Natural Disaster Management - UP Academy

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PRESENTATION BY: 

SANJAY BHOOSREDDY 

IAS 

Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh.

Contents 

• Destruction by Earthquakes 

• Seismicity of India and Uttar Pradesh 

• Initiatives by Housing & Urban Planning 

Dept. on Earthquake Mitigation 

• Proposed Framework for Disaster 

Management

Earthquake is Vibrations produced in the earth’s s crust when 

rock’s s elastic strain has ruptured and rebounded 

Elements of Earthquake Risk 

• the physical phenomena (hazards) generated in an earthquake, 

the location, 

the buildings and life-lines 

lines exposed to the earthquake threat, 

and the vulnerability of the buildings and lifelines to these hazards 

Hazards 

Exposure 

RISK 

Vulnerability 

Location

Destruction 

by 

Earthquakes 

Building Damage

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGES

Gujarat Earthquake 

Concrete Building

Gujarat EQ

Gujarat EQ 

Many casualties occurred in stone masonry buildings

Gujarat EQ 

Large blocks piled up using weak bond

Gujarat EQ

Apartment Building

Soft-story Collapse

Mexico Earthquake 

Search and Rescue

Mexico Earthquake 

School Building

Liquefaction 

Nigata, Japan

Destruction by Earthquakes 

Lifeline 

Damage

DAM 

Taiwan EQ, 1999

Bridge

Electricity

Tower

Railway

Seismicity of India 

and 

Uttar Pradesh

Seismic Hazard in India 

 

 

 

BACKGROUND 

About 65 percent of the land area of India is liable 

to seismic hazard damage. 

The housing situation in the country is: 50 percent 

of existing housing units consist of clay, adobe or 

stone walls and 35 percent have burnt brick walls. 

All are highly vulnerable to sustain heavy to total 

damage under seismic intensities of VII, VIII and IX. 

60% of the nation's population, live in regions of 

high seismic risk 

with little or no earthquake 

preparedness measures in place.

Seismic Hazard in India 

• The Himalayan frontal arc, , flanked by the 

Chaman fault in the west, constitutes one 

of the 

most seismically active intra 

continental regions in the world. 

• During past two centuries, earthquakes in 

India have killed 120,000 people, , including 

the devastating 2001 Gujarat earthquake 

that killed around 13,300 people.

Seismicity in India in terms of depth of occurance

Seismicity of Uttar Pradesh 

Source: www,asc-india.org

Earthquake Zones in Uttar Pradesh

Initiatives by 

Housing & Urban Planning Dept. 

on Earthquake Mitigation

Mandatory provisions as per BIS & NBC in all 

urban areas of Uttar Pradesh for : 

Earthquake provisions as per BIS 

& NBC are made mandatory in all 

urban areas of Uttar Pradesh. 

G.O.-. No. 570/9/Aa-1-2000-Bhukamp Rodhi/2001(A.B.) Dated:Feb.03,2001 

G.O.-. No. 772/9/Aa-1-Bhukamp Rodhi/2001(A.B.) Dated:Feb.13,2001 

G.O.-. No. 3751/9/Aa-1-1-Bhukamp Rodhi/2001(A.B.) Dated:Jul.20,2001 

(Incorporated by all the Development 

authorities in their respective Building 

Bye-laws)



• All building having more than 12mt ht. 

• All important building, e.g. Hospitals, 

Bus terminals, Educational institutes, 

Auditorium, Meeting halls, Cinema Halls 

having more than 500sqm covered area. 

• Structural Safety Certificate by 

Structure Engineer along with Buildings 

Plans is made mandatory on prescribed 

proforma.



• The Building plan shall include, soil testing 

report, proposed foundation & 

superstructure details / design, & structural 

provisions for earthquake safety 

• Supervision of construction as per sanction 

plan by Site Civil Engineer having mini. of 3 

years experience of construction activities. 

• Regular sample testing of building materials 

by authorised laboratories & result report to 

be kept ready at construction site itself.



• Provisions for surprise inspection by an 

independent expert or by an expert appointed 

by the allottees. 

