated policy instructions porforma i, ii, iii, and iv have been prescribed for inemating extent of damage to crops, houses, lose of human lives, cattle heads by natural calamities and funds required for disbursement of relief.
1. Report of Natural Calamities.
(i) All the Districts are fully equipped with communications and other facilities. Government expects that in case a natural calamity such as cyclone, drought, earthquake, fire, flood, hailstorms, landslide, avalanche, cloud burst, pest attack (locust), frost & cold wave, lighting, wind storm and tsunami occurs, first report or intimation be furnished to Government without any lose of time. No doubt, the parameters of the loss cannot be indicated in the report but there should be no occasion for the fact of occurrence of natural calamity coming to the notice of Government through the press report or other sources.
(ii) During the rainy season, daily flood Situation Report is issued from the State Headquarters and copies thereof are sent to the Government of India and the various department of the State Government. Therefore, daily flood Situation Report should be sent the districts to the State Head Quarters with effect from 1st June every year in the prescribed proforma.
2. Assessment of damage to crops by Natural Calamities such as heavy rains/ floods/ hailstorms etc. and disbursement of relief to the eligible persons.
(i) The Normal girdawari of Rabi and Kharif crops is conducted during the year, in the months of March / April and October / November. The assessment of the damage to the crops is ordinarily, to be based on the normal girdawari because it is only at the time of normal girdawari that the exact loss to a particular crop by a natural calamity can be ascertained. Watchful eye be kept on all areas where any damage is reported on claimed after the crop inspection has been carried out. Special crop inspection be carried out by Circle Revenue Officer / Extra Assistant Commissioner / Assistant Commissioner in such cases. (ii) Special girdawari has to be undertaken only after a period of ten days from the date of occurrence of the natural calamities. There after it should be completed preferably within a week or at the maximum within one month where the loss is extensive. (iii) In order to eliminate the chances of complaints, assessment of damage done by Patwaris be got verified cent percent (100%) by the Concerned Kanungo 50% by the Circle Revenue Officers, 25% by the Sub Divisional Magistrate and random check be undertaken by the Deputy Commissioner or any other higher Revenue Authority. Further
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a) The Patwari at the time of making assessment of damage in a particular village should send advance intimation in writing to the Village Panchayat through its sarparnch and also inform the general public by the way of munadi and to this effect be entered in the roznamcha waqiati. b) The party faction should be avoided in the Villages and to minimize chance of complaints, assessment be made by associating the village community. c) In case the members of the panchayat do not turn up despite intimation, the patwari should not withhold the assessment of damage on that account but should proceed according to the scheduled programme. d) While undertaken the checking of the assessment done by the Patwari, Tehsildar / Sub-Divisional Magistrate should inform the M.P / M.L.A. in whose constituency the village falls, so that he could also join the inspection if he desires. e) The work relating to the determination of gratuitous relief for disbursement to the affected persons be completed, within a week of the assessment of damage. iv The Deputy Commissioner will furnish information about the damage to the crops by natural calamities, in this proforma at (Annexure-1) along with certificate under his own signature. This information would also indicate the Tehsil wise breakup of the damage, based on the village wise/ khewat wise lists and he extent of the damage according to the percentage of loss or damage with the quantum of relief admissible as per approve scales. These reports shall be sent to the Commissioner with a copy to the State Government. Relief on account of crop damages will be sanctioned only after the consideration of reports submitted by Deputy Commissioners. v While determining the gratuitous relief for disbursement to the affected persons, village wise / Khewat wise list be prepared for the damage to crops by natural calamities, based on the regular girdwari or the special girdwari, as the case may be, for formulation of the exact demand for funds, as per approved scales. vi The Deputy Commissioners will be personally responsible to ensure that proper assessment of damage to crops etc by natural calamities is conducted and village wise / khewat wise list are completed within stipulated period of the occurrence of natural calamity, and intimated Tehsil wise. vii Before forwarding these reports to the commissioners / State Government the Deputy Commissioners will satisfy themselves that village wise / khewat wise lists of damage to crops by the natural calamity on the basis of normal Girdawari or special Girdawari are available in the Tehsil offices, with a copy thereof in the District Office, for inspection.
