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nd 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