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As a part of the overall preparedness of the state, the Government of Maharashtra
has a State Disaster Management Action Plan to support and strengthen the efforts
of the district administration. In this context, every district has evolved
it's own District Disaster Management Action Plan (DDMAP). It is expected that
these multi-hazard response plans would increase the effectiveness of administrative
Multi-disaster Response Plan
The DDMAP addresses the districts' response to disaster situations such
as earthquakes, floods, cyclones, epidemics, off-site industrial disasters and
roads accidents and fires. Some of these disasters such as floods and earthquakes
affect large areas causing extensive damage to life, property and environment
while others such as epidemics only affect large populations. In any case, the
management of these disasters requires extensive resources and manpower for
containment by remedial action.
The present plan is a multi-hazard response plan for the disasters and outlines
the institutional framework required for managing such situations. However,
the plan assumes a disaster specific form in terms of the actions to be taken
by the various agencies involved in the disaster. The front-end or local level
of any disaster response organisation will differ depending upon the type of
disaster, but at the level of the back-end i.e., at the controlling level at
the district it will almost remain same, for all types of disasters.
The objectives of the District Disaster Management Action Plan are :
· To improve preparedness at the district level, through risk and vulnerability
analysis , to disasters and to minimise the impact of disasters in terms of
human, physical and material loss.
· To ascertain the status of existing resources and facilities available
with the various agencies involved in the management of disasters in the district
and make it an exercise in capability building of district administration. This
enables the district to face a disaster in a more effective way and builds confidence
across different segments of society. It will be a positive factor for long
term development of the district.
· To utilise different aspects of disaster mitigation for development
planning as a tool for location and area specific planning for development in
the district.
· To use scientific and technological advances in Remote Sensing, GIS
etc. in preparation of this plan with a veiw to ensure their continuous use
for development planning.
· To develop a framework for proper documentation of future disasters
in the district, to have an update on critical information essential to a plan,
to critically analyse and appraise responses and to recommend appropriate strategies
· To evolve DDMAP as an effective managerial tool within the overall
policy framework of Government of Maharashtra.
Response to disasters, in the absence of a defined plan, would be arbitrary
leading to overemphasis of some actions and absence of other actions which could
be critical. The objectives of any disaster management plan should be to localise
a disaster and to the maximum extent possible contain it so as to minimise the
impact on life, the environment and property. A formal plan for managing disasters
is therefore necessary. This would include
a. pre-planning a proper sequence of response actions,
b. allocation of responsibilities to the participating agencies,
c. developing codes and standard operating procedures for various departments
and relief agencies involved.
d. inventory of existing facilities and resources
e. mechanisms for effective management of resources
f. co-ordination of all relief activities including those of NGOs to ensure
a coordinated and effective response.
g. Co-ordination with the State response machinery for appropriate support
h. Monitoring and evaluation of actions taken during relief and rehabilitation
"Outline of Vulnerability Assessment" prepared by CSSD/EMC has been
used as the basic instrument to collate district level information to meet the
database requirements for the preparation of DDMAP.
Policy Statement
The underlying policy of the DDMAP is to protect life, environment and property
while ensuring mitigation of the disaster to the maximum extent possible, relief
to those affected and restoration of normalcy at the earliest.
Essentially, communities draw their support from the social institutions, administrative
structure, and values and aspirations they cherish. Disasters may temporarily
disorganise the social units and the administrative system and disrupt their
lives built around these values and aspirations. A systematic effort to put
back the social life on its normal course with necessary technology support
and resources will contribute significantly to the resilience of the community
and nation.
This policy forms the basis of the DDMAP strategy. It aims at capacity building
and prompt utilization of resources in a disaster situation through a partnership
of the GOM, NGOs, Private Initiatives and the community. In pursuance with this
policy, DDMAP addresses itself to strengthening the pre-disaster and post-disaster
responses of various actors and stakeholders including the "victims"
of the disaster.
Gadchiroli District is located on the north-eastern side of the State of Maharashtra.
It has heavy forest growth and tribal population.
Gadchiroli District is located between 18° 40' to 20° 50' N latitude
and 79° 45' to 80° 55' E longitude and this essentially indicates that
Gadchiroli District is located in the Deccan Plateau.
The adjoining districts are Bastar & Rajanandgaon in Madhya Pradesh on
the east, Chandrapur on the west, Bhandara on the north & Karim Nagar Adilabad
in Andhra Pradesh on the south.
Area and Administrative Divisions
Gadchiroli is the district headquarter in Nagpur Administrative Division and
Collector Office is located at District headquarters. The territory of the District
stretches over an area of 15434.00 Sq.kms. The district is divided into 3 Sub-divisions
and these 3 Sub-divisions are having in all 12 tahsils.
Name of Sub-division Name of Talukas
Gadchiroli Sub-division 1) Gadchiroli
2) Chamorshi
3) Dhanora
4) Mulchera
Desaiganj Sub-division 1) Kurkheda
2) Korchi
3) Wadsa
4) Armori
Aheri Sub-division
1) Aheri
2) Etapalli
3) Bhamragad
4) Sironcha
There are 1671 villages and 467 Gram Panchayats, 4 Municipal towns and 2 Municipal
Councils. The total population of the District as per 1991 Census is 7,87,000.
Salient Physical Features and Land Use Pattern
Physical Features
The major area of the district is having undulating topography on large scale,
except a narrow strip along Godavari and Pranhita rivers.
Main physiographic features of the district are the Sirkonda, Bhamragad, Aheri
and Dandkarnaya hill ranges with high to moderate relief.
The low land of the district shows rolling topography with isolated hillocks.
The main river basin of the district is Godavari which borders the southern
boundary of the district and flows west to east. The major sub-basins of the
Godavari are Pranhita sub-basins which is given name after the confluence of
two major sub-basins i.e. Wainganga and Wardha river near Chaprala village of
Chamorshi Taluka and Indravati sub-basin. The Sub-tributaries of these two sub-basins
show a network of parallel drainage pattern.
The eastern part of District in Dhanora, Ettapalli, Aheri and Sironcha talukas
is covered by forests. Hilly terrain of Aheri, Bhamragad, Tipagad, Palasgad
& Surajgad one of the highest hilly terrain Gadalgatta is there.
The predominant soil cover in the district is Clay, Clay-gravel, Sandy loam,
Deep black soil, Reddish & Yellowish brown soils on hill slopes, Brown &
Gray soils of plains and Laterite & Lateritic soil.
Land Use Pattern
Inhabited area - 208.81 Sq.kms. (1.354%)
Agricultural Area - 2012.00 Sq.kms. (13.04%)
Industrial Area - 1.09 Sq.kms. (0.006%)
Forest cover - 11569.00 Sq.kms. (74.96%)
Wastelands - 1642.90 Sq.kms.(10.64)
Drought Prone areas - NIL
Geology and Geomorphology
Geologically the district contains almost all geological formations except
the Deccan Trap. The distribution of geological formation can be described in
the following table
The major lineament trends are NW-SE, NE-SW and N-S. The NW-SE lineaments are
more common and can be correlated to the trend of the Godavari. The longer lineaments
are considered to be deep seated fractures in the crust.
A shear zone encompassing two parallel sets of lineaments has been marked trending
NW-SE near Chamorshi town. Copper mineralisation is associated with this shear
Iron ore, base metals, barytes, limestone, corundum, talc are some of the important
economic minerals occurring in the district.
The district can be divided into six geomorphic units of structural, denudational
and fluvial origin.
Structural Origin : Structural Hills/Ridges
Lithologically these consist of metamorphic rocks of Archaean and Proterozoic
Denudational Origin : Denudational Hills, Pediments/Pediplains
Denudational hills are low relief hills mostly covered with vegetation. While
Pediments are concave surfaces developed at junction of hills with the plains
and exhibit undulating topography and are dissected.
Fluvial Origin : Older and Younger Alluvial Plains
The Wainganga and the Godavari have developed extensive alluvial deposits along
their courses. The older alluvial plain is a flat surface of large aerial extent
gently sloping towards these rivers and representing an earlier cycle of deposition.
The unconsolidated material in this unit consists of sand silt and kankar with
thickness as high as 30m. The younger alluvial unit represents a later cycle
of deposition.
Climate and Rainfall
Gadchiroli faces extreme variations in temperature with very hot summers and
very cold winters and an average relative humidity of 62 percent.
The maximum recorded temperature till date was 46.3º Celsius on 20th May
The minimum recorded temperature of 5º Celsius was on 5th January 1992.
Gadchiroli District receives rainfall from the south-westerly winds mainly
in the months of June, July, August and September.
July and August are the months during which the maximum rainfall as well as
maximum continuous rainfall occurs.
The table below shows the rainfall data calculated over a period of 15 years
from 1982-96.
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Maximum annual rainfall 2277.00 (mm) 1990
(mm) for 15 years.
Average rainfall 1510.00 (mm)
Maximum rainfall 435.00 (mm)
in a day
Socio-economic Features
Demographic Features
According to the 1991 Census, the demographic features observed in Gadchiroli
district are as follows :-
Total Number of households : 1,63,000
Total Population : 7,87,000
Total Male Population : 3,98,000
Total Female Population : 3,89,000
Sex ratio : 977
Urban Population : 69,000
Rural Population : 7,18,000
Percentage of Urban Population : 8.7 %
to total Population
Population density : 51 per Sq.km.
Literacy rate : 42.95 %
Male Literacy rate : 56.57 %
Female Literacy rate : 28.84 %
SC/ST (Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes)
SC percentage : 12.20 %
ST percentage : 38.75 %
Population below poverty line : 55.74 %
ST population, SC population & population below poverty line are mainly
affected by Disasters like Flood, Earthquake and mostly by epidemics. These
sections of society will require special upliftment through education, social
and employment programme to develop in them the capability to minimise risk
factors from epidemics, floods and earthquake. Housing pattern needs to be made
pucca and safe for these sections of society in this tribal district. Most important
improvement will be making available potable drinking water & safe and sanitary
Urban Centres
Name of the Population Population Major Occupational Patters
Urban Density
Farmer Agri. Self Empl Other
Labour worker worker
1) Gadchiroli 29565 1015.98 37.70 22.95 1.64 37.71
2) Wadsa 19794 741.35 17.81 31.51 38.63 12.32
3) Aheri 10982 1152.00 12.08 12.79 32.57 39.55
4) Allapalli 8224 2233.00 4.28 5.32 65.75 24.63
Major Rural Centre (population more than 5000)
Name of the Population Population Major Occupational Patterns
Rural Density
1) Kurkheda 5310 1076 16.73 21.70 30.96 30.66
2) Kurud 5024 576 48.12 39.89 7.07 4.92
3) Kunghada (Rai) 5684 264 57.77 32.10 4.48 5.65
4) Chamorshi 10175 309 32.11 34.67 15.49 17.73
5) Armori 15263 669 17.84 45.85 21.20 15.09
6) Sironcha 5401 1986 10.57 15.52 36.33 37.58
Historical And Religious Centres
Information on historical and religious centres is compiled to assess the possible
influx of large populations on specific occasions and the service demand generated.
This is important specifically with respect to administration's response for
management of transport, health services, law and order, facilities for food
and sanitation in order to control epidemics, road accidents and fires.
Name of the historical and Periods of festive Estimated tourist or
religious centre and nearest occasions, months visiting population
Urban or Major rural centre
listed above
1) Aheri place Ta:- Aheri "Dashera" for 3 day's period 25000 to
Nearest major rural centre Months: September/October 30000
Aheri Ta:- Aheri
2) Markanda Deo Ta:-Chamorshi Mahashivratri festival for 50000 to
Nearest major rural centre one week from the day 60000
Chamorshi Months: February/March
3) Chaprala Ta:-Chamorshi Hanuman Jayanti day for 10000 to
Nearest major rural centre 3 days period in April/ 12000
Ashti Ta:-Chamorshi May month.
Seasonal Migration
Purpose Areas (specify Talukas) Period Estimated
(Calendar months) population
Tendu Leaves Gadchiroli, April to May 13825
collection Kurkheda
Korchi, Dhanora
Sironcha,Aheri, Chamorshi
Bamboo Gadchiroli December to June 6700
Cutting Mulchera, Etapalli
Note: This migration is temporary for two to six months. They are coming from
Balaghat, Bastar & Jabalpur District of Madhya Pradesh.
Agriculture and Cropping Pattern
The main agricultural crops in the district along with the cropping period
and market area is given in the table below:
Types Names Cropping period Market (District,
State, Export)
Major Crops
(Irrigated) District
(KHARIF) Paddy June to Nov. Gadchiroli-State
RABBI Wheat Sept.to February Gadchiroli
Gram Sept.to January Gadchiroli
(KHARIF) Tur June to Nov. Gadchiroli
Mung June to January Gadchiroli
Pulses June to October Gadchiroli
Soyabean June to October Gadchiroli-State
Sesamum June to October Gadchiroli
Cotton June to January Gadchiroli-State
Major Cash Crops Soyabean June to October State
(Kharif+Rabbi) Cotton June to January State
Groundnut June to October Gadchiroli
Sesamum Sept.to Nov. Gadchiroli
Statistical details regarding are under forests, cultivation, Non-agricultural
use and fallow lands are as indicated below :-
1) Total Area of the District - 1543380 Hectares
2) Area under forests - 1156900 Hectares
3) Land not available for cultivation - 15000 Hectares
4) Land under Non-agricultural use - 41000 Hectares
5) Fallow Land/Waste Land - 26000 Hectares
6) Other fallow land - 47000 Hectares
7) Land under cultivation - 199525 Hectares
8) Net area under irrigation - 52253 Hectares
9) Total area under irrigation - 52994 Hectares
10) Area under foodgrain crops - 198250 Hectares
11) Classification of Land Holders
A) Number of cultivators holding - 69613
less than 2 hectares land.
B) Number of cultivators having - 37722
net 2-10 hectares land.
C) Number of cultivators having - 1542
more than 10 hectares land
D) Total land holders - 108877Area under Crops as Percentage of Total Geographical
Area of the Tahsils
Gadchiroli Armori Kurkheda Dhanora Ettapalli Sironcha
Geog.Area 773.40 1278.42 1495.97 1950.33 3954.70 872.30
Cotton --- --- --- --- --- 0.03
Jowar 2.42 0.78 --- 0.02 0.01 6.58
Wheat 0.16 0.39 0.19 --- --- ---
Fruits & Veg 0.20 0.18 0.08 0.04 0.01 0.07
Barley --- --- --- --- --- ---
Rice (Paddy) 19.23 13.04 10.19 8.40 3.82 8.24
Groundnut --- 0.04 0.03 --- --- 0.07
Oilseeds 0.58 0.61 0.74 0.25 0.01 2.54
Pigeonpea --- --- --- --- --- ---
Spices 0.21 0.19 0.19 0.15 0.02 0.02
Others 4.74 3.45 1.47 1.15 0.19 2.79
Aheri Chamorshi Desaiganj Korchi Bhamragad Mulchera
Geog.Area 2723.74 1023.31 192.48 555.99 449.77 163.39
Cotton --- 0.15 --- --- --- ---
Jowar 1.76 5.74 2.97 --- 0.01 4.36
Wheat --- 0.19 1.83 0.01 --- 0.04
Fruits & Veg. 0.02 0.38 0.99 0.04 0.03 0.12
Rice (Paddy) 2.96 23.89 58.95 15.92 15.82 31.62
Groundnut --- --- 0.46 --- --- ---
Oilseeds 0.74 2.42 2.46 0.38 0.02 3.97
Spices 0.01 0.39 1.04 0.16 0.04 0.14
Others 0.61 7.49 11.85 7.55 0.52 1.94
River Systems and Dams
The entire Gadchiroli district is included in the drainage basin of Godavari
At the southwestern boundary of the district, near Sironcha, Godavari enters
the district and flows eastwards for about 50 km along the southern boundary
of the district. After it's confluence with the Indravati, at the southeastern
corner, the Godavari turns south into Andhra Pradesh.
The western boundary for a distance of 225 km is formed by the flow of the
Wainganga river ; Khobragadi nadi, Satnala, Kathani and Mirgadola are major
The Pranhita river, formed by the confluence of Wainganga and Wardha rivers,
forms the southwesten boundary for 90 km till it's confluence with the Godavari.
Dina Nadi is the main tributary.
The Indravati enters the district near Aheri and forms the southeastern boundary
for a distance of 120 km before joining the Godavari. Nimbra, Kotrai and Bandia
are the major tributaries.
There is at present only one major dam project i.e. Tultuli on Khobragadi river
which has not been completed. Apart from this, eleven medium dams are proposed
but work has not yet been completed. Dina Project on Dina river - is completed
& is a source of irrigation.
Name of Dam Location of Capacity River on which Estimated time
Dam Dam is built for completion
Major Dams
Sati Palasgad 121.00 Sati river Time schedule
Tal.Kurkheda depends upon the availability of funds
Tultuli Dawandi 225.05 Khobragadi Time schedule
Tal.Armori river depends upon the availability of funds
Minor Dams
Chenna Mukadi 15.00 Chenna river Depends upon the
Tal.Mulchera funds
Karwafa Makepaili 32.44 Kuthar river Depends upon the
Tal.Gadchiroli funds
Pohar Nala Tadgaon 62.00 Pohar Nala Depends upon the
Tah.Korchi availability of
Kobragadi Near Korchi 69.00 Khobragadi
Irrigation Projects
Location of the Project(s) Catchment area Target Command area
Dina project 13.78 km² 113.56 km²
Power Stations and Electricity Installations
There is no power generation station in the district.
There exists a number of 66 KV and 33 KV sub-stations well distributed within
the district.
Name of Sub Stations
Name of village or town.
132 KV Sub
66 KV Sub Station
33 KV Sub Stations
The extent of industrialisation gets reflected by the number of industrial
estate and industrial activity and in terms of movement of cargo.
¨ Number of Industrial Estates : 1
¨ Number of chemical industries/tank farms : 1
¨ Number of pipelines carrying chemicals : Nil
¨ Number of potentially hazardous locations : 1
¨ Number of vehicles carrying hazardous raw materials for industries (during
a month): 1
¨ Number of vehicles passing through the district carrying hazardous materials
for industries (during a month): Nil
¨ Number of container terminals: Nil
¨ Types of Industries: Paper products, Wood based.
The details on each industrial estate and fact sheet on each industry have
been attached in Annexure 1.
Kotagal M.I.D.C. area is nearly 5 kms. from Gadchiroli city and is the smallest
industrial Estate of Vidarbha Region.
Ballarpur Industries limited unit Ashti is nearly 70 km. away from Gadchiroli.
Due to forest conservation act, particularly Zudpi Jungle problem & Naxal
activities in Gadchiroli District, industrialisation both for small scale sector
& medium scale industries is very poor, hence the economy is wholly Agriculture
& Forest labour based. There is absence of Forest based industries also.
The tribals & scheduled caste sectors continue to be suffering from poor
economic conditions and hence are always prone to disasters caused by floods,
heavy rains and health problems.
