DWIDP Bulletin January 2014 Series XIV DWIDP Bulletin29 January 2014 Series XIV People's Embankment Program, Karnali River, Patabhar-9, Bardiya Government of Nepal Ministry of Irrigation Department of Water Induced Disaster Prevention (DWIDP) DWIDP Bulletin January 2014 Series XIV 30 PEP Field Offi ce No. 4, Chitwan / Narayani River River Bank Protec on Work using Sand Bags & Training Works in, Chitwan & Nawalparasi Bamboo Pilling Construc on of Embankment, Public Awareness Seminar, Udaypur Stud and Bio- Engineering work River Bank Protec on Work, Sarlahi People's Embankment Program, Mahakali River DWIDP Bulletin January 2014 Series XIV Advisory Board Kamal Prasad Regmi Director General N Gauri Shanker Bassi I Deputy Director General Disaster Mitigation Division T Narendra Bahadur Lama Deputy Director General 2013/2014 Fiscal Year Planning, Program and Foreign Coordination Division E _____________________ L Chief Editor Pradeep Kumar Manandhar L Senior Divisional Engineer Editor U Khila Nath Dahal Senior Divisional Hydrogeologist B Sundar Prasad Sharma Senior Soil Conservation Officer Executive Editor Komal B. Dhakal P Engineer Manju Sharma D Sociologist I Published by W DWIDP BULLETIN DWIDP DWIDP BULLETIN D DWIDP Government of Nepal Ministry of Irrigation Department of Water Induced Disaster Prevention (DWIDP) DWIDP Bulletin January 2014 Series XIV 2 Table of Contents Editorial • Events/Activities: To address the water induced disaster in the country Disaster Preven on Technical Centre (DPTC) was established in October 1991 with the technical and fi nical support from Japan Interna onal Coopera on Agency (JICA). This • Check Dam – A Hydrological Technique to technical centre was an inter-disciplinary ins tute consis ng experts from Control Concentrated Flow Erosion diff erent government organiza on and focusing on all aspects of disaster preparedness. To ins tu onalize this organiza on the technical centre was converted • Monsoon 2013 Associated with Severe Cyclonic into the department - Department of Water Induced Disaster Preven on Storm “Phailin” in Nepal (DWIDP) under the then Ministry of Water Resources on February 2000 to work as focal agency for water induced disaster management in Nepal. Overall goal of DWIDP is to contribute to achieving the na onal goal of • An Introduction of Bamboo Porcupine Spur poverty allevia on through minimizing human casual es and damages of infrastructures due to water induced disasters by the appropriate management and conserva on of rivers and river basins of Nepal. Its • June 17, 2013 Flood and the Master Plan of tasks involve i) technology development work, ii) Training, study and informa on work, and iii) Structural disaster mi ga on work. In the process Mahakali Rehabilitation Works, Darchula of strengthening the DWIDP on January 2002 River Training Division from the Department of Irriga on (DoI) was merged with this department. Then the organiza on was structured with two major divisions and six sec ons • Glossary of Disaster Terms at the centre and seven division offi ces and fi ve sub-divisions covering the 75 administra ve districts of the country. Moreover, seven fi eld offi ces operated under the People's Embankment Program (PEP) to look a er river • Standards, Norms and Criteria: Hazard control ac vi es related to 14 specifi c rivers in the tarai. The structure of the departmental head quarters shows its origins, with one division covering Categorization and Defi nition the former DPTC ac vi es (e.g. technology development, training) and the other covering the former DoI's river engineering division tasks. To cope with the changes in the development ac vi es, address the demands of the na on on water induced disaster mi ga on works, adapta on of innova ve and appropriate technologies the exis ng organiza on structure of DWIDP has been restructured. The new organiza on has been structured with three major divisions and 18 sec ons at the centre but there has been no change in the number of divisions, sub-divisions and fi eld offi ces DWIDP Bulletin at the district/project level. The organiza on structure in the centre may overcome the short comings of the previous one and will boost the ac vi es Janurary 2013 Series XIV of the department for be er ins tu onal development and effi cient and eff ec ve delivery of its services. The three divisions and the sec ons within the divisions are categorized so as to enhance the ac vi es of the division. Under the Planning, Program and Foreign Co-ordina on Division there are Planning and Program Sec on, Monitoring and Evalua on Sec on, Foreign Co-ordina on Sec on, Study and Research Sec on and Peoples' Embankment Program Sec on. These sec ons will co-ordinate the diff erent line ministries, sec ons/offi ces of the department, stakeholders and the aff ected benefi ciaries in planning and programming the short and long term plans, prepare project reports for loan/grant assistance from the donor agencies and eff ec ve execu