3 Relief on account of damage to crops by heavy rains / floods/ hailstorms etc.
Relief on account of damage to the crops by natural calamities such as heavy rains, floods, hailstorms etc be disbursed to the landowners / tenants according to the disbursed to the village-wise, khewat wise lists prepared by the Revenue staff based on the regular or special girdawari as the case may be, The disbursement or relief should be completed within 15 days. The scale of relief is as under :- (i) Gratuitous Relief for damage to crops shall be admissible to landowners/ tenants up to a maximums of 5 acres of the total area affected with respect to their ownership or the land under their cultivating possession. (ii) Scales of Relief
a) 26-32 % Rs. 2000/- per acre (state) b) 33-75 % Rs. 5400/- per acre (SDRF) c) 76-100 % Rs. 12000/- per acre (5400 SDRF 6600 State) and
The amount of relief payable will be apportioned amongst the landowners / tenants in the ratio in which crop is shared amongst them irrespective of the fact whether their 105
share in the crop is mentioned in the revenue record / corp inspection report or not. Where a fixed rent is payable by the tenant, the amount of relief shall be payable to the tenant only. For ascertaining the shares in crop the Deputy Commissioners would make suitable arrangements for enquiry at the village level by responsible Revenue Officers.
(iii) Relief for damaged crops due to power short circuit will be paid by power Department
Example
(a) If 3 acres have sustained damage between 76% to 100% and 2 acres have sustained damage between 33% to 75% the relief payable will be worked out in accordance with the different scales, allowed for different categories within the celling of 5 acres. (b) In case of land which is being cultivated by a tenant on chakota rent and chakota has already been paid to the landlord, the relief admissible will be paid entirely to the tenant. (c) Sometimes, the khasra girdawari shows the affected land to be under self cultivation of the owners; however it was actually being cultivated by a tenant. In such cases, the Revenue officer should be the time of preparing the assessment list, hold a local enquiry from cultivators of neighboring fields and village elders in order to ascertain as to who was in actual cultivation of the land. If it is found that the land was being cultivated by a tenant, the relief admissible should be paid to the tenant. (d) Where ever flood affected government lands are under unauthorized cultivation possession of farmers, relief may be paid to them in full without deduction the Government share (instruction issued vide no. 4/10/205-II-DM- 1/6997 dated 01.09.2008, in connection to its letter no. 13/22/90-ER-II/5824 dated 12.09.1990, para VI (5)) (e) The percentage of damage has to be worked out on field to field basis survey and no averaging is to be done far all the fields in the particular Khewat / Khatauni taken together. For example, if the Khewat / Khatauni has 10 acres of land, it can be in more than one chunk, out of which, 5 acres have sustained damage between 76% to 100% while the remaining 5 acres are left unaffected, relief will be provided up to the prescribed ceiling of 5 acres (2 Hectare) for all the particular affected acres which have suffered 76% to 100 % damage at the scale applicable to this category of damage.
(iv) Barseem Crop is regenerative and gives successive cuttings. Any damage by hailstorm or other natural calamity during the month of December to March, would, ordinarily affect on cutting. Such damage in the month of April and May, however, results in shriveling of the crop which may not then re-generate. However, by the that time the crop would, ordinarily, have given a number of cuttings. Therefore, unless there be repeated hail, rain etc or the cumulative effect of all these with subsequent atmospheric conditions is complete or substantial damage, the cultivator would not be benefit of the crop or return there form. In case of any hailstorm/ rain etc., during the earlier months (December to March), loss of one cutting may be there, while in case of any such calamity in April/ May, the last seed crop would be damaged or lost. Taking an over-all view, the possibility of 'Barseem' crop suffering lose exceeding 25 % and up to 50 %. Only in such an eventuality would payment of relief be justified. The only other case where relief would seem justified would be where the crop had been kept for seed and is damaged more than 50% by hailstorms/ rain etc. in April and May. Thus, relief be considered for "barseem" crop only in the light of this clarification.
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4) Damage to Fruit, Vegetable, Horticulture and Floriculture Crops - For damage to fruit, vegetable, horticulture and floriculture crops the relief is to be granted for the damaged caused by hailstorms and floods etc. Damage to fruit bearing trees shall be assessed form the flowering to plucking stage of fruits. Relief will be admissible only for the damage caused within specific dates which shall be intimated by the Department of Horticulture.
5) Loss of House, Human Life and Live stock-
(i) The case of damage of lose of residential houses or loss of human life or loss of live stock by natural calamites, verification of damage should be made immediately and ordinarily not later than a week date of incidence. Reports about the same should be sent in Prescribed Performa at Annexure ii, iii, &iv which are for loss, to houses, human life and livestock respectively.
