Lessons from Nepal Earthquake - How communities of Himalayan States of India have to innovatively integrate their collective efforts to prepare locally to minimize losses?
1) India faces recurring natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, and cyclones due to its location and geology. The 2001 Gujarat earthquake killed over 100,000 people and caused $5 billion in damages.
2) To improve disaster resilience, India must integrate lessons from past disasters, build expertise through education, and make policy decisions to shift from reactive responses to proactive risk reduction.
3) A 3-step process is proposed: 1) document knowledge gained from experiences, 2) develop technical capacity through education, and 3) implement science-based policies to minimize future impacts through preparedness and resilient infrastructure.
19643chapter 6 aspects of indian economySalman Kharal
The document discusses India's population trends over the 20th century. It notes that India's population has more than quadrupled from 238 million in 1901 to over 1 billion in 2001. Key points include:
- India's population grew at over 2% annually from 1961-1991, but slowed to 1.93% from 1991-2001.
- Birth rates have declined from 39.9 per 1000 in 1951 to 25.4 in 2001, while death rates have fallen more sharply from 27.4 to 8.4 over the same period.
- Population density has risen sharply from 117 persons/sq km in 1951 to 324 in 2001, varying greatly between states.
- Sex ratios have traditionally favored males but improved
Dream big – dream very big. Work hard – work very hard. And after you've done all you can, you stand, wait, and fully surrender. - Oprah Winfrey
The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it. - Kalpana Chawla
A dream is a wish your heart makes. - Cinderella
The Saritsa Foundation is a mobile university that builds capacity to reduce risks from disasters and climate change through advocacy and practice. It reaches out to people directly to educate them on disaster risk reduction and climate change in a people-centered way so that communities are prepared and own their resilience.
1) India faces recurring natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, and cyclones due to its location and geology. The 2001 Gujarat earthquake killed over 100,000 people and caused $5 billion in damages.
2) To improve disaster resilience, India must integrate lessons from past disasters, build expertise through education, and make policy decisions to shift from reactive responses to proactive risk reduction.
3) A 3-step process is proposed: 1) document knowledge gained from experiences, 2) develop technical capacity through education, and 3) implement science-based policies to minimize future impacts through preparedness and resilient infrastructure.
19643chapter 6 aspects of indian economySalman Kharal
The document discusses India's population trends over the 20th century. It notes that India's population has more than quadrupled from 238 million in 1901 to over 1 billion in 2001. Key points include:
- India's population grew at over 2% annually from 1961-1991, but slowed to 1.93% from 1991-2001.
- Birth rates have declined from 39.9 per 1000 in 1951 to 25.4 in 2001, while death rates have fallen more sharply from 27.4 to 8.4 over the same period.
- Population density has risen sharply from 117 persons/sq km in 1951 to 324 in 2001, varying greatly between states.
- Sex ratios have traditionally favored males but improved
Dream big – dream very big. Work hard – work very hard. And after you've done all you can, you stand, wait, and fully surrender. - Oprah Winfrey
The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it. - Kalpana Chawla
A dream is a wish your heart makes. - Cinderella
The Saritsa Foundation is a mobile university that builds capacity to reduce risks from disasters and climate change through advocacy and practice. It reaches out to people directly to educate them on disaster risk reduction and climate change in a people-centered way so that communities are prepared and own their resilience.
This document summarizes information about the 2015 Nepal earthquake. It provides details on the earthquake's magnitude, location, damage and casualties. It discusses the earthquake's economic and infrastructure impacts, as well as response and reconstruction efforts. Challenges included weak governance, infrastructure and preparedness. Recommendations focus on improving disaster risk reduction protocols, building standards, education and political stability.
Lessons from the nepal earthquake prepare and survive international viewpo...Kalpana Maharjan
1) The recent Nepal earthquake is a reminder that many parts of South Asia are vulnerable to natural disasters like earthquakes due to a lack of preparedness by governments and societies.
2) While earthquakes themselves are natural, their impacts are determined by social factors like inadequate building regulations, unprepared rescue systems, and poor governance that fails to disseminate warnings.
3) Lessons from past disasters show that developing countries suffer far higher death tolls than developed nations from similar natural events, due to differences in preparedness and social arrangements rather than the disasters themselves.
