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DISTRICT DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN COOCH BEHAR DISTRICT 2019-2020 INDEX Chapter - 1 : Disaster 1.01: Disaster ................................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.02: Disaster Management............................................................................................................................................ 1 1.03: Objective ............................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.04: Types Of Disasters ................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.05: Overview of the District........................................................................................................................................ 2 1.06: District Profile ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.07: Administrative Units ............................................................................................................................................. 3 1.08: Demographic Details ............................................................................................................................................ 5 1.09: Distribution Of Population By Sex (As Per Census, 2011) .................................................................................. 5 1.10: Caste-wise Distribution Of Population (As Per Census, 2011) ............................................................................ 6 1.11: Household Details: As Per Census 2011: ............................................................................................................. 7 1.12: Distribution Of Population: By Age-Groups (As Per Census, 2011) ................................................................... 7 1.13 Type Of Workers: As Per Census 2011: ................................................................................................................ 7 1.14: Disabled Persons: By Type & By Sex In Cooch Behar, As Per Census 2011 ...................................................... 7 Chapter - 2 : HAZARD, VULNERABILITY, CAPACITY AND RISK ASSESSMENT 2.1: HISTORY OF DISASTER AND PROBABILITY OF DISASTER EPISODES IN THE DISTRICT 2.2: SEASONALITY OF HAZARD : 2.3 RISK ASSESSMENT 2.4 VULNERABILITY ANALYSES 2.5 EVACUATION PLAN 2.6 List of BOP in different Blocks 2.7 INFRASTRUCTURE VULNERABILITY AGAINST FLOOD 2.8 UNPROTECTED AREA (VULNERABLE ZONE): Chapter - 3 : INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR DM 3.1 INTRODUCTION 3.2 IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS 3.3 CIVIL DEFENCE 3.4 COOCH BEHAR IRRIGATION DIVISION Chapter - 4 : PREVENTION AND MITIGATION MEASURES 4.1 SECTOR WISE VULNERABILITY REDUCTION MEASURES : Chapter - 5: PREPAREDNESS MEASURES 5.01: AGRICULTURE 5.02: ANIMAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 5.03: HEALTH 05.04 Jalpaiguri Irrigation Division. 05.05 : COOCHBEHAR IRRIGATION DIVISION, COOCHBEHAR CHAPTER 6: CAPACITY BUILDING AND TRAINING MEASURES CHAPTER 7:RESPONSE AND RELIEF MEASURES 7.1: CRISIS-RESPONSE STRUCTURE OF THE SUB DIVISION 7.2: Evacuation, Search and Rescue Response 7.3: CHECKLISTS: DO‟S AND DON‟TS CHAPTER 8: RECONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY MEASURES CHAPTER 9: FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF DDMP CHAPTER 10: PROCEDURE AND METHODOLOGY FOR MONITORING, EVALUATION, UPDATION AND MAINTENANCE OF DDMP CHAPTER 11: COORDINATION MECHANISM FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF DDMP CHAPTER 12: STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOPs) AND CHECK LIST SECTION-A :- RESOURCE AVAILABILITY CHAPTER 13:- ANALYSIS OF VULNERABILIT CHAPTER 13.1:- FLOOD/ CYCLONE SHELTER IN MATRIX FORM CHAPTER 13.2:- CROWD MANAGEMENT PLAN CHAPTER 13.3:- HERITAGE BUILDING APPENDIS 14 : 1. AIRPORT AUTHORITY, 2. HERRITAGE BUILDING. CHAPTER –1 1.01: DISASTER ―A Disaster is a sudden, calamitous event that causes serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human material economic or environmental losses and impacts which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.‖ ---- UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, (UNISDR). 1.02: DISASTER MANAGEMENT The Red Cross and Red Crescent societies define Disaster Management as ―the organisation and management of resources and responsibilities for dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies, in particular preparedness, response and recovery in order to lessen the impact of disasters.‖ The United Nations defines Disaster Management as ―the systematic process of using administrative directives, organizations, and operational skills and capacities to implement strategies, policies and improved coping capacities in order to lessen the adverse impacts of hazards and the possibility of disaster.