Multi Hazard Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (HRVA) Report AndMulti Risk-Hazard Atlas Risk of Shillong and Vulnerability City (Meghalaya) Assessment (HRVA) of Shillong City (Meghalaya) For the attention of: Mr. Sahitya Agrawal, Mr. Shubham Tandon, Project Associate Consultant UNDP, New Delhi - 110003 UNDP, New Delhi - 110003 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Project Contact: Dr. Sushil Gupta Team Leader, General Manager, Risk Modeling and Insurance Prepared by: [email protected] Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (HRVA) of Shillong City (Meghalaya) RMSI Pvt. Ltd., India Company Information: Name RMSI Private Limited CIN U74899DL1992PTC047149 Registered Office Address SEATING 3, UNIT NO. 119, FIRST FLOOR, VARDHMAN STAR CITI MALL, SECTOR-7, DWARKA NEW DELHI Delhi-110075 INDIA Corporate Office Address A-8, Sector-16 NOIDA, 201 301 India Tel:+91 120 251 1102, 251 2101 Fax:+91 120 251 1109, 251 0963 E-mail: [email protected] For the attention of: Mr.Draft Sahitya Final Agrawal,Report ConfidentialMr. Shubham Tandon, Page 2 of 211 Project Associate Consultant UNDP, New Delhi - 110003 UNDP, New Delhi - 110003 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Project Contact: Dr. Sushil Gupta Team Leader, General Manager, Risk Modeling and Insurance [email protected] Company Information: Name RMSI Private Limited CIN U74899DL1992PTC047149 Registered Office Address SEATING 3, UNIT NO. 119, FIRST FLOOR, VARDHMAN STAR CITI MALL, SECTOR-7, DWARKA NEW DELHI Delhi-110075 INDIA Corporate Office Address A-8, Sector-16 NOIDA, 201 301 India Tel:+91 120 251 1102, 251 2101 Fax:+91 120 251 1109, 251 0963 E-mail: [email protected] Draft Final Report Confidential Page 2 of 211 Multi Hazard Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (HRVA) Report MultiAnd Risk-Hazard Atlas Risk of Shillongand Vulnerability City (Meghalaya) Assessment (HRVA) of Shillong City (Meghalaya) Acknowledgements RMSI would like to thank UNDP, India for awarding this assignment to us. We would also like to acknowledge the valuable guidance and support provided by Shri G. Padmanabhan, Emergency Analysts, Arun Sahdeo, National Programme Coordinator, Shri Sahitya Agarwal, Project Associate, and Shri Shubham Tandon, Consultant, UNDP, India for sharing their thoughts during discussions in various project meetings. We would also like to acknowledge our sincere gratitude to Shri P. S. Dkhar, IAS, Deputy Commissioner & Chairman (DDMA), East Khasi Hills District, Shillong, Smt. I. Majaw, MCS, Addl. Deputy Commissioner & CEO (DDMA), Ms. P. Lyngba, DDMO, Shri Surjit Bardolai, Consultant, SDMA and other officers from various departments and institutes in Shillong for extending their kind help in discussions and data sharing. We would also like to acknowledge Smt. M. Mukherjee, City Project Coordinator, UNDP, Multi-Hazard Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (HRVA) of Shillong City (Meghalaya) Shillong, Dr. P. K. Ryngnga, Assistant Professor, NEHU and her students for extending all support in data collection, engaging in discussions, and providing Shillong city-specific information, which were of immense help in preparing this risk atlas. Acknowledgements RMSI would like to thank UNDP, India for awarding this assignment to us. We would also like to acknowledge the valuable guidance and support provided by Shri G. Padmanabhan, Emergency Analysts, Arun Sahdeo, National Programme Coordinator, Shri Sahitya AgarAgarwal,wal, Project Associate, and Shri Shubham Tandon, Consultant, UNDP, India for sharing their thoughts during discussions in various project meetings. We would also like to acknowledge our sincere gratitudegratitude toto ShriShri P.P. S. Dkhar, IAS, Deputy Commissioner & ChairmanChairman (DDMA), East Khasi Hills District, Shillong, Smt. I. Majaw, MCS, Addl. Deputy Commissioner && CEOCEO (DDMA),(DDMA), Ms.Ms. P.P . Lyngba,Lyngba, DDMO, DDMO, Shri Shri Surajit Surjit Bordoloi,Bardolai, Consultant,Consultant, SDMA and other officers fromfrom variousvarious departmentsdepartments andand institutesinstitutes inin Shillong Shillong for for extending their kind help in discussions and data sharing. We would also like toto acknowledgeacknowledge Smt.Smt. M.Maitreyee Mukherjee, Mukherjee, City Project City Coordinator,Project Coordinator, UNDP, UNDP,Shillong, Shillong, Dr. P. K.Dr. Ryngnga, P. K. Ryngnga, Assistant Assistant Professor, Professor, NEHU NEHU and andher herstudents students for forextending extending all allsupport support in indata data collection, collection, eng engagingaging in in discussions, discussions, andand providingproviding ShillongShillong citycity-specific-specific information, which were of immense help in preparing this risk atlasatlas.. Draft Final Report Confidential Page 3 of 211 Draft Final Report Confidential Page 3 