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Disaster Managment

India is prone to natural disasters due to its geography and climate. Around 60% of the country faces earthquakes, over 40 million hectares are flood-prone, and 68% is drought-susceptible. Major disasters in the 1990s-2000s like the 1999 Orissa cyclone and 2001 Bhuj earthquake killed thousands and affected millions, causing huge economic losses. These events highlighted the need for a multidisciplinary approach incorporating disaster risk reduction into development plans and strategies. At the state level, relief departments are being restructured as disaster management departments to expand their responsibilities from post-disaster relief to also include mitigation and preparedness. This transition has occurred in 11 states and union territories so far.

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Disaster Managment

India is prone to natural disasters due to its geography and climate. Around 60% of the country faces earthquakes, over 40 million hectares are flood-prone, and 68% is drought-susceptible. Major disasters in the 1990s-2000s like the 1999 Orissa cyclone and 2001 Bhuj earthquake killed thousands and affected millions, causing huge economic losses. These events highlighted the need for a multidisciplinary approach incorporating disaster risk reduction into development plans and strategies. At the state level, relief departments are being restructured as disaster management departments to expand their responsibilities from post-disaster relief to also include mitigation and preparedness. This transition has occurred in 11 states and union territories so far.

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PRESENTED BY:- NISHANT KUMAR(51)

India has been traditionally vulnerable to natural disasters on account

of its unique geo-climatic conditions. Floods, droughts, cyclones, earthquakes and landslides have been a recurrent phenomena. About 60% of the landmass is prone to earthquakes of various intensities; over 40 million hectares is prone to floods; about 8% of the total area is prone to cyclones and 68% of the area is susceptible to drought. In the decade 1990-2000, an average of about 4344 people lost their lives and about 30 million people were affected by disasters every year. The loss in terms of private, community and public assets has been astronomical.

The super cyclone in Orissa in October, 1999 and the

Bhuj earthquake in Gujarat in January, 2001 underscored the need to adopt a multi dimensional endeavour involving diverse scientific, engineering, financial and social processes; the need to adopt multi disciplinary and multi sect oral approach and incorporation of risk reduction in the developmental plans and strategies

At the State level, the work of post calamity relief was being handled by the Departments of

Relief & Rehabilitation. The Government of India is working with the State Governments to restructure the Departments of Relief & Rehabilitation into Departments of Disaster Management with an enhanced area of responsibility to include mitigation and preparedness apart from their present responsibilities of relief and rehabilitation. The changeover has already happened in 11 States/UTs Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan Tamil Nadu, Uttaranchal, Nagaland, Andaman & Nicobar Administration, Sikkim and Lakshadweep.

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