“DISASTER PREPARADNESS IN THE STATE OF BIHAR”

– Some Initiatives by BSDMA/Government of Bihar

GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR

Vyas Ji,Vice Chairman,

Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA)1

1.Hazard Profile of Bihar

2.Disaster Risk governance

3.Alignment with global DRR

Frameworks

4.DRR and Preparedness Actions

across various levels

Presentation Outline:

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Hazard Profile of Bihar

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Multi- Hazard Profile of Bihar

Signs of climate change are visible- areas typically not experiencing floods hitherto in the state have also started

experiencing occasional floods and vice-versa

Floods

Earthquakes

Drought

Flash Floods

Cyclonic Storms

Lightning & Hailstorm

Drowning

Rural Fire

Heatwave

Boat Capsizing

Map showing drought prone districts

Map showing Flood prone districts

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List of Notified Disasters: For Bihar

Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (GoI) notified list of ‘natural calamities’: - cold wave, cyclonic storms, drought, earthquake, fire, flood, hailstorm

GoB notified following as state specific local disasters:‐ Lightning, Heat Wave, Excess Rainfall, Unseasonal

and Heavy Rain, Boat Tragedies, Drowning (rivers, ponds and ditches), Human Induced Group Accidents such as Road Accidents, Airplane Accidents, Rail Accidents, and Gas Leakage 5

Disaster Risk Profile of Bihar: A Snapshot

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Disaster Risk Governance,

Bihar

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DRM Initiatives

DRM Initiatives

Institutions for

disaster risk

management

Institutions for

disaster risk

management

1. Crisis Management Group (CMG)

2. State Executive Committee (SEC)

3. Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA)

4. Disaster Management Department

5. Roadmap Implementation Support Unit (RISU)

6. District Disaster Management Authorities (DDMA)

1.Policies: Bihar State Disaster Management Policy (2007), Bihar State Action Plan on Climate Change (2015), DRR Roadmap for 2015-2030 (2016)

2.Plans: State Disaster Management Plan (2013), District Disaster Management Plans in all the 38 districts

3.SOPs/ directives: Flood Management, Fire prevention, Drought Management, Drinking Water Crisis, Fire safety in Hospitals and Protocol for Treatment of AES

4.Financial Management: State Disaster Response Fund and State Disaster Mitigation Fund

1. Capacity Building2. Infrastructure,

materials and equipment

3. Public Awareness and Education

4. Risk Assessments8

Alignment with global DRR Frameworks– Development of DRR

Roadmap for Bihar 2015 - 2030

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Bihar DRR Roadmap 2015 - 2030:

1. Bihar is probably first State in India, and one of the first government in the world to develop a comprehensive DRR Roadmap at the sub- national level immediately after the 3rd WCDRR held in Sendai, Japan, in 2015.

2. Drafting of DRR Roadmap was done through a very extensive multi-stakeholder multi-level consultative process.

3. DRR Roadmap is aligned with three global agreements signed in 2015 i.e. Sendai Framework (SFDRR), the SDGs and Paris Climate Agreement.

4. Salient features of DRR Roadmap are: Framed around time bound targets and milestones Stakeholder-specific actions Contextualisation of SFDRR in the background of

multi-hazard profile of Bihar and concept of resilience unpacked 10

Process of Roadmap development:

14th-18th March 2015

13th -14th May, 2015

Mar-Apr-May, 2015

3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction,

Sendai

Adaptation of Sendai

Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

Decision for Bihar Conference on Disaster Risk

Reduction (BCDRR)

Constitution of Organising Committee

First BCDRR

DRR Roadmap Drafting

Committee formed

(DMD, BSDMA, UNICEF

and Civil Society)

18th May 2015

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Sep. – Oct., 2015

May-Jun-Jul, 2015

Process continues………………

August, 2015

Drafting of

Roadmap

Roadmap shared

with panellist, PSs, DMs, DCs* for Review

Peer Review

Workshop (review

& integration of SDGs)

Roadmap Validation Workshop (review to

include Global

Agreements)

8-9 Jan., 2016

PS: Principal Secretary, DM: District Magistrate, DC: Divisional Commissioners

Cabinet approval of DRR

Roadmap

April, 2016

Contributions received from: Experts from DM

field, All the line

departments, CSOs working in

Bihar, 18 Thematic Papers,

Village

Communities Newspaper

advertisements,

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DRR and Preparedness Actions across various levels

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1.Development of Plans and

guidelines

2.Training and Capacity Building of a

wide range of state and non- state

stakeholders

3.Public Awareness and Education

4.Programme for reaching to

community and Children

DRR and Preparedness Actions: Approach

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1. Guidelines on Safe and earthquake resistant construction

2. Chief Minister School Safety Programme 3. Multi hazard focused DDMPs of all the districts4. Drowning prevention and Mitigation Plan5. Heat Action Plan6. Guidelines for Fire safety 7. Road safety plan and Guidelines8. Safe Boat Transportation Plan9. Lightening Mitigation Plan10.Hospital DM Plan11.Departmental DM Plans/ Office DM Plans (in

key departments at state level)/City DM Plan

1. Development of Plans and guidelines:

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1. Training of Engineers, Architects, Contractors and masons on Safe and earthquake resistant construction

2. Training of Boatmen, boat owners and boat surveyors on Boat Safety.

3. Training of Government Officers of state and district level on DRR & M.

4. Training of Teachers on School Safety Programme (Safe Saturday)

5. Training of Panchayat representatives on DRR & M

6. Training of other Stakeholders (community volunteers/divers etc)

2. Training and Capacity Building:

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Targeted and focused Awareness campaigns throughout the state through:1. Organisation of hazard-specific

safety weeks:I. Earthquake Safety week: 15 –

21 JanuaryII. Flood Safety week: 1 – 7 JuneIII. Fire Safety WeekIV. Road Safety Week

2. School Safety fortnight (1 – 15 July) and School Safety day (4th July)

3. Development and dissemination of IEC materials

4. Advisories through print & electronic media and hoardings

5. Rally, Public Events, Fairs, Festivals, Street plays etc.

6. Mass Messaging/ early warning to millions of stakeholders through SMS & WhatsApp

3. Public Awareness and Education:

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Conceptualization and implementation of programme:

1. Chief Minister School Safety Programme: being implemented in 80,000 plus government schools and 15, 000 private schools reaching to more than 30 million children.

2. CB of local self- government representatives: being implemented across all the 8,874 Gram Panchayats (< 44,000 villages) reaching to 88.7% population (91 million people) of Bihar; will lead to making resilient villages.

3. Safe Swimming Programme: programme initiated and planned to cover 28 flood prone districts and will cover all the children of age group 6-18 years.

4. Programme for reaching Community and Children:

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Thank You20