Project file on generating awareness on disaster management

Thus, 68 percent of the total sown area covering about 142 million hectares are vulnerable to drought conditions.

In India, thirty three percent of the area receives less than 750mm rainfall and is chronically drought-prone, and thirty five percent of the area with 750-1125mm rainfall is also subject to drought once in four to five years. Drought may start any time, last indefinitely and attain many degrees of severityДrought is a frequent phenomenon over many parts of India. Drought's beginning is subtle, its progress is insidious and its effects can be devastating. The steps being taken by the Government covers institutional mechanisms, disaster prevention strategy, early warning system, disaster mitigation, preparedness and response and human resource development.LetвЂ™s see in detail about the role of government/non-government agencies in disaster management in further pagesДrought is the single most important weather- related natural disaster often aggravated by human action. In fact, the human toll andД®conomic losses have mounted.Over the past couple of years, the Government of India have brought about a paradigm shift in the approach to disaster management. Lives and property due to disasters has not decreased. Even as substantial scientific and material progress is made, the loss of The BhujД®arthquake accounted for 13805 deaths, the super cyclone in Orissa accounted forДЄt the global level, there has been considerable concern over naturalДisasters. India has been very vulnerable to natural hazards and calamities. The loss in terms of private, community and public assets has been astronomical In the decade 1990-2000, an average of about 4344 people lost their lives and about 30 million people were affected by disasters every year. Landslides have been a recurrent phenomena.ДЄbout 60% of the landmass is prone to earthquakes of various intensities over 40 million hectares is prone to floods about 8% of the total area is prone to cyclones and 68% of the area is susceptible to drought. Floods, droughts, cyclones, earthquakes and India has been traditionally vulnerable to natural disasters on account of With the tropical climate and unstable land forms, coupled with deforestation, unplanned growth proliferation non-engineered constructions which make the disaster-prone areas mere vulnerable, tardy communication, poor or no budgetary allocation for disaster prevention, developing countries suffer more or less chronically by natural disasters Various disasters like earthquake, landslides, volcanic eruptions, fires, flood and cyclones are natural hazards that kill thousands of people and destroy billions of dollars of habitat and property each year.

Project file on generating awareness on disaster management