• Provisions of inspection for buildings having 8 

storied or more than 24mt ht. by Expert 

Inspecting Civil Engineer as a panel 

constituting one expert of mini. of a chief 

engineer level and one mini. of a professor level 

from IIT Roorki or equivalent technical institute. 

• Based on severity of earthquake zone and type 

of buildings, mini. experience for Graduate and 

Post Graduate structural engineers are laid out.



• A signboard of mini. 3 X 4 feet size to be fixed at 

an appropriate location having name, address, 

tel.no. of Architect and Structural Engineer 

• Completion Certificate made mandatory & no 

occupancy of any kind is allowed before getting 

the Completion Certificate 

• Any type of alteration or modification in the 

sanction building plan requires the Structure 

Safety Certificate from Qualified Structural 

Engineer. 

• Any deviation or violation from the Sanction plan 

or the norms of structure safety shall be 

considered as Criminal Negligence



• Provisions are being made in Master 

Plans/Zoning Plans to identify Risk Zones 

• Comprehensive survey in progress to 

identify all high rise buildings in urban 

areas of Uttar Pradesh 

• Preparation of Panel of experts to be kept 

handy at Awas Bandhu at the time of any 

disaster emergency

Five moderate earthquakes of 

around 6.5 magnitude have occurred 

in India since 1988; this leaves the 

country with no choice but to 

develop strong initiatives in 

earthquake disaster preparedness, 

mitigation and management.

Proposed Framework for 

Disaster Management

Strategy for Disaster Risk Management 

• Paradigm shift from relief and recovery to Risk 

& Vulnerability management 

• Introducing culture of preparedness at all levels 

• Strengthen decentralized response capacity in 

the country 

• Empowerment of vulnerable groups and 

ensuring livelihoods 

• Learning from past disasters

Issues In National Disaster Risk 

Management Capacity 

• Awareness & knowledge dissemination 

• Command, control & coordination 

• Emphasis on post-disaster relief & recovery 

• Resource availability for preparedness & 

mitigation 

• Information management 

• Risk assessment of Public & private 

infrastructure

Proposed Framework for CDMC & ESF 

CS 

Proposed Framework for DRM 

State DMC 

State EOC 

DC Dist. DMC 

DM City DMC 

ADM City 

ESF 1 

ESF1 

ESF1 

ESF1 

ESF1 

ESF1 

ESF 9 

T L-1 

City DMT 

T L-1 

T L-1 

T L-1 

T L-1 

T L-1 

T L-1 

T L-9 

Dist. EOC 

City EOC 

City DM Cell 

City DMP 

Centre 

DM’s Camp 

Office (or 

Collectorate 

depending on 

space 

availability) 

UDA 

Notes: In Cities that are Divisional HQs, the DC would 

head the DDMC, and the DM would head the CDMC. In 

the rest, the DM would head the DDMA and the 

ADM/CDO would head the CDMC. All 6 cities taken up 

under the DRM Programme are Divisional HQs 

CS: Chief Secretary DC: Divisional Commissioner 

DM: District Magistrate ADM: Additional DM 

CDO: Chief Development Officer

Emergency Support Functions 

ESF 1 

ESF 2 

ESF 3 

ESF 4 

ESF 5 

ESF 6 

ESF 7 

ESF 8 

ESF 9 

Communication 

Evacuation, S & R 

EMR, Dead bodies/Animal Carcass disposal 

Relief (Water-Food-Shelter) 

Logistics, Electricity-Water-Transport 

Road & Debris clearance 

Awareness Generation & Information 

dissemination, Help lines, Media links 

Coordination 

Law & Order

ESF 

Function 

Team Leader 

Suggested Mem bers 

ESF 1 

Communicati 

on 

SSP/SP 

Ham Operator Clubs, existing wireless operators 

(Police, Fire, Revenue) Telecom Dept., mobile 

operators, FM Radio, Signals Regiment - Army 

ESF 2 

Evacuation, S 

& R 

Urban Area – Fire 

Officer 

Fire, Police, Civil Defence, Health, NCC, NYKS, 

Zilla Sainik Board 

ESF 3 

EMR 

Chief M edical 

Superintendent 

(senior m ost) 

Hospital, Ambulance Service, Blood Bank, Red 

Cross, NSS, Rotary Club, Lions Club, IMA 

ESF 4 

Relief 

(W -F-S) 

ADM (Food and 

Civil Supplies) 

Civil Supplies Corporation, private suppliers, 

Additional Municipal Commissioner, In-charge of 

Jal Sansthan, Education Dept. 

