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Challenges in Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management into Development:
Infrastructure and DRM
Uttarakhand Disaster Recovery
October 5, 2015
Saurabh DaniSenior Disaster Risk Management Specialist
• More than 4,000 people officially declared dead
• Close to a million people affected
• More than 100,000 stranded people airlifted out of inaccessible mountain terrain
• Damage and Needs assessment indicated impact over $ 650 million
• Very severe impact on roads network, livelihoods and overall tourism sector
Disaster Impact
COMPONENTS ALLOCATION (US $)
Resilient Infrastructure – Housing, Public Buildings 31 million
Rural road Connectivity 155 million
Capacity Building and TA for DRM 38 million
Financing Disaster Response Expenses 12 million
Implementation Support 14 million
Contingency Emergency Response 0 million
Project Design
• Risk Assessment, Modeling and capacity enhancement of the Uttarakhand Space Applications Center
• Decision Support System
• River Morphology Study
• Focus on Slope Stabilization
• Strengthening the State Disaster Management Authority
• Strengthening Hydro-met Network and Early Warning Systems
• Strengthening Emergency Response Capacity
Capacity Building and TA for DRM
• Uttarakhand is located in a highly seismic prone area
• All infrastructure under the project will be multi-hazard resilient
• This makes the DRM capacity building component very important so the State can work towards identifying and modeling multi-hazard risks
Big Elephant in the Room
• Comprehensive upgradation in road design for prevention of landslides, slope stabilization and better drainage
• Upgradation in design of bridges to ensure flood, landslide and seismic safety
• Design upgradation being adopted for non-WB funded projects as well
Mainstreaming DRM into Development: Roads and Bridge Infrastructure
• Housing reconstruction is “owner-driven” and is seismic safe• Masons being trained through the project have started taking “best
construction practices” to non-WB funded housing
• Primary schools being constructed under the project have upgraded standard school designs which are getting integrated into regular school construction programs funded by the Government
• Other public buildings being constructed are meeting energy efficiency standards
Mainstreaming DRM into Development: Housing and Public Infrastructure
• The project is supporting a TA to help the Government analyze and come up with better slope stabilization designs
• A River morpohology study is in addition looking into critical river training and embankment strengthening hotspots
• The focus goes beyond the disaster affected regions and river basins
Mainstreaming DRM into Development: Slope Stabilization and River Training
• The Government has established a 2 battalion (3,000 personnel) State Disaster Response Force. The project is supporting training and procurement of emergency equipment
• The State is strengthening it’s State Disaster Management Agency and coming up with a Decision Support system based on risk assessments and early warning communications systems
Mainstreaming DRM into Development: Emergency Response and Decision Support
International SymposiumTackling the Challenges of Slope Stabilization and Landslide Prevention
(April 27-29, 2015)