District Disaster Management Plan Shahdol Prepared by Mayank Singh MBA, IIT Kanpur Summer Intern At School of Good Governance & Policy Analysis Gov. of MP, Bhopal (In consultation with SEEDS Technical Services, New Delhi) Preface Shahdol Disaster Management Plan is a part of multi-level planning advocated by the Madhya Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (MPSDMA) under DM Act of 2005 to help the District administration for effective response during the disaster. Shahdol is prone to natural as well as man-made disasters. Earthquake, Drought, Flood, Epidemic (Malaria) are the major Natural Hazards and forest fire, rail/ road accidents etc. are the main man-made disaster of the district. The Disaster Management plan includes facts and figures those have been collected from various departments. This plan is first attempt of the district administration and is a comprehensive document which contains various chapters and each chapter has its own importance. The plan consist Hazard & Risk Assessment, Institutional Mechanism, Response Mechanism, Standard Operating Procedure, inventory of Resources etc. Hazard & Risk Assessment is done on the basis of past thirty year disaster data & is collected from all departments. It is suggested that the District level officials of different department will carefully go through the plan and if have any suggestions & comments be free to convey the same so that same can be included in the next edition. It is hoped that the plan would provide concrete guidelines towards preparedness and quick response in case of an emergency and help in realizing sustainable Disaster Risk Reduction & mitigate/minimizes the losses in the district in the long run. 1 Acknowledgment First of all, I would like to thank MP School of Good Governance & Policy Analysis for giving the opportunity to take this unique experience of developing the District Disaster Management Plan for the district Shahdol. I would also like to express sincere thanks to the administrative department of Shahdol – Mr. Neeraj Dubey (Collector), Mr. S. N. Shukla (ADM), Mr. Pradeep Khare (SP), Smt. Rasna Thakur (ASP), Dr. Umesh Namdeo (CMHO), and Mr. Sangram Singh (SDM, Sohagpur) for giving me their valuable time and support. I am also grateful to District Homeguard Commandant, Mr L. N. Bagri for his overwhelming support. I am particularly thankful to all the line departments for cooperating and providing me with necessary data as without their whole hearted effort, preparation of District Disaster Management Plan in a short span of time is impossible task. I am thankful to Dr. Syed Mohd. Haider Rizvi, Director (Policy Analysis) for his guidance.I am equally thankful to Mr. Gaurav Khare, Project Manager, SGPA, Bhopal for assisting me throughput the intership period. I would also thank SEEDS Technical Team – Mr. Amit Tuneja and Mr. Sunish Jose for providing me with all possible resources, guidance and technical support during the course of my study. My Special thanks to Mr. Shiv Mohan Soni (DDM), Mr. Raj Kumar Vishwakarma (Fire Dept.), Dr. M. L. Shukla (Veterinary Dept.), Mr. Shekhar (jila Panchayat), Mr. Ved Prakash (Land Record Dept.), Mr. A. K. Srivastav (PWD Dept.) and Mr. Vivek Pandey (JAP) in every possible way to gather data. Last but not the least, I would like to thank the divine God for being with me all the time in this journey which could never be completed without the extending mercy of Him. ______________ (Mayank Singh) 2 List of tables Table 1: Location and administrative divisions ................................................................................................. 11 Table 2 : Geography and Topography ............................................................................................................... 14 Table 3: Demographic and socio economics ..................................................................................................... 15 Table 4: Tehsil Wise Human Population figures (2011-12) ............................................................................... 15 Table 5: List of total Animal Population in Shahdol .......................................................................................... 16 Table 6: Climate and weather ........................................................................................................................... 17 Table 7: Rain fall data year wise ........................................................................................................................ 18 Table 8: List of health centers in Shahdol ......................................................................................................... 19 Table 10: Ambulances and Mobile Units: ......................................................................................................... 20 Table 11: Literacy Rate: ..................................................................................................................................... 21 Table 12: No. of Schools & Colleges: ................................................................................................................. 21 Table 13: Education details ............................................................................................................................... 21 Table 14: No. of Students: ................................................................................................................................. 22 Table 15: No. of Teachers:................................................................................................................................. 22 Table 16: Child Development Project Officer .................................................................................................... 22 Table 17: Agriculture and Land use ................................................................................................................... 24 Table 18: Land Use ............................................................................................................................................ 25 Table 19: Housing pattern ................................................................................................................................. 26 Table 20: Industrial set ups ............................................................................................................................... 26 Table 21: Transport and communication network ........................................................................................... 27 Table 22: Power stations and electricity installations ....................................................................................... 28 Table 23: Major historical, religious places, tourist spots ................................................................................. 30 Table 24: District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) ............................................................................ 34 Table 25: District Disaster Management Committee/ Advisory Committee (DDMC/ DDMAC) ....................... 35 Table 26: Urban Area Disaster Management Committee ................................................................................. 37 Table 27: Block Level Disaster Management Committee ................................................................................. 38 Table 28: Gram Panchayat Disaster Management Committee......................................................................... 39 Table 29: Major applicable hazards .................................................................................................................. 40 Table 30: History of past disasters .................................................................................................................... 42 Table 31: Seasonality of hazards ....................................................................................................................... 45 Table 32: Block wise vulnerability ..................................................................................................................... 46 Table 33: Resource inventory, Block wise ......................................................................................................... 49 Table 34: The home department has following equipments .............................................................................. 51 Table 35: Potential impact of applicable hazards and existing vulnerabilities ................................................. 52 Table 36: Disaster Warning prediction Agencies .............................................................................................. 60 Table 37: Flood control and monitoring cell ..................................................................................................... 61 Table 38: Tehsil Beohari flood control and monitoring cell .............................................................................. 61 Table 39: INITIAL ASSESSMENT REPORT ........................................................................................................... 64 Table 40: District Search & Rescue team .......................................................................................................... 65 Table 41: Combat health teams at various administration levels ..................................................................... 66 Table 42: Health control rooms at various administration levels ..................................................................... 69 3 Table 43: List of Temporary Shelter in Shahdol ...............................................................................................