Smart cities in coastal areas must have disaster management plan in place

Q: The NDMA has told the government that the cities being developed in coastal states as "Smart Cities" under the Prime Minister's flagship programme must be disaster resilient.

Jackie,

14th September 2015

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it has also proposed that a database will be prepared of pregnant women in their 4th trimester be to shift them to emergency care in hospitals before the cyclone strikes.

pradyumanapte, Mumbai

14th September 2015

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Yes, i have seen the list of smart city that is being built and many more cities/towns which are coming up or located in the helpless coastal areas, need to be designed and built based on multi risk resilient features. So, these cities must have a basic of disaster management plan integrated with district disaster management plan.

Aveek Paul,

14th September 2015

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Hence, the NDMA has now recommended to the Urban Development Ministry about the disaster resilient. The NDMA has further proposed the concept of "Early Warning to the Last Mile" to save lives.

pradyumanapte, Mumbai

14th September 2015

I think it is a good initiatives. It is also heard that on receipt of information from Indian Meteorological Departmentof the approaching cyclone, the State Emergency Operation Centre would immediately through a web based early warning dissemination system that will send warning from Chief Secretary/Chief Minister right up to the last mile i.e. people living in far extensive or vast coastal areas and to fishermen through their mobiles or other systems so installed.

Sreenath, Chennai

14th September 2015

This will really help a lot to the people to become alert within 48-72 hours before the landfall of cyclone and either shift to safer places such as Multipurpose Cyclone Shelters or to move to areas within the state which are not likely to be affected by cyclone.

Madhukar, Chennai

14th September 2015

I heard the news and it is a good thought by the NDMA. They told the government in clear cut voice that the cities being developed in coastal states as "Smart Cities" under the Prime Minister's flagship programme must be disaster resilient.

Aveek Paul,

14th September 2015

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This is really a nice job by NDMA. They have seen the destruction in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha caused by Cyclone HudHud. In a report titled "Strategies and Lessons for preparing better and strengthening risk resilience in coastal regions of India", DMA explains how the "eye" of the 2014 HudHud cyclone lay exactly over the Vishakapatnam city and caused widespread damage to property and natural resources though lot of lives were saved given advance preparations made.

Madhukar, Chennai

14th September 2015