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Challenges in Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management into Development: Infrastructure and DRM Uttarakhand Disaster Recovery October 5, 2015 Saurabh Dani Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist

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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

Uttarakhand Disaster: June 15-17, 2013

Kedarnath Town

RambaraCompletely wiped out

Bridge at Rudraprayag

• 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

Uttarakhand Disaster Recovery Project: Expert exchange (April 25 – May 1, 2014)

Uttarakhand Government and team site visits in Japan(May 22– May 29, 2014)

International SymposiumTackling the Challenges of Slope Stabilization and Landslide Prevention

(April 27-29, 2015)

Thank You