CCHHEEMMIICCAALL DDIISSAASSTTEERR MMAANNAAGGEEMMEENNTT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT & FORESTS NIDM Building, 5-B, IIPA Campus, IP Estate Paryavaran Bhawan, Mahatma Gandhi Road, New Delhi - 110002 CGO Complex, Lodi Road, Tel: 23702445, 23702432, 23705583; Fax: 23702446 New Delhi - 110003 Website: www.nidm.net Website: www.envfor.nic.in National Institute of Disaster Management Ministry of Environment and Forest Ministry of Home Affairs Govt. of India © 2009 MoEF and NIDM ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The National Workshop on “Chemical Disaster Management” was organised by National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) as a national consultation process towards Preparation of National Action Plan on Chemical Disaster Management. Financial grant was provided by the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) for conduct of workshop and printing of the proceeding volume. The workshop was organised under the supervision and guidance of Shri P. G. Dhar Chakrabarti, Executive Director, National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi and Dr. G. K. Pandey, Sr. Advisor and Dr. Chhanda Chowdhury, Director, Hazardous Substances Management Division (HSMD) in the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India. The Organising committee acknowledges the cooperation of dignitaries of inaugural session, subject experts on various themes, related agencies, corporate/ industry, state authorities, non-governmental organisations, and all individuals who made the workshop a success. Suggestions and Inputs from Shri R.H. Khwaja, Additional Secretary, MoEF; Dr. Indrani Chandrasekhran, Advisor, Planning Commission and Prof. Santosh Kumar, NIDM, and whole-hearted support of Shri J. N. Jha, Ms. Geeta Sharma, Shri Surinder Bisht and other staff members of NIDM are acknowledged. EDITORS Dr. Anil K. Gupta Associate Professor, NIDM Sreeja S. Nair Assistant Professor, NIDM Shri Shard Deputy Director, MoEF Contents 1. Introduction............................................................................................................................. 1 1.1. Context ........................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2. Objectives of the workshop ................................................................................................................... 2 1.3. National Disaster Management Guidelines ...................................................................................... 3 2. Inaugural Session ................................................................................................................... 7 2.1. Welcome Address ...................................................................................................................................... 7 2.2. Special Address ........................................................................................................................................... 8 2.3. Inaugural Address ..................................................................................................................................... 10 3. Thematic Sessions.............................................................................................................................................. 11 3.1. National and International Status - Recent Development & Issues ....................................... 11 3.2. GIS based Emergency Planning & Response System .................................................................. 14 3.3. Strategy of Community Awareness for Emergency Preparedness ....................................... 16 3.4 Capacity Building and Knowledge Needs ....................................................................................... 19 3.5 National Disaster Management Framework................................................................................... 22 3.6 Public Health Dimension in Chemical Incidents .......................................................................... 26 3.7 Chemical Accident Information & Reporting System ................................................................. 28 4. Agency Presentations .......................................................................................................... 31 4.1 Oil Industry Safety Directorate ............................................................................................................ 31 4.2 Indian Institute of Toxicological Research ....................................................................................... 32 4.3 Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry .......................................................... 33 4.4 Indian Council of Medical Research .................................................................................................. 35 4.5 Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation ............................................................................. 37 4.6 Directorate General of Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes................................... 39 4.7 Police and Homegaurds ......................................................................................................................... 41 5. State Presentations .............................................................................................................. 43 5.1 Andhra Pradesh ......................................................................................................................................... 43 5.2 Chattisgarh .................................................................................................................................................. 43 5.3 Delhi .............................................................................................................................................................. 44 5.4 Gujarat ........................................................................................................................................................... 45 5.5 Karnataka ..................................................................................................................................................... 46 5.6 Kerala ............................................................................................................................................................ 46 5.7 Mizoram ....................................................................................................................................................... 47 5.8 Maharashtra ................................................................................................................................................ 48 5.9 Orissa ............................................................................................................................................................. 48 5.10 Tamil Nadu .................................................................................................................................................. 49 5.11 Uttar Pradesh .............................................................................................................................................. 50 6. Group Discussion and Recommendations........................................................................ 53 7. Valedictory Session ............................................................................................................... 55 Appendix A: List of Delegates .................................................................................. 57 Organising Team......................................................................................................... 71 Chemical Disaster Management INTRODUCTION Context India is developing as a key global player in the industrial and technology sector. Rapid industrialization has increased the hazard, risk and vulnerability to the industry and the environment. Major Chemical (Industrial) disasters are low in frequency but are very significant in the terms of loss of lives, injuries, environmental impact and property damage. Frequency and severity of chemical disasters has increased in last few years due to rapid development of chemical and petrochemical industries and increase in size of plants, storage and carriers, specifically in densely populated areas. At present there are over 1724 Major Accident Hazards (MAH) units and other small and medium–sized industries all across the nation and new industries are also establishing at a rapid rate. Chemical accidents can occur due to lack of safety measure, technical break down, or due to a human error. It, thereby, initiates a series of uncontrolled physiochemical phenomenon such as runaway chemical reactions, large spills, fires and explosions. These phenomenon eventually targets both human and non-human in the form of immediate and residual or long term consequences. Thus, it is imperative to develop preventive measures like adoption of safer engineering practices, improved safety devices and elimination of human errors by regular checks. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi jointly organized a two days National Workshop on ‘Chemical Disaster Management’ during September 30 and October 01, 2008, at Mirza Ghalib Hall, Scope Complex, New Delhi. The workshop was aimed to facilitate a policy level national dialogue on issues and challenges in the area of chemical disaster risk management at various