Essay on disaster managment in schools (250-300)words,class=9th
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About disaster
Land, water, air etc are some of the beautiful creations of the almighty. Nature has several manifestations – smooth as well as hostile. Sometimes, it is soothing while sometimes it is ferocious. Whenever it turns to be in its bad temper, it can bring about devastation or destruction which is known as a “disaster”.
Literal interpretation
Literally, disaster refers to the mishap, calamity or the grave occurrence from either the natural or man-made reasons which can’t be stopped or tackled immediately by the affected community.
India, being very much prone to disasters due to its geographical location, earthquakes, landslides, drought, cyclones, floods, forest fires, and fire accidents are some of the major calamities that keep occurring, inflicting colossal damage. Rapid growth in the population rate and urbanization has mostly triggered the level of the disasters.
Types of disasters
The disasters can be broadly classified into two major categories:
Natural disasters
Man made / human instigated disasters
Natural disaster is a natural process that may cause loss of huge lives, injuries or other health impacts, property damages, loss of livelihoods and services, social and economic disruptions or massive environmental damage. Various disasters like earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, floods, blizzards, tsunamis, and cyclones are covered under the scope of the term natural disaster. Human instigated disaster is also known as the complex emergency and is the disaster caused due to major happenings such as fires, oil spill, breakdown of authority, looting, wars etc.
Disasters in India over a decade-at a glance
India has faced some of the most destructive disasters in past decade which can be named as under:
Name of the event Year Area
Cyclone “vardah” 2016 Chennai
Floods 2014 J&K
Cyclone “hud hud" 2014 Andhra Pradesh
Odessa floods 2013 Odessa
Cyclone phailin 2013 Odessa & Andhra Pradesh
Floods & landslides 2013 Uttarakhand & HP
Cyclone mahasen 2013 Tamil Nadu
Cyclone nilam 2012 Tamil Nadu
Uttarakhand floods 2012 Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand & Baageshwar
Assam floods 2012 Assam
Cyclone thane 2011 Tamil Nadu
Sikkim earthquake 2011 Sikkim, West Bengal & Bihar
Cloudburst 2010 Leh & Ladakh
Drought 2009 More than 10 states
Kosi floods 2008 North Bihar
Maharashtra floods 2005 Maharashtra
Tsunami 2004 Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Pondicherry, Andaman & Nicobar islands
Effects of disasters in India:
The impact of natural as well as human instigated disasters is colossal death, destruction, injuries, huge loss of the lives of humans and livestock.
The impact of human activities on natural disasters:
Since a long for now, it has been noticed that modernization is leading to grave ignorance towards the environment. Environmental bylaws are being neglected by industries. Due to over-exploitation of nature, we humans have created such a situation where events like earthquakes, landslides are increasingly being elevated to the extent that they are causing massive loss in terms of human life and property.
It’s not that, every one of us is being ignorant about the environment. There are a lot of people who are very much concerned about the nature and the environment. Even, there are many NGOs which are taking the issue of global warming and pollution publically by taking out rallies and organizing several campaigns to save environment and such initiatives need to be appreciated.
Disaster management
Disaster management is the creation of primary and secondary plans through which people’s vulnerability to hazards can be reduced so that they can cope up with disasters. The mechanism does not avert or eliminate the threats; instead, it focuses on creating the strategies to decrease the effect of disasters.
Disaster management in India
National disaster management authority (NDMA) is the apex body which is mandated to lay down the policies and guidelines for disaster management to ensure timely an effectiv