Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today released the National
Disaster Management Plan (NDMP). This is the first ever national plan prepared
in the country.
Minister of
Home Affairs Shri Rajnath Singh, Minster of State for Home Affairs Shri Kiren
Rijiju, and senior officers of the Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Home
Affairs and National Disaster Management Authority were present during the
function.
Following are the highlights
of the NDMP:
·
The
NDMP has been aligned broadly with the goals and priorities set out in the
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
·
The
Vision of the Plan is to “Make India disaster resilient, achieve substantial
disaster risk reduction, and significantly decrease the losses of life,
livelihoods, and assets – economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental
– by maximizing the ability to cope with disasters at all levels of
administration as well as among communities.
·
For
each hazard, the approach used in this national plan incorporates the four
priorities enunciated in the Sendai Framework into the planning framework for
Disaster Risk Reduction under the five Thematic Areas for Actions:
o
Understanding
Risk
o
Inter-Agency
Coordination
o
Investing
in DRR – Structural Measures
o
Investing
in DRR – Non-Structural Measures
o
Capacity
Development
·
The
Response part of the Plan has identified eighteen broad activities which have
been arranged into a matrix to be served as a ready reckoner:
o
Early
Warning, Maps, Satellite inputs, Information Dissemination
o
Evacuation
of People and Animals
o
Search
and Rescue of People and Animals
o
Medical
Care
o
Drinking
Water/ Dewatering Pumps/ Sanitation Facilities/ Public Health
o
Food
& Essential Supplies
o
Communication
o
Housing
and Temporary Shelters
o
Power
o
Fuel
o
Transportation
o
Relief
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
o
Disposal
of Animal Carcasses
o
Fodder
for livestock in scarcity-hit areas
o
Rehabilitation
and Ensuring Safety of Livestock and other Animals, Veterinary Care
o
Data
Collection and Management
o
Relief
Employment
o
Media
Relations
·
The
Plan has also incorporated a Chapter on Strengthening Disaster Risk Governance.
The generalized responsibility matrix given in this section summarizes the
themes for strengthening Disaster Risk Governance and specifies agencies at the
Centre and State with their respective roles. The matrix has six thematic areas
in which Central and State Governments have to take actions to strengthen
disaster risk governance:
o
Mainstream
and integrate DRR and Institutional Strengthening
o
Capacity
Development
o
Promote
Participatory Approaches
o
Work
with Elected Representatives
o
Grievance
Redress Mechanism
o
Promote
Quality Standards, Certifications, and Awards for Disaster Risk Management
·
The
National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) provides a framework and direction to
the government agencies for all phases of disaster management cycle.
·
The
NDMP is a dynamic document in the sense that it will be periodically improved
keeping up with the emerging global best practices and knowledge bases in
disaster management.
·
Globally,
the approach towards post-disaster restoration and rehabilitation has shifted
to one of betterment reconstruction. The NDMP provides a generalized framework
for recovery since it is not possible to anticipate all the possible elements
of betterment reconstruction.
·
The
Plan also highlights that the disaster risk reduction will be achieved by
mainstreaming the requirements into the developmental plans.
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