DISTRICT ANANTNAG 2018 DDMA Anantnag District Disaster Management Authority INTRODUCTION Community resource mapping is a strategy for promoting interagency collaboration by better aligning programs and services for youth and families. The major goal of community resource mapping is to ensure that all youth have access to a broad, comprehensive, and integrated system of services essential in achieving desired school and post-school outcomes. Community resource mapping can be used to improve education, workforce development, and economic development in a community by aligning available services and resources, streamlining those services and resources, and identifying areas of need. The idea of resource mapping builds on the community’s strengths by increasing the frequency, duration, intensity, and quality of services and supports in the community. It is a way to organize information and give direction to meet a common community goal. As a result of resource mapping, families and youth have more flexibility and choice in navigating the system. The alignment of resources, streamlining of resources, and identification of service gaps within the community enables educators and service providers to (a) understand the full range of services available to youth within a community, (b) more efficiently provide the specific supports needed by each youth, and (c) develop new services and supports targeted to fill existing gaps. In recent years, the Government of Jammu & Kashmir has been giving increased focus towards the Disaster Management and related aspects. It is because of the fact that J&K State is vulnerable to multiple natural hazards like floods, earthquake, landslides, fire, drought, windstorm, snow avalanches, drowning incidents etc resulting in loss of lives, damage to the property, infrastructure and public utilities. The State has already witnessed various disasters like earthquake of 2005, flashfloods in Leh and massive floods in the Valley in September 2014. District Anantnag is no exception to this and has too witnessed various disasters during the course of history. However, the resilience shown by the district in tiding over the periods of disaster has always remained impeccable. During 2014 deluge, District Authorities in collaboration with NGOs, Mass Social Organizations and volunteers has not only responded to the disaster with unparalleled bravery but have expeditiously responded and recovered from such an unprecedented deluge within the shortest possible time. The socio-economic activities have again been restarted, the shelter and livelihood of tens and thousands of affectees’ have been restored. This not only shows the valour and managerial skills of the District Administration but depicts the resilient nature and will-power of the common masses. In order to address the root cause of vulnerability to natural disaster, District Administration of Anantnag is in the process of shifting its government policies towards proactive preparedness, mitigation and prevention. This highlights the links between disaster management and development, calling for a cross-sectoral approach to identify the bottlenecks to risk reduction. Efforts must mobilize a variety of actors – government, private sector and civil society – to complement each other with their respective expertise, while allocating specific and binding responsibilities to overcome difficulties of collective action. The Disaster Management Plan projects a number of infrastructural requirements, operational structures and modalities of action for a safe and disaster-resilient district. These will not become a reality immediately. It requires financial, technical and human resources to be deployed, which will inevitably take some time. It would be a grave error to assume that, with an available Plan, we have a ready to hand blueprint that will enable the District machinery and other stakeholders to immediately take action for the next subsequent disaster. With this document, the District Administration and other Line Departments need to plan a structured, time-bound process of implementation and realization. No Disaster Management Plan at any level will be of value if there are inadequate trained human resources to understand, implement and, when necessary, upgrade the Disaster Management Plan. We hope that this document shall go a long way in helping the District Administration in tackling the disaster situations in a systematic, tandem and smooth manner. Page 1 of 60 District Anantnag is the oldest District of J&K State. In fact, District Anantnag was only District in South Kashmir prior to creation of three new Districts Viz; Pulwama in 1979, Kulgam & Shopian in 2007 from it. District Anantnag is popularly known as ‘The Land of Springs, Shrines & Tourist Resorts’. The District