nd ARC - Report 3 Crisis Management
2nd ARC - Report 3 Crisis Management
Section titled “2nd ARC - Report 3 Crisis Management”2020-11-07 12:43:43
- New entry ‘Management of Disaster’ be included in Concurrent List
- DM act be amended
- Categorisation of disasters, function of NDMA should be to recommend policies, SOPs etc
- Prompt information of concerned authority should be lawful duty of every functionary
- Create uniform structure at apex level to handle all crises headed by PM at national level, CM at state level etc
- Stringent punishment for mis-utilization of funds,
- Mayor assisted by Commissioner of Municipal Corp should be responsible for Crisis Mgt
- Law should be set up for collection of data, managing flow in rivers and release of water from reservoirs, prevent disasters w/ interstate ramifications
- Role and responsibility needs to be specifically identified and defined on the lines of Mo Agri
- NIDM continue as autonomous body, function as an apex insti in disaster mgt
- DM should be intro as subject in mgt and Public Adm
- Enunciating a Policy towards Crisis mgt
- DM should be professionalised
- Risk Mgt be brought at centre in all mitigation plans
- Hazard and Vulnerability analysis needs to be done
- Involve community and local govt
- Special needs of women, children, elderly and physically challenge be addressed
- Assessment of Risk Hazard and Vulnerability Analysis
- Seismic micro-zonation of vulnerable major cities, w/ topmost priority to cities w/ pop of 1 million
- GIS should be used to integrate spatial data, there should be a common platform for all types of data
- NSRA, ISRO, NIC, GSI, NIDM should be made into a common platform
- Detailed vulnerability analysis in all hazard prone areas highlighting the vulnerabilities of diff sections of society and infrastructure
- Role of media should be there for sensitizing people, generate awareness
- DM plans need to have 2 components Long term mitigation and Emergency response plan
- Make DM plans part of Developmental plans
- Construction of Disaster Resistant Structure -
- Structural prevention measures as part of long term DM plans
- Appropriate Zoning Regulation
- Bylaws should have disaster resistant features
- Disaster safety guidelines should be widely disseminated
- Demonstration camps should be made
- enforcement of building regulation
- Standards prescribed by BIS for disaster resistant buildings should be available in public domain for free of cost
- Standards used for making Govt buildings used by public should become integral part of long disaster mgt plans
- Implementation look like
- Effective enforcement of laws should be ensured
- 3rd party audit, periodic inspection of all such places, public education is important
- Early warning system
- Responsibility of govt machinery and local bodies to disseminate warning
- NGOs and community needs to be fully prepared and trained
- Disseminate warnings to all sections of people
- Early warning system should be evaluated after each disaster
- Building community resistance
- Location specific training programs for community should be executed
- Crisis mgt awareness needs to be mainstreamed, curriculum should be introduced in school, colleges, universities and professional courses
- Govt and insurance companies should play a more proactive role
- Emergency response plans should be up to date and unambigous, SOPs should be developed, precise instructions for DM personnels
- Unity of Command should be there, procurement and distribution should be done in transparent manner
- Monitoring and vigilance committee, trauma and counselling should be made an integral part of relief operations
- Police, Home Guards, firemen etc should be adequately trained in managing crisis areas
- Home Guards should be given para medical training
- Setting up of Emergency Operations Centre EOC
- Relief and Rehabilitation
- Damage assessment should be carried out by multi-disciplinary team
- Recovery strategy should be prepared, should include aspects of rehabilitation
- Min standards of relief, focus on vulnerable population
- Implementation and rehab efforts and special emphasis on vulnerable section
- Concurrent audits quick financial audits
- Risk reduction be incorporated in recovery plans, land use during reconstruction
- Grievance redressal at local and district
- Specific vulnerabilities of women needs to be brought out, efforts in making women economically independent
- Trauma counselling and psychological care
- National Institute of Draught management should be put in place
- Livelihood management in extremely draught prone areas
- Making people pursue their livelihoods compatible with their ecosystem needs to be evolved
- State Govt needs to rewrite Relief manuals, should be updated once in few years
- Method and mechanism for declaration of droughts be modified under guidance of NDMA
- If certain percentage of area normally remains unsown it should be declared drought affected
- Such estimates be verified with reference to remote sensing data
- Try to make rivers perennial
- Rainfed areas authority - national rainfed areas authority immediately constituted
- Epidemics
- Comprehensive revised model of legislation should be made
- Role of District administration finds explicit mention in Public health emergency bill
- All crisis disaster mgt should include plans for handling possible disruptions in essential services
- All agencies should have their own internal crisis management plans
- Regulatory authorities should make SOPs, and Crisis management programs