ESF 5 

Logistics, 

E-W -T 

ADM City 

City Magistrate, Dept. of Power, Dept. of 

Transport, Jal Sansthan, Private services, AAI, 

NER, NR, SRTC, PW D 

ESF 6 

Road Debris 

clearance 

M unicipal 

Com missioner 

Municipal Corporation, NCC, Zilla Sainik Board, 

LDA, Divisional Forest Officer, Army, PW D 

ESF 7 

Awareness 

Generation, 

Help lines 

UDA 

DAVP, EOC, NGOs, Media (print/audio-visual), 

NSS, Scouts & Guides, Education Dept., National 

Green Core, IIA, IEI, UPREDCO 

ESF 8 

Coordination 

DM 

Police, UDA, Municipal Corporation, CMS, Civil 

Defence, NGOs, NSS 

ESF 9 

Law 

Order 

and 

ADM City 

Dept. of Home, DM, Civil Defence, Home Guards, 

City Magistrates

O n site In c id e n t M a n a g e m e n t T e a m s 

T h e IM T w ill 

m o b ilize 

e x p e rtise a n d 

re so u rce s fro m 

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E S F s 

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C ity E O C 

T L : A d d l. C ity M a g istra te 

In cid en t M anagem en t T eam 

E a ch zo n e /su b d iv isio n 

o f th e city w ill h a v e a n 

IM T w ith m e m b e rsh ip 

fro m a ll E S F s th a t g e ts 

a ctiv a te d in a n 

e m e rg e n cy . 

D IS A S T E R

Em ergency Operations 

Centre 

• 24 hour control room 

• Info dissem ination 

and helpline 

• Individual ESF Plans 

• City Preparedness 

and Response Plan 

through the CDM T 

• Updation and m ock 

drills 

• Others 

DM Planning Centre 

• Awareness Generation 

• System s for 

Com pliance and 

Enforcem ent ( Techno 

Legal Fram ew ork ) 

• Training and Capacity 

Building, M aterial 

• M itigation Planning 

• Others 

The EO C located at the Municipal Corporation w ould have dedicated staff either attached 

or on deputation and posted from NIC, Relief Dept., Municipal Corporation, Police 

W ireless, etc. or posts w ould be created. The functions of the DM Planning Centre located 

at the UDA w ould be facilitated by the UDA Board.

CDMT 

•Co -ordinate ESF Plans, 

updation and mock - 

drills 

•Co -ordinate IMTs in 

emergencies 

•Facilitate City DP&R 

Plan 

•Facilitate DM plans at 

community as well as 

other levels 

•Awareness generation 

• 

CDMC 

•Plan and monitor 

implementation of 

DM activities 

•Co -ordinate all DM 

functions of the city 

through the City DM 

Cell and the CDMT 

•Link the city to 

district and state 

systems in DRM 

•

CHAIRPERSON: DISTRICT MAGISTRATE 

VICE CHAIRPERSON: VICE-CHAIRMAN – UDA 

Members 

• –Mayor (or his nominee - non official from Municipal Corp) 

• –City MLA 

• –City MP 

• –Team Leaders of various Emergency Support Functions 

• –Municipal Commissioner 

• –Chief Medical Superintendent (senior most) 

• –Executive Engineer - Irrigation Department 

• –Urban Area Fire Officer 

• –Police Commissioner 

• –Head of a Training Institution (ATI, IIT, etc.) 

• –Technical Experts as needed

Thank you 

: : 91-522 

522-26122442612244 

: : 91-522 

522-24820872482087 

E-mail : s_bhoosreddy 

bhoosreddy@yahoo.com 

sbreddy@up. 

@up.nic.in

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