Transport and Communication Network
· Number of National Highways : 1
· Length (in kms) of National Highways : 50 (proposed)
· State Highway (in kms.) : 1149
· ZP roads (in kms.) : 2118
· Number of Bridges on rivers : 244
· Number of ST depots : 2
· Number of villages not accessible by ST : 271
· Number of Ports of jetties : --
· Number of boats : 9
· Number of railways stations with mail/express halts : --
· Number of railway bridges : 13
· Non-electrified railway routes (in kms) : 18.48
· Electrified railway routes (in kms) : --
· Number of unmanned railway crossings : 2
· Number of airports/air strips : --
· Number of Sub-Post Offices & branches :
Proposed Development
Any major developmental changes that are to be undertaken (say in the next
five years)
New afforestation : 243.17 km² area covered
New area declared as : 104.38 km² area covered
reserved forest/sanctuary
New Industrial estates (undertaken/proposed)
Name of industrial estate : 8 mini industries estate are proposed at different
Location of the industries : Kurkheda Korchi Dhanora Mulchera
Tq.Kurkhed Ta.Korchi Tq.Dhonara Tq.Mulchera
Etapalli Bhamragad Aheri Sironcha
Tq.Etapalli Tq.Bhamragad Tq.Aheri Tq.Sironcha
Nearest urban/Major rural : Kurkheda Korchi Dhanora Etapalli Bhamragad
Centre Aheri Sironcha
Large industries set-up or proposed :
Name of the industries : Two large industrial estate are proposed
Location of the industries : 1) At Wadsa, Ta. Desaiganj (Wadsa)
2) At Ashti, Tq. Chamorshi
Type of industries : Nil
Economic, Occupational, Social and Educational Profile
of the Population
Physical features and land use pattern of the district indicate that agriculture
is the main activity of the district. The total agricultural are is 2012.00
Sq.km. that is 13.03% of the total area of the district
Of these 200509 ha. is the net sown area 29300 ha. is barren and uncultivable
land, and culturable waste land of 48000 ha. Paddy is main crop Wheat, Pulses
and Jowar are the side crops and Mango is the main plantation.
77.73 % of the total area is under forest cover.
The distribution of urban and rural population shows that 8.7 % of the population
is urban.
This is in spite of being a predominantly agricultural district thus indicating
that there is a surplus rural population.
SCs and STs (socially vulnerable sections) account for 50.95 percent of the
total population.
The overall area for industrial use accounts for only 1.00 Sq.km. i.e. 0.001
percent of the total area.
The number of main urban centres are 4.
In one of these centres, the industrial workers account for more than 20 percent,
in 14 centres the percentage of industrial workers is less than 10 percent.
This essentially indicates that urbanisation is moving faster than industrialisation,
thereby creating problems of unemployment, urban poverty, and urban concentrations.
14 % of the urban population is in the slums and 70 % of the population is
below poverty line.
Seasonal migration is a temporary phenomenon lasting for two months to six
months and basically the influx is from the adjoining state of Madhya Pradesh
(essentially contract labour). The influx of migrants is more in the Tendu leaves
collection & Bamboo cutting.
While there are 3 historical and religious centres in Gadchiroli, Aheri, Markanda
Dev & Chaparala are religious centres and places.
There is moderate influx of tourist population in the district with only the
rainy season and the months of December and January being lean periods.
The overall literacy percent of the district is 42.95 % whereas among the SCs
and STs, it is 55 percent indicating the vulnerability of the entire population
to disasters like floods.
Disaster Specific Proneness
The district can be divided into two basin areas - Vainganga river basin &
Indravati river basin. In the district there are three main rivers, Godavari,
Indravati and Vainganga have a possibility of flooding during monsoons. In addition,
there are a number of nalas and smaller rivers like Gadvi, Khobragadi, Kathani,
Nalas are non-perennial streams and are generally prone to flash floods, these
flash floods also cause loss of life & poverty at local level. Many of these
nalas have a large catchment area and therefore offer opportunities for medium
or minor irrigation projects.
One can see some medium projects being undertaken which guarantees some irrigation
in the absence of adequate rainfall, and also as a control measure against flash
There are only two major dam out of which one is under construction whereas
there are 4 medium dams under construction (Planning stage). These dams will
also help in the mitigation of flash floods in the downstream region. Rivers
on the other hand are perennial streams.
Watershed management schemes, undertaken by Agriculture department, are not
necessarily planned for flood prevention. But regular watershed schemes in villages
have contributed a lot in reducing flooding of small rivers and nalas originating
in the district.
9.89 % of the population live in flood prone area. Total number of flood affected
villages are 81, whereas 35 villages are in blue zone and 150 villages are in
Red zone.
During the last ten years, 3 major flood occurrences with 10 deaths and total
loss of approximately Rs. 250 lakhs. The amount spent on relief and rehabilitation
has been Rs. 231.7 lakhs.
Based on the occurrence of past floods, the main floods prone areas have been
identified as along the following
Sr. Name of Flooding Location
and Extent of Corresponding
No. the
river frequency Area Inundated (worst Estimated
over case) in sq.km. Flood Damage
Years in
1) Vainganga,
1992 Affected 21 villages 90.00 Lac.
once in 5- area
damage 362.2 hec.
10 years Paddy
crops, damage
Pamal Gautam,
534 houses & 92 cattle
& Godavari
2) Vainganga,
1994 Affected 34 villages 90.00 Lac.
once in 5- area
damage 56951 hec
10 years Paddy
crops, damage
Pamal Gautam,
1706 houses and 1223
Indravati, cattle less.
& Godavari.
Flood affected villages in Gadchiroli District.
Taluka Flood affected Villages in Villages in
villages Blue zone Red zone
Gadchiroli -- -- --
Dhanora -- -- --
Chamorshi Markanda-dev -- --
Mulchera -- -- --
Armori Waghala -- --
Desaiganj 1) Arattondi -- --
2) Kinhala
Kurkheda 1) Kurkheda -- --
2) Kumbhitola
3) Mohagaon Or Wakdi -- --
4) Dhanegaon -- --
5) Malewada -- --
Korchi -- -- --
Aheri 1) Wangepalli 1) Wangepalli 1) Yellaram
2) Gad-aheri 2) Gad-aheri 2) Yedmamlla
3) Gad-aheri Bamni 3) Gad-aheri Bamni 3) Palle
4) Chinchgundi 4) Chinchgundi 4) Tadguda
5) Avanpalli 5) Avanpalli 5) Ramangatta
6) Vyakatraopetha M 6) Vyakatraopetha M. 6) Sallewada
7) Indaram S. 7) Indaram S. 7) Mandra
8) Devalmari 8) Devalmari 8) Dhedgair
9) Katra B.S. 9) Katra B.S. 9) Mukhanpalli
10) Katra B.M. 10) Katra B.M. 10) Pattigaon M.
11) Katra K.S. 11) Katra K.S. 11) Sindha K.
12) Katra K.M. 12) Katra K.M. 12) Modka K.
13) Modumturra 13) Modumturra 13) Kamsur
14) Aavalmari 14) Aavalmari 14) Lakhanguda K.
15) Lankachen 15) Lankachen 15) Kalled
16) Vyankatpur K. 16) Vyankatpur K. 16) Jonganeguda
17) Biradghat 17) Biradghat 17) Bhaswapur
18) Metigudam 18) Metigudam 18) Regulwahi
19) Metapur 19) Metapur 19) Yenkabandi
(Mahagaon tola) (Mahagaon tola)
20) Damarncha 20) Damarancha 20) Ambezari
21) Bhangaram petha21) Bhangaram petha 21) Perpalli
22) Katepalli 22) Katepalli --
23) Kotapalli 23) Kotapalli --
Sironcha 1) Jafarbad chek -- 1) Bodra
2) Kanwalpeth chek -- 2) Moyabinpetha
3) Kanwalpeth R. -- 3) Darshawada
4) Glassflord petha -- 4) Kothapalli
5) Medaram Mal -- 5) Vithalrao petha
6) Vyankatapur -- 6) Vithalrao petha
7) Garkapetha -- 7) Vithalrao petha
8) Raghapetha or -- 8) Ramlapetha
9) Raghapetha Mal -- 9) Zeda
10) Nagram -- 10) Bogtaguddam
11) Mudukrishnapur -- 11) Narsinghapalli
12) Mugapur -- 12) Yella
13) Petipaka V.L. -- 13) Pirmida
14) Tumnur -- 14) Chityal
15) Aandhrapetha -- 15) Barsewada
16) Vaddham -- --
17) Pochampalli -- --
18) Kottapalli -- --
19) Chintarvell -- --
20) Lakshmidevipetha -- --
21) Ankisa mal -- --
22) Balmutampalli -- --
23) Asaralli -- --
24) Ankisa chek -- --
25) Sunkaralli -- --
26) Korla Mal -- --
27) Sonapalli -- --
28) Rameshaguddam -- --
29) Karjali -- --
30) Kotur R. -- --
31) Gramlkoda R. -- --
32) Somanur M. -- --
33) Pataguddam -- --
34) Rayguddam -- --
35) Pethalaya -- --
Etapalli 1) Zarewada -- 1) Manewada
-- -- 2) Karka B.
-- -- 3) Zari
-- -- 4) Gaddhapalli
-- -- 5) Koidul
-- -- 6) Kttegtta
-- -- 7) Parmalgondi
-- -- 8) Hedri
-- -- 9) Reknar
-- -- 10) Malampada
-- -- 11) Surjagad
-- -- 12) Pursalgondi
-- -- 13) Titoda
-- -- 14) Jambhiya
-- -- 15) Modske
-- -- 16) GilnagundaEtapalli
-- --
-- -- 18) Mukhada
-- -- 19) Bhumakan
-- -- 20) Jijawandi
-- -- 21) Javeli K.
-- -- 22) Kundam
-- -- 23) Pipli Burgi
-- -- 24) Kachler
-- -- 25) Kotmi
-- -- 26) Kodawahi
-- -- 27) Bhapda
-- -- 28) Sohgaon
-- -- 29) Velmagad
-- -- 30) Kurumwada
-- -- 31) Dolanda
-- -- 32) Shirpur
-- -- 33) Todgatta
-- -- 34) Wangeturi
-- -- 35) Fulkoti
-- -- 36) Mendhri
-- -- 37) Gardewada
-- -- 38) Nendwahi
Bhamragad 1) Bhamragad 1) Bhamragad 1) Mannerajaram
2) Palli 2) Palli 2) Marampalli
3) Kasansur 3) Kasansur 3) Madvela
4) Zorguda 4) Zorg uda 4) Chichola
5) Yechali 5) Yechal i 5) Jijgaon
6) Bramhanpalli 6) Bramhanpalli 6) Boricha
7) Dubbagudam 7) Dubbagudam 7) Dubbagudam
8) Jonawahi 8) Jonawahi 8) Jonawahi
9) Mokela 9) Mokela 9) Mundapuri
10) Sippanpalli 10) Sippanpalli 10) Sippanpalli
11) Parli 11) Parli 11) Kannangatta
12) Renka 12) Renka 12) Pendheli
13) Kohakapari
14) Bejura
15) Tirkapetha
16) Kipat
17) Halwer
18) Kucher
19) Nargunda
20) Khandinainwadi
21) Padhtur
22) Koti
23) Pidmoli
24) Mirgudwancha
25) Krishnar
26) Devhur
27) Podharkoti
28) Gundarwahi
29) Halkandi
30) Mordpar
Total of all talukas 81 Villages 35 Villages 105 Villages
No detailed study of Earthquake Vulnerability has been conducted in this District
so far. However due to Jabalpur Earthquake this District has also developed
possibility of Earthquake and detailed study is necessary.
The Collector may appoint study group comprising of senior officers of Geological
Survey of India, Irrigation Deptt, Geology & Mining Deptt. of Govt. of Maharashtra.
GSDA & Directorate of Geology of Mining have been asked to prepare draft
Disaster Management Plan for Earthquake on the lines of action taken by the
District Collector, Nagpur in 1993.
Industrial And Chemical Accidents
In this district there is only one industry using chemicals and acids : the
Ballarpur Paper Mill Unit at Ashti. In this mill only sulphuric & hydrochloric
acids are used for cleaning & purification of raw materials, intermediate
products, final product & waste materials.(The details are given in the
Fact Sheet in Annexure I) . Manufacture of Paper & paper suds only which
is approximately 100 M.T. during the year.
At present fire brigades are available only at Gadchiroli & Wadsa Desaiganj.
Chemical accidents take place primarily because of transportation of acids,
Petrol & Diesel & L.P.G. using trucks.
There are four petrol & diesel pump at Gadchiroli, Wadsa (Desaiganj) &
As for fires the following areas are vulnerable :
Forest Fires :- The major forest area i.e. 75 % are covered on the East, South
& North part of district, Kurkheda, Korchi, Dhanora, Chamorshi, Mulchera,
Ettapalli, Bhamragad, Aheri & Sironcha taluka having heavy forests.
Tendu leaves Godown all over the districts.
Adiwasi & Scheduled tribe localities which use woods and grass for hut
Commercial area located in Desaiganj, Gadchiroli & Armori.
Naxalites sometimes truck bamboo stocks of forest Deptt.
At present five brigades are available only at Gadchiroli & Desaiganj.
In Aheri-Sironcha-Bhamragad Belt, there is need for one stationary fire brigade
at Allapalli with forest Deptt.
Road Accidents
As reported by the R.T.O. 573 Road Accidents occurred during last 6 years
There are 152 villages and towns along the road sides.
There are 1149 Kms. state highway & 2118 Kms. ZP roads.
Major roads are Narrow & kutcha roads.
Road accidents take place due to violation of traffic rules.
A Mobile crane is required to remove the damaged vehicles in the event of an
accident so that traffic congestion can be avoided.
Illiteracy in the Gadchiroli district is 57.05 %
In tribal areas constant preventive action for infectious diseases like cholera,
Gastro, Malaria, etc. is necessary. Health Department of ZP & Civil Surgeon
have to take constant preventive measures for potable drinking water & timely
Medical Aid. (Case studies on major disaster episodes in the district are given
in Annexure III)
There are 35 villages in red zone and 105 villages in blue zone.
Roads and Bridges must connect the remote tribal pockets to ensure that the
people who need medical attention can reach the Primary Health Centres without
much hardship.
Mobile Health Centres have to be introduced in the tribal areas, especially
in remote locations.
Water testing Laboratories must be set up to test water quality.
271 villages are not accessible by the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation.
Disaster Probability
According to district administration, the probability of disaster occurrence
and the possible intensity of disasters, based on the earlier history is given
Damage Earthquake Floods Cyclones Epidemics Industrial Fires Road
& Chemical Accidents Accident
Loss of Low Medium Low Low Low Low Low
Injuries Low Medium Low Low Low Low Low
Damage to & Low Medium Low Low Low Low Low
of Property
Damage to Low Medium Low Low Low Low Low
cattle & live
Damage to Low Medium Low Low Low Low Low
and crops
Disruption of Low Medium Low Low Low Low Low
life style
Disruption Low Medium Low Low Low Low Low
of service
Damage Low Medium Low Low Low Low Low
to Infra-
Impact on Low Medium Low Low Low Low Low
Social and Low Medium Low Low Low Low Low
Specific Vulnerability of Systems and Services to Disaster Events
Specific | Vulnerable to
vulnerability of | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Earth- Floods Cyclones Epide- Fires Road Indl. &
| quake mics Acci- Chemical
| -dent Accident
Transport systems Yes Yes Yes Nil Yes Yes Yes
(road Network)
Transport systems No No No Nil No No No
(rail Network)
Power supply Yes Yes Yes Nil No No No
Water supply Yes Yes No Nil Yes No Yes
Sewage Yes Yes Yes Nil Yes Yes Yes
Hospitals Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Food stocks Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
& supplies
Communication Yes Yes Yes Nil Yes Yes Yes
systems (Tele-
Ranking and Probability of Disaster Episodes in the District
Event | Ranking of events | Probability of future occurrence
| in terms of past | -------------------------------------------------
| occurrence | High | Medium | Low
------------------ -------------------------- ------------ -------------------------------------
Earthquake } Low | -- | -- | Low
------------------} Increase -----------------------------------------------
Floods Medium : -- | Medium | --
------------------} in the -----------------------------------------------
Cyclones } Low | -- | -- | Low
----------------- } reporting -----------------------------------------
Epidemics } Low | -- | -- | Low
----------------- } of events ---------------------------------------------
Industrial } | -- | -- | Low
& Chemical } Low | | |
Accidents } | | |
-----------------} ----------------------------------------------
Firs } Low | -- | -- | Low
Road } Low | -- | -- | Low
Although the probability of Earthquakes and floods have been ranked
as low and medium respectively, considering the recent seismic observations
with respect to earthquake and the loss of life and properly resulting from
floods, both earthquake and flood will have to be considered as highly probable
disaster which can inflict heavy losses.
Annexure I - Information On Industrial Estates
Name of the Industrial Estate : M.I.D.C. Gadchiroli
Location in the form of an address : At Kotgal, Ta.Dist. Gadchiroli
No. of industries in the 5
No of major Hazardous and Nil
polluting industries
Total work force in industries 50
Annexure II - Information Related To Fire
Town with fire brigade : 2 nos.
Location Manpower No.of Fire Length Nos. and height Other fire
engines of pipe of ladders Equipment
Gadchiroli 3 1 200 ft 1 - 50 ft 1 Water tanker
1 Cylinder fire
fighting equip.
Wadsa 6 2 120 ft 1 - 50 ft 1 Water tanker
1 Fountain
Distance Of Fire Brigade From MIDC
Location - MIDC (Gadchiroli) at Kotgul, Ta. Gadchiroli
Nearest fire brigade station - Gadchiroli
Distance in K.M. - 5 km.
Annexure III - Fact Sheets of Hazardous Industry
Fact Sheet 1
I. Factory identity: Ballarpur Industries Limited. Unit - Ashti.
II. Address: Village - Ellure, Tahsil - Chamorshi, Dist. - Gadchiroli –
III. Location - Ellure
IV. Contact Persons : 1. Mr.Supratim Kundu, Works Manager.
2. Mr.R.P.Srivastava, Dy. Manager (Pers.)
V. Principle activities : Manufacture of paper and Paper sacks for each plant.
VI. Inventory of the hazardous chemicals : Sulphuric Acid - 2 cu.m. for 10
Hydrochloric Acid - 2 cu.m.. for 10 Days.
VII. Consequences of Major hazards from storage for each chemical - None.
VIII. Consequences of Major hazards from processing - Burning of skin if it
comes with Human body contact
IX. Physical range of consequences
Storage | Manufacturing
Near storage tank, max. area | Not applicable
effected 2/3 m if leakage occurs |
X. An inventory of personal protective equipment in the factory premises: Dress
safety cap.
XI. Action required : None of actions given below required except medical service
which is available in mills
Medical Service - Dr. A.V.Narula, M.D. Ph.No. (07135) - 44146 ; Dr. B. Narula,
XII. Estimated Response time - Within 5 minutes for Medical services.
XIII. Layouts of the plants - Enclosed
(to be updated as & when expansions, modernisation occur)
Annexure IV - Information related to Petroleum,
LPG & Chemical Products Transportation
Sr. Location Name of Service Capacity Transportation Name of
No. Station (LPG/ of storage in a month Company
Petrol Pump)
1) Gadchiroli Shri.Gas Agency-LPG 550 cylinders 3 trucks Hindustan
2) Wadasa Wadsa Gas Agency-LPG 550 cylinders 1 trucks Hindustan
3) Gadchiroli Moreshwar Service-PP 20000 Ltrs. P 4 trucks Bharat
Centre Gadchiroli 22000 Ltrs. D 14 trucks Petroleum
4) Gadchiroli Shrungarpawar Service 15000 Ltrs. P 4 trucks Indian Oil
Service station-PP 20000 Ltrs. D 15 trucks
5) Wadsa Jejwani Service - PP 15000 Ltrs. P 4 trucks Indian Oil
Station, Wadasa 20000 Ltrs. D 14 trucks
6) Allapalli Bhaskarwar Service-PP 15000 Ltrs. P 4 trucks Indian Oil
Station, Allapalli 20000 Ltrs. D 14 trucks
Annexure V Case Studies of Major Disaster
Episodes in the District
Episode 1
· Type of Episode : Gasto enteritis Epidemic
· Location: Year 91-92 (Rural); Entire district ; 1483 Attacks; 110
· Date:15.6.91 to 30.8.92
· Reasons assigned : Contaminated drinking water. People in the rural
areas were using the drinking water from the resources such as rivers, wells,
nalas and farm pond where water contained polluting substance.
