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7.6 Floods
7.6.1 Planning Assumptions
Section VII : Response Structure
Floods occur with warning, while flash flood occur with very little warning.
Flood prone areas in India are demarcated as either blue or red lines depending on the
frequency of occurrence. Blue lines are those areas where floods can occur once every
five years whereas red lines are areas where floods can occur once every hundred years.
The resource requirements for management of flood is extremely intensive involving
large scale mobilization of resources.
7.6.2 Lead Agencies
The lead agencies are the revenue, police, irrigation, and medical services.
Extensive damage to infrastructure and public utilities is possible hence the role of
supporting agencies such as MSEB, Telecommunications and PWD is crucial.
The loss to crop or plantation demands involvement of Agriculture Department, ZP
Loss of cattle will bring in the role for Animal Husbandry, ZP.
The assistance and intervention of the EOC is essential to support the district
administration in the management of these disasters.
Additionally, secondary disasters such as epidemics may be caused due to floods and
must be monitored by Public Health Department.
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