Disaster Management in India - Inputs on Solutions
Below are the Key Issues and Root Causes as identified by you in regards to Disaster Management in India. If you have additional inputs on the Root Causes, kindly add so as a comment.
Otherwise, please help in identifying Solutions to these Root Causes. Once we have done that, we will compile the whitepaper for submission to Defence Home Ministries and any others associated.
I look forward to your participation!
Rajendra Pratap Gupta
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Disaster Management in India – Key Issues
1. Types of Disasters (Floods, Drought, Cyclone, Tsunami, Earthquake, Terrorist attacks, Riots, Medical epidemics, Stampedes at religious places)
2. People are not aware how to face disaster situations
3. Authorities are slow to react when disaster strikes
4. Not enough latest equipment to tackle the situation
5. Lack of disaster management teams in big cities to tackle natural calamities
6. During accidents local police fail to cordon the area of accident
7. Relief and rescue missions start long after a disaster, by that time many lives are lost
8. No quick sanctioning of disaster relief material
9. Adequate announcements are not made in disaster hit areas about the kind of relief being made available to the people
Disaster Management in India – Root Causes
1. The weather forecasting system is not good enough
2. Disaster management teams do not have enough authority
3. Disaster management not taught in school
4. Lack of state-centre co-ordination during disasters
5. Lack of public management during festivals in pilgrim places
6. Turnaround time of disaster management team (NDRF) is more
7. We the fellow India remained unmindful forest distortion, rapid urbanization and other infrastructure development in the name of development
8. No holistic assessment on development for risks and impacts
9. Unplanned constructions
10. Lack of disaster-management training on steps to take in the event of a disaster
11. Non-existence of local level citizens committee and semi-trained man power at village/street/mohalla level
12. No local guides for outside Disaster management agency when they arrive
13. Youths are not trained in disaster management
14. Misuse of funds more