· Warning Systems used: Stopping of drinking water from all other sources
except identified chlorinated sources through Health workers, Gram sevaks, Anganwadi
workers & teachers of Primary schools.
· Community response to Warning system : Effective
· Administrative response to Warning system : Effective
· Assessment of Administrative preparedness : Excellent
· Area Affected (number of village): 58 villages
· Extent of Damage : 110 Deaths
Name of Department Type of Relief/ Expenditure
Compensation and
Health Deptt. Opening of Isolation Done by Local G.P./
wards. P.H.C.
· Organizational Structure evolved to manage the emergency : Health
Department and other State Govt. Department like Revenue Deptt, Rural Development
· Nature of support from the state and central authorities: From State
Government |- Funds for medicine/equipment are Received from State Government
and Zilla Parishad.
· Methods used for mobilizing resources: NGO Community Response, Health
Education to masses by Team of Doctors/Nurses/HA's
· Legal or Procedural bottlenecks experienced in managing the situation:
Preventing Blind belief & superstition and to some extent illiteracy.
· Lessons learnt by official Agencies in dealing disaster along with
specific suggestion for improving procedure.
· Lessons Learnt : Elevating the status of Education in Rural (Tribal)
Elevating the standard of living.
Every village must have 1-2 Bore-wells
(source of safe drinking water)
· Suggestions for Improving the status on above mentioned points.
· Preventive Measures taken in controlling the epidemic by the administrative
1) Home to home survey were done with the help of M.P.W. workers.
2) Provided the adequate medicines to the persons which were found affected
with the epidemic during the survey.
3) Provided medicines to other family members who lives with patients.
4) Regularly Chlorinisation of drinking water with the help of Local Panchayat.
5) Collecting the water samples for testing at District Public Health Laboratory.
6) Creating medical aids team at Taluka level under the guidance of District
7) To establish the controlling section to prevent the epidemic at District
level, PHC level for 24 hours service.
8) To open the different aids centre at the affected villages and admitting
the serious person to the centre and providing adequate medicines.
9) To sensitise the people about health education.
Episode 2
· Types of Episode: Gastro enteritis Epidemic
· Location: Wadsa (Urban); Only Urban in 1992-93; 577 Attacks; 7 Deaths
· Date: 14.6.91 to 24.6.92
· Reasons assigned: Contaminated drinking water.
· Community response to Warning system: Effective
· Administrative response to Warning system: Effective
· Assessment of Administrative preparedness: Excellent
· Area Affected (number of village) : 1 Urban Town
· Extent of Damage: 7 Deaths
Name of Department Type of Relief Expenditure
Health Deptt. Opening of Isolation centres Done by Municipal Council / PHC
· Nature of support from the State and Central authorities.:
From State Government : Funds for medicine/equipment are received from State
Government and Zilla Parishad.
From Central Government - Nil.
· Legal or Procedural bottlenecks experienced in managing the situation:
Preventing Blind belief & superstition and to some extend illiteracy.
· Lessons learnt by official and communities in dealing disaster along
with specific suggestion for improving procedure:
Lessons Learnt : Elevating the status of Education in Rural (Tribal) areas.
Every village must have atleast one source of safe drinking water
Suggestions : Improving the status on above mentioned points.
Episode 3
· Types of Episode : Flood in 1992
· Location : Gadchiroli District
· Date : August 1992.
· Reasons assigned - Due to heavy rainfall. The level of Vainganga,
for the event Gadhavi, Pamalgautam, Indravati rivers suddenly increased.
· Warning Systems used: 1) Wireless
2) Telephone
3) Beats of drum as per guide lines of revenue authority, municipal authority
work the residents to leave the sites for safer sites.
· Community response to Warning system : Partly responded and aid was
provided by N.G.O.s & Govt. Department in time.
· Administrative response to Warning system: Attended by revenue, Police
and Municipal Council, Gram Panchayat and other Govt. Department promptly.
· Assessment of administrative preparedness: Timely warning & relief
· Area Affected : 21 villages.
· Extent of Damage: As below.
· Number of lives lost: 2
· Crop Damage types of crops and area in acres : 362.2 Hectors Paddy,
Approx. loss of Crop Rs. 44852.
· Damage to houses : 534 (21 fully + 513 partly)
· Loss of Cattle : 92 (49 Cattle + 43 Sheep & Goats)
· Damage to infrastructure : Damages to Agricultural Land, Agri. implements,
household articles, Govt. & Public properties i.e. Road & Bridges, Electrical
Lines, Telephone Lines, Water supply schemes, Building & other properties.
· Procedures followed for assessing various types of damages and the
compensation norms used : As per Govt. instructions and compensation norms were
prescribed by the Govt. vide revenue and forest departments order dated 13.9.83
and 14.10.94.
· Department wise break up of the expenditure incurred on relief and
rehabilitation (immediate as well as long term) : A grant of fund placed by
Govt. in R.and F.D. at the disposal of S.D.O. & Tahsildar of Gadchiroli
Name of Type of Relief/Compensation Expenditure
Department rehabilitation
S.D.O. & 1) Reconstruction of house 1,32,750/-
Tahsildar of 2) Seeds 44,832/-
Gadchiroli 3) Loan for cattle 1,17,200/-
District. 4) Food and Cloth 27,310/-
· Origanizational Structure evolved to manage the emergency- The Disaster
Management Plan for flood of Gadchiroli District has been prepared and involvement
of Revenue, Police, Irrigation, P.W.D., Telephone, Forest, M.S.E.B., Z.P., Agriculture
Engineering, Home Guard, etc. is made there in to manage the emergency.
· Nature of support from State and Central Govts. : Reconstruction of
house, providing seeds, cloths, food and loan for cattle.
From State Government - Financial Assistance
From Central Government - Warning system by the meteorological Deptt.
· Legal or Procedural bottlenecks experienced in managing the situation
: No
Episode 5
· Types of Episode: Flood in 1994
· Date : 11th & 12th July, 1994
· Reasons assigned : Due to heavy rainfall. The level of Vainganga,
for the event Gadhavi, Pamalgautam, Indravati rivers suddenly increased and
submerged low lying Agricultural & other lands.
· Warning Systems 1) Wireless used 2) Telephone 3) Beat of drum
as per guide lines of revenue authority, municipal authority made the residents
to leave and alerted the residents to shift to safer sites.
· Community response : Partly responded and aid was provided by N.G.O.s
to Warning system & Govt. Department in time.
· Administrative : Attended by revenue, Police and Municipal response
to Council, Gram Panchayat and other Govt. Warning system Department promptly.
· Assessment of : Timely warning & relief provided.
· Area Affected : 34 villages.
· Extent of Damage : As below.
· Number of lives lost : 9.
· Crop Damage, types of crops and area in acres: 56951 Ha. of Paddy.
· Damage to houses : 1706
· Loss of Cattle: 823 + 400 = 1223 (823 cattle + 400 sheeps & goats)
· Procedures followed : As per Govt. instructions and compensation norms
for assessing various were prescribed by the Govt. vide revenue & types
of damages & forest departments order dated 13.9.83 and the compensation
norms used
· Department wise : A grant of fund placed by Govt. in R.N.F.D. at break
up of the disposal of S.D.O. & Tahsildar of Gadchiroli expenditure District.
incurred on relief Expenditure details to as under. & rehabilitation
S.D.O. & 1) Cash, food, Grains, Clothing 94.72 Lakhs
Tahsildar of Temporary shelters
Gadchiroli 2) Land Acquisition 25.97 Lakhs
District. 3) Construction of Houses 13.25 Lakhs
4) Loans for Houses 0.07 Lakhs
· Organizational Structure : The Disaster Management Plan for flood
of evolved to manage the Gadchiroli District has been prepared and emergency
specify the involvement of Revenue, Police, key department involved. Irrigation,
P.W.D., Telephone, Forest, M.S.E.B., Z.P., Agriculture (Horticulture &
Soil) N.G.O.'s, Environmental Engineering, Home Guard, etc. is made there in
to manage the emergency.
· Nature of support from : Provided cash, food, grains, clothes, State
and Central temporary shelters, reconstruction of authorities. house, loan for
house and land acquisition.
From State Government : Financial Assistance
From Central Government : Warning system by the meteorological
· Methods used for : The warning of the flood was given in mobilizing
resources NGO affected area promptly & relief provided Community Response.
through Govt. & N.G.O.'s agency promptly.
· Legal or Procedural : No legal or procedural bottlenecks bottlenecks
experienced experienced in managing the 1994 floods in managing the situation
in Gadchiroli District.
· Methods used for : N.G.O.'s co-operation was sought for mobilizing
resources NGO shifting & in providing assistance of Community Response.
food, clothing & camping arrangements.
· NGO Community Response : The response was excellent.
· Legal or Procedural : No legal or procedural bottlenecks bottlenecks
experienced experienced in managing the 1992 floods in managing the situation
in Gadchiroli District.
Lessons learnt by officials and communities in dealing with disaster along
with specific suggestions for improving procedures.
Lessons learnt : Flash floods come so suddenly that in spite of warning damage
to lives and property cannot be fully averted. As such all villages habitations
in blue and red zone need to be shifted to safer sites. In blue and red zone
vacated areas Forest department may do afforestation to avoid fresh encroachments
and constructions in danger zones.(Note : The list of red zone and blue zone
villages is enclosed separately.)
Suggestions : It is suggested that the comprehensive action plan of District
to control and over come the situation needs to be prepared & implemented
be designed as master action plan for meeting any type of hazard. All the Departments
of State and Central including State/Central undertakings which have the resources
and specialised man power should be involved. Not only the Govt. But also specialised
persons and experts should be included as members to give advice. In view of
the rapid industrialisation major use of water on surface and vehicles the possibility
of hazards is increased and Govt. should give priority to prepare the plan to
save the lives and property. The masses should be educated how to act when there
is any hazard. There should be regular Seminars, workshops to educate the masses
and also regular publicity should be given through media of Doordarshan, All
India Radio and Newspapers to have disaster awareness in the masses.
The building code Rules should be implemented both in urban and rural areas
to ensure the standard construction of houses, which would sustain flood and
earthquake hazards. Unauthorised construction in low lying areas within blue
zone of the rivers need to be curbed. Blue zones need to be indentified and
villages in blue zone should be shifted to safer sites by having a five year
Inventory and Evaluation of Resources
· · Inventory and evaluation of resources is necessary for assessing
the capacity of the district to respond effectively to different types of disasters,
and more specifically to the disaster that the district is specifically vulnerable
· · In case of Gadchiroli district, the capacity is judged primarily
in terms of its ability to respond to an earthquake, fires and flood. During
disaster, both governmental and non-governmental (including private) resources
are planned to be mobilised. The list of resources available with the government
and other agencies is given below. These will be updated from time to time.
Communication and Mass Media
Monitoring Predicting And Warning Systems
The following departments and technology is available for monitoring, predicting
and warning about disasters in the district.
Disaster Monitoring stations Monitoring Warning Department/
Numbers & locations Instruments Systems & Agency
Earthquake --- --- --- ---
Floods At catchment area Rainguage stations Warning by Irrigation Dept.&
dam site, river at taluka headquart- Meterological Coll. Gadchiroli Brigdes,
Road ers and monitoring & Weather & Meteorology
Brigdes rainguage instruments of Deptt. by Central Water
Stations Meteorological Collectors of Commission
Deptt. at Nagpur catchment area Nagpur
Pune central water based on rain-
commission flood fall waring also
monitoring system warnings.
Cyclones --- --- --- ---
Epidemics D.H.O. Office Epidemics are Health Deptt. Health Dept.
Main Hospitals handled by Health technology & of Gadchiroli & Rural
Hospitals Department and preventive district.Civil information measures Deputy
Surgeon, monitored by
Director of Health Gadchiroli.
phone D.H.O. Dean, Govt.
Medical College,
Indira Gandhi
Medical College.
Industrial One Security Net work of Intercom & Personnel/ & Chemical
office located intercom within electronic siren security.
Accidents near gate. the mills and colony, P & Tcommunication.
Written guide line for
Fire prevention
Net work of fire hydrant system
as per drawing No. Sec/Bilt-
1041-003 (AE)(copy enclosed)
Fires In Industrial Telephone & By Telephone & Revenue, estate &
Taluka Wireless Management by Police, information by fire brigade Muni. Admin
is received on fire brigade phone or messenger through Revenue & Police.
Road Police Stations Telephone & Police & R.T.O. P.W.Dn. Accidents
wireless messages Surveillance P.W. Police&RTO
Dn. warnings Surveillance
Vigilance is maintained and timely warning is given in advance in the concerned
area/locality by beat of drums and on radio & T.V. about the occurrence
of disaster.
Mass Media
Apart from the technological support available, the mass media can be used
delivering warning and alert messages to the community currently there are,
Number of local newspaper 33
Number of radio stations --
Number of TV transmission centres 02
Administrative Preparedness
Building Codes Implementation
· · Municipal Committees of Gadchiroli and Desaiganj follow their
building bye - laws but strict implementation is not done for want of technical
· · In rural areas the Gram Panchayats grant building permissions
but they cannot enforce codes for want of Technical Staff.
Land Use Regulations and Zoning
· · Land Use Regulations and Zoning practices have been adopted
while preparing detailed town planning schemes for municipal towns of Gadchiroli
and Desaiganj.
· · The zoning takes care of flood prone areas as also of industrial
locations to minimise risk to the population. However in the slum areas this
zoning is not being strictly enforced.
· · No special planning for earthquake prone areas has been done.
· · In rural areas, there is no effective machinery for strictly
enforcing land user regulations and zoning practices particularly in the case
of flood prone areas.
Existing Emergency Plans
· · There is no multi-hazard response plan for the district.
· · Each hazardous industry has prepared an off-site hazard management
Disaster Specific Capability Analysis
In Gadchiroli District the main Disaster is from Flood hazards. Normally Flood
warning for floods in Rivers Wainganga,Pranhita,Wardha,Gadhavi,Kathani,Pamalgautam,
Khobragadi are communicated to river site village through Revenue & Police
Deptt. And warning through T.V. & Radio. However for rescue work there is
shortage of mechanised and traditional local boats ,these items need to be supplied
by Govt. as local bodies are nor having these facilities.
The fire brigades at Gadchiroli and Desaiganj are inadequate for large areas
falling in Chamorshi,Aheri,Bhamragad and Sironcha Tahsils. Additional Fire brigade
units need to be sanctioned under tribal sub-plan to Gram Panchayats of Aheri
and Sironcha.
For epidemic control Health facilities are adequate.
For Earthquake prone house, technical training inadequate.
The following information will indicate that the State preparedness of the
District machinery in terms of infrastructure and manpower is adequate to deal
with each of the disaster.
Distt. Control Room Taluka
Control Room ,Wireless not work Revenue Police PWD Irrigation Health all
Govt. Deptts. and NGOs Manpower
and machinery is adequate to deal with the disaster.
Public Health Department
Revenue Department Zilla Parishad Water Department C.S.Police NGOs Private
Hospitals are adequate with Medicines and other facilities like Doctor
Nurses, Medical Staff ,Vehicles etc. to deal with epidemic.
Police, R.T.O. Health they serious injured persons
are normally shifted by Police to nearest Hospital in Rural and Urban
areas. The Health Services to deal with road accidents by the district
However very serious cases will have to be sent to Govt. Medical College Nagpur.
Mobile training case unit
on NH NOC needs to be placed at the disposal of state Highway Police with an estimated expenditure
of Rs. 10 Lac
Industrial and Chemical
The existing fire fighting
capacity in the district available with the Nagar Parishad and Industries
are inadequate . Hence the fire brigade at Gadchiroli and Wadsa need to
be upgraded. One new fire brigade under forest Deptt. Needed at Aheri.
Ordinary fires
Existing fire brigades
in the district inadequate fire brigades are needed in Sironcha and Aheri
through Govt. funds with Gram Panchayats .
Since most of buildings
in rural areas are constructed of mud and local material (Non engineering
Structures) are prone to earthquake disaster.
Earth moving machinery like JCB, excavators , cranes, dozers are
inadequate earthquake and such machinery have to be moved from other district
like Nagpur, Amravati, and Chandrapur.
Preparedness Measures undertaken by Departments
In addition to the administrative preparedness measures, the district control
room will receive reports on preparedness from the relevant district level departments
and other departments, as per the details given below. This will enable the
District Collector to analyse the capabilities and preparedness measures of
various departments and report on the same to the Emergency Operations Centre,
Relief Commissioner and Divisional Commissioner.
Preparedness Checklist for Police (to be filled in by the Department Head and
submitted to the District Collector every six months)
Preparedness measures taken
The department is
familiar with disaster response
plan and disaster response procedures are clearly defined
Orientation and training for disaster response plan and procedures
Special skills required during emergency operations imparted
to the officials and the staff.
Reviewed and updated
· Precautionary
measures and procedures
· the precautions
to be taken to protect equipment
· the post-disaster
procedures to be followed.
Adequate warning mechanisms established for evacuation
A officer has been designated as Nodal Officer for Disaster
Sources of materials required for response operations have
been identified
Reported By :
Preparedness Checklist for Public Health Department
(to be filled in by the Civil Surgeon and District Health Officer and submitted
to the DCR every six months)
Preparedness Measures taken
Details/ Remarks
A hospital plan for the facilities, equipment and staff of
that particular hospital based on The Guide to Health Management in Disasters
has been developed.
Orientation and training for disaster response plan and procedures
Special skills required during disaster situations are imparted to the officials and the staff.
Hospital staff are aware of which hospital rooms/ buildings
are damage-proof.
· precautionary
measures and procedures
· the precautions
that have to be taken to protect
All hospitals staff have been informed about the possible
disasters in the district, likely damages and effects, and information about ways to protect
life, equipment and property.
An area of the hospital identified for receiving large numbers
of casualties.
Emergency admission procedures with adequate record keeping
Field staff oriented about
· standards
of services,
· procedures
for tagging.
Designation Signature Date
Preparedness Checklist for MSEB (to be filled in by the Department Head
and submitted to the District Collector every six months)
The department is
familiar with disaster response plan and
disaster response procedures are clearly defined
Sources of materials required for response operations have
been identified
Preparedness Checklist for Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran
(to be filled in by the Department Head and submitted to the District Collector
every six months)
Preparedness Measures Taken
Adequate warning mechanisms for informing people to store an emergency supply of drinking
water have been developed.
Procedures established for the emergency distribution of
water if existing supply is disrupted.
Preparedness Checklist for Irrigation Department (to be filled in by
the Department Head and submitted to the District Collector every six months)
Flood monitoring mechanisms can be activated in all flood
prone areas from 1st of
All staff are well aware of precautions to be taken to protect
their lives and personal property.