Dipecho iii final evaluation bcrd report june 09DIPECHO Nepal
This document provides an overview of disaster preparedness efforts in Nepal led by ActionAid Nepal and funded by the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO). It discusses Nepal's high risk for various natural disasters and the devastating impacts they have had. The key goals of the Building Community Resilience to Disaster project were to raise awareness, build capacity, and implement small-scale mitigation programs to help vulnerable communities better prepare for and respond to disasters. The project was implemented in three districts over 15 months and aimed to help marginalized groups through training, advocacy, and community mobilization activities.
Gorkha Earthquake: Recovery Challenges in a Fluid TerrainKenneth MacClune
This document discusses recovery challenges following the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal. It provides context on Nepal's hazard landscape and history of disasters. Recovery from major disasters is challenging, especially integrating resilience. In Nepal, recovery responsibilities have historically focused on emergency response rather than long-term recovery. The National Reconstruction Authority was established to lead earthquake recovery and reconstruction, but faced difficulties with coordination, funding disbursement, technical support, and monitoring progress. Integrating resilience into recovery requires considering multiple hazards, expanding the focus beyond housing to livelihoods and services, and building on local capacity and resources. A community of practice could help contextualize knowledge and actions for resilient recovery.
India is highly vulnerable to natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, droughts and cyclones due to its geography. Over the past few decades it has experienced major disasters such as the Bhopal gas tragedy, Gujarat earthquake, Indian Ocean tsunami and Mumbai attacks. In response, India has established various agencies and policies for disaster management, including the National Disaster Management Authority as the apex body. At the state/district level, authorities are established and response funds administered. Efforts are ongoing to improve early warning systems, risk assessment, community preparedness and mitigation efforts to better manage disasters in India.
This document discusses concepts of poverty reduction, development, and sustainable development in the Nepali context. It defines poverty as a lack of basic needs, capabilities, and freedoms. Poverty is caused by lack of assets, voice, and vulnerability. Efforts in Nepal to reduce poverty through economic growth, social services, targeted programs and good governance have faced challenges from political instability and conflict. Ending poverty requires building human, physical, financial, natural, and social capital. True development is a participatory process that meets peoples' basic needs and allows them to realize their potential with dignity. Development and poverty reduction depend on supportive cultures, policies, and empowering local participation.
This document provides a summary of an assessment conducted in Sri Lanka to identify opportunities to support livelihoods development for vulnerable populations in conflict-affected areas. It finds that while poverty has declined nationally, regional disparities persist in the North and East where many lack adequate livelihoods or economic opportunities after the civil war. The assessment team conducted interviews and research to identify constraints and potential activities to transition USAID development assistance towards sustainable livelihoods programs. The report details findings and recommendations for targeted interventions, addressing issues like gender inclusion, monitoring, and ensuring sustainability.
The document discusses togetherness in post-earthquake Nepalese society based on the author's observations. The author observed that after the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal, people from diverse communities bonded and lived together despite differences in religion, culture, and ethnicity. They shared food, feelings, and resources to cope with the aftermath jointly. However, this sense of togetherness proved short-lived and unsustainable as people gradually returned to their individual lives. The document concludes that disasters can foster social cohesion, but more work is needed to maintain such togetherness in normal times to help communities better cope with future crises.
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This document provides information about the role of UN Volunteers in response to the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. It describes the massive devastation caused by the earthquake, which killed over 73,000 people and displaced 3.5 million. It then discusses the important role that volunteerism played in relief and recovery efforts. Specifically, it details the experiences of several UN Volunteers, including a former teacher named Ajmal Elahi who was inspired to volunteer after the earthquake in his area of Mansehra. He provided informal assistance and later formally joined UNV in 2007 to help with monitoring and evaluation, as well as mobilizing local communities in reconstruction efforts.
Disaster Management can be defined as the organization and management of resources and responsibilities for dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies, in particular preparedness, response and recovery in order to lessen the impact of disasters
This document summarizes Asian Disaster Preparedness Center's work to strengthen countries' capacity for post-disaster assessment and recovery planning. It discusses how ADPC has supported multiple countries in Asia through damage and loss assessments after disasters and developing recovery plans. ADPC's approach is to use internationally accepted methodologies but adapt them to each country's specific systems and needs. It also emphasizes building local capacity and establishing pools of trained officials to facilitate faster recovery responses.
