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Disaster Preparedness

Disaster Preparedness
Start Date :
Dec 31, 2014
Last Date :
Jan 23, 2015
18:30 PM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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India faces many natural hazards, including floods, cyclones, drought etc. But every hazard need not turn into a disaster. By careful planning, capacity building, early warning, ...

India faces many natural hazards, including floods, cyclones, drought etc. But every hazard need not turn into a disaster. By careful planning, capacity building, early warning, community participation, procurement and pre-positioning of necessary equipment and resources, participation of civil society, assigning clear role to the private sector, involving panchayati raj institutions and urban local bodies, rigorous enforcement of techno-legal regime on land use and building regulations etc., significant reductions of losses can be brought about in such events. We have a national policy on disaster management, at http://ndmindia.nic.in/NPDM-101209.pdf

We have created a number of institutions by way of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, which may be seen at http://ndmindia.nic.in/acts-rules/DisasterManagementAct2005.pdf

What more can be done to enhance our preparedness to handle natural disasters?

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ANIL BHATIA
ANIL BHATIA 11 years 1 month ago
Besides NDRF,Territorial army,Unemployed youth can be enrolled on district wise basis during emergency and can be paid on daily basis+ to be given food/shelter.Further procurement of emergency items can be done thorugh DGS&D rates on immediate basis.Further all technical/logistics support to be ready in advance as soon as warning is given.Every employed citizen/corporates can contribute part of their salary on monthly basis compulsory for Central Disaster fund(exemptionin income taxto be given).
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Dyuti Lad
Dyuti Lad 11 years 1 month ago
The country should have a team within each area, just like companies have emergency response team. They can work other jobs, not necessarily be from police/army. But they should be paid so that they can be called during emergency. They should be given frequent training, team work practice and should form country-wide networks using phones/internet. The govt can alert these teams and they can do tasks like alerting people or moving them to safer places. Unemployed youth can be engaged in this.
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shelji rajan
shelji rajan 11 years 1 month ago
I would like to know your opinion about, to create a disaster management fund like prime minister's disaster management fund for middle east NRI . In middle east Indian's are suffering a lot due to different reason like cheating by sponsor and jailed, disabled by accident etc. If we have a fund at least we can bring them back to India .In this budget if prime minister will take an initiate all the NRI are willing to donate enough money
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Srivatsa Sharma
Srivatsa Sharma 11 years 1 month ago
Disasters are like black sheep. They cannot be predicted rightly to be fully prepared. However skilled development of infrastructure and strict licensing by concerned authorities can build highly resilient and qualified constructions. Proper management of the aftermaths of a disaster is the important key as it may save borderline deaths and huge loss of property. Emergency precautions should be imbibed among people for the preparedness of disaster.
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AMRESH KUMAR SINGH
AMRESH KUMAR SINGH 11 years 1 month ago
i want you all to share your idea regarding controll of flood in bihar due to ganges and kosi rivers. Bihar is the major production area for crops in India. But many times all crops ruined due to heavy rain or flood. So There must be some major should be taken regarding this problem, also due to this flood developement in this area is not possible. So guys lets take some initiatives towards this crisis. and try to give a logical solution of this problem to government.
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Sudhir Kumar
Sudhir Kumar 11 years 1 month ago
NDMA should focus on one city and to start with is Delhi making it Nuclear Strike Resilient so that it recovers back with minimum possible losses. It can be done by formulating a comprehensive Nuclear Disaster Recovery Plan for Delhi- I can create this blue print with in 06 months and then can train all the official involved in it in next 06 months so that the capital of India will have a robust planning to face such an emergency or the worst kind of disaster we think of in resurgent India
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Anil Bhandari
Anil Bhandari 11 years 1 month ago
Preparedness through EWS- early warning system...We can team up with Ireland who are working on an EWS for Earthquakes. Awareness- Telling people their vulnerability and their surroundings, even telling them about escape routes, tell them where best to go if an unforeseen situation occurs Accountability should be set and best practices award be given. Imparting skills and training to local youth who can be the first responders Set up a new ministry- MINISTRY of DISASTER MANAGEment
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Gourav Dixit
Gourav Dixit 11 years 1 month ago
Govt. should prepare a team of volunteers in disaster prone area,train them in basic DM. There should be regular drills by experts to this team. And they should get small token for their efforts.
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