(ii) In case of severe calamity viz, floods when subsistence grants for human beings and fodder grants for cattle are to be given; the Deputy Commissioners will send the reports in (Annexure -V)
5. Housing :-
Sr. Items Norms of Assistance No. a) Fully damaged / destroyed houses I) Pucca House Rs. 95,100/- per house, in plain areas. II) Kutcha House b) Severely damaged houses I) Pucca House Rs. 101,900/- per house, in hilly areas including II) Kutcha House integrated Action Plan (IAP) districts. c) Partially Damaged Houses I) Pucca (other than huts) Rs, 5,200/- per house where the damage is at least 15% II) Kutcha (other than huts) Rs, 3,200/- per house where the damaged is at least 15% d) Damaged / destroyed huts Rs. 4,100 /- per hut, (Hut means temporary, make shift unit inferior to Kutcha house made of thatch, mud, plastic sheets etc. traditionally recognized as hut by the State / District authorities) Note - The damaged house should be an authorized construction duly certified by the competent Authority of the State Government. e) Cattle shed attached with Rs. 2,100/- per Shed. house
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The assessment of damage to house should be undertaken within one week of occurrence of calamity by Group A and B Officer by associating the Sarpanch, Lambardar or the Municipal Commissioner, which ever the case may. The assessment list should be read out in the village Panchayat / Municipal ward and the same be signed by the Group A and B Officers and the Sarpanch / Municipal Commissioner, which ever the case may be. The name and designation of the assessing officer is to be clearly indicated below the signature.
Relief will not be admissible for the house built illegally on the Government / Panchayt / Municipal Lands. The relief shall be permissible to one residential house per family only. The Deputy Commissioner will submit their reports to damage to houses in the prescribed certificate and Performa under their own signatures. Rapat Roznamcha to this affect may be entered that a natural calamity had occurred in that village of Municipality etc. on that date.
7. Human Lives :-
Sr. Items Norms of Assistance No. a) Ex-Gratia payment Rs. 4.00 Lakh per deceased person including those involved in to families of relief operations or associated in preparedness activities, subject deceased persons. to certification regarding cause of death from appropriate authorty. b) Ex-Gratia payment Rs. 59,100/- per person, when the disability is between 40% and for loss of limb or 60% eye (s) Rs. 2.00 lac per person, when the disability is more than 60% Subject to certification by a doctor from a hospital or dispensary of Government, regarding extent and cause of disability. c) Grievous injury Rs 12,700/- per person requiring hospitalization for more than a requiring week. hospitalization Rs. 4,300/- per person requiring hospitalization for less than a week d) Clothing and Rs. 1,800/- per family, for loss of clothing. utensils/ house-hold goods for families Rs. 2,000/- per family, for loss for utensils/ household goods. whose houses have been washed away fully damaged / severely. Inundated for more than two days due to a natural calamity. e) Gratuitous relief for Rs. 60/- per adult and Rs. 45/- per child, not housed in relief families whose camps State Govt. will certify that identified beneficiaries are livelihood is not housed in relief camps. Further State Government will seriously affected provide the basis and process for arriving at such beneficiaries 108
district-wise. Period for providing gratuitous relief will be as per assessment of the State Executive Committee (SEC) and the Central Team (in case of NDRF). The default period of assistance will upto to 30 days, which may be extended upto 60 days in the first instance, if required and subsequently upto 90 days in case of drought / pest attack. Depending on the ground situation, the State Executive Committee can extend the time period beyond the prescribed limit, subject to the stipulation that expenditure on this account should not exceed 25% of SDRF allocation for the year.
The Deputy Commissioners will submit their report with regard to loss of human life in the prescribed certificate proforma (Annexure-III) under their own signatures. The Tehsildar himself should verify the loss of life etc. within one week from the date of incident the verification should be in presence of and signed by the Sarpanch, Lamardar of Municipal Councilor. The claim is to be accompanied with the list of legal heirs duly certified by the Tehsildar. Loss of limb / eye (s) etc. due to natural calamity should be certify by a committee headed by a Civil Surgeon and concerned specialist Doctor. In case of death, the claim is to be accompanied by a Death Certificate / Post Mortem Report / F.I.R in all cases report recorded in Patwaris Roznamacha Wakiati is to be attached.
