Question

Explain Disaster Management plans of the Government for these natural causes

Answer 1

Government of India has taken several initiatives for strengthening disaster reduction strategies. Government of India constituted an Expert Group to examine the related issues and evolve recommendations for improving preparedness and prevention with respect to natural disasters caused by earthquakes, floods and cyclones.  The Expert Group appointed by the Govt. of India examined the current status of work being carried out in these areas:Monitoring of HazardsVulnerability AssessmentPrediction and ForecastingRetrofitting of Existing Unsafe Structures and BuildingsHazard MappingDisaster Risk Assessment and MappingPreparation of Building GuidelinesAssessing Gaps in the Above. Filling them as much as possible

The Report has covered the following issues:

Identification of various hazard prone areas.Vulnerability and Risk Assessment ofBuildingsDisaster damage scenarios,Technical Guidelines for Hazard ResistantConstruction of Buildings.Upgrading of Hazard Resistance of Existing Housing Stock by Retrofitting, andTechno-Legal Regime to be adopted