This document provides an overview of economic resources and population issues in India. It discusses:
1. The main economic resources of India including land, forests, water, and minerals. It outlines the types and uses of these resources.
2. Concepts related to population like demographic transition, birth and death rates, and factors influencing population growth in India such as development progress and social/cultural practices.
3. The interrelation between population growth and economic development, how high population can strain resources and slow capital formation, but some argue population growth is not inherently an obstacle.
4. India's population policies and family planning programs aimed at stabilizing population growth to support sustainable development.
An informative collection of slides that provide awareness about Natural Disasters, effects, principles, aftermath, preventive and corrective actions. It also talks about Nepal Tragedy happened in 2015.
This document summarizes Nuru's use of the Multidimensional Poverty Assessment Tool (MPAT) to measure poverty in Kenya. It conducted a baseline MPAT survey in 15 villages in 2011, then followed up in 2013. While 7 of the 10 components measured improved, indicating lower poverty, the results cannot necessarily be attributed to Nuru's programs due to lack of a comparison group. The MPAT provides a complementary measure to traditional monitoring and evaluation but not a replacement. Lessons included the importance of a comparison group for attribution of changes to an intervention.
India is a country of Disasters. We are looking into Disaster Management as a basic problem of India. Our own work in the field of Earthquakes is also discussed.
Michelle Rubianto welcomes delegates to the UN-Habitat committee, introducing the topics of building city resiliency to natural disasters in South Asia and sustainable slum upgrading in Sub-Saharan Africa. She encourages delegates to conduct in-depth research on the topics in order to formulate innovative solutions. South Asia is highly vulnerable to natural disasters like flooding, cyclones, and earthquakes due to its climate, geography, and large population. Building resilient cities is important for reducing risks and helping communities recover from disasters.
The Saritsa Foundation is a charity trust that operates a mobile university to educate people on disaster risk reduction and climate change in order to build national security and resilience. The mobile university reaches out to communities to raise awareness and empower people to prepare for risks from disasters and climate change through advocacy and hands-on training that is community-focused.
Saritsa Foundation is a charity trust that operates a mobile university to educate people on disaster risk reduction and climate change in order to improve national security. The mobile university aims to build capacity and resilience by advocating for and practicing people-centered, people-led, and people-owned education and preparation. Saritsa has provided disaster education to school children at Vidya Gram International School in Chomu, Jaipur.
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This document provides a summary of an assessment conducted in Sri Lanka to identify opportunities to support livelihoods development for vulnerable populations in conflict-affected areas. It finds that while poverty has declined nationally, regional disparities persist in the North and East where many lack adequate livelihoods or economic opportunities after the civil war. The assessment team conducted interviews and research to identify constraints and potential activities to transition USAID development assistance towards sustainable livelihoods programs. The report details findings and recommendations for targeted interventions, addressing issues like gender inclusion, monitoring, and ensuring sustainability.
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Saritsa Foundation is a charity trust that operates a mobile university to educate people on disaster risk reduction and climate change in order to build national security. The mobile university advocates for and practices people-centered, people-led, and people-owned resilience by investing in life-saving education, such as a session held with school children.
The Saritsa Foundation is a charity trust that operates a mobile university to educate people on disaster risk reduction and climate change in order to build national security and resilience. The mobile university advocates for and practices people-centered, people-led, and people-owned approaches to resilience by investing in life-saving education and preparing vulnerable groups such as the visually impaired.
The Saritsa Foundation operates a mobile university to provide disaster risk reduction and climate change education. It aims to build capacity and advocate for people-centered, people-led, and people-owned resilience by investing in life-saving education to prepare communities for national security risks from disasters and climate change.
The Saritsa Foundation is a charity trust that operates a mobile university to educate people on disaster risk reduction and climate change in order to build resilience. The mobile university advocates a people-centered approach to preparedness by sensitizing teams to their duty of educating others on how to prepare for disasters.