Each technical assistant has instructions and knows operating procedures for disaster conditions.
Methods of monitoring and impounding the levels in the tanks
Methods of alerting officers on other dam sites and the district control room, established
Mechanisms evolved for
· forewarning settlements in the downstream
· evacuation
· coordination
with other dam authorities
Preparedness Checklist for Telecommunications (to
be filled in by the Department Head and submitted to the District Collector
every six months)
Preparedness Checklist for PWD (to be filled in by the Department Head
and submitted to the District Collector every six months)
Reviewed and updated
All officers are familiar with pre-disaster precautions and post-disaster procedures
for road clearing and for defining safe evacuation routes where necessary.
Preparedness Checklist for Agriculture Department (to
be filled in by the Department Head and submitted to the District Collector
every six months)
Information provided to all concerned about the disasters, likely damages to crops
and plantations, and information
about ways to protect the same.
The NGOs and other
relief organisations are informed about
the resources of the department
Preparedness Checklist for Animal Husbandry Department (to be filled
in by the Department Head and submitted to the District Collector every six
All veterinary hospitals and centres staff have been informed
about the possible disasters, likely damages and effects, and information
about ways to protect life, equipment and property.
An area of the hospital
identified for receiving large numbers of livestock.
Government And Private Sector Resources
Resource inventory consisting of manpower, transport, infrastructure and equipments
for both private and public institutions including NGOs indicates the response
capacity of the district. These have been given in the following tables. Keeping
the specific vulnerability of the district to earthquakes and floods the information
has been analysed.
The number of NGOs working in the district : 5
Staff available with NGOs : 70
Significant CBOs : 2536
Private Hospitals : 10
Police Service personnel : 2310
Fire Brigde personnel : 9
Health Service personnel : 1303
Defence Service personnel : 350
Home Guards personnel : 650
Number of towns with Fire Brigade Service : 2
Number of Private Hospitals with Surgery Facility : 7
Number of Public Hospitals with Surgery Facility : 11 (one with police)
Number of ambulances with private organisations : 2
Number of ambulances with public organisations : 16
Number of X-ray & Municipal Corporation machines : 3 with private
Number of X-ray machines with public institutions : 10
Number of blood banks with private institutions :
Number of blood banks with public institutions : 3
Number of beds with private hospitals : 90
Number of beds with public organisations : 1138
Public Hospitals : 1136
Home Guards : -
Defence : --
Police : 2
Number of trauma care centres in private hospitals : 6
Number of trauma care centres in public hospitals : 85
Number of poison care centres in public hospitals : 102
Number of pathological labs with private organisations : 8
Number of pathological labs with public organisations : 11
Number of boats : 9
Technology Support
· · Satellite Communication link with Mantralaya via NIC available
· · Police Wireless communication accessible
· · Telephones available in all taluka headquarters
· · Fax machines available in all taluka headquarters
Special Equipment Available At The District Level
Gadchiroli district being prone to floods, fires and earthquakes certain special
equipments will be required to manage these disasters.
In both these disaster, there can be extensive damage to infrastructure and
housing. The resque operations requires earth moving equipments for removing
for removing the debris and clearing the sites for resettlement.
Specialised Equipment Numbers Department Organization
Driling rigs 1 Sr.Geologist, G.S.D.A., Gadchiroli
Mobile Trauma care centres 2 Health Deptt. Rural Hospital, Aheri
Fire brigade 2 Municipal Corporation, Gadchiroli
The resources have been assessed for capability (in the context of the magnitude
of the task), availability (in terms of response time) and durability (that
is, the capacity to sustain and continue), in relation to the disaster situation
that may occur.
Adequacy Of Existing Inventory For Disaster Management
· · In order to equip the district for managing disasters effectively,
it may be necessary to assess the adequacy of present resource inventory.
· · It is noticed that there a seismological observatory and
two micro-earthquake recorders for earthquake monitoring.
· · Also in spite of the recurrence of floods in Godavari, Indravatil,
Pranhita and Wainganga basins, there are no flood monitoring stations, but only
1 rainfall monitoring stations. Conventional as well as mass media is used as
community warning systems for floods.
· · There are 5 NGOs, all working in more than five villages.
The NGO support therefore may prove to be adequate during disasters particularly
with regard to their capacity to scale up their operations.
· · Out of the 4 urban centres, only 2 towns have fire brigades
indicating the inadequacy of the service. Considering that district produces
peddy crops as one of the major crops and urban centres being essentially markets
for agriculture produce, the present services in inadequate.
· · Although control room exists at the Collectorate, it needs
upgradation as per the specified norms.
· · Repeated flood episodes and the possibilities of other disasters
demands efforts from administration, private sector and NGOs to undertake community
preparedness exercises. Presently, only flood related community preparedness
measures are undertaken in which the NGOs are also involved. There is a need
to identify disaster prone areas and develop a comprehensive community preparedness
· · Based on these observations, the requirements of the district
have been identified in mitigation section.
· · In all other aspects, the district seems to be well-prepared.
Requirements of the District in Responding to the Possible
Disaster Events
· · Wireless should be available from district to taluka level.
Special wireless sets should be installed at inaccessible but flood prone areas
during the monsoon months.
· · Railway authorities monitoring flood levels in Rivers/Nalas
should be equipped with communication facility such as telephone or wireless
so that they can inform nearest Police station/Tahsildar and Collector of the
down stream district about heavy rains/rise in flood even during night or evening.
(At present warning is communicated after rainfall readings at 8.00 a.m. or
4.00 p.m.)
· · For example : Flood warning about Wainganga river be given
by Collector of Balaghat District to Collectors of Bhandara, Nagpur, Chandrapur
and Gadchiroli. Water levels in Wardha river by Collector of Betul District
to Collectors of Nagpur, Wardha, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. As far as rise in
level of Godavari rivers is concerned, Collector of Jagadalpur district may
issue warnings to Collector of Gadchiroli district. Collectors of Nagpur Division
may similarly issue advance warnings to adjoining districts of Andhra Pradesh.
Mitigation Strategies suggested
· · Blue and red zone to be demarcated for all major rivers i.e.
Kathani, Khobragadi, Pranhita, Pamal Gautam & Indravati areas very frequently
affected by floods - every five years - Blue zone and 30 years affected - Red
zone. High flood levels to be marked on pucca structures buildings in low lying
areas of flood affected villages/Road and Railways bridges.
· · The Town Planning Department needs to be strengthened to
assist rural local bodies i.e. Gram Panchayats for effective implementation
of building and zoning regulations to avoid recurring losses of households in
low lying flood prone area adjacent to rivers and nalas. More elaborate planning
on watershed management schemes by Irrigation and Agriculture Departments is
necessary in order to ensure that such schemes are directed specifically to
control of floods as well.
· · Flood control measures i.e. more afforestation in catchment
areas and on bank of rivers to be undertaken.
· · High flood levels to be marked on pucca structures buildings
in low lying areas of flood affected villages/ Road and Railways bridges.
· · Railway flood monitoring units at railway bridges to relay
information to Collectors and Tahsildars in case of sedden rise in flood level.
· · Where river banks are facing problem of soil erosion and
bank cutting, remedial measures to be undertaken by Irrigation Department ,
after survey.
(i) Preventive measures of permanent nature :-
Medical Officers and staff attached to District Hospital Primary Health Centres,
Rural Hospitals as also the staff of the Panchayat Samities and Gram Panchayats
have to be always vigilant about the preventive measures against outbreak of
epidemics like Gastro, cholera/ diaorrhia, flu, malaria, jaundice. Supply of
safe and potable drinking water, ensuring sanitary conditions in villages/ towns,
prompt disposal of garbage, timely vaccination and inoculation are very helpful
in controlling epidemics.
Normally before the onset of monsoon in May and June and during rainy season
in July,August and September, there is always more possibility of outbreak of
common epidemics like gastro and jaundice. The following preventive/ mitigation
measures are suggested :-
1. Epidemic Control Cells to start functioning 24 hours at District and Primary
Health Centre levels from May to October.
2. During the sensitive monsoon months of June and July, epidemic related mass
awakening drive need to be taken by organising training and preventive measures
at District, primary Health centres towns & villages levels. Any occurrence
of epidemic need to be dealt with very promptly and report should also be sent
3. Stool test :- Stool tests of the gastro, diaorrhia related cases (atleast
10%) should promptly be taken up always with a view to ascertain the cause and
nature of disease/ epidemic.
4. Sources of water like wells, ponds, drinking water schemes need to be disinfected
as per programme and check on water quality and testing for all villages/towns
has to be tightly kept by ensuring the following three items :-
a) Water quality control to be timely and strict - Sample checks and follow
b) Water quality survey to be continuous.
c) Prompt and follow up information management procedure to be followed.
The defects noticed in piped water supply schemes should be attended to very
promptly and repairs should be carried out speedily. The surroundings of water
scheme, pipes, platforms need to be kept clean. Disinfection of water and vigilance
on water quality to be 100% ensured. The sample drawing agencies and the testing
agencies work needs to be watched 100% full proof.
Tests and precautions for water quality to be ensured right from sources of
water to distribution points. The District Health Officer in rural areas and
Corporation/ Municipal Health authorities in city/ towns to keep their field
staff well equipped with testing kits and ensure continuous timely tests very
particularly before and during monsoon months. Gram Panchayats to be trained
for village water supply schemes in this regard and they should be held responsible
through their secretaries for water quality testing and prompt and timely disinfection
of sources of drinking water. Adequate stocks of TCL powder for 3 months time
( 33 % chorine percentage in powder) to be ensured for Municipal and Gram Panchayats.
Daily O.T. tests should be ensured for checking chorine percentage in drinking
water. Water supply and environment sanitation and cleanliness Committees be
constituted village wise to assist Gram Panchayats. These Committees be given
training in general sanitation and water quality tests by Medical Officers of
Primary Health Centres and Extension Officers (Health) at suitable centres.
The following Action Plan if implemented in Rural areas and town will be helpful
in preventing and controlling Epidemics :-
1. Epidemic Control room should be established in the office of the District
Health Officer, Zilla Parishad for rural areas and in the office of the Health
Department of Corporation/ Municipal cities/ towns. It should function 24 hours
during sensitive months and during outbreak of any epidemic.
2. At Primary Health Centres' level day-to-day action and review about
epidemic control measures should be taken and health sub centres as also Primary
health centres should keep the District Health Officer/ Civil Surgeon Office
informed about daily position.
3. Report of outbreak of epidemic, control of epidemic and end of epidemic
should be reported by all field primary health centres to D.H.O./ Civil Surgeon
4. Adequate stock of medicines required for epidemic should be kept in all
Primary Health Centres and sub-centres. Medicine kits should be readily available
for being sent to epidemic affected areas.
5. Medical teams fully equipped with medicine and kits should be always available
to deal with emergency of epidemics any part of the district.
6. Water quality tests in affected villages/ areas to be intensified.
7. Each month water samples and bleaching powder samples from all villages
should be sent for tests to labs and if defects are noticed, remedial action
should be taken.
8. On receiving information of outbreak of epidemics or cases reported from
any village Medical Officer, a team with medicines should visit the village
immediately and also inform higher authorities of Zilla Parishad and Revenue
9. Gram Panchayat Secretary, Gram Sewaks, G.P. Shipai should be well trained
in water purification method by giving practical demonstration.
10. Drinking water being supplied by tankers should also be dinsinfected and
should be of potable quality.
Similar precautions should be taken by the Health and Water Supply authorities
in Corporation cities and Municipal town under the control of Municipal Commissioner
and Chief Officers.
Other Mitigation Measures
· · Providing Highways with Danger signs; Implementation of earthquake
building code in Rural Areas also.
· · Special Earthquake prone zone planning needs to be studied
by the Town Planning Department for the district Building regulations in earthquake
prone areas may be prescribed and training needs to be imparted to Municipal
and Gram Panchayat staff in this type of planning.
Disaster management would involve many layers of participating
organization. The three focal levels would be State, District and the site of
the disaster. The State level agencies would be involved in policy decisions,
resource allocation, prioritisation of activities and budget allocation and
monitoring through the Emergency Operations Centre.
The District Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) is an apex planning body
and will play a major role in preparedness and mitigation.
The district level response will be coordinated under the guidance of District
Collector who will act as District Disaster Manager.
Responsibilities of Collector
The Collector shall be responsible for
preparation of the DDMAP with the assistance of the DDMC.
setting up District Control Room
encouraging formation of Mutual Aid and Response Groups (MARG)
Under the DDMAP, district level agencies would be responsible for directing
field interventions through various agencies right from the stage of warning
to relief and rehabilitation.
At the disaster site, specific tasks to manage the disaster will be performed.
Collector will be an integral part of the DCR.
Collector will be assisted by SOC.
· SOC will be headed by a Site Manager.
· Site Manager will coordinate the activities at various camp sites
and affected areas.
· The Site Operations Centre will report to the District Control Room.
Collector will coordinate all the field responses. Field Responses include
setting up Transit Camps, Relief Camps and Cattle Camps.
The desk arrangements provides for division of tasks, information gathering
and record keeping and accountability of the desk officer to the DDM for specific
functions. Each desk should have a Desk Officer assigned. The capacity of various
desks to coordinate amongst themselves and with the units to be coordinated
will ultimately decide the quality of response. Such a function of coordination
would largely depend on the capacity to effectively keep a track on communications
received and the decisions taken. Pro forma for "In and Out Messages and
Register" are given in Annexure I.
Disaster Management Committee
A Disaster Management Committee exists to assist the Collector
reviewing the threat of disasters
vulnerability of the district to such disasters
evaluating the preparedness and
considering suggestions for improvement of the response document DDMAP.
The Committee meets once a year under the chairmanship of the Collector and
consists of the following functionaries
The Collector
The District
Superintendent of Police
The Chief
Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad
The Additional Collector
The Resident District Collector
The Commissioner
of Police (if any)
The Chief
Fire Officer
The District
Health Officer
The District
Agriculture Officer
The District
Animal Husbandry Officer
The Civil
The Executive
Engineer, P. W. Department
The Executive
Engineer, Irrigation Department
The Executive
Engineer, Minor Irrigation Division
The Executive
Engineer, M.S.E.B.
The Executive
Engineer, MWSSB
The Deputy
Director of Education
The Divisional
Manager, Railways
The Regional
Transport Officer
The Regional
Manager, M.S.R.T.C.
The District
Publicity Officer
The District
Supply Officer
The Local
Station Director, A.I.R.
The Local
Station Director, Doordarshan
The District
Commandant, Home Guards
The Divisional
Forests Officer
The Local Assistant Engineer, P.
and T. Department
The Defence Units.
District Level NGOs representative
MARG representatives
District Control Room
The District Control Room, under the control of the district
collector, will be the nerve centre
to monitor
co-ordinate and
implement the actions for disaster management.
In a disaster situation the District Collector is the central authority exercising
emergency powers to issue directives to all departments to provide emergency
response service.
Normal Time Activity
The normal time activity of the Disaster Manager is to
ensure that all warning and communication systems, instruments are in working
receive information on a routine basis from the district departments on the
vulnerability of the various talukas and villages to disasters
the Disaster Manager will receive reports on preparedness from the relevant
district level departments and other departments, as per information details.
These will be forwarded to the Emergency Operations Centre, Relief Commissioner
and Divisional Commissioner.
Upgrade and update DDMAP according to changing scenarios in the district
Update data bank and maintain an inventory of resources as per Table 1.
Inform Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) and YASHADA of any changes including
updating of data bank and annexures
Monitor preparedness measures, training activities including simulation exercises
undertaken by various departments
Ensure proper dissemination of DDMAP at the district level, local level and
disaster prone areas
Encourage formation of MARG in industrial areas.
Organise post-disaster evaluation and update DDMAP accordingly
Prepare reports and documents on district level disaster events and submit
the same to EOC. The document should include
Ø source and cause of the disaster,
Ø description of the response effort,
Ø recommendations for preventive and mitigation measures,
Ø plans for upgrading emergency preparedness and response plans.
Table I
Inventory of resources, materials and equipment accessible to DCR
(to be updated by District Control Room every six months and sent to Emergency
Operations Centre)
Departments/Agencies available with
Normal stock/quantity
Irrigation Deptt.
DHO, Civil Surgeon, Municipal Council.
Asbestos sheets
Bamboo mats
market at Wadsa and Nagpur
and durries
cloth wholesalers at Nagpur
Department at Gadchiroli , Allapalli
transport, Private.
in Market
with civil contractor of PWD
be arranged through Hotel Halwai Assn.
Cooking vessels for use in relief
available with Bichhayat Kendra and Ashram School Hostels.
, available at Nagpur and Chandrapur.
Deptt., Private
GSDA , Private.
moving equipment
, Private timber merchant
, Collector, P.W.D.
trauma care vans
X-Ray units
address systems
hand pumps
available in Gadchiroli and Nagpur on Payment.
Self breathing apparatus
Sign boards
Private dealers
Hospital, D.H.O.
Taxi gas masks
VHF sets with batteries
and Police
Warning or Occurrence of Disaster
On the basis of reports from the possible disaster site, or on warning from
agencies competent to issue such a warning, or on the receipt of warning or
alert from Emergency Operations Centre, the Collector will exercise the powers
and responsibilities of the District Disaster Manager.
It is assumed that the district administration would be one of the key organisations
for issuing warnings and alerts. Additionally, the list of agencies competent
for issuing warning or alert is given below:
Disaster Agencies
Earthquakes IMD, MERI,
Floods Meteorology Department, Irrigation Department
Cyclones IMD
Epidemics Public Health Department
Road Accidents Police
Industrial and Chemical Accidents Industry, MARG, Police, Fires Fire Brigade,
The warning or occurrence of disaster will be communicated to
Chief Secretary, Relief Commissioner, Emergency Operations Centre,
Office of Divisional Commissioner
All district level officials, Municipal Councils, MARG
The officials of central government located within the district
Non-officials namely, Guardian Minister of the district, Mayor, ZP President,
MPs and MLAs from the district or affected area
Local units of the Defence Services
On the receipt of warning, all community preparedness measures and counter-disaster
measures would come into operation. Further, the occurrence f the disaster would
essentially bring into force the following :
The District Collector will activate the District Control Room as the District
Disaster Manager.
The DCR will be expanded to include desk arrangements with responsibilities
for specific tasks.
All district level staff from various departments will be under the direction
and control of the District Disaster Manager. These would also include the district
level staff of
Ø Zilla Parishad
Ø Municipal Authorities
Ø Irrigation
Ø District Industries Centre
Ø Telecommunications.
Leave of all officers and staff working with the above organisations, as requisitioned
by the District Disaster Manager, would automatically stand cancelled and the
organisations would direct their staff to report on duty immediately.
The Relief Commissioner is the controlling authority in respect of Grants
under "2245-Relief on account of Natural Calamities and also Loans and
Advances". He shall, therefore, ensure that adequate grants are placed
at the disposal of the Collector under these budget head and that implementation
of relief and rehabilitation measures is not hampered on account of paucity
of funds or otherwise.
The District Disaster Manager may in case of large-scale disasters get in
touch with the local Defence units for assistance for rescue, evacuation and
emergency relief measures.
The District Disaster Manager will have the authority to requisition resources,
materials and equipments from private sector.
The District Disaster Manager will have power to direct the industry to activate
their on-site or off-site disaster management plan and seek assistance from
MARG, if required.
