1. “NDMA’s INITIATIVES ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN INDIA”BY
SUJATA SAUNIK, IAS
JOINT SECRETARY, NDMA

2. MAINSTREAMING DM INTO DEVELOPMENTAL PLAN
All new Projects/ Programmes will mandatorily have DM resilience inbuilt (at times of conceptualization itself).
Planning Commission and the Ministry of Finance to give approval to the projects only if disaster resilience self certification is provided.
Ongoing Projects to be revisited to include disaster resilience audit.
Infrastructural loans to be sanctioned by the Banks only after due diligence on DM resilience audit.
Existing Lifeline Projects to be selectively revisited and retrofitted.
Reporting Item in the National Development Council – the Highest National Planning Body.

3. DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PROGRAMME
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GOI-UNDP Disaster Risk Reduction Programme ( ) formulated by taking into consideration:
National DM Act 2005;
Eleventh Five Year Plan Priorities;
Hyogo Framework for Action;
Lessons Learnt from DRM.

4. DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PROGRAMME
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Strengthening institutions for disaster risk reduction.
Develop capacities for Risk and Vulnerability Assessment.
Build capacities of stakeholders for early recovery.
Risk reduction in urban areas.

5. Status of Implementation of DRR Project
Proposed Activities as per the State AWP 2010
Status of Progress 1
State Level Project Initiation Meeting organised
held in all the 26 states 2
State Level Advocacy Workshop/Meeting on mainstreaming DRR
State Level Workshops held in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Mizoram, Tripura, West Bengal 3
District Level Hazard Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
Initiated in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Kerala, Mizoram, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal 4
Training of District Level functionaries on preparation of DM plans
Training conducted in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Mizoram, Orissa, Sikkim, Tripura, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal 5
District Level Advocacy Workshop/ Consultation Meeting on mainstreaming DRR
Workshops conducted in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Mizoram, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, 6
Training on NGOs, CBOs and CBRDM
Training conducted in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Mizoram Orissa, Kerala, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand  7
Training of PRIs on CBDRM
Training conducted in Assam, Andhra Pradesh ,Kerala, Orissa, Tripura, West Bengal, 8
School Safety Initiatives
Activities ongoing in Assam, Delhi, Mizoram Orissa ,Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Uttarakhand West Bengal 9
Setting up of GO-NGO Coordination Mechanism at state level/Inter Agency Coordination Mechanism
Work in progress in Assam, Mizoram, Orissa, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal

6. Status of Implementation of DRR Project9
Training on Post Disaster Damage and Need Assessment
No training programme conducted yet at state level. 10
State Level Consultation Meeting on strengthening of TL Regime
Consultation meetings held in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Kerala 11
Training Need Assessment
Need Assessment Workshop conducted in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram 12
State Level Training of trainers Programme on DM
Training Programmes held in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal 13
State Level Awareness Programmes organised
Awareness Programmes organised in Assam, Delhi, Kerala, Orissa, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal 14
Preparation of Model Taluk Level DM Plans and Village DM Plans
Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Odisha, Uttarakhand ( work in progress) 15
Mason's Training Programme on Hazard Resistant Construction Technology
Initiated in Tripura 16
Setting up of a Knowledge Centre/Resource Centre/ Website by SDMA
Tripura, Assam, Tamil Nadu (Work in progress) 17
Updation of District Level Plans ( ongoing/completed)
Work in progress in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Delhi, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal 18
Women Master Trainers trained on Search &Rescue and First Aid
Training completed in Assam 19
Mockdrills Conducted
Mockdrills conducted at district and village level in Orissa 20
Training of State Disaster Response Force
Training of SDRF in Mizoram 21
Development of Preparedness and Response Plans in slum pockets
Delhi ( work in progress)

7. ONGOING ACTIVITIES AND MAJOR INITIATIVES
NATIONAL CYCLONE RISK MITIGATION PROJECT (NCRMP).
World Bank Project : Rs Cr. (308.6 Million US $).
Phase – I : States (Finally 13 States/ UTs).
Agreement Signed with the World Bank on 14 January 2011.
Project being launched shortly.
NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE RISK MITIGATION PROJECT (NERMP)(Rs Cr).
Pilot Project for School Safety (Rs. 48 Cr).
National Disaster Information and Communication Network (Rs. 986 Cr).
Creation of National Disaster Response Reserves (for 400,000 Personnel, including
150,000 Personnel for Hilly Terrain) (Rs. 229 Cr).

