Disasters cannot be prevented but their impact can be reduced through proper disaster management.How does science and technology help us to manage disaster's?Is India really prepared to manage disasters properly?What should we bear in mind for the effective management of Disasters?Prepare a write up on disaster management in India.
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Explanation:
A disaster is an event or series of events that leads to sudden disruption of normal life, causing severe damage to life and property to an extent, that available social and economic protection mechanism are inadequate to cope.
Disasters could be, natural (geological, hydro-meteorological and biological) or induced by human processes (environmental degradation and technological hazards).
While we cannot prevent an earthquake or a hurricane from occurring, or a volcano from erupting, we can apply the scientific knowledge and technical know-how to issue early warnings on volcanoes and cyclones and organize proper community response to such warnings.
Science and technology help us to understand the mechanism of natural hazards of atmospherical, geological, hydrological, and biological origins which are made up of an orderly system of facts that have been learned from study, experiments, and observations of floods, severe storms, earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis, and their impacts on humankind and his works. The scientific and technological disciplines which are involved include basic and engineering sciences, natural, social and human sciences. They relate to the hazard environment (i.e., hydrology, geology, geophysics, seismology, volcanology, meteorology, and biology), to the built environment (i.e., engineering, architecture, and materials), and to the policy environment ( i.e., sociology, humanities, political sciences, and management science).
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Answer:
DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN INDIA
Explanation:
Disasters cannot be prevented, but their impact can be reduced through proper disaster management. Science and technology can help us to manage disasters to a large extent. But the question is “Is India really prepared to manage disasters properly?”
My answer to this question is “no”.
Disasters have become a big challenge for all humanity, There has been an increase in the frequency and intensity of disasters. Some of the disasters are floods, droughts and earthquakes. Floods are more common in India.
India is highly prone to disasters. There are many reasons for this. Geological formation, geographical location, the long coastline, snow-clad peaks, high mountain ranges, perennial rivers, etc. are some of them. Over population and inadequacy of resources add to the problem. Some of the major disasters India had in this century are the Gujarat Earthquake (2001), the Mumbai-Gujarat Floods (2005), the Tsunami (2004), and the August 2018 Flood that ravaged Kerala.
There are direct and indirect impacts of disasters. There is damage, destruction and death. The lifeline support systems are damaged. Healthcare and hospitals come under stress. Commercial and economic activities get adversely affected. The poorer sections of the society are the worst affected.
In India we don’t have a proper disaster management system. There is no coordination between the Centre and the States. When a disaster strikes, the Centre will blame the State and the State will blame the Centre. We saw that happening during the August 2018 Floods in Kerala. The State and Centre should have Crisis management Committees with enough support for air dropping, rescuing, searching, transport of relief goods, health personnel and medical supplies.
The rehabilitation of victims is also an integral part of disaster management. India is far behind in these things compared to other developed nations like the USA or Japan.