This presentation was targeted to middle and senior level Facility Management Professional with the objective to introduce Disaster Risk Management in holistic manner.
1. An introduction to
Disaster Risk Management
New Delhi, 17 July 2015
Sudhir Kumar
Recovery and Disaster Risk Management Specialist
Mitkat Advisory Services
5. Impact on Business
• Threatens the very
viability and survival
• 43% of industries
experiencing a disaster
never re-open
• 29% close for good within
2 years
Kandla Port, 1998 Cyclone
Source: UNDP, India
6. Impact on India
• Natural disasters pose a major threat to
economic development in India – World
Bank study in 2003
• Eroded 2% of country’s GDP( 1996-2001)
• Consumed 12% of Government revenue
during the same period
• Affected 7-8 cr. people annually on an
average
• Over 6% of the population directly hit
• India suffered a loss of approx. Rs.
87,500 crore (2004-05)