8. CAPACITY BUILDING
Capacity Building Project (in Partnership with IGNOU) and Ministry of Rural Development.
States.
: 11.
IGNOU
Districts.
: 55.
Training of PRI/ ULB Representatives.
: 12,375 (225 Per District).
Training of Government Functionaries.
: 4,125 (75 Per District).

9. PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS IN DM
Training in State Institutes of Rural Development and National Institute of Rural Development for PRIs is under active planning – with Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
Awareness Generation and Preparedness through PRI Training Institutes.
Disaster Resilience ensured in their Projects.
Note: Similar consultation is in progress with Ministry of Urban Development for Training of Urban Local Bodies.

10. Partnership with Corporate Sector through Corporate Social Responsibility and Public Private Partnership.
NDMA has written to CEOs of all major Business Houses.
Positive response.
Modalities being finalized with help of IIM Ahmedabad.
FICCI, CII, ASSOCHAM, PHD Chamber of Commerce and NASSCOM etc. being consulted.
Through interaction with States.
Corporate Disaster Resource Network.

11. Mock Exercises (Districts & Schools) Conducted so far. :
260 (including 82 Schools/ Colleges).
Community and First Responders
Sensitized/ Trained.
States/ UTs Covered –35.
Districts Covered – 94.
Exercises Conducted on – all Natural Disasters, Fire, Man-made Disasters and School Safety.
Commonwealth Games (All Competition/ Practice Venues,
Games Village & Places of Stay)
Conducted :
60.
Mock Exercises planned for : 100 (including 48 in Schools)
Delhi Metro, 26 March 2010
Flood, Bellary, 14 Sep 2009
Cyclone, Porbander, 19 Jun 09

12. INSARAG EXERCISE
NDMA is conducting an International Exercise on Earthquake in Agra, India from 03 to 06 May 2011 under the aegis of INSARAG and OCHA.
The details of this exercise have been hosted both on NDMA and INSARAG websites.
All countries, specific from the Asia-Pacific Region have been invited to participate.
In India, all States which fall in seismic zone IV and V have been invited to nominate managers at District and State level to participate.

13. STATE OF THE ART TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING SYSTEM BY INCOIS
After Tsunami in December 2004, the Government of India decided to put in place an Early Warning System for providing alarm, watch and early warning of such oceanogenic disasters. Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad is the nodal agency for this early warning system. The Indian Tsunami Early Warning System comprises a real-time network of seismic stations, Bottom Pressure Recorders (BPRs), tide gauges and 24 X 7 operational Tsunami Warning Centre to detect tsunamigenic earthquakes, monitor tsunamis and to provide timely advisories to vulnerable communities by means of latest communication methods with back-end support of scenario database, vulnerability modeling and Decision Support System.

14. SAFE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION IN BANK FINANCED CONSTRUCTION
NDMA is also now in the process of recommending to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) a compliance friendly but nonnegotiable Guidelines on how to ensure incorporation of disaster resistant features in the actual construction of loan-financed assets before the loan is sanctioned/disbursed. Mission for mainstreaming safe building construction into bank loan schemes has been taken up by NDMA as per the recommendations made in NDMA Guidelines on Management of Earthquakes and Landslides. After continuous insistence from NDMA, RBI has issued advisory to banks for ensuring disaster safe construction practice (as per NBC, 2005) in the loan based building construction. However, such initiative of RBI is found to be not compliance friendly. Therefore, a simplified guidelines/check memo for disaster safe construction will be facilitated to RBI for circulation among banks. So far, the first draft guidelines on above has already been circulated to RBI for their observation.

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