The District Disaster Manager will set-up Site Operations Centre/s in the
affected area with desk arrangements
The District Disaster Manager will authorise establishment of transit and/or
relief camps, feeding centres and cattle camps.
An on-going wireless communication and contact from the DCR to the Site Operations
Centres, Transit Camps, Feeding Centres, Relief Camps and Cattle Camps will
be activated.
The District Disaster Manager will send the Preliminary Information Report
and Action Taken Report, as per the available information, to the Chief Secretary/Relief
Commissioner/Emergency Operations Centre and the Divisional Commissioner.
The District Disaster Manager will authorise immediate evacuation whenever
In the event of possibilities of disasters in adjoining districts, including
those beyond the state borders, the District Disaster Manager will issue the
alert warning to them.
In multi-district disasters, if Additional Relief Commissioner is appointed
at the multi-district level, the District Disaster Manager will report to the
Additional Relief Commissioner.
In the absence of Collector, Additional Collector or Assistant Collector or
Resident Deputy Collector will officiate and exercise all the powers and responsibilities
of the District Disaster Manager listed above.
Desk Arrangements in District Control Room
District Disaster Manager
Establishing Priorities
Direct and coordinate the services of
Ø Defence Services, SRP, CRPF, Home Guards, Coast Guards, CISF
Ø Fire Brigade, Civil Defence
Ø DOT, Railways, AAI, Port Trust, FCI,
Ø Meteorological Department, MERI, MPCB,
Ø State Government Aircrafts and Helicopters
Coordinate with NGOs, and aid agencies
Enlist services of GOI/GOM laboratories and expert institutions for specialised
Desk Assignments
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Rescue and evacuation
Emergency transport for the seriously injured at the earliest possible
Emergency supplies of water and cooked food
Salvage Operations
Disposal of dead
Transfer of marooned persons to transit camps at the earliest possible
Within shortest possible time for
marooned persons, water, medicines, first-aid, cooked food
Transit camps (in accordance with standards laid down) to be set-up at
the earliest
Food Distribution Centres (in accordance to the Checklist) to be set-up
at the earliest
B. Implement
procurement/purchase/hire/requisition plans
of materials available at the district level.
Office of Divisional Commissioner
Police, Railways, Fire Brigade, Defence Services, Civil Defence, FCI, CISF, CPWD, PWD, MSEB, Irrigation, MWSSB,
RTO, MPCB, IMD, and Inter-departmental relief activities within the district.
Mutual Aid and Response Group
NGOs and NGO coordinating committee
Private donors
Dispatch of Preliminary Information Report and Action Taken Report to
Emergency Operations Centre and Divisional
Dispatch of all information and
any other as asked for by Emergency
Operations Centre and Divisional
Report to Emergency Operations Centre and Divisional Commissioner on deployment and reinforcements of staff
and resources.
Identify specific items for follow-up actions on the directives of the
District Disaster Manager
E. Supervision and Monitoring of
disaster management and relief activities within the district
Promote and encourage revitalisation of local economic activities for
speedy recovery
Prevent hoarding, price hiking and corruption and unauthorised sale of
relief materials
Initiate legal action on those
engaged in hoarding, price hiking,
corruption and unauthorised sale of relief materials
Disseminate details about legal and official procedures, eligibility
criteria with respect to relief and compensation for loss of life, injuries,
livestock, crop, houses, required
to be adopted, as received from EOC
Maintenance of records (date of joining, period of service, leave record,
overtime, etc) for all the persons deployed for relief work within the
Obtaining orders, instructions, clearances, clarifications from state
and divisional headquarters
Ensure implementation of orders, instructions, from EOC and divisional headquarters at the
disaster site.
Requisition of accommodation, structure, vehicles and equipments for
relief duty
Issue of passes and identification stickers for vehicles on relief duty
Issue of passes and identity cards to relief personnel including the
persons from NGOs
Sanctioning expenses for reimbursement with the approval of the District
Disaster Manager (DDM).
Services Desk
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A. A. Assess
Search and rescue requirements as per information
Relief requirements as per information
Relief camps (in accordance with standards laid down) to be set-up
Arrangements for dry rations and family kits for cooking
Cattle camps
Relief supplies to Transit and Relief camps or to Site Operations Centre.
Supplies of fodder and cattle-feed
to cattle camps
Supply of seeds, agriculture inputs and services to Site Operations Centre.
Welfare Services
law and order (e.g., prevent looting and theft)
C. Coordinate NGO activities through
necessary support to ensure community participation
Establishing coordination mechanisms among district level NGOs and other
state level NGOs such as Indian Red Cross, Ramkrishna Mission, Bharat
Sevashram, Swami Narayan Trust,
Bharatiya Jain Sanghatna, OXFAM,
identification of NGOs to serve on committees, task force
assign well-defined area of operations and report to EOC
assigning specific response functions to specialised NGOs and report
to EOC
reporting upon procurement and disbursement of relief materials received
through government and non-government channels
Mobilise and coordinate work of volunteers ensuring community participation
Infrastructure Desk
Executive Engineer PWD Division No I Gadchiroli.
public buildings
shelters with sanitation and recreation facilities
provision of hand-pumps and borewells
temporary structures for storage
educational facilities
medical facilities
postal facility
Health Desk
Civil Surgeon, Gadchiroli.
treatment of the injured and sick
preventive medicine and anti-epidemic actions
disposal of dead bodies
disposal of carcasses
Reports on food, water supplies, sanitation and disposal
of waste
Medical relief for the injured
Number of ambulances required and hospitals where they could be sent,
(public and private);
Medical equipment and medicines required
special information required regarding treatment as for epidemics etc.
Identification of source for supply of drinking water through tankers
and other means of transport
transit and relief camps for cooking arrangements, sanitation, water
supply, disposal of waste, water stagnation and health services.
Communities for storage of rations, sanitation, water supply, disposal
of waste, water stagnation and health services.
standards in cattle camps with arrangements for water, fodder, disposal
of solid waste, veterinary services
Logistics Desk
District Supply Officer Gadchiroli
Assessment of reinforcement needs
including manpower and deployment of resources as per information (formats given)
Requirement, availability and location of depots, and transportation
of wood to the locations for mass cremation
Identification of location where mass cremation/burial can be carried
out and Manpower and transport that would be required for this work;
Identification of location where carcasses can be disposed of and Manpower and transport that would be
required for this work;
Requesting for additional resources from other districts/divisional headquarters/EOC.
Arrangements with petrol pumps for supply of fuel for authorised relief
vehicles against credit coupons
Coordinating and supervising issuing of Village relief tickets to affected families
Ensuring safe storage, and transport of relief Supplies
Coordinate supplies distributed directly by NGOs and other organisations
including private donors
Ensure proper maintenance of vehicles and equipment
Private transporters
Boat Operators
State Government Aircrafts
State Government Helicopters
Rescue parties
Relief Personnel
Marooned persons
Water, medicines, first aid and cooked
food for marooned persons
Relief Materials
Seriously injured and Sick
Agriculture Desk
Agriculture Development Officer,
Rehabilitation of agricultural
Ensuring interim crop production
through supply of seeds and other inputs
Services of extension staff
Communication and Information Management
Desk .
Resident Dy. Collector Gadchiroli
A. Set-up an information centre in DCR to organise
sharing of information with mass media and
B. Monitor disaster warnings and
weather conditions in coordination with and on the advise of
IMD, Irrigation, MERI, Industries
C. C. General
Send Out-Messages on behalf of DDM
Maintaining In-Message, Out-Message
Collect information from Site Operations Centre
Organise information for EOC and information on demand from Divisional
Serve as data bank required for managing operational aspects of disaster
D. Keep
readily available all the information contained in DDMAP, including
Office and residence telephone numbers, fax numbers, and mobile numbers
where applicable of Chief Secretary and other Secretaries including Divisional
Phone numbers, names, addresses and pager numbers where applicable of
the officers and staff of the district and Emergency Operations Centre
List of people on the spot who
can organise and co-ordinate the relief activities,
Phone numbers, fax numbers, wireless, etc. of the other control rooms;
Phone numbers, names, and addresses of the field officers
Phone numbers, names, and addresses Non-officials (like MPs, MLAS, and
Corporators) in the District
Planning Information required including maps incorporated in DDMAP
Disaster Site Map and indications on
extent to which other areas may be affected, etc.
Information regarding alternate routes, water sources, layout of essential
services which may be affected, etc.
Resources Desk
Account Officer, Collectorate
Books of account for all cash receipts according to source of funding
Books of accounts for all cash disbursements according to source of funding
Stock register for all relief materials
Issue register for all relief materials
Dead stock register for all non-consumables (inventory)
Record of all personnel payment on TA&DA, daily wages and other incidentals
made to relief personnel.
Records of all expenses incurred
on administration and disaster management.
Records of all transfer of funds (as advances) to other government departments
(suspense account)
Records of all cash vouchers
and credit vouchers
Records of all gratuitous relief
Records of all compensation paid
Preparation of records relating to finance and accounts as per the formats
for dispatch to Emergency Operations Centre
All cash receipts
All materials receipt
All payments of approved expenses,
dues, claims, daily wages
Reimbursement of expenses approved by administration
Issue of cash vouchers and credit vouchers for petrol and diesel
Role of Divisional Commissioner
On the occurrence of disaster, the Divisional Commissioner
Provide for reinforcement of resources from other districts within the division
Keep in constant touch with Chief Secretary, Relief Commissioner, Emergency
Operations Centre
Site Operations Centre and Relief Camps
Planning Assumptions
A small scale disaster can be managed through Collector's
office without comprehensive desk arrangements at the DCR.
A Disaster affecting
· · a number of villages
· · doing considerable damage to housing
· · spread geographically over a large area and different locations
Þ Þ creates problems of management and logistics
Þ Þ Decentralisation of relief activities will improve the efficiency
of DCR. This will require organisation of desk arrangements at the camp sites.
Þ Þ Site Operations Centre and location of Relief Camps will ensure
effective decentralisations and organisation of relief activities.
Site Operations Centre
Depending on the nature of disaster and the type of damage, it may be necessary
to set-up a number of relief camps and/or cattle camps.
· · In such a situation, the DDM may decide to set-up a Site
Operations Centre to reduce the pressure on DCR for field coordination.
· · Depending on the disaster locations and the number of camp
sites, the DDM may decide to set-up more than one Site Operations Centre.
· · The Site Operation Centre and the camps would be wound up
after the relief and rehabilitation work is called off or after the relief camps
and cattle camps are dismantled whichever is later.
· · The activities for the Site Operations Centre are given in
Table III.
· · The Site Operations Centre will be managed by Site Manager
of the rank of Sub-Divisional Officer/Deputy Collector.
It may be noted that a coordinating structure of this type may have many areas
of overlap with the DCR and therefore the activities need not be duplicated.
The basic functions of the Site Operations Centre will be to facilitate communication
and coordination between DCR and the camp sites. A skeleton structure as given
in Table II should be able to perform these tasks.
Relief Camps
Relief Camps would be set-up preferably on settlement lines and unless the
disaster is a localised phenomenon, the DDM may decide to set-up as many camps
as the number of villages affected. Also the size of the camp will be one of
the considerations particularly in urban areas to decide on the number. The
administrative structure for such relief camps responsible for direct service
to "victims" is given in Table III. Each relief camp will be assigned
to a Camp Officer, of the rank of Tahsildar. In some of the disasters, it may
be necessary to set-up Feeding centres only for the victims.
The DDM may agree to assign some such relief camps or feeding centres to willing
non-governmental organisations (NGOs) with demonstrated capability and required
manpower. However, such camps would also come under coordinating mechanisms
established through Site Operations Centre/s or DCR.
Table II
Site Operations Centre
(at a convenient location from the disaster site for coordinating site operations)
Rescue and evacuation
Salvage Operations
Disposal of dead
Transit camps (in accordance with standards laid down)
Feeding Centres (in accordance to the Checklist) for two weeks to be set-up at the earliest
Emergency supplies of water and cooked food
B. B. Communication
Emergency Operations Centre
District control room
District administration staff in the area
Camp Officer for transit camps, relief camps and cattle camps.
NGOs and NGO coordinating committee
C. Communicate to DCR
Search and rescue requirements
Resource requirements
Cash Compensation
Receive, store, secure, transport, relief materials for transit, relief
and cattle camps, and affected villages.
All information and subsequent
demands to district control room
Preventive medicine and anti-epidemic actions
Inspection of food, water supplies,
sanitation and disposal of waste
Table III
Relief Camps (Components)
(at a convenient location from the disaster site for relief )
Desk Assignments
Feeding Centres for two weeks to be set-up at the earliest
B. Coordination with
Site Operations Centre
District Control Room
Private donors
Dispatch of all information (as per the formats) and subsequent demands
to DCR/Site Operations Centre
Organise shifts for staff and Supervision of the same
Maintenance of records (date
of joining, period of service, leave record, overtime, etc) for all the
persons deployed for relief work at operations centre
Get sanction for expenses for reimbursement from the DDM through Site
Operations Centre.
A. Assess
Arrangements for dry rations and family kits for cooking within two weeks
of the disaster
Relief supplies to families or to households
including water, clothing, and food
C. Provide
Welfare services
Restoration of family (including locating missing children, relatives, friends)
Assistance in locating missing cattle
Assisting students to continue with their studies
Services for the orphans
Assisting individuals with special needs (pregnant women, infants, handicapped,
old, widows etc)
Counselling services
Promotive services for mental health
B. Mobilise community participation and coordinate building of
shelters for affected people with sanitation facilities
temporary structures for storage
medical facilities
education facility
recreational facility
postal facility
temporary Repairs to damaged
disposal of dead bodies
disposal of carcasses
disposal of waste and waste water
Treatment of the injured and sick
Issue Village relief tickets to affected families
Organise distribution of Relief Supplies
Receive, store, secure, relief
materials for relief camps, and affected villages.
Ensure optimum utilisation of resources such as fuel, food, and other
relief materials
Mobilise and coordinate work of volunteers ensuring community participation
Organise facilities for staff and volunteers
and Information Management Desk
and dispatch following information to Site Operations Centre
Data collection
Record keeping
Assistance in locating missing persons
Information Centre
Organisation of information for
Site Operations Centre and on
specific demands.
Maintaining In-Message and Out-Message Register
Sending all Out-Messages on behalf of Camp Officer of Relief Camp.
Books of account for all cash receipts
Books of accounts for all cash disbursements
Record of all personnel payment for daily wages and other incidentals
made to relief personnel.
Records of all expenses incurred
on administration and disaster management at relief camp.
Preparation of records relating to finance and accounts as per the formats
for dispatch to Site Operations Centre
B. General
All cash donations must be deposited with District Control Room and a
receipt for the same obtained
All material donations must be entered in stock register and made available for inspection to officer
from the District Control Room or Site Operations Centre
Maintain record of all issue of cash vouchers and credit vouchers for
petrol and diesel
Facilities/Amenities Provided in the DCR
Planning Assumption
The Collector's office has an adjoining Meeting Room, which can accommodate
approximately 30-40 people. Hence, this will be used as a Conference Room.
The Communication Room is located next to the Collector's office
The DCR has
adequate space for a large workstation
various desk arrangements during disaster situations.
The DCR is equipped with
necessary furniture and storewells for keeping
Ø Ø files of messages
Ø Ø stationery
Ø Ø other office equipment.
Action Plans including sub-plans and local plans
Vulnerability Maps
List of key contact persons
[Are easily accessible with clear labels, and not kept under lock and key].
Important phone numbers which are frequently required are displayed on the
wall so that they can be seen easily, while other phone numbers, names and addresses
etc., are also maintained on the computer to facilitate easy retrieval and cross-referencing..
Provision is made for
first-aid and other basic medical relief for the staff
a rest room with adequate facilities and
a lunch room
[This is required especially during disaster when staff may have to be on duty
for long hours at a stretch].
Communication Room (Main Message Room)
[The existing police wireless system continues to be in contact with the reorganised
In addition, the following facilities are available in the communication room
Intercom units for contact within the Collectorate
VSAT connection to the Divisional Commissioner and EOC in Mantralaya
Civil Wireless Network upto Tahsildar level
One PC with modem and printer
Mechanical typewriter
Mobiles and Pagers (where available and necessary)
Photocopying machine
During disaster, hotlines from communication room to be connected to
Ø Ø Divisional Commissioner
Ø Ø EOC at Mantralaya
Ø Ø Superintendent of Police of the district
Ø Ø Civil Surgeon of the district
Ø Ø Site Operations Centre
Separate tables are provided for each communication instruments such as
The phones, i.e. intercom, STD phone, EPBX extension, hotline etc., are of
different colours, and with distinct rings if possible, to enable them to be
distinguished from each other. An emergency light, fire extinguishers, and a
generator for the computer and fax machine are also provided in the communication
Desk Requirements
Each of the desks have
an independent phone with STD facility
intercom units for contact within the Collectorate for all Desk Officers
in DCR and Officers-in-charge from line departments and other agencies at the
district level
hotline for all Officers-in-charge to be connected to their respective
Office space for secretarial facility has to be clearly demarcated.
[These telephones with STD facilities will be installed in DCR and kept in
working condition under lock and key during normal circumstances].
Provision is made for a jeep with wireless communication assigned to DCR during
normal times. Additional vehicles will be requisitioned as per the requirements
during the emergency.
Staffing requirements for DCR
Three categories of staff are suggested for the DCR: Regular Staff for Communication
Room, Staff -on-call and Staff on Disaster Duty.
Regular Staff
The regular staff will be posted permanently in the DCR which will be responsible
for manning the Communication Room on a 24-hour basis.
The regular staff would include the following:
Desk Officer - Communication Room
A Deputy Collector from the Collectorate will function as the Desk Officer
- Communication Room. He will be in charge of the day-to-day operation of the
Communication Room during official working hours. He will be assisted by officers
of the rank of Naib Tahsildars and Awal Karkuns from the Collectorate in rotation
during non-working hours.
Communication Room Assistant
The person holding this position will be the key person of the DCR and will
be of the rank of an Awal Karkun. He will always be physically present in the
Communication Room. He will be responsible for processing all messages and information
received and maintained by the Communication Room and communicating the same
to the Desk Officer and Collector.
The person holding this position will provide all secretarial assistance to
the Communication Room. The person should be computer literate and should be
able to operate database systems.
Communication operators (for 24 hours)
The communication operator will attend to wireless set as well as the VSAT
connection in the Communication Room.
Driver cum Messenger/Attendant (for 24 hours)
Drivers will be required for the vehicle attached to the DCR and kept on stand-by
duty. These drivers should also be trained to operate the wireless fitted in
the vehicle attached to the DCR.
Staff-on-call will be available for immediate duty in case of a disaster.
Two Deputy Collectors will make up the Staff -on-call. During a disaster, these
officers will always be available "on call".
The staff-on-call will be appointed in rotation from some identified departments.
The rotation period could be of at least a month, to ensure some degree of continuity.
Staff on Disaster Duty
Staff on Disaster Duty will be required to shoulder additional responsibility
in the case of a disaster. This, additional staff will be in the nature of a
reserve and may be drawn from various departments. During normalcy, this staff
will not be called on to perform any duty in the DCR. This staff will be responsible
for managing the desk arrangements mentioned earlier.
The departmental officers nominated as "Officer-in-Charge" from
the concerned line departments and other agencies will be available in the DCR
during the disaster period.