The Saritsa Foundation is a charity trust that operates a mobile university to educate people on disaster risk reduction and climate change in order to build national security. The mobile university aims to reduce risks from disasters and climate change by advocating for and practicing people-centered, people-led, and people-owned resilience through life-saving education.
The Saritsa Foundation is a charity trust that operates a mobile university to educate people on disaster risk reduction and climate change in order to build resilience and reduce risks to national security. The mobile university advocates for and practices people-centered, people-led, and people-owned resilience by investing in life-saving education, such as sessions held in Pernem and Old Goa Taluka of North Goa on November 15th and 17th, 2014.
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Saritsa Foundation is a charity trust that operates a mobile university to educate people on disaster risk reduction and climate change in order to build national security. The mobile university advocates for and practices people-centered, people-led, and people-owned resilience by investing in life-saving education. On October 12, 2014 the mobile university provided education to youth at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University.
Saritsa Foundation is a charity trust that operates a mobile university to educate communities about disaster risk reduction and climate change in order to improve national security. The mobile university aims to build capacity and resilience by advocating for and practicing people-centered, people-led, and people-owned approaches to disaster preparedness through life-saving education.
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Saritsa Foundation -Apeejay Karmayuga Award- Karmaveer Chakra for Disaster Risk Reduction. Initiatives by Individual and Institutes-2014-15
"Why Individuals and Institutes in India and SAARC Countries Have to be Recognize for Their Missionary Zeal to Build Capacity for DRR and Climate Change at Local Level - Saritsa Foundation Way!!"
Reason is that such people are inspiring communities to invest in preparedness for disasters and climate change. No such initiative has been taken so far to inspire and reward such people for their selfless service.
Keeping this need in mind, Saritsa Foundation in partnership with iCONGO (International Confederation of NGO's) and Apeejay Karmayuga has instituted awards to honour with Karmaveer Chakra Award to the individuals/institutions of India and SAARC countries who have outstanding contribution in the field of capacity building for of communities for Disaster Risk Reduction - Disaster Management, adaptation to climate change at local level.
The application form and other details can be viewed at https://drive.google.com/…/0B1QhRZnqP6UqcHROQkN4cWI1c…/view…
I humbly request my friends at FB who can contribute Rs. 5000.00/- OR USD 100 to support this valuable initiative of Saritsa Foundation. The requested amount shall be made use for the memento, certificate and organization of the event on Gandhian principles of austerity with ethical values. Reaching to rural areas and urban areas where such people work with honest. The account details are as under:-
Account Holder Name - Saritsa Charity Trust
Bank Name - Corporation Bank
Branch - Worli Branch.
Account No - 017400101011299
IFSC Code - CORP0000174
Cheque/Bank Draft may be issued in the name of Saritsa Charity Trust.
Address:- Saritsa Foundation, Flat No -3, Pankaj CHS, Bhandar Lane, S R Keer Road, Near Lokmanya High School, Mahim West, Mumbai - 400016.
With Regards
Dr. Colonel Nagar M Verma
The Saritsa Foundation is a charity trust that operates a mobile university to educate people about disaster risk reduction and climate change. It aims to build capacity and resilience by advocating for and practicing people-centered, people-led, and people-owned approaches. On October 11, 2014, the foundation provided education to seniors at the Krishna Vridhashram retirement home in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
The Saritsa Foundation operates a mobile university to educate people about disaster risk reduction and climate change through workshops for university students, slum school children, and NGO representatives. The foundation builds resilience by advocating for and practicing people-centered approaches to reducing risks from disasters and climate change through life-saving education.
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The Saritsa Foundation is a mobile university that builds capacity for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation through advocacy and people-centered education. It prepares vulnerable groups like street children and orphaned children for disasters by teaching them how to protect themselves and avoid trauma. The foundation requests donations to continue its life-saving education work with high-risk children who otherwise have no means of learning how to stay safe during emergencies.
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Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
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Learning Lessons from Nepal Earthquake. Prepare & Protect Lives.
1.
Lessons from Nepal Earthquake How communities of Himalayan States
of India have to innovatively integrate their collective efforts to prepare
locally to minimize losses?
