Need of Children in Disasters

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"Risk Reduction is Everybodys Business Progress
towards Disaster Risk Reduction through a
Multi-stakeholder Approach
Presented by O. Ravi Joint Secretary Ministry of
Home Affairs Government of India New Delhi 2nd
December,2008
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• Structure of the Presentation
• Content
• Natural hazard risk profile of India
• Multi-stakeholder Mechanism existing in India to
  address disaster risk reduction.
• Progress made in integrating disaster risk
  reduction into development planning
• Contextual challenges
• Duration 15 minutes.
• Number of Slides 14

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• Natural Hazard Risk Profile
• India is prone to different types of natural
  hazards and has experienced several major
  disasters in the recent past.
• 58.6 of the landmass is prone to earthquakes of
  moderate to high intensity.
• Of the 7,516 km long coastline, close to 5,700 km
  is prone to cyclones and tsunamis.
• Floods are recurrent events causing huge damage
  to properties and assets every year.
• 68 of the cultivable area is drought prone
• Hilly areas are at risk from landslides and
  avalanches

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• Multi-stakeholder Mechanism for DRR
• A paradigm shift from response and relief-centric
  approach to proactive prevention, mitigation,
  preparedness, rehabilitation and reconstruction.
• Disaster Management Act, 2005
• Legal, Institutional, Financial and Coordination
  mechanisms at National, State, District and Local
  level to integrate disaster risk reduction and
  mitigation in the developmental agenda.
• National Executive Committee (NEC) comprising of
  Secretaries from key Ministries/Departments of
  Government of India- a coordination mechanism
• National Policy on Disaster Management is on
  anvil.
• National Plan on Disaster Management
• -National Response Plan
• -National Mitigation Plan
• -National Capacity Building Plan

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• DRR is everybodys business every Ministry of
  Central and State Government has been assigned
  roles and responsibilities to address DRR.
• DRR integral part of planning process
• National/State/ District Disaster Response Fund
• National/State/ District Disaster Mitigation
  Fund
• Building Back Better - the guiding principle of
  disaster recovery and reconstruction programmes
  in India.

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• Enabling Environment for DRR through other
• Legislations/Policy Frameworks
• National Rural Employment Act,2005-an unique
  legislation aims at livelihood security and
  reducing vulnerability of community.
• The Environment Protection Act ,1996.
• Environment Policy,2006.
• Coastal Zone Regulations.
• Disability Act 1995.
• The National Policy for Empowerment of Women-
  gender mainstreaming for DRR.
• Panchayati Raj Act-73rd and 74th Amendment of the
  Indian Constitution.

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• Disaster Preparedness for Effective Response
• Tsunami Early Warning System established by
  Indian National Centre for Ocean Information
  Services ( INCOIS), Hyderabad.
• Key Departments/ Organizations identified to
  provide early warnings on different natural
  hazards.
• National Disaster Response Force.
• The National Emergency Communication Plan to
  provide last mile connectivity.
• The National Flood Atlas has been prepared by the
  Central Water Commission.

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Continued

• The National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)
  has been set up by the Survey of India to
  collect, compile, analyze and prepare value-added
  maps for use by various agencies in the field of
  DM.
• Disaster Management Support Project MHA-USAID
  initiative (training on ICS, procurement of
  advance search and rescue equipments etc.).
• Community Based Disaster Risk Management
  Programme in 176 multi-hazard prone districts in
  the country-an initiative of MHA-UNDP.
• Emergency Operation Centers established at
  National, State and District level for effective
  coordination during disaster response .

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• Macro-scale Vulnerability Atlas for India has
  been prepared by Building Material Technology
  Promotion Council .
• India Disaster Knowledge Network a knowledge
  portal of 50 national level research and
  academic organizations.
• India Disaster Resource Network- 1,21 643-
  database of critical resources.
  http//www.idrn.gov.in

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• Capacity Development for Disaster Risk Reduction
• National Institution of Disaster Management,
  (NIDM) established. NIDM also hosts SAARC-DMC.
• National Disaster Management Programme (NDMP) for
  training and capacity building of disaster
  managers.
• National Programme for Capacity Building of
  Engineers in Earthquake Risk Management
• National Programme for Capacity Building of
  Architects in Earthquake Risk Management.
• Disaster Management in School Curriculum

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• Reducing the underlying risk factors through
  appropriate Social, Economic and Sectoral
  development policies
• The DM Act has made it mandatory for every
  Ministry/Department
• at National and State level to prepare disaster
  management plans
• and integrate DRR in the ongoing development
  programmes.
• DRR is not a stand-alone activity- integral part
  of developmental planning.
• Climate Change is unequivocal- disaster
  vulnerability closely linked to Climate Change.
• Mitigation measures indispensable for sustainable
  development.
• National Action Plan on Climate Change-identified
  Eight missions .
• National Solar Mission
• National Mission on Sustainable Habitat
• National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency.
• National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan
  Ecosystem
• National Water Mission
• National Mission for Green India

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• To ensure safe development of human settlements,
  National Building Code and Hazard specific codes
  designed by Bureau Of Indian Standards exist to
  ensure structural safety against natural hazards
  like Cyclone, Landslides and Earthquakes.
• Guidelines developed by Ministry of Agriculture
  on watershed management and dry land agronomy for
  mitigation of droughts.
• Hazard-specific risk reduction guidelines
  released by NDMA.
• Mandatory for all the major public
  infrastructure projects to adopt hazard
  resistant construction technology to ensure
  structural safety against natural hazards.

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• Some of the key developmental programmes with
  Disaster Risk Reduction content
• Drought Prone Area Programme and Desert
  Development Programme.
• National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
  provides wage employment in the rural areas, food
  security and creation of durable community
  assets.
• ISRO Disaster Management Support (DMS) Programme
• National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (US350
  Million)
• National Earthquake Risk Mitigation Project (US
  119 Million approx.)
• National Landslide Risk Mitigation Project .
• School Safety Project.
• Retrofitting of select life-line structures.

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• Contextual Challenges
• Vast geographical spread and population pressure.
• Multi-hazard profile of the country with diverse
  physical topography.
• Capacity gaps in implementing Disaster Risk
  Reduction measures.
• The provisions of the DM legislation requires
  more time to get implemented on ground.
• Mitigation requires long-term planning and is
  resource intensive.
• Need to develop a strong mechanism for disaster
  information sharing.
• Need to strengthen the knowledge management
  systems.
• Enabling environment and roadmap for sustainable
  development.

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• Thank you

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