Government of Karnataka Chikkaballapur District Disaster Management Plan 2020-21 District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) Chikkaballapur Government of Karnataka Chikkaballapur District Disaster Management Plan 2020 - 21 Prepared by District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) Chikkaballapur Smt. R Latha I.A.S Office of Deputy Commissioner Chairman of Disaster Management Chikkaballapur District, Chikkaballapur & Deputy Commissioner Phone: 08156-277001 Chikkaballapur District E-mail: [email protected] Preface The District Disaster Management Plan is a key part of an emergency management. It will play a significant role to address the unexpected disasters that occur in the district effectively. The information available in DDMP is valuable in terms of its use during disaster. Based on the history of various disasters that occur in the district, the plan has been so designed as an action plan rather than a resource book. Utmost attention has been paid to make it handy, precise rather than bulky one. This plan has been prepared which is based on the lines of National Disaster Management Plan 2019 and Karnataka State Disaster Management Plan 20-21. While preparing this plan, most of the issues, relevant to crisis management, have been carefully dealt with. Plan Comprises of Understanding the Risk, Preparedness, Mitigation, Capacity Development, Disaster Risk Reduction, Rehabilitation and Build Back Better. Efforts have been made to collect and develop this plan to make it more applicable and effective to handle any type of disaster. Chikkaballapur District has Geographical area of 4254 sq km which has covered most of the dry/ wet lands and facing every year by Drought all over the district for consecutive of about 8 years out of 10 years, while not all natural calamities can be predicted and prevented. The plan is mainly focused on drought mitigation and ground water conservation measures. The tanks of Chikkaballapur district is being filled up by the HN Valley pipeline project by this the ground water is getting recharge day by day. We have started rejuvenation of Rivers, channals, Kalyanis, Kere Kunte, open wells (Bavi) and also have constructed Multi-Arc Check Dams to improve Surface/Ground water. Reserving the land under Hasiru Karnataka for Plantation purpose, Rain water harvesting for Public/Private building are made compulsory to address water crisis in the district. A state of preparedness and ability to respond quickly to a natural calamity can considerably mitigate loss of life and property and restore normally at the earliest. I would like to appreciate the effort put in by the officers from different departments in the district for their dedication in bringing out this manual within a short period and if you have any suggestions and comments, be free to convey the same so that we can include them in the next edition. As a step to achieve this, the District Disaster Management Authority of Chikkaballapur (DDMA) is bringing out the Disaster Management Plan for the year 2020-21. We hope that the DDMP would be of immense use for all the stakeholders for promoting collaborating efforts to reduce the Disaster risk in the district. Place: Chikkaballapur Date: 12/11/2020 (R Latha) TERMINOLOGY Disaster A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society causing widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses which exceed the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources. A disaster is a function of the risk process. It results from the combination of hazards, conditions of vulnerability and insufficient capacity or measures to reduce the potential negative consequences of risk. Disaster Management Disaster management means a continuous and integrated process of planning organizing, coordinating and implementing measures which are necessary or expedient for Prevention of danger or threat of any disaster; Mitigation or reduction of risk of any disaster or its severity or consequences; Capacity-building; Preparedness to deal with any disaster; Prompt response to any threatening disaster situation or disaster; Assessing the severity or magnitude of effects of any disaster; Evacuation, rescue and relief; Rehabilitation and reconstruction; Hazard Hazard is an event or occurrence that has the potential for causing injury to life or damage to property or the environment. Natural Hazards: Natural processes or phenomena occurring in the biosphere that may cause a damaging event. Geological Hazards: Natural earth processes or phenomena that may cause the loss of life or injury, property damage, social and economic disruption or environmental degradation. Risk Risk is defined as the probability of harmful consequences, or expected losses (deaths, injuries, property, livelihoods, economic activity disrupted or environment damaged) resulting from interactions between natural or human-induced hazards and vulnerable conditions. Conventionally risk is expressed by the notation Risk = Hazards x Vulnerability As a result of disaster, society incurs both loss and damage. The extent of damage and loss together provides an indicator of the likely risk. Vulnerability is defined as the conditions determined by physical, social, economic, and environmental factors or processes, which increase the susceptibility of a community to the impact of hazards. Based on the factors and processes the vulnerability may be classified as Physical Vulnerability, Social Vulnerability, Economic Vulnerability, and Environmental Vulnerability etc. Capacity A combination of all the strengths and resources available within a community, society or organization that can reduce the level of risk, or the effects of a disaster Mitigation The lessening of the adverse impacts of hazards and related disasters, It is describes the activities undertaken to reduce the risks or impact of any disaster. This efforts of mitigation can be further classified into Structural and non-structural and short-term and long-term mitigation strategies. Preparedness The knowledge and capacities developed by governments, professional response and recovery, organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current hazard events or conditions. It is therefore evident that the capacity of the community and the administration shall be in consonance with the disaster vulnerability. Response The provision of emergency services and public assistance during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives reduces health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected. The response mechanism includes the stages of Search and Rescue, Relief, Reconstruction, Recovery and Rehabilitation. Cyclone Cyclone is defined as drastic atmospheric variation in the Earth System Science depending upon the amount of pressure variation & mode of propagation & circulation. Drought Any lack of water to satisfy the normal needs of agriculture, livestock, industry or human population may be termed as a drought. While generally associated with semi-arid or desert climates, droughts can also occur in areas that normally enjoy adequate rainfall and moisture levels. Scientifically speaking, there is no unique definition of drought. Drought came’s a different meaning in keeping with the perspectives of a scientific discipline. Accordingly, three types of drought are usually defined. Earthquake An earthquake occurs when rocks break and slip along a fault in the earth. Energy is released during an earthquake in several forms, including as movement along the fault, as heat. And as seismic waves that radiate out from the "source" in all directions and cause the ground to shake, sometimes hundreds of kilometers away. Flood Flooding is an overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry. It can happen during heavy rains, when ocean waves come onshore, when snow melts too fast, or when dams or levees break. Flooding may happen with only a few inches of water, or it may cover a house to the rooftop. The most dangerous flood event, the flash flood, happens quickly with little or no warning; other flooding events occur over a long period and may last days, weeks, or longer. Landslide A landslide is defined as "the movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth down slope". Landslides are a type of "mass wasting" which denotes any down slope movement of soil and rock under the direct influence of gravity. Tsunamis "Tsunami" comes from the Japanese words for harbor ("tsu") and wave ("nami"). Anything that rapidly displaces a large volume of water can cause a tsunami. Typically, tsunamis are caused by underwater earthquakes, but landslides, volcanic eruptions, calving icebergs, and (very rarely) meteorite impacts can also generate tsunamis. These types of events can cause large disturbances in the surface of the ocean, and when gravity pulls the water back down, the tsunami is born. ABBREVIATIONS Abbreviations Meaning /Explanation ADM Additional District Magistrate ATI Administrative Training Institute BESCOM Bengaluru Electricity Board CBDP Community Based Disaster Preparedness Plans CBRN Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear DC Deputy Commissioner DDMA District Disaster Management Authorities DDMP District Disaster Management Plan DM Disaster Management DRR Disaster Risk Reduction DEOC District Emergency operation Centre EOC Emergency operation Centre ESF Emergency Support Function GIS Geographical Information System HVRCA