8. Loss of livestock:-
Sr. Items Norms of Assistance No. a) Replacement of Milch Milch Animals :- animals draught Rs. 30,000/- Buffalo/ Cow / Camel / Yak / Mithun etc. animals or animals Rs. 3,000/- Sheep / Goat/ Pig used for haulage. Draugth Animals :- Rs. 25,000/- Camel/ horse/ bullock, etc. Rs. 16.000/- Calf/ Donkey/ Pony/ Mule The assistance may be restricted for the actual loss of economically productive animals and will be subject to a ceiling of 3 large Milch animals or 30 small Milch animals or 3 large draught animals or 6 small draught animals per houshold irrespective of whether a household irrespective of whether a household has los a larger number of animals. (The loss is to be certified by the Competent Authority designated by the State Government). Poultry :- Poultry @ Rs. 50/- per bird subject to a ceiling of assistance of Rs. 5000/- per beneficiary household. The death 109
of the poultry birds should be on account of a natural calamity. Note: - Relief under these norms is not eligible if the assistance is available from any other Government Scheme, e.g. loss of birds due to Avian influenza or any other diseases for which the Department of Animal Husbandry has a separate scheme for compensation the poultry owners. Provision of fodder Large animals Rs. 70/- per day /feed concentrate Small animals Rs. 35/- per day including water supply Period for providing relief will be as per assessment of the and medicines in cattle State Executive Committee (SEC) and the Central Team (in camps case of NDRF). The default period for assistance will be upto 30 days, which may be extended upto 60 days in the first instance and in case of severe drought up to 90 days. Depending of the ground situation, the State Executive Committee can extend the time period beyond the prescribed limit subject to the stipulation that expenditure on this account should not exceed 25% of SDRF allocation for the year. Based on assessment of need by SEC and recommendation of the Central Team, (in case of NDRF consistent with estimates of cattle as per Livestock Census and subject to the certificate by the competent authority about the requirement of medicine and vaccine being calamity related.
The assessment of cattle heads lost should be carried out by the Group A and B officers with the help of staff of Animal Husbandry Department. While carrying out the assessments, the Sarpanch and Lambardar, along with other village respectable, should be associated. Name and Designation of the officers/ persons involved in assessment should be indicated. If any census of animals of the village has been carried out, its data may be taken into account, Details of animals lost family-wise should be announced in the village assembly and the list should be signed by the Sarpanch, Patwari and Lambardar of the Patti.
The Deputy Commissioners will submit their report with regard to cattle heads lost in their district in the prescribed certificate and proforma (Annexure-IV) under their own signatures.
9. Fishery
Sr. Items Norms of Assistance No. a) Assistance to Fisherman for repair / replacement of boats, nets-damaged of lost 110
- Boats Rs. 4,100/- for the repair of partially damaged boats only
- Dugout Canoe Rs. 2,100/- for repair of partially damaged net
- Catamaran Rs. 9,600/- for replacement of fully damaged boats
- net Rs. 2,600/- for replacement of fully damaged net
b) Input subsidy for fish seed Rs. 8,200/- per hectare. farm (This assistance will not be provided if the beneficiary is eligible or has availed of any subsidy / assistance, for the instant calamity, under any other Government Scheme, except the one time subsidy provided under the scheme of Department of Animal husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, ministry of Agriculture,)
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CERTIFICATE TO BE RECORDED BY THE OFFICE OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER ………………. ======
1. Item of Relief :
2. Date and nature of natural calamity:
3. Total relief amount
4. I have gone through the checklist and the instructions on the subject and I certify that the relief worked out is in accordance with them. 5. I have personally checked the assessment and I certify that it is in order. I am satisfied that the relief demanded is not in excess of the actual demand. 6. The relief would be disbursed within one month of the receipt of funds and any unspent amount would be returned to the Government immediately thereafter. 7. The final demand for relief broadly tallies with the initial report regarding assessment of loss sent to Government within 24 hours of the occurrence of natural calamity. 8. Reason for delay: ( Give reasons for delay if any in sending the case) :
......
Date ………………….
Signature:
Name:
(of the Deputy Commissioner)
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ANNEXURE-1
Damage to Crops due to heavy rain / flood / hailstorm/winds storm/ fire etc.
1. Nature of Calamity Natural Clamity 2. Date of occurrence of calamity...... 3. Date of mention in daily report...... 4. Name of District / Tehsil......
Sr. Name of Cultiva Floods Number Damage Damage Damage Amount Amount of relief to Number of No. District ble Area Height of of days 26%- 33%- 76%- of relief be given from persons to of the water 32% 75% 100% required STATE / SDRF funds whom reset Village standing A-K-M A-K-M A-K-M for relief disburse disbursed ment 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 (STATE) (SDRF) 1
Signature...... Name of the Deputy Commissioner...... District......
Note:-
1. This is to certify that the above crop damage information relating to above mentioned………………number of villages of Tehsil…………………..is correct and relief has been worked out after due field survey and as per norms.
