District Disaster Management Plan for District Datia
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District Disaster Management Plan for District Datia Prepared by: Vishal Jansuhia XIMB Technical Support: Administrative support: SEEDS Technical Services, School Of Good Governance & 15a, Institutional Area, Policy Analysis Sector 4, R.K.Puram, Bhopal (M.P.) New Delhi District Disaster Management Plan for District Datia ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I express our sincere and heartfelt gratitude to School of Good Governance & Policy Analysis, Bhopal, for giving the opportunity to take this unique experience of developing the District Disaster Management Plan for the district of Datia. This experience was a big learning experience for me in both personal and professional front. Also, I thank The Government of Madhya Pradesh, School Of Good Governance & Policy Analysis, Bhopal, and SEEDS Technical Services for providing me with all possible resources, guidance and support during the course of my study. Invaluable inputs to the study were provided by District commandant( Home-guard) Mr. Kushwah, who shared their knowledge and guided me throughout my stay in the district. My understanding and analysis of the whole plan would have been incomplete without them to say the least. I am grateful to the entire District Administration, Datia for their unrelenting support and understanding extended to me. Finally, I thank all those who worked for me directly or indirectly and which has left an everlasting memory in my mind 2 District Disaster Management Plan for District Datia TABLE OF CONTENTS A . GENERAL 1. Overview 1.1 District Profile 1.1.1 Location and Administrative divisions 1.1.2 Geography and Topography 1.1.3 Demography and Socio Economics 1.1.4 Climate and Weather 1.1.5 Health (Medical) 1.1.6 Education 1.1.7 Agriculture and Land use 1.1.8 Housing patterns 1.1.9 Industrial set ups 1.1.10 Transport and Communication Network 1.1.11 Power stations and Electricity installations 1.1.12 Major historical, religious places, tourist spots 1.2 Scope and Ownership of District Disaster Management Plan 1.2.1 Authority of the Plan 1.2.2 Responsibility & Accountability of the Plan 1.3 Purpose of the Plan 1.4 Objectives 1.5 Approach 2. Institutional Arrangements 2.1 District Disaster Management Authority 2.2 District Disaster Management Committee 2.3 District Emergency Operations Center 2.4 District Disaster Information Management System 2.5 Urban Area Disaster Management Committee 2.6 Block Level Disaster Management Committee 2.7 Gram Panchayat / Village Disaster Management Committee 3 District Disaster Management Plan for District Datia B. HAZARD, VULENRABILITY, CAPACITY ASSESSMENT AND RISK PROFILING 1. Hazards Assessment 1.1 History of past disasters 1.2 Major applicable hazards 1.3 Seasonality of hazards 2. Vulnerability Analysis – [ Physical , Social , Economic ,Natural and Institutional ] 3. Capacity Analysis - [Physical , Social , Economic , Institutional, Natural, Resources] 4. Risk Analysis 4.1 Potential Impacts of applicable hazards and existing vulnerabilities 4.2 Risk Profiling of the district C. DISTRICT LEVEL DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLANNING 1. District Action Plans 1.1 Risk Mitigation Plan 1.1.1 Scope of Integrating Risk Reduction in Development Schemes 1.1.2 Training & Capacity Building 1.1.3 Community Initiatives 1.1.4 Risk Management Funding 1.2 Preparedness Plan 1.2.1 Preparedness before response 1.2.2 Pre-disaster Warning, Alerts 1.2.3 Evacuation preparedness 1.2.4 Organizing mock drills 1.3 Response Plan 1.3.1 Disaster Emergency Response Force 1.3.2 Crisis Management direction and coordination 1.3.3 Incident Command System 1.3.4 Rapid damage assessment and reporting 1.3.5 Search and rescue 1.3.6 Medical response 1.3.7 Logistic arrangements 1.3.8 Communications 4 District Disaster Management Plan for District Datia 1.3.9 Temporary shelter management 1.3.10 Water and Sanitation 1.3.11 Law and order 1.3.12 Public grievances/ media management 1.3.13 Animal care 1.3.14 Management of deceased 1.3.15 Civil Defense and Home Guards 1.3.16 Role of Private Security 1.3.17 NGOs and Voluntary organizations 1.3.18 Relief management planning 1.3.19 Media management 1.3.20 Fire Services 1.4 Recovery and Rehabilitation Plan 1.4.1 Restoration of basic infrastructure 1.4.2 Reconstruction of damaged buildings/ social infrastructure 1.4.3 Restoration of livelihood 1.4.4 Psycho-social interventions 1.5 Cross cutting elements 1.5.1 Community Based Disaster Management 1.5.2 Needs of the Special vulnerability Groups 1.5.3 Addressing climate induced anthropogenic issues 2 Standard Operating Procedures: 2.1 General SOPs for each line department 2.2 Hazard Specific SOPs 1 3 Financial Provisions for Disaster Management 3.1 District Disaster Response Fund 3.2 District