By
Dr. Colonel N M Verma, Director General Saritsa Foundation
Natural disasters like the powerful earthquake that hit Nepal on 25 April highlight the
region's vulnerability, as well as lack of capacity in dealing with complex emergencies. About
8000 thousand of people in Nepal have died and injured and a large number has lost their
means of livelihood, sliding the country further back into poverty. There will continue to be a
rise in both loss of life and economic loss from this tragedy in days, weeks and months. That’s
the reality.
How Nepal has added to its vulnerability to an Earthquake continuously?
The risk to Nepal from such an earthquake was well researched and publicized time to time
since many years. However, scientists could not have predicted or forecasted the time and
dates of an earthquakes beyond saying that where they have happened in the past, they will
again will happen in future too. Nepal had faced such an earthquake in 1934. It is also noted
that in the past, four earthquakes between 1857 and 1950 with the magnitude of 8 and more
have occurred on Indo China border. These included an earthquakes with Richter scale of 8 on
November 18, 1951 and 1946, says Harsh Gupta, President Geological Society of India.
In spite of all available information and warning, the most glaring difficulty by political
leadership and community leaders have been that they, out side agencies and other national
2. and international organizations have been their failings to get people's partnership and
concentration and will to invest in reducing risk. In a country like Nepal, it always looks
remote, when they have every day pressing concerns of poverty, environmental degradation
amounting to pollution, air and water quality and traffic, which are common to most Asian
cities in urban and rural life.
Likewise, it is also evident that, the Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium, a coalition of partners
working in the field of disaster risk reduction (DRR), has been only assisting the government
to roll out an interconnected set of key measures, and has helped pass legislation addressing
vulnerabilities to natural hazards. They remained tied up to government centric approach to
Disaster Risk Reduction with little effort to raise awareness of local people by sensitizing them
to prepare. It is easiest path taken by most UN agencies to keep local governments and
politicians happy with some projects and remain happy and peaceful. Planning for resilience
centers on mainstreaming people in the process of DRR with equal sensitivity which has been
missed.
Risk and blind development and disasters are interwoven Nepal is very much the result of
human action and development choices. Poor infrastructure, a lack of compliance with
building codes, and high levels of poverty that have elevated vulnerabilities mean that the
likelihood of an earthquake having devastating impact is significantly higher than in a similar
context with stronger infrastructure and better socioeconomic conditions. It is these factors
that elevated risk levels in Nepal says Jo Scheuer is Chief of Profession, Director UNDP.
The government of Nepal has been aware of this challenge and has been spearheading efforts
to both strengthen existing infrastructure and tighten legislation around new developments.
This has had many positive results, including retrofitting of critical facilities such as hospitals
and schools, the construction of new private housing in accordance with building codes,
training of masons in earthquakeproof building techniques for nonengineered buildings, and
training for airport staff in Kathmandu to better prepare for emergency relief, which was
organized by the United Nations Development Programme and shipping giant Deutsche Post
DHL Group. It was a very little effort in comparison to the needs of the people. Such initiatives
had little impact because a large group of people were left out. The short memory of 1934
earthquake slowly faded away and people made no serious effort and opportunity to build
capacity or change their mindset of indifference to preparedness to deal with an earthquake
of this magnitude.
The vulnerability was further increased due to decades of substandard building practices and
challenges in building code compliance were hard to overcome and could not be undone or
fixed overnight. The thousands of buildings that already existed in Kathmandu and
neighboring areas before the government tightened legislation have been too costly to retrofit
and hence, constituted much of Nepal's disaster risk level. Also, in recent years, the heavy
influx of rural population to cities like Kathmandu also put enormous pressure on the housing
sector, and resulted in a construction boom that more often than not cut corners in building
standards to save time and money. These issues which required sustained commitment, as
well as political will and efforts to raise awareness were not taken care. Tying disaster risk
reduction to development planning and building better infrastructure has been a challenge
for Nepal like any developing country.
3. What this disaster has shown once again is the need for an urgent shift to ensure that
development is riskinformed and people are to be made equally accountable to prepare. “If
you help to build local and national capacity to respond, the big dream is that in the long run,
there won’t be a need for international support say Juliant Hunt and Joy Preira. Every dollar
spent on preparedness saves eight dollars in response – the evidence is so clear, yet missed in
many ways. There’s so much more attention is vital at local levels that are needed to
responding to a disasters and it had to be learnt beforehand.”