‖ Against this back drop a plan has been prepared namely “Cooch Behar District Disaster Management Plan, 2018” 1.03: OBJECTIVE : To assess the risks and vulnerabilities associated with various disasters; To develop appropriate disaster prevention and mitigation strategies; To formulate an inter-sectoral plan at the district level to mitigate disasters of different natures in a convergent manner. To minimize the disaster risk and vulnerability of people and infrastructure in the district To mainstream disaster management concerns into the developmental planning process. To define the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders in disaster risk management & to ensure optimum co-ordination with all stakeholders related to disaster management viz line departments, Panchayat bodies, Army, BSF etc To build the capacity of all stakeholders in the district to cope with the disasters and promote community based disaster management. 1.04: Types of Disasters Common Natural Disasters Man Made disasters Cyclone Accident- Road/ Railway Flood Rasta Roko Drought Fire- House / Forest Earthquake Hail Storm/ Whirl wind 1 1.05: OVERVIEW OF THE DISTRICT: Location: Cooch Behar is the North Eastern district of theJalpaiguri Division. Geographically it forms part of Himalayan Tarai Region of West Bengal. Area and Administrative Division: 2 3 Cooch Behar district falls within Zone IV, which is the High Damage Risk Seismic Zone & Zone V, which is the Highest Risk Seismic Zone. Eastern part of Cooch Behar is within Zone V. 1.06: District Profile Area 3388.34 sq km Latitude 25°57'47" & 26°36'20" North Longitude 88°47'44" & 89°54'35" East Bangladesh in the south & south west. District Alipurduar in the north. Bordering Countries/States District Jalpaiguri in the west. State of Assam in the east. The rivers flow in a slanting course from north-west to south- east. Six river systems cut through the district flowing in a south-easterly direction. From the west to east these are: - the Tista system, Jaldhaka system, Torsa, Kaljani, Raidak and Gadadhar system. Some notable rivers are :- Major rivers 1 Dharla 5 Jaldhaka 9 Raidak - II 2 Dudua 6 Kaljani 10 Sankosh 3 Gadadhar 7 Mansai 11 Teesta 4 Ghargharia 8 Raidak -I 12 Torsa No of Sub Divisions 5 No of Blocks 12 15 [ including 2 (two) women PS at Cooch Behar sadar No of Police Stations & Dinhata] Population 28,19,086 ( 2011 census) : West Bengal 9,13,47,736 Male population 14,51,542 Female population 13,67,544 Sex Ratio 942 females per 1,000 males (2011) Population Density 832 km² Rural Population 25,29,652 Urban Population 2,89,434 Decadal Growth Rate 14.05% (2001-2011) SC 14,14,336 ST 18,125 Others/General 13,86,625 Total Households 6,65,720 (as per census 2011) Percentage of Rural Population to 89.73 total population 4 1.07: Administrative Units Inhabited Municipality Census Block/ Panchayat Gram Gram Mouzas Households Police Station Villages Town Municipality(M) Samity Panchayat Sansad (2001) (2011) (2011) Nos. Wards (2011)* Cooch Behar Cooch Behar-I 1 15 208 144 142 76550 - - 3 (Kotwali) Cooch Behar (M) - - - - - 18431 1 20 - Pundibari Cooch Behar-II 1 13 220 115 111 80438 - - 5 Cooch Behar Sadar Sub Division: 2 28 428 259 253 175419 1 20 8 Dinhata-I 1 16 204 130 128 67587 - - 1 Dinhata Dinhata (M) - - - - - 8739 1 16 - Sahebganj Dinhata-II 1 12 159 119 119 60896 - - - Sitai Sitai 1 5 71 53 53 26647 - - - Dinhata Sub Division: 3 33 434 302 300 163869 1 16 1 Mathabhanga-I 1 10 137 102 101 49786 - - - Mathabhanga Mathabhanga (M) - - - - - 5792 1 12 - Ghoksadanga Mathabhanga-II 1 10 135 93 92 50902 - - - Sitalkuchi Sitalkuchi 1 8 137 70 67 42587 - - - Mathabhanga Sub Division: 3 28 409 265 260 149067 1 12 - Mekhliganj (P) Mekhliganj(part) 1 8 95 187 137 37142 - - 1 & Kuchlibari Mekhliganj (P) Mekhliganj (M) - - - - - 2249 1 9 - Haldibari 1 6 63 62 57 24238 - - - Haldibari Haldibari (M) - - - - - 3405 1 11 - Mekhliganj Sub division: 2 14 158 249 194 67034 2 20 1 Tufanganj-I 1 14 161 73 72 60433 - - 1 Tufanganj Tufanganj (M) - - - - - 5171 1 12 - Baxirhat Tufanganj-II 1 11 124 54 53 44727 - - 1 Tufanganj Sub Division: 2 25 285 127 125 110331 1 12 2 Block 12 13 12 128 1714 1202 1132 665720 6 80 12 Municipality 6 In addition 2 (two) nosWomen Police stations are functioning; one at Cooch Behar Sadar and one at Dinhata. 5 1.08: Demographic Details Area Population (in number) Percentage of Density of Sub-Division/ (in sq. Urban/ Population to Population Dev. Block/Municipality(M) Km.) Rural Census Total district (per sq. Km.) (2001) Town (CT*) population Cooch Behar-I Block 361.17 2,93,267 33,291**