What is the role of government in protecting people from cyclones and floods
Answers
The responsibility of Disaster Management lies with both central and state government. India is disaster prone country where floods are annual affiar in NE stated, West Bengal and central India. While our entire Norther and NE border is prone to avalanche, landslide and earthquakes.
Following are the role and responsibilities of the govt to reduce the effectiveness of any disaster.
Pre-Disaster measures
Keep a check and monitoring any impending disaster.
Early warning .
Planning and liaison with different DM agencies.
Educating people about DM.
Stocking relief material.
Rehearsing drills.
During Disaster
Launch search and rescue operations as quick as possible.
Provide relief material.
Transport people to safe places.
Provide temp shelter.
Immediately medical and health facilities.
Provide clean water and food.
Shift critically injured people to hospital.
Pool all resources and DM agencies. ( Include Army, Navy and Airforce if required. Though in our country only defence forces are seen during any disaster or rescue operations as NDRF is almost defunct).
Post Disaster
Analyse the damage
Cleanup of rubble and rebuilding activities to begin.
Preference to rebuild and restart basic amenities
Analyse causes of disaster and future planning to tackle such disaster in future.
These are some the responsibility of our govt to tackle and minimise the damage of the disaster. Our NDRF and district administration are needed to be better prepared for any contingencies, this reducing the reaction time ( our reaction time to disaster is very poor as we lack initial preparations)