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Disaster management ``action plan`` now for 80 villages in Uttaranchal
The Uttaranchal government has decided to initiate a ``village disaster management action plan `` in 80 villages of four hill districts which have been found to be more sensitive to natural disasters.
The Uttaranchal government has decided to initiate a ''village disaster management action plan '' in 80 villages of four hill districts which have been found to be more sensitive to natural disasters.
Official sources in Uttaranchal said the state government has a separate ministry for disaster management headed by Mr Ajay bhatt. The recent landslides in Rudraprayag have made the government pace up work to increase preparedness in disaster -prone areas of the hill state.
The four districts targetted in the action plan are Chamoli and Uttarkashi in the Garhwal area and Bageshwar and Pithoragarh in the Kumaon area of Uttaranchal, sources said. Twenty villages in each of these four districts have been identified by the ministry as more disaster prone than other areas in the state. ''Shelter points'' would be established in these villages which would provide safety to the villagers during any natural calamity. Helipads would be made around these ''shelter points'' to be used in emergency situations. Among the 80 villages are Maithani, Nandprayag, Pipalkoti, Mandal, Gangola, Bhimtalla and Aamkhet (in Chamoli), Jamak, Sanglai, Kishenpur, Badkot, Nandgaon and Raithal (in Uttarkashi), Dokti, Gogina, Farsali Talla, Kanyali Kot, Kaflani and Ghulampur Garh (in Bageshwar) and Madkot, Bona, Batkura, Bhadeli and Dhapa in Pithoragarh. All these villages would be connected by satellite telephones which would be connected to the disaster management centre in Dehra Dun. All villagers who agreed to be moved away from the highly disaster prone zones in these villages would be rehabilitated in other areas of the state, sources said. Techniques to build quake-proof houses would be taught to these villagers to minimise the loss of life and property during earthquakes in the region.
Bureau Report
Official sources in Uttaranchal said the state government has a separate ministry for disaster management headed by Mr Ajay bhatt. The recent landslides in Rudraprayag have made the government pace up work to increase preparedness in disaster -prone areas of the hill state.
The four districts targetted in the action plan are Chamoli and Uttarkashi in the Garhwal area and Bageshwar and Pithoragarh in the Kumaon area of Uttaranchal, sources said. Twenty villages in each of these four districts have been identified by the ministry as more disaster prone than other areas in the state. ''Shelter points'' would be established in these villages which would provide safety to the villagers during any natural calamity. Helipads would be made around these ''shelter points'' to be used in emergency situations. Among the 80 villages are Maithani, Nandprayag, Pipalkoti, Mandal, Gangola, Bhimtalla and Aamkhet (in Chamoli), Jamak, Sanglai, Kishenpur, Badkot, Nandgaon and Raithal (in Uttarkashi), Dokti, Gogina, Farsali Talla, Kanyali Kot, Kaflani and Ghulampur Garh (in Bageshwar) and Madkot, Bona, Batkura, Bhadeli and Dhapa in Pithoragarh. All these villages would be connected by satellite telephones which would be connected to the disaster management centre in Dehra Dun. All villagers who agreed to be moved away from the highly disaster prone zones in these villages would be rehabilitated in other areas of the state, sources said. Techniques to build quake-proof houses would be taught to these villagers to minimise the loss of life and property during earthquakes in the region.
Bureau Report