The document discusses disaster management, defining a disaster and outlining its characteristics, phases, and implications in India, which is highly vulnerable to natural disasters such as earthquakes, droughts, floods, and cyclones. It highlights the roles of civil engineers in disaster response and lists major disasters in India, including the Gujarat earthquake and Uttarakhand floods, detailing their impacts on human life and infrastructure. The document raises concerns about the contributions of certain development projects to increased disaster risks.

1. Disaster Management
By- Piyush Ranjan
1NC10CV723

2. What is disaster?
“A disaster can be defined as any occurrence
that cause damage, ecological disruption,
loss of human life, deterioration of health
and health services on a scale, sufficient to
warrant an extraordinary response from
outside the affected community or area”.
(W.H.O.)

3. What is Disaster Management

5. CHARACTERISTIC OF DISASTER
 Predictability
 Controllability
 Speed of onset
 Length of
forewarning
 Duration of impact
 Scope and intensity
of impact

6. PHASES OF DISASTER
Pre-impact
phase
Impact
phase
Post-impact
phase

7. India and Natural Disasters
Over 65% land area vulnerable to
earthquake;
70% of land under cultivation prone to
drought;
5% of land (40 million hectares) to floods;
8% of land (8,000 km coastline) to cyclones.
A Major Disaster occurs every 2-3 years;
50 million people affected annually
1 million houses damaged annually along
with human,social and other losses

8. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OFCIVIL
ENGINEERS
 Policy maker
 Planner
 Structural engineer
 Geotechnical engineer
 Hydrological / irrigation engineer
 Environmental engineer / Public Health
 Surveyor
 Transportation engineer
 Marine engineer
 Construction manager/ Project manager
 Services (Plumbing, Fire-fighting, Lift, HVAC, Electrical)

9. Major Disasters in India
2001 Gujarat earthquake
2012 Maharashtra drought
 2013 Uttarakhand floods

12.  There were more than 20,000 deaths and 167,000
people injured
 Four districts of Gujarat lay in ruin and altogether,
21 districts were affected
 Around 300,000 families and at least 3 million
children aged 14 and under were affected.
 Around 600,000 people were left homeless.
 In the city of Bhuj, more than 3,000 inhabitants of
the city lost their lives; the main hospital was
crushed and close to 90% of the buildings was
destroyed.

14. Villages Affected
Cattle Camps
Water Storage
Drinking Water
Agriculture & Industries

16.  822 deaths occurred in floods (official details)
 1800 were missing persons.
 2232 has fully damaged houses.
 154 bridges got damaged.
 1520 roads got damaged.

17. IS ONLY
NATURE
FAULTY.........?

18.  More than 220 power and mining projects are running in
14 river valleys in Uttarakhand.
 Several rivers are being diverted through tunnels for
these projects leading to major disasters in the state.
 Also rapid growth of hydroelectricity dams that disrupt
water balances and this also triggered the action of
disaster .

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