Departments have appointed the senior-most District Officer of the department
as "Officer-in-Charge".
The Collector, Additional Collector, Assistant Collector, Resident Deputy Collector,
all Deputy Collectors, SDOs and Tahsildars are familiar with the functioning
of DCR.
Officers-in-Charge drawn from various line departments and agencies will be
provided orientation through training programmes to be organised by YASHADA.
Multi-district Disasters
In case of disasters which have an impact on more than one
district in a division the role of the Divisional Commissioner comes into prominence
. The Commissioner's responsibilities shall include exercising general
supervision over the work of preparation of contingency plan undertaken by the
Collectors in his Division and also on the relief and rehabilitation operations
in those districts.
At the Divisional Commissioner's level all the state departments and
agencies have a regional head. It is very practical for the Divisional Commissioner
to seek the support of these regional heads towards the commitment of regional
resources to a disaster situation.
For a disaster in more than one district (within or across the division), the
role of Divisional Commissioner is to:
provide a unified command through inter-district control room
ensure need-based resource allocations amongst districts
seek the support of regional heads of line departments for relief
Direct and Coordinate in response to requirements from district control
room the services of
Ø Ø State Government departments
Ø Ø SRP, CRPF, Home Guards, Coast Guards, CPWD, CISF
Ø Ø Fire Brigade, Civil Defence
Ø Ø Telecommunications
maintain a close liaison with the EOC
seek policy guidelines, if necessary
Mobilise services of Central/State government laboratories and recognised
research centres for specialised services
In such a situation, the Divisional Commissioner will act
as the Additional Relief Commissioner for the disaster area,
his powers will be analogous to that of Relief Commissioner in the EOC.
Ø Ø will access funds from the State Government for this purpose
Ø Ø will be assisted by Deputy Commissioner, Revenue in discharge
of disaster
management functions as is the normal practice.
Ø Ø will receive the support of other Deputy Commissioners and
Assistant Commissioners
and Line Department Heads.
[The district control rooms would continue to function in their respective
districts and perform all the functions as per the DDMAP].
Planning Assumptions
The multi-disaster response plan takes a generic approach to disaster situations
to identify information requirements along with communication, coordination,
monitoring and institutional arrangements.
The overall response structure remains constant irrespective of the type
of disaster.
The flow chart indicate the chain of command that should be set in motion
in order to manage the disaster.
Response Plan on occurrence of disaster
List of Key Officials of various departments
Name of
of Department Head
Fax No.
Indian Meteorology Deptt.
Dy.Director General of Meteorology,Nagpur
Joint Director, Industrial, Nagpur.
Health and safety.
Irrigation Deptt.
Executive Engineer
(Irrigation) ZP Gadchiroli.
Police Deptt.
District Superintendent
of Police, Gadchiroli.
Fire Brigade
Chief Officer Municipal
Council ,Gadchiroli.
Chief Officer Municipal Council Wadsa.
2) Civil Surgeon
1)S.D.O. Gadchiroli
Divisional Commissioner
Commissioner Office,Nagpur.
Doordarshan Centre
Civil Defence
Director , National
Civil Defence College,Nagpur.
Home Guard
District Commandant,
Home Guard ,Gadchiroli.
Dn. I & II
Executive engineer
1) Dandkaranya
Education Society.
2) Platinum
Jubeeli (Ismail Khoja)Convents School Gadchiroli.
3) Bahu-uudeshiya
Krida Prabodhini
1) Divisional
2) Station
1) Secretary
2) District
Treasury Officer.Gad.
Civil Supplies
1)Secretaty,Food and Civil
3) District
Dy.Conservator of Forest Gadchiroli.
(Nodal Officer)
1)Secretary Housing Govt.of Maharashtra.
2)Vidarbha Housing Board Nagpur.
1)Secretary,Agriculture Govt. of Maharashtra
2)Agriculture Development Officer.Z.P. Gadchiroli.
Water Supply
Jeevan Pradhikaran on Water supply board
Zilla Parishad
Chief Executive Officer Gadchiroli.
District Information Officer,
District Information Officer,Gadchiroli.
District Manager Telephone.
Sub Divisional Engineer
Urban Developmemt.
Municipal Commissioner
N.M.C. Nagpur.
Involvement and Assistance available to Departments from Private Sector/Academic
Police Department
The following colleges have NCC and NSS volunteers who can help the police.
Following is a list of timber merchants who can provide firewood for disposal
of dead bodies.
1) 1) Shri Sai Saw Mill ,Gadchiroli.
2) 2) Ajij R.Panjawani , Gandhi Chowk, Main Road , Armori, Dist. Gadchiroli.
3) 3) Shri.Dhulariya and Brothers Betkati, Tq.Korchi , Dist. Gadchiroli.
4) 4) M/s. Samarth Saw Mill ,Ramnagar,Chandrapur.
5) 5) Dy. Conservator of Forest, Gadchiroli Dn.Gadchiroli.
6) 6) Dy. Conservator of Forest, Wadsa Dn. Wadsa.
7) 7) Dy. Conservator of Forest, Allapalli Dn. Allapalli Tq. Aheri.
8) 8) Dy. Conservator of Forest,, Sironcha Dn. Allapalli Tq.Allapali.
9) 9) Dy. Conservator of Forest, Bhamragad, Dn. Allapali Tq.Aheri.
The names and addresses of contractors with the details of equipments,available
with them.These contractors can help in repairs of roads, bridges and buildings,
construction of relief camps, clearance of debris etc.
Sr.No. Name Address & Telephone No. Equipment
1 Aditya Construction Shastri Nagar Mul Road Poclain –2
Prop.H.M.Sancheti Chandrapur. Exavator –2
Ph.No. 54916,52960. Tipper-10
Water Tanker- 1
2 R.K.Sancheti Shastri Nagar Mul Road Poclain-2
Prop.V.K.Sancheti Chandrapur. Exavator-2
Ph.No. 52057,54174 Tipper-10
51146. Roller-2
Water Tanker-2
3 National Construction Civil Lines,Chandrapur. Tippers-10
Company. Ph.No. 55112 Truck-5
Prop.Girish Thakker. Roller-5
Hotmix plant-1
4 Shri Gajanan Construction Civil Lines, Exacator-2
Company. Chandrapur. Tipper -6
Prop. C.N.Wasade. Ph,No. 54186,51868 Roller-2
Hotmix plant-1
Truck – 4
5 Seth Construction Company Commercial Complex Exavator-2
Prop.Yashpal Seth. Gandhi Chowk,Chandrapur Roller-1
Ph.No.52228 Tipper-4
6 Ajwani Construction MIDC Ghugus Road, Exavator-2
Company. Chandrapur. Roller-2
Prop.G.H.Ajwani Hotmix plant-1
7 P.G.Trivedi SBI Colony ,Chandrapur. Poclain-2
8 George Construction 9-C , Shastri Nagar Roller-2
Company. Chandrapur. Tipper-4
Prop.K.J.George Ph.No.55461,53115 Truck-4
9 Kalika Prasad Gupta Gandhi Chowk ,Ballarpur. Roller-1
Ph.No.40607,40507. Truck-2
10 Laxmi Construction Rajura Exavator-1
Prop.Laxman Gupta. Ph.No. 22011 Roller-2
Agricultural Department
List Of Wholesalers Of Seeds Fertilizers And Pestisides :(From Chandrapur District
But Useful For Gadchiroli District )
Telephone No.
Kisan Krushi Sewa Kendra
Sarafa line ,Chandrapur
Adarsha Krushi Kendra.
Girnar Chowk, Kasturba Road
Nehru Chowk,Warora.
Kasikar Krushi Sewa Kendra,
Prop.Satish Kasikar.
Main Road,Warora.
Avinash Krushi Kendra
Main Road, Gadchandur
Tq. Rajura
Bandal Krushi Kendra
Nehru Chowk,Main Road
Deepak Krushi Kendra
Prop.Deepak Urade
Station Road, Bramhapuri
Chandak Agro Centre
Prop.Rajendra Chandak
Main Road, Rajura
Diwase Agro. Industries.
Chanda Co.-op.Industirial
Estate. Mul Road
Noorani Fertilizers
Bazar Chowk ,Nagbhid.
Pawan Krushi Kendra,
Prop.Pandurang Bartine.
Opp.Bank Of India,
Prashant Krushi Kendra.
Prop.Ramchandra Sharma.
Allapalli Road ,Gondpimpri.
Suyog Krushi Kendra
Prop.Suresh Bobde.
Near Gram Panchayat
The details of buses available with private owners
Name and
Address of Registered owner.
Shri.Hiralal Yethmal Motwani.
At.Post.Tq. Wadsa, Dist. Gadchiroli.
Shri. Suresh Vasantrao Poreddiwar.
Dhanora Road Gadchiroli.
Smt. Sindhubai Vasantrao Poreddiwar.
Shri Ashok Shankarrao Mallerwar.
Mul Road, Gadchiroli.
Shri.Narendra Shankarrao Mallerwar,
Shubhash ward, Mul Road Gadchiroli.
Shri.Bandopant Shankarrao Mallerwar,
At .Jambai. Post. Karwafa, Tah.Dhanora, Dist.Gadchiroli.
Shri.Ashok Shankarrao Mallerwar,
At. Jambai, Post. Karwafa, Tq.Dhanora,Dist.Gadchiroli.
Shri.Hiralal Jethmal Motwani,
At. Post. Tq. Wadsa,Dist.Gadchiroli.
Shri Vasant Balaji Poreddiwar,
At.Post Gadchiroli.
Shri Bandopant Shankarrao Mallelwar,
At. Jambai Post.Karwafa,
Shri Virendra Sewakram Ambarte,
Dhanora Road,Lanjeda,Gadchiroli.
Shri.Satyanarayan Rajmallanjayas Margoni,
Shri Umesh Vasantrao Poreddiwar,
Rampuri Ward ,Dhanora Road ,Gadchiroli.
Shri.Bandopant Shankarrao Mallelwar,
Shri.Chandrakant Baburao Suronwar,
Suresh Ward Gadchiroli.
Pundlik Ramchandra Akore.
At.Post,Tq. Kurkheda.Dist.Gadchiroli.
Health Department
List Of Private Hospitals With The Number Of Bed Available.
Name of Taluka
Name of Hospital and phone No.
No.of Bed available
1)Dhanwantri Hospital Gadchiroli. Ph.No. 22596
2)Sai Nursing home and Hospital Gadchiroli.Ph.No.32303
3)Balwant Smruti Hospital Gadchiroli. Ph.no.22547
4)A & E Hospital Gadchiroli.Ph.No.22458
Medical Help.
As above
As above.
Aamhi Aamchya Aarogyasathi,Kurkheda
Search Hospital,Shodhgram (Chatgaon)PH.No.5406,07,08,(O)/
Ambulance and Medical help.
Assisi Sewa Sadan Hospital,Nagepalli.
Lokbiradari Prakalpa Hospital ,Hemalkasa.
Ambulance and Medical Help.
Chason Memorial Hospital,Sironcha.
List of Private Doctors with their Speciality
Name of Doctor.
Dhanwantri Hospital Gadchiroli
Physician and Radiologists.
Sai Nursing Home Gadchiroli.
A & I Hospital Gadchiroli
Dr.Hemant Appalwar
Balwant Smruti Hospital Gacchiroli.
Dr.Ram Sharma
Dr.Abhay Bang
Search Hospital,Shodh Gram , Chatgaon.
Dr.Mrs.Rani Bang
Animal Husbandry
Name of
veterinary institute
Name of
Porla grade I
Dr.Satish Raju
Aambi Shivani
Dr. Mahajan
Vadha Grade II
Wadsa Grade I
Dr. Rewatkar
Vihirgaon Grade II
Kondhala Grade II
Koregaon Grade II
Sonsari Grade II
Korchi Grade I
Maseli Grade II
Adpalli Grade I
Mulchera Grade II
Dhanora Grade I
Pendhari Grade II
Chamorshi Grade II
Dr. Nagrale
Dr. N. S .Sonkusare.
Dr. Rehpade
Dr. Pant
Dr. Sambharkar
Vyasampur Bori
Aheri Grade II
Dr. Pande
Dr. Sonkusare
Dr. Neware
Dr. Wankhede
Dr. Ramteke
Dewalmari Grade II
Sironcha Grade I
Dr. Wanjari
Rangayapalli Grade II
Bhamragad Grade I
Dr. Meshram
Laheri Grade II
Etapalli Grade I
Dr. Khandekar
Dr. Itankar
Dr. Dhaware
Kasansur Grade II
Mobile squad Allapalli
Dr. Tasmale
Mobile squad Dhanora
Dr. Nimbalkar
Mobile squad Shankarpur
Dr. Bhinurkar
Mobile squad Sironcha
Dr. Chopde
Mobile squad Aashti
Dr. Pendharkar
Mobile squad Purada
Dr. Sawarkar
All Animal Hospitals
Dr. Bagade
Dr. Chimote
Integrated Tribal Development Project Bhamragad.
District Information Officer
List of newspapers published from Gadchiroli and newspapers having
offices in Gadchiroli
Name and
address of newspaper / representative
Daily Loksatta, Dhanora road, Gadchiroli.
Phone 32309
Daily Hitavad, Gokul Nagar, gadchiroli.
Phone 22549 / 32259
Daily Tarun Bharat, Trimurti Chowk,
Gadchiroli. Phone 32443
Daily Navbharat, Near Police Station,
Gadchiroli. Phone 22572
Daily Janvad, P.O. Armori.
Daily Lokmat, Gandhi Chowk, Gadchiroli.
Phone 22557
Daily Maharashtra Times, Behind
Shivaji college, Gadchiroli. Phone32334
Daily samna, Rampuri Ward, Gadchiroli
Phone 22794
Daily Mahavidarbha, Gadchiroli
Daily Adivasi Manus, Near Police
Station, Gadchiroli. Phone 22424
Daily Gadchiroli Patrika, Near
Ram Mandir, Gadchiroli. Phone 32410
Weekly Zopadpattitil Vichar, Near
Ram Mandir, Gadchiroli. Phone 32410
Weekly Gadchiroli Samachar, Camp
Area, Gadchiroli. Phone 32371
Weekly Gadchiroli Savera, Kabra
Niwas, Gadchiroli. Phone 32527
Weekly Manav Sanskriti, Dhanora
Road, Gadchiroli. Phone 22519
Weekly Vainganga Pukar, Ramnagar
ward, Gadchiroli. Phone 22886
Weekly Gadchiroli Mahila, Gadchiroli.
Phone 22458
Weekly Chamorshi Lalkar. Phone
Weekly Gadchiroli.Senapati, Talav
Road, gadchiroli
Weekly Ektechi Haak, Phule Ward,
Weekly Margdeep, Athwadi Bazar,
Weekly Gadchiroli Vaibhav, Gadchiroli
Weekly Shivchatra
Weekly Vanlaxmi, Chamoshi road,
Weekly Dhandal, Wadsa, Gadchiroli
Planning Assumptions
Earthquakes have large spatial and temporal impacts. Resource requirements
are both intensive and extensive for management of earthquakes, in terms of
the number of agencies involved and the nature of coordination required.
Lead Agencies
The lead agencies involved in the management of earthquakes are revenue,
police, fire, and medical services.
Due to extensive damage to infrastructure, the Telecommunication, MSEB,
MWSSB and Public Works Departments play an important role in the management
of this disaster.
As a result of earthquakes, floods and epidemics can also occur. Therefore
stress is laid on measures taken to ensure coordination with health and irrigation
Nature of Damages
The impact of earthquakes differs for urban and rural areas, primarily because
of the nature of infrastructure, quality of housing and occupational differences.
In rural areas, it is primarily the housing and physical structures (including
irrigation infrastructure) which may suffer extensive damage, without necessarily
destroying the crops.
In urban areas, in addition to housing and physical infrastructures, it may
also disturb the service infrastructure such as water supply, sewage, telephones,
electricity etc., which are essentially underground installations and hence
exposed to a direct impact.
Possible Impacts
Effects on Individual
Ø Ø Loss of Life
Ø Ø Injuries demanding surgical needs
Ø Ø Family disruption
Specific demands raised or required
Ø Ø Orthopedic surgery and fractures needing treatment
Ø Ø Individuals trapped under debris need to be located and rescued
which calls for not only earth moving equipments, but the services of sniffer
Ø Ø Expertise of fire brigade and defence services may be essential
in the rescue operations.
Ø Ø In case of separation of family members information counters
play an important role.
Ø Ø In case of family disruption resulting from death of major
earner, economic rehabilitation of the family may have to be planned as a long-term
Ø Ø Loss of life, property and livestock may require damage assessment
procedures to avoid litigations and delays in gratuitous relief and compensation.
Damage caused
Ø Ø Houses
Ø Ø Personal Belongings
Ø Ø Livestock
Specific demands raised or required
Ø Ø Partially damaged houses needs technical inspection to decide
the habitation worthiness and the extent of repairs required.
Ø Ø Certain partially damaged houses may require demolition.
Ø Ø As far as possible, reconstruction will take place on the
same sites to avoid delays, secure cultural continuity and avoid costly land
purchase. In extreme situations, new sites for resettlement may have to be identified
when removal of rubble and debris is non-viable.
Ø Ø Salvaging personal belongings from the debris needs clearance
from technical personnel to ensure safety of persons engaged.
Ø Ø As far as possible, family members only will be permitted
to salvage their individual family belongings.
Damage to infrastructure resulting in disruption of services
Ø Ø Buildings
Ø Ø Dams
Ø Ø Bridges
Ø Ø Road Surface and Rail Lines
Ø Ø Power Stations
Ø Ø Water pipelines and water tanks
Ø Ø Sewer lines
Ø Ø Underground Cables
Ø Ø Care needs to be taken to ensure that all electrical supplies
to damaged area are disconnected promptly by MSEB.
Ø Ø Underground cables need thorough inspection before power
is restored.
Ø Ø Breaches or cracks in the dam need Irrigation Department
to secure the breaches or grouting the cracks.
Ø Ø In case of damage to bridges, relief operations may require
temporary bridges which can be put up with the assistance of army.
Ø Ø Certain roads needing resurfacing will need immediate action
from PWD.
Ø Ø MWSSB in consultations with health authorities should restore
existing water supply with necessary repairs. This may call for replacement
of pipelines or arrangements for storage in portable PVC water tanks.
Ø Ø In some cases, restoration of existing water supply may be
time-consuming and therefore water tankers may have to be pressed into service.
Ø Ø Identification of nearby water sources and checking water's
potability may also be required.
Ø Ø Damage to sewer lines is to be looked into. Alternate arrangements
by way of temporary latrines (technical details given on Pg. No ) may have to
be constructed.
Ø Ø Extensive damage to residential buildings resulting in disruption
of telecommunication facilities requires provision/installation of public telephones
(PCO) to facilitate communication.
Ø Ø Damage to hospital, school buildings and other public facilities
may disrupt the services. In such a case restoration of services through temporary
arrangements is the first priority.
Ø Ø PWD may have to take repairs or reconstruction of such public
facilities on a priority basis.
Environmental Effects
Ø Ø Alteration in river and stream flow
Ø Ø Liquefaction
Ø Ø Areas indicating signs of liquefaction should be declared
out of bounds and strict vigil should be kept by police to prohibit trespassing.
Ø Ø Foundations of the building in the area prone to liquefaction
need technical assessment.