of 211 Multi Hazard Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (HRVA) Report Multi-Hazard Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (HRVA) of Shillong City (Meghalaya) AndMulti Risk-Hazard Atlas Risk of Shillong and Vulnerability City (Meghalaya) Assessment (HRVA) of Shillong City (Meghalaya) Acknowledgements Executive Summary RMSI would like to thank UNDP, India for awarding this assignment to us. We would also The Hazard Risk and Vulnerability Analysis (HRVA) for the city of Shillong, Meghalaya has like to acknowledge the valuable guidance and support provided by Shri G. Padmanabhan, been carried out as part of the on-going GOI-UNDP Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Emergency Analysts, Arun Sahdeo, National Programme Coordinator, Shri Sahitya Agarwal, Programme aimed at strengthening the institutional structure to undertake disaster risk Project Associate, and Shri Shubham Tandon, Consultant, UNDP, India for sharing their reduction activities at various levels, and develop preparedness for recovery. The thoughts during discussions in various project meetings. assignment assesses hazard risks with a focus on climate-related hazards and how they are likely to be impacted by climate change. The output of this assignment aims to integrate We would also like to acknowledge our sincere gratitude to Shri P. S. Dkhar, IAS, Deputy DRR initiatives into city development, including strengthening the institutional capacity for Commissioner & Chairman (DDMA), East Khasi Hills District, Shillong, Smt. I. Majaw, MCS, DRR activities and risk resilient urban planning. Addl. Deputy Commissioner & CEO (DDMA), Ms. P. Lyngba, DDMO, Shri Surjit Bardolai, Consultant, SDMA and other officers from various departments and institutes in Shillong for This report is the last deliverable of the assignment and provides findings of hazard mapping extending their kind help in discussions and data sharing. and analysis of key natural hazards the city is exposed to, namely– earthquake, flood, landslide, thunderstorm (associated with strong wind, lightning, hailstorms and cloudbursts), We would also like to acknowledge Smt. M. Mukherjee, City Project Coordinator, UNDP, Multi-Hazard Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (HRVA) of Shillong City (Meghalaya) cold wave, heat-wave, fire, and climate change impact on hydro meteorological hazards. It Shillong, Dr. P. K. Ryngnga, Assistant Professor, NEHU and her students for extending all also presents the results of exposure data development, vulnerability analysis, risk support in data collection, engaging in discussions, and providing Shillong city-specific assessment, capacity building, and an action plan to build resilience for the study. information, which were of immense help in preparing this risk atlas. Quantitative modeling techniques based on GIS are used for mapping and analysis using Acknowledgements standard public domain models. The impact of climate change in the region is also analyzed. City Profile: RMSI would like to thank UNDP, India for awarding this assignment to us. We would also like to acknowledge the valuable guidance and support provided by Shri G. Padmanabhan, Shillong, located in the East Khasi Hills District, is the capital city of Meghalaya, popularly Emergency Analysts, Arun Sahdeo, National Programme Coordinator, Shri Sahitya Agarwal, known as “The Scotland of the East”. During the British regime, Shillong functioned as the Project Associate, and Shri Shubham Tandon, Consultant, UNDP, India for sharing their administrative capital of the erstwhile Assam Province as well as being the only major tourist thoughts during discussions in various project meetings. destination in the northeastern region. The city is situated between 25°31’26” – 25°39’ 56” N Latitude and 91°47’20” – 92°0’39” E Longitude, and the altitude of the city varies between We would also like to acknowledge our sincere gratitude to Shri P. S. Dkhar, IAS, Deputy 1,400 to 1,900 m above Mean Sea Level (MSL). The Khasi Hills range to the south Commissioner & Chairman (DDMA), East Khasi Hills District, Shillong, Smt. I. Majaw, MCS, descends at a slope of about 20 towards the city and acts as a water divide. The slope Addl. Deputy Commissioner & CEO (DDMA), Ms. P. Lyngba, DDMO, Shri Surjit Bardolai, within the city ranges from 5 to 10 , except at locations such as Happy Valley, Consultant, SDMA and other officers from various departments and institutes in Shillong for Pynthorumkhrah and Polo Ground area, where the slope are gentle and within the range of extending their kind help in discussions and data sharing. 0 to 5. Wah Umkhrah, Wah Umshyrpi and Wah Umkhen are the three main streams We would also like to acknowledge Smt. M. Mukherjee, City Project Coordinator, UNDP, draining the city through a number of second and