Government of Karnataka Chikkaballapur District Disaster Management Plan 2019 - 20 District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) Chikkaballapur Government of Karnataka Chikkaballapur District Disaster Management Plan 2019 - 20 Prepared by District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) Chikkaballapur Smt. R Latha I.A.S Office of Deputy Commissioner Chairman of Disaster Management Chikkaballapur District, Chikkaballapur & Deputy Commissioner Phone: 08156-277001 Chikkaballapur District E-mail:
[email protected] Preface The District Disaster Management Plan is a key part of an emergency management. It will play a significant role to address the unexpected disasters that occur in the district effectively. The information available in DDMP is valuable in terms of its use during disaster. Based on the history of various disasters that occur in the district, the plan has been so designed. This plan has been prepared based on the guidelines provided by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). The District Disaster Management Plan developed involves some significant issues like Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability, Incident Response System (IRS) and the response mechanism in disaster management. The plan is mainly focused on drought mitigation and ground water conservation measures. We have started rejuvenation of Rivers, Kalyanis, Kere Kunte, open wells (Bavi) and also have constructed Multi-Arc Check Dams to improve Surface/Ground water. There are many projects in the pipeline project for Water Supply such as Yethinahole drinking water project, KC & HN Valley pipeline project to fill tanks and recharge ground water. Reserving the land for Hasiru Karnataka (Plantation), Green Fund for the plantation purpose, Rain water harvesting for Public/Private building are made compulsory to address drinking water crisis.