CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL
ENGINEERING
(CEO-453) DISASTER MANAGEMENT
(8th Semester)

DISASTER RESPONSE
Amanpreet Tangri(E3981)
AP, CIVIL ENGG DEPTT.
[email protected]

University Institute of Engineering Civil Engineering Department AMANPREET TANGRI (E3981) www.cuchd.in
 Why?
• Climate change is likely to be perceived through
experience of extreme weather events
• Therefore, response to climate change will
perhaps happen through adaptation to climate
hazards
• Important to characterize the institutional
mechanisms and structures in place for
responding to natural (and climate-related)
disasters

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Mortality due to natural hazards 1990 -
2000

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Average annual impacts from natural hazards
• Mortality: 3600
• Crop area: 1.42 million hectares
• Property (houses): 2.36 million dwellings

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 Exposure to natural hazards
• 40 million hectares flood prone (5% of area)
• 54% area exposed to seismic activity
• East coast of India and Gujarat (West coast) exposed to
cyclone risk
• A preliminary assessment of exposure to major hazard
categories has been done in 1996-1998 (as a part of IDNDR)
by the Building Materials Technology Promotion Council of
the Ministry of Urban Development. Check:
http://www.bmtpc.org/disaster.htm
• Trying to put this information in a GIS format

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 Disaster management
• Climate hazards within overall context of disaster
management
• Statutory responsibility of state governments
• Central government provides logistic and financial support
• Elaborate response mechanism at national level
• State level responses vary
• National coordinating body: National Disaster Management
Cell (NDMC), Department of Agriculture and Co-operation,
Ministry of Agriculture (http://www.ndmindia.nic.in/)

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National response mechanism

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 Natural Disaster Response-
Government of India
• National Crisis Management
Committee(NCMC) under Cabinet Secretary
• Crisis Management Group(CMG) under
Central Relief Commissioner
• Group of Ministers, Group of Secretaries and
High Level Committees-Need base

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GOI Departments for Disaster Response

• Armed Forces-Ministry of Defence

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 GOI Departments for Disaster Response

• Ministries/Departments:
Rural Development, Drinking Water Supply Power, Telecom , Health,
Urban Development
Food & Public Distribution, Shipping
Surface Transport, Railways, Civil Aviation
Women & Child Development
Water Resources, Animal Husbandry
India Meteorological Department(IMD)

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 External Assistance -Policy
• No formal appeal for external assistance made
for relief
• External assistance, if offered as solidarity
accepted with gratitude
• Gujarat earthquake- international response
overwhelming
• Bi-lateral agreements suggested by some
countries for emergency response

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Example: cyclone hazard mitigation project
outcomes
• Hazard mitigation studies (international consultants)
• IMD early warning capacity through Doppler radar
• Infrastructure creation and restoration
– Floods – drains & embankments
– Road restoration
– Storm shelters
– Electricity transmission and distribution
• What about system / process capabilities?

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 Observations
• Recognition of linkage between natural hazards and
development
• Connecting developmental programs (DPAP, NWDB) to
disaster management
• Forecasting and warning (technology use)
• Contingency planning
– Food grain availability
– Preparedness
• Adaptive capacity by creating a management system
• However, focus still on relief; recovery and adaptive capacity
not thought through

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 Underlying questions
• How can we evaluate the portfolio of disaster
management projects to:
– Assess implications of climate change for project
benefits?
– Assess implications of project for reducing
vulnerability to climate change?
• Related question:
– How can we incrementally adjust project design or
implementation to enhance climate change
related benefits?

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 REFERENCES
1. www.slideshare.com
2. Google
3. Disaster management by Jagbir Singh
4. Natural Hazards & Disaster Management by RB singh

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 Thanks
Queries are welcome

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