Ø Ø Alteration in river and stream flow particularly when it
covers a settlement create immediate demands for evacuation and relief till
such time that the areas for new settlement identified and rehabilitation works
are executed.
Economic and Social consequences
Ø Ø Loss of livelihood
Ø Ø Disruption of market and Loss in production
Ø Ø Migration
Ø Ø Disruption of social structure including breakdown of social
order and organisations
Ø Ø Law and order problem
Ø Ø Psychological after-effects such as individual trauma and
In addition to immediate relief requirements for effective and early recovery
process, checking migration
Ø Ø restoration of production units, and employment avenues
Ø Ø provision of individual counselling and community counselling
Ø Ø Reconstruction of social structures and organisation of community
requires participation of non-governmental organisations District administration
must invite or coopt voluntary agencies to ensure this aspect.
Ø Ø For combating depression, engage people in all possible activities
related to relief and rehabilitation through a deliberate strategy of community
Secondary effects
Ø Ø Fires
Ø Ø Rains
Ø Ø Landslides
Ø Ø Fires resulting from earthquake are essentially a result
of damage to infrastructure such as power supply.
Ø Ø Immediate service of fire brigade is essential to check further
Ø Ø Immediate discontinuation of power would restrict the possibility
of occurrence to a large extent.
Ø Ø Rains following earthquakes essentially disrupt rescue and
relief operations. Rescue and relief teams therefore must prepare themselves
in anticipation and get community cooperation to overcome such difficulties.
Ø Ø Rains also have implication for storage of food, fuel for
cooking (firewood or coal) and fodder for the cattle. Protective structures
therefore for the storage of all relief material becomes essential. Plastic
materials and water-proof containers are required.
Ø Ø Damage to road access due to landslides needs immediate clearing
and PWD has to keep itself prepared for such an eventuality.
Ø Ø Settlements on the hill-slope prone to landslides need to
be shifted to safer places.
Ø Ø Floods occur with warning, while flash flood occur with very
little warning.
Ø Ø 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.
Ø Ø The resource requirements for management of flood is extremely
intensive involving large scale mobilization of resources.
Lead Agencies
Ø Ø The lead agencies are the revenue, police, irrigation, and
medical services.
Ø Ø Extensive damage to infrastructure and public utilities is
possible hence the role of supporting agencies such as MSEB, Telecommunications
and PWD is crucial.
Ø Ø The loss to crop or plantation demands involvement of Agriculture
Department, ZP
Ø Ø Loss of cattle will bring in the role for Animal Husbandry,
Ø Ø The assistance and intervention of the EOC is essential to
support the district administration in the management of these disasters.
Ø Ø Additionally, secondary disasters such as epidemics may be
caused due to floods and must be monitored by Public Health Department.
Possible Impacts
Ø Ø Injuries demanding medical attention
Ø Ø Water-borne infection
Ø Ø In most cases, orthopedic surgery, fractures, cuts and bruises
need immediate attention.
Ø Ø Cases of water-borne infection need medication.
Ø Ø Mass immunisation, when necessary, to protect individuals
from water-borne diseases.
Ø Ø Marooned individuals, including those trapped on tree-tops
and building terraces need to be located and rescued which calls for boats,
or at times helicopter services.
Ø Ø Alternatively when large sections of community are marooned
instead of evacuation it may be necessary to organise dispatch of relief supplies
to marooned locations. This creates a special need for transport facility.
Impact at family level
Ø Ø Separated families
Ø Ø Missing persons
Ø Ø Family disorganisation
Ø Ø In case of separation of family members information counters
would play an important role.
Ø Ø Crops and plantations
Ø Ø Land
Ø Ø As far as possible, reconstruction should take place on the
same sites to avoid delays, secure cultural continuity and avoid costly land
purchase. In extreme situations, new sites for resettlement may have to be identified
when removal of rubble and debris is non-viable.
Ø Ø As far as possible, family members only should be permitted
to salvage their individual family belongings.
Ø Ø Damage to crops, plantations or agriculture land will need
a long-term intervention.
Damage to infrastructure and disruption of services
Ø Ø Godowns and storages
Ø Ø Ports and Jetties
Ø Ø Communication Lines
Ø Ø Damage to electric poles and transmission lines needs restoration.
Ø Ø In case of damage to bridges, relief operations may require
temporary bridges which can be put up with the assistance of army.
Ø Ø Roads blocked due to uprooting of trees and electric poles
may need to be cleared on a priority basis.
Ø Ø Identification of nearby water sources and checking the potability
of the same may also be required.
Ø Ø Damage or choking of sewer lines is one of the most ticklish
issue. Alternate arrangements by way of temporary latrines (technical details
given on Pg. No ) may have to be constructed.
Ø Ø Extensive damage to residential buildings resulting in disruption
of telecommunication facilities requires provision of public telephones (PCO)
to facilitate communication.
Ø Ø Disposal of damaged foodgrains is one of the major step and
needs community cooperation.
Ø Ø Provision for distribution of cooked food or dry rations
may have to be made.
Ø Ø soil erosion
Ø Ø silting
Ø Ø water pollution
Ø Ø denudation of land
Ø Ø increase in salinity
Ø Ø Silting in residential areas and buildings is one of the
major problems requiring extensive community involvement.
Ø Ø NGOs have demonstrated a tremendous capacity to mobilise
community participation in desilting operations for reoccupancy of the residences
and also the wells providing drinking water.
Ø Ø Agriculture department may have to undertake soil-testing
and propose appropriate measures for restoration of agriculture land.
Ø Ø Disruption of social structure including breakdown of social
Ø Ø and community organisations
Ø Ø Psychological after-effects like depression, trauma etc.
In addition to immediate relief requirements for effective and early recovery
process and checking migration
Ø Ø Reconstruction of social structures and organisation of community
requires a professional intervention which can best come from non-governmental
organisations Voluntary agencies will have to be invited or coopted for relief
activities to ensure this aspect.
Ø Ø Epidemics
Ø Ø Landslides
Ø Ø Rescue and relief teams must be alert to the possibility
of outbreak of epidemics and therefore ensure standards of services with respect
to storage, cooking, and handling of food materials as also disposal of waste
in relief camps, medical centres and feeding centres.
Ø Ø Water-quality monitoring mechanisms will have to be set-up
to prevent outbreak of epidemics.
Ø Ø Settlements on the hill-slope prone to landslides need to
be shifted to safer places.
Planning Assumptions
Ø Ø The existing water quality monitoring and vector control programmes
reduces the possibility of spread of epidemics to a considerable extent.
Ø Ø Efficient response from pathological and testing laboratories
helps in early diagnosis of the possible epidemic.
Lead Agencies
Ø Ø The revenue and health department inlcuding the medical service
is the main agency involved in disaster management during epidemics.
Ø Ø In the case of epidemics accompanying floods the water supply
and sanitation department, MWSSB and irrigation department are the support agencies
Ø Ø Apart from these support services, assistance is also sought
from the police and home guards, public works department, state transport and
the media.
Possible Impacts
Effects on Individual
Ø Ø Diseases needing Epidemiological Treatment
Ø Ø Mass immunisation, when necessary, to protect individuals.
Ø Ø In some cases, existing water supply may be contaminated
and therefore water tankers may have to be pressed into service.
Ø Ø Rescue and relief teams must be alert to the possibility
of spread of epidemics and therefore ensure standards of services with respect
to storage, cooking, and handling of food materials as also disposal of waste
in relief camps, medical centres and feeding centres.
Ø Ø Water-quality monitoring mechanisms will have to be set-up
to prevent spread of epidemics.
Ø Ø In case of vector-borne diseases, the exact vector and related
control methods will have to be followed. The required materials are listed
on (pg. No)
Ø Ø Life-saving drugs including saline will be required in large
Ø Ø Disposable kits for treatment of affected people and arrangements
for proper disposal of these.
Ø Ø Personal protection kits for medical personnel and volunteers
assisting in treatment of patients.
Ø Ø Arrangements for disposal of personal belongings and other
solid waste materials.
Ø Ø Monitoring arrangements including testing facilities with
the help of laboratories and hospitals.
Ø Ø Evacuation
Ø Ø Psychological after-effects especially isolation
In addition to immediate medical relief requirements for effective and early
recovery process and checking migration
Ø Ø restoration of potable water supply
Ø Ø provision of
Þ Þ quarantine of infected cases at family and hospital level
Þ Þ programme of immunisation
Þ Þ water quality monitoring
Þ Þ pathological testing laboratories
Þ Þ individual counselling
Þ Þ family counselling
Ø Ø Involvement of NGOs in mobilising community efforts for the
control of epidemics by ensuring standards of environmental sanitation, disposal
of waste and personal hygiene.
Road Accidents
Planning Assumptions
Ø Ø The major road accidents are highly localised.
Ø Ø The response machinery that is to be activated is at a much
more local level
Ø Ø In case of road accidents involving toxic and highly inflammable
materials, there is need for temporary evacuation.
Lead Agencies
Ø Ø The lead agencies are revenue, police and the regional transport
Ø Ø In major accidents involving loss of life and injuries to
a large number of people, services of agencies such as fire services, health
department will be needed
Ø Ø In the case of a vehicle plunge in the river, services of
divers for rescue operations are required.
Possible Impacts
Effects on Individuals
Ø Ø Trauma Care
Ø Ø Burns
Ø Ø Injuries demanding surgical treatment
Ø Ø Poisoning or exposure to toxic material
Ø Ø In most cases, orthopedic surgery and fractures need immediate
Ø Ø Individuals trapped in the vehicles need to be rescued which
at times calls for metal cutting devices.
Ø Ø Expertise of fire brigade and defence services may be essential
when the accident involves vehicles carrying hazardous chemicals, toxic materials
or explosives.
Ø Ø Divers may be required if the accident involves a vehicle
falling off a bridge into water.
Ø Ø The police may require to cordon off the area.
Ø Ø Chemical accidents may generate a demand for treatment for
burns and exposure to poisonous substances which may mean a specialised service
not generally available along the highways.
Ø Ø Nature of injuries may demand immediate transfer of injured
to centres offering trauma care.
Ø Ø Loss of life, property and goods may require damage assessment
procedures to avoid litigations and delays in gratuitous relief and compensation
including insurance.
Damage caused
Ø Ø Vehicles
Ø Ø Goods
Specific demands raised or required
Ø Ø Salvaging the goods from the accident site needs clearance
from technical personnel to ensure safety of persons engaged.
Ø Ø Air pollution if vehicle carrying hazardous chemicals are
Disruption of services
Ø Ø Road network
Ø Ø Traffic
Ø Ø The spills from vehicles carrying hazardous materials may
require stoppage of traffic and cleaning of road surface. Various materials
are recommended depending on the nature of spill. Also, specialised agencies
may have to be called for undertaking spill cleaning operations.
Ø Ø Diversion of traffic resulting from such accidents may require
traffic control to give information at various entry points located also far
away (which need quick identification) from the site of accident so as to avoid
inconvenience to the travellers.
Ø Ø Special cranes may be required for clearing the accident
Ø Ø Security of goods and materials in the vehicles involved
in the accident needs protection. The details of goods need to be officially
Secondary Effects
Ø Ø Gas leak affecting settlements near the accident site
Ø Ø It may be necessary to inform the settlements around to take
necessary precautionary measures, if the accident involves leakage of toxic
Ø Ø It may be advisable to send a team of medical personnel from
poison centres to visit the settlements around the accident site when toxic
leak is reported.
Lead Agencies
Ø Ø The main agencies involved in disaster management are the
revenue department, local fire service (municipality or municipal corporation),
medical services (hospitals) and police (local police station),
Ø Ø In the event of a major fire, the local fire service would
need to co-ordinate with the MSEB and the water supply department for assistance
in containment of the fire.
Ø Ø Major evacuation may call for support from DCR.
Possible Impacts
Effects on Individuals
Ø Ø Serious burn cases may need immediate transport for admission
to burn wards in the hospital
Ø Ø In many cases, panic behaviour may lead to injuries requiring
treatment for orthopedic surgery and fractures.
Ø Ø Expertise of fire brigade may be essential in the rescue
operations and control of fire particularly when population density is very
Ø Ø In case of separation of family members information counters
would play an important role. (This is normally observed in case of fires in
large slums)
Ø Ø House
Ø Ø Transit arrangements may have to be identified when the structure
needs reconstruction.
Ø Ø Buildings
Ø Ø Overhead lines
Ø Ø Care needs to be taken to ensure that all electrical supplies
to damaged area are disconnected promptly by MSEB officials in the area.
Ø Ø Some fires may demand traffic control measures including
identification of alternate routes and diversion of traffic.
Ø Ø In congested areas controlling curious onlookers may block
movement of rescue and fire workers. The police will need to cordon off the
area for smooth operations.
Economic consequences
Ø Ø disruption of market
Ø Ø loss in production
In addition to immediate relief requirements for effective and early recovery
Ø Ø restoration of markets, production units, employment avenues
Ø Ø Provision of damage assessment
Industrial and Chemical Accidents
Planning Assumptions
Ø Ø Off-site industrial accidents are in the
form of fires, explosions and toxic gas leaks.
Ø Ø The responsibility of declaring an industrial accident as
off-site rests with the management of the industrial unit where the accident
has occurred.
Ø Ø The most crucial decision in off-site industrial accident
management is the recognition / identification of the stage at which the responsibility
is handed over from the management to the public authorities.
Ø Ø The public authority will be the District Collector when
the disaster is likely to impact a larger area.
Lead Agencies
The main participating agencies in the management of off-site
industrial disasters are :
Ø Ø revenue
Ø Ø police, fire, medical services
Ø Ø civil defence agencies
Ø Ø public works department
Ø Ø Industry
Ø Ø Public Health and regulatory environmental agencies.
Ø Ø To enable effective immediate response, specialists are required
¨ ¨ provide fast, reliable information on the properties of the substance
¨ ¨ its potential hazard,
¨ ¨ protective equipment required,
¨ ¨ containment and control measures to be taken and
¨ ¨ advice on the decontamination and emergency termination activities
Possible Impacts
Effects on Individual
Ø Ø Burns
Ø Ø Injuries demanding Surgical treatment
Ø Ø Exposure to toxic material
Ø Ø Expertise of fire brigade, mutual aid and response groups
(MARG), may be essential.
Ø Ø Chemical accidents may generate a demand for treatment for
burns and exposure to poisonous substances which may mean a specialised service
not generally available with medical practitioners.
Ø Ø Nature of injuries may demand immediate transfer of injured
to poison centres.
Ø Ø Areas indicating spread of toxic gases should be declared
out of bounds and strict vigil should be kept by police to prohibit trespassing.
Ø Ø Alteration in wind direction when it covers a settlement
create immediate demands for evacuation and relief till such time that an all-clear
signal is given.
Ø Ø air pollution
Ø Ø effect on vegetation
Ø Ø On a long-term basis monitoring of air, water and soil quality
will have to be carried out.
Disruption of services
Ø Ø Electricity
Ø Ø Water supply
Ø Ø Disruption of market
Ø Ø Damage to food stocks
Ø Ø Loss in production
Ø Ø Social and Psychological effects
Ø Ø restoration of production units, employment avenues
Planning Assumptions
Ø Cyclones can be predicted sufficiently in advance
but its impact location over land is uncertain.
Ø Ø The resource requirements for management of cyclone impact
is extremely intensive involving large scale mobilization of resources.
Lead Agencies
Ø Ø The lead agencies are the Fire, Police and Health departments.
Ø Ø The loss to crop or plantation demands involvement of Agriculture
Ø Ø Loss of cattle will bring in the role for Animal Husbandry.
Ø Ø Additionally, secondary disasters such as epidemics may be
caused due to floods resulting from cyclones and must be monitored by Public
Health Department.
Possible Impacts
Specific demands raised or required
Ø Ø In most cases, orthopedic surgery, fractures, cuts and bruises
need immediate attention.
Ø Ø Mass immunisation is necessary to protect individuals from
water-borne diseases.
Ø Ø Marooned individuals, including those trapped on tree-tops
and building terraces (in case of tidal wave) need to be located and rescued
which calls for boats, or at times helicopter services.
Ø Ø Alternatively when large sections of community are marooned
instead of evacuation it
may be necessary to organise dispatch of relief supplies to marooned locations.
creates a special need for transport facility.
Ø Ø Expertise of fire brigade and defence services (Navy, Coast
Guards) may be essential in
the rescue operations.
[Cyclones may be accompanied by heavy rains, or at times tidal waves].
Ø Ø Crops and Plantations
Ø Ø Forests
Specific demands raised or required
Ø Ø Partially damaged houses needs technical inspection to decide
the habitation worthiness
and the extent of repairs required.
Ø Ø New sites for resettlement may have to be identified when
removal of rubble and debris is non-viable.
Damage to infrastructure and disruption in services
Ø Ø Power Stations and Power Lines
Ø Ø Water Tanks
Ø Ø Railway Signals
Specific demands raised or required
Ø Ø Care needs to be taken to ensure that all electrical supplies
to damaged area are
disconnected promptly by MSEB.
Ø Ø Overhead lines need thorough inspection before power is restored.
Ø Ø Breaches or cracks in the dam need Irrigation Department
to secure the breaches or
grouting the cracks.
Ø Ø In case of damage to bridges, relief operations may require
temporary bridges which
can be put up with the assistance of army.
Ø Ø MWSSB in consultations with health authorities should restore
existing water supply
with necessary repairs. This may call for replacement of pipelines or arrangements
storage in portable PVC water tanks.
Ø Ø In some cases, restoration of existing water supply may be
time-consuming and
therefore water tankers may have to be pressed into service.
Ø Ø Identification of nearby water sources and checking the potability
of the same may also
be required.
Ø Ø Choking of sewer lines is one of the most ticklish issue.
Immediate arrangements for
clearing the sewer lines is necessary.
Ø Ø Piped gas supply should be immediately terminated in the
affected area to avoid
secondary consequences. If necessary, and feasible gas cylinders should be
supplied till
the gas line is checked thoroughly and restored.
Ø Ø Extensive damage to residential buildings resulting in disruption
of telecommunication
facilities requires provision of public telephones (PCO) to facilitate communication.
Ø Ø Damage to hospital, school buildings and other public facilities
may disrupt the services.
Ø Ø In such a case restoration of services through temporary
arrangements is the first
Ø Ø priority.
Ø Ø PWD may have to take repairs or reconstruction of such public
facilities on a priority
Ø Ø Disposal of damaged foodgrains is one of the major step and
needs community
Ø Ø Rains also have implication for storage of food, fuel for
cooking (firewood or coal) and
fodder for the cattle. Protective structures therefore for the storage of
all relief material
becomes essential. Plastic materials and water-proof containers are required.
Ø Ø increase in salinity
Specific demands raised or required
Ø Ø Silting in residential areas and buildings is one of the major
problems requiring extensive
community involvement.
Ø Ø NGOs have demonstrated a tremendous capacity to mobilise
community participation in
desalting operations for reoccupancy of the residences and also the wells
drinking water.
Ø Ø Agriculture department may have to undertake soil-testing
and propose appropriate
measures for restoration of agriculture land.
Ø Ø Psychological after-effects
Specific demands raised or required
Ø Ø In addition to immediate relief requirements, for effective
and early recovery process and checking migration
Ø Ø restoration of production units and employment avenues
Ø Ø Reconstruction of social structures and organisation of community
requires a professional
intervention which can best come from non-governmental organisations Voluntary
agencies will have to be invited or coopted for relief activities to ensure
this aspect.