Disaster Mitigation Fund 4 Coordination Mechanisms with Other Stakeholders 4.1 Mapping of Stakeholders in the District 4.1.1 Public and Private Sectors 4.1.2 NGOs and CBOs 5 District Disaster Management Plan for District Datia 4.1.3 Religious Institutions 4.1.4 Academic Institutions 4.1.5 International Humanitarian Organizations 4.2 Responsibilities of the Stakeholders 5 Inter- District Coordination Mechanisms – [Standard Operating Procedures / Protocols] 6 Intra- District Coordination Mechanisms – [with Block Headquarters] 7 Dissemination of the Plan 7.1 Plan Evaluation 7.2 Plan Update 8 Annexure: 8.1 Important Contact Numbers 8.2 District profile support files 8.3 Inventory of resources 8.4 Media related detailed information 8.5 Do‟s and Don‟ts of potential hazards 8.6 Detailed maps 6 District Disaster Management Plan for District Datia A . GENERAL A 1 Overview A 1.1 District Profile This section will provide an overview of district in terms of its geography, and topography (temperatures, rainfall, geographical area, landholding pattern, cropping pattern, rivers, livelihood details, major drinking water sources, critical establishments etc), demography (literacy rate, poverty, economy, per capita income, main occupation of the people), climate and weather, rivers, roads, housing, communications, education, health (hospitals), and other critical infrastructure such as industrial establishments etc. A 1.1.1 Location and administrative divisions Datia is the District headquarter of the Datia District. The town is 69 Km from Gwalior, 325 Km south of new Delhi and 320 Km north of Bhopal.It is an ancient town, mentioned in the mahabharata as Daityavakra. The town is a market centre for food grains and cotton products. Handloom weaving is an important industry . Datia is a famed for the seven-storied palace built by Raja Beer Singh Deo in 1614. A pilgrimage spot for devotees, Datia has the sidhapeeth of shri peetambhara Devi, Buglamukhi Devi Temple and Gopeshwar temple. About 15 Km from Datia is the Sonagiri, a scared Jain hill. Datia is 34 km from jhansi, Uttar Pradesh and 52 Km from Orchha.The nearest airport is a at Gwalior. Datia railway station is on the Delhi-Chennai main line. Peetambra peeth is a famous shaktipitha located at the entrance of Datia in Madhya Pradesh. This pilgrimage spot features Buglamukhi Devi Temple. and Dhumavati Mai Temple established by shri Golokwasi Swamiji Maharaj. Vankhandeshwar temple is a Mahabharat period temple of Lord Shiva which is situated at this place. Pitambra peeth is about 1 km from Datia Bus Station and 3 KM from Datia Railway Station . Table A 1.1.1 Location (in degrees) - Latitude – 25.67°N Longitude - 78.47°E District Area (in sq. kms.) - 2959 sq.km. 7 District Disaster Management Plan for District Datia Administrative information- No. of Tehsils: 4 No. of Municipal Boards 4 No. of Blocks: 3 No. of Gram Panchayats: 280 No. of Villages: 640 No. of Police Stations: 23 Year of district formation: 1956 Name of adjacent districts: Gwalior, Bhind, Shivpuri Jhansi(U.P) A 1.1.2 Geography and Topography Datia had formerly been a state in the bundelkhand region.The ruling family were Rajputs of the Bundela clan; they descended from a younger son of a former raja of Orchha. The state was administered as part of the Bundelkhand agency of Central India. It lay in the extreme north-west of Bundelkhand, near Gwalior, and was surrounded on all sides by other princely states of Central India, except on the east where it bordered upon the United Provinces. It was second highest in the rank of all the Bundela states after Orchha, with a 15-gun salute, and its Maharajas bore the hereditary title of Second of the Princes of Bundelkhand. The land area of the state was 2130 mi² its population in 1901 was 1759. It enjoyed an estimated revenue of £2,00,000/. The state suffered from famine in 1896-97, and again to a lesser extent in 1899-1900. After India's independence in 1947, 8 District Disaster Management Plan for District Datia the Maharaja of Datia acceded unto the dominion of India; it later merged with the union of India. Datia, together with the rest of the Bundelkhand agency, became part of the new state of Vindhya Pradesh in 1950. In 1956, Vindhya Pradesh state was merged with certain other areas to form the state of Madhya Pradesh within the Union of India. Table A 1.1.2 Name of rivers and lakes: Betwa, Sindh, Pahuz and 15 ponds No. of dams, embankments: 1 Dam(Angoori) Name of existing mountains: Vindhyachal Highest elevation (in meters): 326mtr Forest cover in the district: 29344 Hectares A 1.1.3 Demographic and socio economics The district has an area of 2,038 km², and a population 627,818 (2001 census). The population of Datia District increased by 26% from 1981 to 1991, and by 22% from 1991 to 2001. The district has 445 villages and 3 towns, Datia, Seondha, and Bhander.