How this earthquake serves as a wakeup call on the importance of
investing in preparation by the governments, central government of
India and the people of 12 Himalayan states jointly? How people have to
push this investment on their priority list?
On analyzing India's vulnerability to occurrence of such an earthquake in future, it is
important to share that, 12 Himalayan states are highly prone to earthquake hazards with
intensity of Nepal Earthquake of 25 April or more. For ease of an easy identification, these
states are Jammu and Kashmir, with 41.65 percent area, Himachal Pradesh with 10.43,
Uttrakhand with 10.02 percent area, Sikkim with 1.3 percent are West Bengal Hills 0.59
percent area, Meghalaya with 4.20 percent area, Assam Hills with 2.87 percent area, Tripura
with 1.97 percent area, Mizoram with 3.95 percent area, Manipur 4.18 percent area,
Nagaland 3.11 percent area and Arunachal Pradesh with 15.59 percent area which is
geographically defined as vulnerable . Also, it is important to highlight that states of Punjab,
Haryana, Delhi, Rajashthan and Gujarat may face severe impacts of such an earthquake in
Himalayan region.
Assessment made by the Indian government time to time has revealed that entire Himalayan
region is vulnerable to high intensity earthquakes exceeding 8.0 on the Richter scale which
could adversely affect millions of people more than it has affected people of Nepal. A paper
based on scientific assessments, by National Institute of Disaster Management has warned
that ‘very severed’ earthquakes were likely to occur anytime in the Himalayan region. Whole
of Northeast India and Northern states of Bihar, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, J&K,
Gujarat and Andaman & Nicobar Islands are at high risk.
The National Disaster Management Authority of India too had in 2013 said that over 8 lakh
people may die if an earthquake measuring 8 on the Richter scale occurs in the seismically
active Himalayan states from Jammu and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh.
The most important dimension of all these official assessments is how local and national
governments have to strengthen mechanisms to minimize losses from such catastrophes in
future. Have the people of these states been able to influence the processes for focusing on risk
reduction which would be in everyone’s interests. Is there an enthusiasm by the people as well
as local governments to integrate and scale up their well meaning efforts to work collectively
to face such dangerous situations. The answer to such meaningful queries will not be found
satisfactory. The governments of these states may argue and supported by Government of
India that most concerns are taken care which are unfortunately illusionary with
bureaucratic approach with many inadequacies putting hundreds of thousands of Indians in
state of very high risk. What the governments have so far concentrated is legislation and
strengthening infrastructure and forces for rescue, which is not proactive DRR but reactive
4. where they have resources to react with needed force and resources for rescue. It is needed,
yet, it has to be balanced with preparedness of people which would help in safeguarding the
future of hundreds of thousands of Indians and their developmental gains. It is much beyond
recovering human bodies from fallen buildings.
There’s so much more attention is needed for developing skills of people for responding to
such a disaster with ethical accountability at all levels of governance and the people. From
visible and identified evidence it appears that governments, UN agencies outside agencies as
well as donors, need to introspect their present approach to overcome these inadequacies to
make sure that they have to prioritize to support both communities and governments with
equal sensitivity before the next disaster strikes so there’s not just an influx of rescue and
relief forces when there is a disaster; but recognized importance lies when people of theses
states are empowered by building their capacity with needed awareness, education, training
and maximum use of local resources for protection, responding for rescue. It needs allocation
of financial resources with equal sensitivity for chosen capacity building plans at local level.
It is painful to share an incident that when Nepal shook, 293 Strong motion
accelerographs positioned in Himalayan states slept through and remained dud reports
Roheeni Singh of DNA on 10 May Mumbai issue of DNA. It amounts to a shocking state of
apathy and criminal negligence by those who are accountable to take care of such an
important equipment which can facilitate early waring to let people prepare to protect. This
equipment was put with an expenditure of crores of rupees. It is in state of neglect and it does
not work for the purpose for which it has been put at these locations. This is one of the
examples of government dominant bias in delivering on DRR agenda. This has to be taken
care by collective responsibility.