is touching its boundaries by Pulwama in the North, Kishtwar in the South and Kulgam in the West. The total geographical area of the District is 2917 sq. km and the administrative center of the District is situated at Anantnag about 55 km from Srinagar, the Summer-Capital of the State. District Anantnag is famous for Tourist destinations and has three Tourism Development Authorities for Pahalgam, Kokernag & Verinag. The major tourist attractions in the District are Pahalgam, Verinag, Achabal, Daksum & Kokernag. S. Description Unit Magnitude No. 1. Geographical Area Sq. Km 2917 2. Sub-Division No. 04 3. Tehsil No. 12 4. Block No. 16 5. Village No. 395 6. Panchayat No. 303 7. Municipal Council No. 01 8. Municipal Committee No. 09 9. Population Lac persons 10.79 (Census 2011) 10. Schedule Tribe Population Lac persons 1.08 (Census 2011) 11 House Holds Lac persons 1.54 as per SECC 2011 The District consists of 395 Villages, 01 Municipal Council and 09 Municipal Committees. There are 04 Sub-Divisions viz; Bijbehara, Doru, Kokernag & Pahalgam and 12 Tehsils viz. Anantnag, Bijbehara, Dooru, Shangus, Kokernag Pahalgam, Sallar, Srigufwara, Anantnag East (Mattan), Shahbad Bala, Larnoo & Qazigund which have further been sub divided into 36 Nayabats (Land Revenue Circles) and 99 Patwar Halqas. There are 16 Community Development Blocks Viz; Achabal, Anantnag, Bijbehara, Breng, Chittergul, Dachnipora, Hiller, Khoveripora, Larnoo, Pahalgam, Qazigund, Sagam, Shahabad, Shangus, Verinag & Vessu, comprising of 301 Panchayat Halqas. For law & order purposes there are 09 Police Stations and 06 Police Posts in the District. Moreover, one Women’s Police Station has recently been established in the District. Reasons for the losses, if any, are attributed to insufficient public awareness, lack or inadequacy in preparedness, lack of early warning system, lack of coordination among inter- government agencies, inadequate financial resources, low quality of human resource in terms of skill in mitigation of natural disasters, and ineffective dissemination of knowledge and skills to the vulnerable population groups. Page 2 of 60 AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES The primary focus is to enable the decision makers to find solutions on availability of equipment and human resources required to combat any emergency situation. A District Disaster Resource Network has to be established to collect, compile and update information on resources available and integrate with the GIS – based state resource network for timely use. The different agencies involved at the time of (i) collection and compilation, (ii) creating GIS based network and access, (iii) maintaining and updating the network needs to be identified. The stakeholders as identified from above table includes the Fire and Emergency Services Department, Civil Defence (SDRF), Para Military Forces, Traffic Police, Forest Department, Police, Irrigation & Flood Control Department, Power Development Department, Agriculture Department, Horticulture Department, Food Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Department, Veterinary Department, Animal Husbandry Department, Health Department, Government Medical College, Education Board, Social Welfare, Red Cross, Sub-Divisional Magistrates, Block Development Officers, NGOs. The availability of resources should be regularly monitored and updated on IDRN Website to combat any emergency situation in the District. Information in the database will enable stakeholders in DRR to assess the level of preparedness for specific hazards. Page 3 of 60 INDIA DISASTER RESOURCE NETWORK (IDRN) India Disaster Resource Network (IDRN) has taken an initiative to collect and collate information on resources available in the Country/State/District for emergency response and to enhance the decision making capabilities of Government functionaries in quick response to emergencies. IDRN is accessible to the Emergency Officers, District Collectors and other disaster managers at various levels of Government. A web-enabled centralized database for the IDRN is operational enabling quick access to resources to minimize response time in emergencies. The system gives the location of specific equipments/specialist resources as well as the controlling authority for that resource so that it can be mobilized for response in the shortest possible time. All the proactive steps shall be taken to verify and update dataset on IDRN database as per pre-devised formats (‘Form1’ & ‘Form 2A, 2B & 2C’) provided on the IDRN Website. Page 4 of 60 ROLE OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT The space technology and disaster mitigation communities work together in developing effective and accurate methods for prevention, preparedness and relief measures. Disaster prevention is a long-term