on of the Peoples' Embankment Program. In the River Training Division there are River Training Sec on, Mechanical and Electrical Management Sec on and Emergency and Early Warning Management Sec on. The sec ons within this division will supervise the ongoing river training ac vi es and monitor its progress, mobilize and manage the emergency response opera on on water induced disasters along with early warning measures. Similarly, under the Disaster Mi ga on Division there are Landslide Management Sec on, Watershed Management Sec on, Training and Informa on Sec on, Technology Development Sec on, Bas -tar Management Sec on, Disaster Management and Environment Cover Photo: Percupine works at Holiya, Banke Sec on. These sec ons will give con nuity to the former DPTC ac vi es along with manage landslide mi ga on measures, watershed management and implement measures to protect towns and agricultural lands (bas -tar) in the foothills along the rivers banks. The Deputy Director Generals will be in charge of the divisions and the Government of Nepal sec ons will be under the senior divisional engineer/engineering geologist/ Ministry of Irrigation hydro-geologist. At the district/project level all the divisions and sub- Department of Water Induced Disaster Preventionntion divisions will be headed by the Senior Divisional Engineers instead of (DWIDP) Engineers in the sub-divisional offi ces as per the previous organiza on www.dwidp.gov.np structure. By this amendment the technical man-power of the divisions can increased to cope with the present issue on insuffi cient technical manpower to supervise the construc on ac vi es. Finally in overall, it is expected that the amendment of the organiza on Photographs of Cover Picture structure will enhance the ac vi es of the department and its divisional People's Embankment Program, Karnali, River offi ces in eff ec ve delivery of its services. Patabhar-9, Bardiya DWIDP Bulletin January 2014 Series XIV 3 Events/Activities: Retirement New Appointment Director General Pradip Raj Pandey Mr. Kamal Prasad Regmi, Joint Secretary of has retired due to age factor on Poush Ministry of Irrigation has been appointed as the 30, 2070. The department honors his 11th Director General of DWIDP from Magh contributions to the department and wish 14, 2070. He was also the Director General of him for his bright future and prosperous life. DWIDP from 2068-2-23 to 2069-1-15. Public Awareness Seminars Having with following expected outcomes DWIDP conducted Seminar for public awarness in Udayapur District from 12-13 Kartik 2070 (Oct 29-30, 2013). Expected outcomes Rapport build-up among service providers and receivers of water induced disaster management, Make familiar with the available services in the district on disaster mitigation activities, Enhanced technical, behavioral and social knowledge on water induced disaster risk reduction Establishment of mutual goal and coordination among the line agencies and communities. In the Seminar there were had 64 participants from the member of District Natural Disaster Relief Committee, Red Cross Society, school teacher, social worker, civil society, women social mobilizer, VDC secretaries, local NGO/CBO and local media. The general objective of the program is to mitigate the disaster through non structural mitigation measure. The specifi c objectives of the seminar were: To bring together all the related organizations working in disaster fi elds to manage and mitigate water induced disasters. To increase awareness level among local people, district level line agencies towards causes and risks of water induced disaster. To bring common solution in raised-issues To work in coordinated and collaborative way to reduce water induced disaster To provide technical knowledge on water induced disaster to the stakeholders, community leaders, social workers and teachers. To make familiar with the existing status and opportunities in the fi eld of disaster management, mitigation and reduction that provided by the different agencies in the district. to review the needs and demands of the community on water induced disaster mitigation. to rank the problems on the priority basis. 21st Advanced Course Training DWIDP has been conducting an Advance Course Training (ACT) and a General Course Training (GCT) for knowledge and skill development of engineers and sub-engineers of the department and line agencies annually. These trainings will enhance the capacity of the engineering professionals and technicians to execute the required task on disaster reduction and mitigation. These types of training are conducted for thirty plus working days and awarded certifi cate to the participants which will be useful to fulfi ll the promotion criteria for the Civil Service. So far, 20 events of Advance Course Training and 23 events of General Course Training have already been conducted. Following the past years, the 21st ACT is now ongoing which will be fi nished on 03rd of Magh 2070.