How it can happen depends when political and bureaucrats reconcile to the idea that their
ownership for Disaster Risk Reduction has to be handed over to the people of these states and
they work in supporting role to support initiatives and guide them appropriately. This process
has been advocated and practiced by Saritsa Foundation for past 15 years. It is People
Centered, People Led and People Owned process of DRR. UNISDR has favorably accepted that
future of DRR hinges on making it stronger and people centered as Ms Magreta W head of
UNISDR spoke at her press briefing at Sendai, Japan on conclusion of World Conference on
Disaster Risk Reduction on 18 March 2015. This is well recognized and replicable good
practice which is one of the answers directly strengthening the DRR.
It is not to be considered a matter of "if" but "when" the next major earthquake will happen
and we need to be ready. Now is the time to reflect on lessons learned and to come together in
support of better riskinformed people and its poverty eradication and development
connectivity Like the Indonesian island of Aceh in 2004, India can use this earthquake as a
rallying point to conclude the process where people become equal partners come together
and unite behind a common goal: by understanding their role, responsibility and
accountability to be safer and more resilient in a better way for their future.
The government of India and state governments have to open up their mind to provide
opportunity to people to empower them by providing access to needed information,
education, training to build their capacity to respond. Creation of reactive forces like NDRF
and SDRF as well as technological advanced mechanisms is vital part of Rescue operations in
any country, yet it remains exclusively an act of reactive DRR and leaving people with an idea
5. that they have little role to protect in disasters and they wait for government agencies to help
them to respond. An enslaved mindset which has to be taken care with serious commitment of
local and national governments with a paradigm shift in their ways to deal with disasters.
Time has come where governments rationalize their spending with equal allocation of
resources to prepare people at local level. Government institutes are there to support this
education, yet, they remain trapped in educating and training government officials who get
little opportunity to contribute for this goal in their states.
Every community is different in terms of geography, the makeup of its population, the age of
its infrastructure, the potential hazards it must plan for, its financial resources and much
more, so is the case with 12 Himalayan states with varying challenges of vulnerability. The
policy and planning guidance have to be a customizable tool that each community of these
states can use it as usable craft to be resilient with a strategy which is aligned with its unique
combination of characteristics, circumstances and priorities.
Preparing for a disaster takes communitywide input, and I’m pleased share that Saritsa
Foundation in India has substantial contribution for developing resilience amongst people for
past 15 years.
Above all else, investments have to be made now to address the vulnerabilities that lead to the
disaster in the first place, and to ensure that future earthquakes do not lead to such
devastation in Himalayan states. This includes governance measures such as tightening
regulations and ensuring compliance to existing building codes as well as investing in better
riskinformed development practices where is much beyond forming rules and regulations.
Grasping this challenge needs boldness of minds much beyond intentions to make India safer
and resilient.
Saritsa Foundation works for its mission in 19 states to impart life saving education to build
capacity of people to protect in disasters. Saritsa Foundation has been emphasizing the
importance of making all life line concerns such as responding at individual, family and
community responses with developed skills, making schools, hospitals, fire services, police
stations and Army cantonment buildings earthquake resistant. Saritsa sensitizes these issues
in its Life Saving Education by conducting educational training workshops for past 15 years
where 2,60,000 people including 10,600 persons with disability to develop resilience.
However, situation in states may be much of a surprise. Whenever any state government
officials are approached to work jointly to prepare people at local level by Saritsa Foundation,
their set replies are we have reached at each local level in districts and we have prepared
every one as envisaged. Reality check on ground has an entirely different story telling that no
one has reached to them. All this smells of criminal negligence and preparedness on paper.
The team of Saritsa Foundation conducted 3 workshops for school children in Chamba district
of Himachal on 27, 28 and 29 April 2015 This was an initiative to prepare most vulnerable
with education and training. It is an area which is as vulnerable to earthquakes as Nepal with
famous Kangra earthquake where the 200, 000 people were killed. Saritsa Foundation also
conducted a workshop for wives and children of wives of Army Officers, Junior Commissioned
and Jawans and their children on 30 April at a cantonment which is in close vicinity of
earthquake prone area of Himachal and Jammu and Kashmir.