2. The relief would be disbursed within one month of the receipt of funds and unspent amount would be returned to the Government immediately thereafter.
3. Reasons for delay if any for sending the case to Government…………………………………………….
4. Utilization certificate to be submitted within 30 days after disbursement the amount of relief.
Signature...... Name of the Deputy Commissioner...... District......
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ANNEXURE-2
Damage of houses due to heavy rain / Flood/ fire etc
1. Nature of Disaster 2. Date of occurrence of calamity...... 3. Date of mention in daily report / rapat roznamcha...... 4. Name of District / Tehsil......
Sr Name of Number of Pucca / Kucha/ House damaged Hut Cattel Amou Amount Number . District Pucca House Kucha Houses damaa nt of of relief of N ged @ Shed relief disburs perosns o. Fully Severely Party Fully Severely Party 4,100/- given ed by to damaged @ damaged damaged damaged @ damaged damaged 2,100/- to the whom 95,100/- in @ 95,100/- @5,200/- 95,100/- in @ @5,200/- distric district relief Plain area in Plain Plain area 95,100/- t from from disburs and area and and in Plain SDRF SDRF ed 1,05,000/- in 1,05,000/- 1,05,000/- in area and Fund Funds hilly area in hilly hilly area 1,05,000/- area in hilly area 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 Total
Signature...... Name of the Deputy Commissioner...... District......
Note:-
1. This is to certify that the above house damage information relating to above mentioned………………(number) villages of Tehsil…………………..is correct and relief has been worked out after due field survey and is worked out as per check list and the instruction on the subject. 2. I have personally checked the assessment and I certify that it is in order, I am satisfied that the relief demanded is not in excess of the actual demand. 3. The relief would be disbursed within one month of the receipt of funds and unspent amount would be returned to the Government immediately thereafter. 4. Information regarding col. No. 11 to 12 and will be supplied soon after disbursement. 5. Reasons for delay if any in sending the case…………………………………………….
Signature...... Name of the Deputy Commissioner...... District......
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ANNEXURE-3
Loss of Human Life
1. Nature of Disaster 2. Date of occurrence of calamity ...... 3. Date of mentionof loss in control Room daily report ...... 4. Name of District / Tehsil ......
Sr Name of Number of No. of No. of Hospittalizati Hospitalization Cause Amount Amount Number . District Deaths (Male injured Person on of person of person for of death of relief of relief of N / Female) Person who has for more than less than a given to disbursed perosns o. lost limb a week week district by the to whom or Eyes from district relief SDRF from disbursed Fund SDRF Funds
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 Total
Signature...... Name of the Deputy Commissioner...... District......
Note:-
1. I have gone through the check list and the instructions on the subject anc certify that the relief worked out is in accordance with them.
2. I have personally checked the assessment and I certify that it is in order, I am satisfied that the relief demanded is not in excess of the actual demand.
3. The relief would be disbursed within one month of the receipt of funds and unspent amount would be returned to the Government immediately thereafter.
4. Information regarding col. No. 9 to 10 and will be supplied soon after disbursement.
5. Reasons for delay if any in sending the case…………………………………………….
Signature...... Name of the Deputy Commissioner...... District......
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ANNEXURE-4
Loss of Live Stock
1. Nature of Disaster 2. Date of occurrence of calamity...... 3. Date of mentionof loss in control Room daily report...... 4. Name of District / Tehsil......
Sr Name of Name of the Contact Number of Camal / Caif/ Number of Date Cause Amount of Amount Number . District owner of the No, of Buffalos/ Cow/ Horse / Donkey / Goats/ of of relief given of relief of N live stock owner Camel/ Yak/ Bullock etc Pony / Sheep/ Pig Death death to district disbursed perosns o. Mithun @ @25,000/- Mule @ @ 30,000/- from SDRF by the to whom 30,000/- 16,000/- Fund district relief from disbursed SDRF Funds
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 Total
Signature...... Name of the Deputy Commissioner...... District......
Note:-
1. I have gone through the check list and the instructions on the subject anc certify that the relief worked out is in accordance with them.
2. I have personally checked the assessment and I certify that it is in order, I am satisfied that the relief demanded is not in excess of the actual demand.
3. The relief would be disbursed within one month of the receipt of funds and unspent amount would be returned to the Government immediately thereafter.
4. Information regarding col. No. 11 to 12 and will be supplied soon after disbursement.
5. Reasons for delay if any in sending the case…………………………………………….
Signature...... Name of the Deputy Commissioner...... District......
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ANNEXURE-3
Loss of Human Life
Date of Name Number of Number of Period for Amount of Number of Number Amount Number of Amount of Occurrence of families to persons in which gratuitous families to of Cattle of families to gratuitous of Calamity Tehsil whom each family grant is to relief whom fodder in each gratuitou whom relief assessed Floods subsistence to whom be given required for grants are to be family to s relief grants for for grant is to subsistence disbursement disbursed whom required temporary disbursement be grant is to fodder for shelters distributed be disbursed grants disburse are to be are to be ment. given disbursed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 Total
Signature...... Name of the Deputy Commissioner...... District......
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14 Conclusion & Recommendations
14.1 Assessment of Flood Management
There is lack of holistic approach in flood protection and mitigation. The primary emphasis of the govt. has been in making of dams & embankments. Lack of trust between govt. & people is there. Priorities and expectations vary. Social impact assessment is somewhat neglected.
14.2 Conclusion & Recommendations
Earlier Sabuana drain via village Asaf Wala had an outfall towards the other side of the country carrying human waste of Fazilka population but during Kargil it was due to certain compulsion that Ditch drain has to be created. There is a dire need to establish and put in place a major Sewerage Treatment Plant irrespective of its cost for Fazilka city to prevent further polluting underground water and letting it go toxic which is already highly floridated and not good for human consumption a such. STP will also be able to prevent and control the falling of highly contaminated water produced out of human waste in certain drains which spreads the highly toxic pollutants during floods which goes hazardous for human beings. If the Jalalabad-Mouzam drain is silted and excavation of sand goes 5 to 7 feet of its existing level, there would be no dearth of sand in the entire district and out of these proceeds, the cost of excavation can be meted out. This eventually will be able to accomodate flood waters from both angles (a) If Pakistan puts a barrier at Suleman ki Head which results in back flow and inundation on the Indian side (b) Excessive water released from Harike, Hussaniwala or even from the back channels can also be accomodated due to the substantially increased capacity of the Jalalabad-Mouzam drain which will have less affect in otherwise flood affected villages of Fazilka district. By reducing expense to flooding, flood emergency management contributes to flood risk reduction, which is an important objective of Integrated Flood Management. Management of flood prevention plan is important at each stage & cycle: Preparedness for, response to any recovery from flood disaster. Emergency management requires cooperation from sectors and administrative levels horizontally and vertically. Flood hazard mapping contributes to making effective use of hazard information through planning, preparing and responding to floods. Emergency management requires understanding different flood situations that may require adaptive situational management actions. Likewise, flood hazard mapping is useful for local capacity building, including the planning and excuse of drill execution. To reduce residual risks, losses owing to damage to properties and interruption of economic activities from flooding should be transferred, shared or examined for alternative solutions. 118
It is essential to define risk sharing mechanisms in allocating responsibilities and financial burden for flood management and explaining shared responsibilities from flooding. Technological help through geo-mapping in pre-monsoon period in the prediction of some monsoon trends with the help of satellite imagery should be taken. Meteorological department should be equipped with state of the art instruments & advanced technological devices. Monsoon advisory should be a key point in the entire planning perspective. Sewerage system has to be strengthened as it may lead to very deteriorated status in mid- flood scenario as a major health hazard. Future construction in flood prone areas should be mandated as per structural norms best suitable as per construction technology. Situation of flood and its mitigation in Indian context is problematic. Govt. has initiated many policies and programmers for flood urgent. But they have not been quite successful. The major emphasis till now had been on the technological and structural aspects of flood control and mitigation. The social impact assessment & its importance has been neglected. The situation is however changing with some more studies being taken up focusing on the social impact of floods. The future is therefore hoped generating. Economic losses and loss of human life & cattle is a major point to focus on. In Punjab out of 73.4% area is liable for floods & 47.7% area is protected. The trend clearly shows that less than half the area liable for floods is protected form the floods. Thus, intensive measures are required to be taken to bring down the percentage of area liable for floods. 14.3 Conculding Remarks Scale & complexity of the disaster. Unified response & tireless efforts. Monetary assistance. Philantropic activities. Disaster Risk Reduction. Operational experience & lessons learnt to be made use of while planning, preparation, preparedness with full documentation. Integrated approach by using space technology for Disaster risk reduction. Environmental protection has to be corelated with Disaster risk management. Flood events are a part of nature. They have existed and shall continue to exist. As far as possible, human interferences into the processes of nature has to be reversed and prevented. ************