Specific demands raised or required
Ø Ø Rescue and relief teams must be alert to the possibility of
outbreak of epidemics and therefore ensure standards of services with respect
to storage, cooking, and handling of food materials as also disposal of waste
in relief camps, medical centres and feeding centres.
Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Voluntary Agencies
The non-governmental organisations and voluntary agencies
play an important role in disaster management and provide a strong band of committed
volunteers with experience in managing the disasters. Their strength lies in
the choice of their manpower, the informality in operations and flexibility
in procedures. These organisations enjoy a fair degree of autonomy and hence
can respond to changing needs immediately.
The NGOs can be assigned specific locations and roles by the District Collector
to undertake relief work within the overall institutional framework. The list
of NGOs in Gadchiroli district with their specific nature of work, and specific
roles of NGOs during disaster management is given in the following section.
These NGOs would work in close co-ordination with the district administration
and maintain the standards of services, information exchange and reporting requirements
so as to enable the Collector to have a total picture of resource availability,
disbursements and requirements. As and where possible, NGOs may also be able
to improve the quality of delivery of welfare services in the camps organised
and manned by administration.
List of NGOs and specific assistance available from them
Specific Operation During Disaster Management
Name if NGO which can be involved in these operations.
Search and Rescue
NSS volunteers of Shri Shivahi College Gadchiroli. And Home
guards knowing swimming and diving.
Medical Aid
Indian Medical Association. Br. Gadchiroli.
Mission Hospital Ghot and Sironcha.
Drug leader Association
Disposal of Dead (Human)(Retrival of Bodies ,Panchanama,Autopsy)
Sweepers of Nagar Parishad, Gadchiroli, Desaiganj and Chandrapur
and also the Safai Kamgars of Big Gram Panchayats.
In Private Colleges/Schools/Hospitals.
Temporary Shelter are constructed by PWD
Carcass Disposal (Animal)
Charmakar Individuals and Co-operative bodies and Staff of
local bodies.
Relief Activities.
Cooked Food
Gratuitous Relief
1. Halwai Hotel Association of concern Talukas
2. Mahila and Yuvak Mandals.
3. Achari Sanghatana and Hostels.
4. Volunteers of NSS and NCC / College /
School Students
and local residents.
5. Revenue Deptt. Assisted by Local Voluntary
Health and Sanitation
Indian Medical Association branches at District and Taluka
places , Private medical practitioners, Private Medical Trust, NSS and NCC units.
Cattle Camps
Dugdha Co-operative Societies, Jungle Kamgars Societies,
Vyapari Association, Merchant Association.
Other Ngo's In Field of Voluntary Social Services in Gadchiroli District
Voluntary Social Service
Manpower/other facilities.
Shivaji Education Society ,Gadchiroli
50 Volunteers,
Food and Clothing.
Dandkaranya Bahu-uudeshiya Sanstha.
Platinum jubilee (Ismail Khoja )convent school Gadchiroli.
Manpower.food and clothing,medical aid.
Rice Mill Owners Association ,Gadchiroli.
Food ,clothing ,rescue volunteers.
Zilla Jungle Kamgar Sahakari Society Gadchiroli.
Raje Vishweshrao Education and Social Society, Aheri.
Manpowe,food ,clothing.
Bahu-udeshiya Krida Prabodhini Complex Gadchiroli.
Manpower and food.
Encouraging Community Preparedness
Disasters may result in cutting off essential services and
in spite of administrative preparedness it may not be possible for the administration
to reach out immediately.
Mitigation efforts and preparation of the disaster management action plan for
local areas are essential elements and pre-requisites. Preparedness to a large
extent would reduce the impact and the damage. Training and simulation exercises
for enhancing the community's preparedness and response capability will
simultaneously strengthen and enhance the capacity of the administration to
undertake necessary preparedness or evacuation measures. The district administration
should encourage and support initiatives towards community preparedness measures
including formation of Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs).
Apart from the NGOs mentioned earlier, the following Private Sector units,
Mahila Mandals and CBOs can serve as resource groups for involvement in community
preparedness measures. They will all undergo training for the same. These Private
Sector units, Mahila Mandals, CBOs, NGOs would adopt a conscious effort towards
community level preparedness measures. They would also promote the formation
of CERTs.
As a part of general preparedness at community level, the families in the community
would be made conscious about the type of hazard that the household situation
presents and the threats from outside. Also, communities would be encouraged
to undertake exercises in risk and vulnerability analysis and preparation of
community response plan to possible disasters. Thus local disaster management
action plans for hot-spot areas in the context of specific vulnerability would
be developed. For areas with high concentration of industries MARGs should be
set-up, whereas for areas prone to other types of disasters Community Emergency
Response Teams (CERTs) should be set-up.
Private Sector Units in Gadchiroli District
· · Kapada Merchant Association , Gadchiroli.
· · Kirana Merchant Association, Gadchiroli.
· · Ismail Khoja Association, Gadchiroli.
· · Medical Stores Association, Gadchiroli.
List of CBOs (Mahila Mandals and Yuvak Mandals) who
will work towards community preparedness measures
Name of Mahila Mandal
/ Yuvak Mandal.
Mahila Mandal.
Mahila Shikshan Sanstha .
Bahujan vikas Mahila Mandal.
Shikshan Sanstha.
Lok Mangal
Sanstha .
Ghot Tq. Chamorshi.
Development Centre of India.
Aadivasi Vikas Shikshan Sanstha.
Utkarsha Vikas Sanstha .
Navyuvak Mandal
Sun Moon
Krida Mandal .
Porla Tq. Gadchiroli
Yuva Sanstha.
Gokul Nagar,Gadchiroli.
Yuvak Mandal .
Tq. Gadchiroli
Yuvak Mandal.
Tq. Gadchiroli.
Shri Ganesh
Yuvak Mandal
Tq. Gadchiroli.
Yuvak Mandal
Tq. Aarmori
Azad Sanskrutik
Krida and Samaj Sewa Yuvak Mandal.
Tq. Aarmori
Yuvak Mandal
Tq. Aarmori
Jyotiba Phule Yuvak Mandal
Tq. Chamorshi.
Bahu Uudeshiya
Krida Prabodhini
Jai Bajrang
Yuvak Mandal
Tq. Dhanora
Yuva Mitra
Tq. Kurkheda
Ekta Yuvak Mandal.
Tq. Kurkheda
Yuvak Krida Mandal
Shri Gurudeo
Sewa Mandal,
Ghati post.Kadholi,Tq.
Krida and Sanskrutik Yuva Mandal.
Gramin Karyakarta Yuvak Mandal
Wasegaon Tq. Gadchiroli
Samata Yuvak Mandal .
Dr. Ambedkar
Yuvak Mandal
Tq. Gadchiroli
Yuvak Mandal.
Gramvikas Sewa Mandal.
Tq. Gadchiroli
Rajiv Yuvak
Mandal .
Tq. Gadchiroli.
Mutual Aid and Resource Groups (MARGs)
There is no major hazardous factory in Gadchiroli District.
However, there is significant transport of hazardous chemicals along the national
and state highways passing through the district. There is need for setting up
Mutual Aid and Response Groups wherever these highways pass close to densely
populated localities/villages/wadis.
The objective of setting up MARGs in these areas are
· · Make the industrial zone self-sufficient
· · Encourage pooling of resources to tackle industrial accidents
· · Manage both on-site and off-site industrial accidents
· · Provide for a degree of expertise in managing disasters
· · Reduce the response time for managing disasters
· · To integrate the on-site plan of industries with an off-site
· · Assist the district administration in managing disasters
Guidelines for the formation of MARGs
are given in Annexure I.
Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs)
In most disasters, community members are the first to respond
before any outside assistance can reach the disaster site. Therefore in certain
disaster prone areas a group of young volunteers or Community Emergency Response
Teams are being formed and trained to undertake essential tasks which would
reduce loss of life and property and at the same time build confidence in self-management.
Essentially CERTs would contribute in the following areas:
1. 1. Organising training and preparedness exercises at the community level
2. 2. Ensuring family preparedness on the receipt of warning
3. 3. Ensuring communication links both within the community and with administration
4. 4. Controlling rumours and panic behaviour and undertaking confidence building
5. 5. Mobilising youth and able-bodied persons from the community to provide
volunteers support, wherever required
6. 6. Organising local work teams for immediate rescue, and relief e.g. cooked
food, first aid, assistance in law and order
7. 7. Assisting the handicapped who need special help
8. 8. Facilitating movement of relief teams during evacuation and relief and
ensuring appropriate tagging as and when necessary
9. 9. Guarding major installations and evacuated properties till the administration
takes over.
These CERTs are expected to support the efforts of the Gram Panchayat and Tahsildar.
Villages where CERTs can be formed
Gadchiroli district has a recurrent problem of floods. There are many flood
prone villages along the major rivers and in almost all the tahsils –
the list is given in Section III. Such "Community Emergency Response Teams"
need to be formed in these flood prone villages.
Areas of Community Participation
Administration and NGOs at the disaster site should ensure
maximum community participation in all stages of operation in order to maintain
community morale and confidence, maximise the use of local resources, reduce
costs of operation and promote a faster recovery. It is important to note that
the so-called "victims" are not all that helpless and offer a tremendous
manpower resource and ingenuity to overcome the crises. Disaster management
situations offers a wide range of choice and demands a immediate decision making.
The participation of communities and their representatives would reduce the
pressures on administration with regard to the choice and uncertainties of community's
response to the decision-making process.
Based on local dynamics, ethos and the experience of the Latur earthquake,
an appropriate strategy to ensure community support has been evolved. Such efforts
to enlist community support and participation have gone a long way in reassuring
the community about the administration's intent and seriousness about
managing the disaster.
Efforts to enlist community participation is being ensured by
identifying situational, opinion and position leaders in the community
and voicing administration's confidence in their capabilities to undertake
the tasks.
Consultations and dialogues expressly indicating the need for assistance
would encourage the community and its leaders to come forward.
Regular feedback meetings and an open book approach to demonstrate transparency.
Involving community in decision making at local levels
The major areas of community participation are being identified
and include the following :
During Evacuation
For appropriate security and law and order evacuation would be undertaken with
assistance from community leaders and community based organisations (CBOs).
The entire family would evacuate together as a unit. However, to avoid stampede
and confusion and in cases of inadequate transport or limited time, emergency
evacuation would be undertaken in the following order :
· · seriously injured and sick
· · children, women and handicapped
· · Old
· · Able-bodied
For emergency evacuations , the families would be encouraged to take along
water, food, clothing and emergency supplies to last at least three days.
In addition, the families would be encouraged to assemble the following kit.
· · Adeqaute supply of water in closed, unbreakable containers.
· · Adequate supply of non-perishable packaged food and dry rations
· · A change of clothing and rain gear.
· · Blankets and bedsheets, towels
· · Buckets, Plates and mugs made of plastic
· · Soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste
· · A battery-powered radio, torch, lantern, matches
· · Cash and jewellery
· · Personal medicines
· · A list of important family documents including ration card,
passport, bank passbook address/telephone book (of relatives), certificates,
driving licence, property documents, insurance documents etc.
· · Special items including foods, for infants, elderly or disabled
family members.
People would be asked to shut off electricity and water at main switches and
valves before leaving.
People would be asked to listen to a battery-powered radio and follow local
In other cases, people would be advised to follow these steps:
· · Wear protective clothing.
· · Secure their homes. Close and lock doors and windows.
· · Turn off the main water valve and electricity
· · Leave early enough to avoid being trapped.
· · Follow recommended evacuation routes. Not to take shortcuts.
They may be blocked.
· · Not to move into flooded areas.
· · Stay away from downed power lines.
· · Animals may not be allowed in public shelters. With respect
to livestock, community would be instructed to set the livestock free before
evacuating in order to avoid extensive loss of livestock. If possible, the community
may be advised to carry the livestock along if the evacuation does not involve
transportation by vehicles.
During the Disaster
Community leaders would be responsible for ensuring the following
community behaviour :
· · People stay calm and panic behaviour is not encouraged. Regulate
helter-skelter running or crowding of people.
· · Encourage people to stay at a secured place and protect themselves
from injuries.
· · People do not enter damaged buildings or structures or even
their own houses
· · People do not touch electric poles, utility wires/cables
· · People do not use telephones except in life-threatening situations
· · Preparedness of community for recurrence of the disaster,
increase in severity, or consequential emergencies
· · Check for injuries. Do not attempt to move seriously injured
persons unless they are in immediate danger of death or further injury.
· · Undertake first-aid activities as per the guidelines given
in preparedness and mitigation document of DDMAP
· · Visually inspect utility lines and appliances for damage.
· · If water pipes are damaged, shut off the water supply at
the main valve.
· · People stay away from damaged areas, unless their assistance
has been specifically requested by police, fire or relief organizations.
· · Mobilise people to put out small fires and people inside
are made to evacuate.
· · People do not throw away any damaged goods until an official
inventory has been taken.
· · Help police, if requested, to maintain law and order and
watch the evacuated property during the disaster
During Relief and Rehabilitation
Immediately after the disaster, the members of the community
may look depressed and helpless, but very soon gets euphoric when they find
that after all everything is not lost. Participation of community at this stage
helps in early recovery and promotes mental health. It is necessary to see that
member of the community are continuously engaged in some sort of helping activity
to draw them out of their depression.
Relief authorities at the site would therefore:
· · Encourage self-help in every activity of their day-to-day
· · Encourage assistance for location and identification of dead,
disposal of dead bodies, disposal of carcasses and disposal of damaged food
· · Encourage contribution of labour (loading, unloading, distribution,
temporary constructions, salvage and restoration of water supplies, Food distribution,
relief camps, cattle camps etc.)
· · Enlist assistance for updating records of damages and losses.
· · Enlist assistance in maintenance of law and order
· · Enlist assistance in maintaining sanitation standards and
disposal of waste
· · Promote cultural and recreational activities in order to
protect the mental health and sustain the ethical and moral values.
Encouraging Family Level Preparedness
In order to assist the families to prepare themselves, community
education programme will be undertaken to acquaint members of the community
with the nature of each disaster, the type of damage that can occur, the demands
it would generate both at family and community level and the manner in which
it will be responded to. Even with the best of planning, it is difficult to
assess the exact impact of the disaster and the response time. Under the circumstances
then, families have to prepare themselves for a prolonged period before the
administration can reach them. Although collective efforts of the community
can reduce the hardship to some extent a large part of the burden would be on
the family itself. Hence families would be encouraged to check for the in-house
hazards as also use the given emergency checklist and prepare itself accordingly.
Checking for in-house hazards
· · Encourage people to inspect their houses once every year to
find and correct potential hazards such as any household items that can move,
fall, break, or cause a fire.
· · Check for electrical hazards.
¨ ¨ Undertake repairs or replacement of hazardous cables, plugs, connections.
¨ ¨ Remove unwanted plug points or unused cables.
· · Check for combustible materials in the household
¨ ¨ Appropriateness of storage place (light, ventilation, heat and
reach of children)
¨ ¨ Appropriateness of containers of flammable liquids such as kerosone/diesel
(quality of material, quantity of material, covers, leakages)
¨ ¨ Precautions undertaken for managing the spills
· · Check for fire hazards.
¨ ¨ Separation of household goods from inflammable materials
¨ ¨ Separation of fuel from combustible materials
¨ ¨ Cleaning of valves, pressure stoves and supply points
Emergency Planning and Checklists
Families need to prepare themselves for any kind of disaster. This would require
specific information about emergency water and food and a recommended checklist
of emergency supplies which will enable the family to sustain itself till adequate
facilities for relief are organised.
Emergency checklist:
· · Find out which disasters could occur in
the area.
· · Ask how to prepare for each disaster.
· · Know the members of the CERT
· · Ask how warnings are given in an emergency.
· · Learn about the community's evacuation routes.
· · Learn about designated shelters
· · Ask about special assistance for elderly or disabled persons.
· · Learn about emergency plans at the workplace.
· · Learn about emergency plans for the children's school
or day-care center.
Create an emergency plan:
· · Meet with household members. Discuss with
children the dangers of fire, severe weather, earthquakes and other emergencies.
· · Discuss how to respond to each disaster that could occur.
· · Talk to children about the likely disasters
· · It is easier for children to understand what is happening
during a disaster if they already know what can take place. Point out that some
of the disasters are indeed natural events and although they are dangerous,
they do not have to be life-threatening if adequate precautions are taken. Try
not to alarm the children in discussing possible disasters.
· · Teach children about the safety precautions for each disaster.
· · Learn how to turn off the water and electricity at main switches.
· · Create a network of relatives, friends or co-workers to assist
the disabled in an emergency.
· · Provide for medical alert tags or bracelets to identify the
handicapped person
Disaster supplies kit
· · For emergency evacuations , the families should be encouraged
to take along adequate supply of water, food, clothing and emergency supplies.
· · The families should be encouraged to assemble the disaster
supplies kit as described earlier.
Evacuation Preparedness
When community evacuations become necessary, local officials would provide
information to the public through the media. Government agencies, and other
disaster relief organisations would provide emergency shelter and supplies.
The amount of time the families have to evacuate will depend on the disaster.
If the event can be monitored, like a cyclone, families could have a day or
two to get ready. But many disasters offer no time for people to gather even
the most basic necessities. This is why evacuation plan is necessary.
The checklist for emergency planning given above would be useful for evacuation
planning as well. Additionally, families should also get their disaster supplies
kit organised for evacuation and follow the steps for evacuation as outlined
Taking shelter is critical in times of disaster. This may mean staying in an
enclosed structure during a severe storm without electricity for days.
In many emergencies, local authorities would set up public shelters in schools,
municipal buildings and places of worship. While they often provide water, food,
medicine and basic sanitary facilities, families should plan to have their own
supplies as well.
Living in Designated Emergency Shelters
1. 1. Stay in the shelter until local authorities say it's okay to leave. The
length of the stay can range from a few hours to few days.
2. 2. Restrict smoking to well-ventilated areas. Ensure that smoking materials
are disposed of safely.
3. 3. Cooperate with local authorities and others staying in the shelter. Living
with many families in a confined space can be difficult and unpleasant.
4. 4. Listen to radio broadcasts.
5. 5. Watch for fires.
6. 6. Assist local authorities as volunteers in the management of water, cooked
food and other relief supplies including medical care, if required
7. 7. Make arrangements for pets and cattle before going to a public shelter.
They are not allowed in a public shelter due to health reasons.
8. 8. Organise recreation for children
9. 9. Assist local authorities with the assistance of community members to
maintain law and order
Helping after Disaster
When disaster strikes, people everywhere want to help those in need. To ensure
that this compassion and generosity are put to good use, the media can highlight
these facts:
· · Financial aid is an immediate need of disaster victims. Financial
contributions should be made through local administration or a well-known voluntary
organisation to help ensure that contributions are put to their intended use.
· · Before donating food or clothing, wait for instructions from
local officials. Immediately after a disaster, relief workers usually don't
have time or facilities to set-up distribution channels, and too often these
items go to waste.
· · Volunteers should go through a well-known voluntary agency
since these agencies will know what is needed and are prepared to deal with
the need. Local authorities also coordinate volunteer efforts for helping in
· · Organisations and community groups wishing to donate items
should first contact local officials, and voluntary agencies working on relief
to find out what is needed and where to send it. Be prepared to deliver the
items to different places, tell officials when you'll be there, but do not expect
them to provide for transportation, driver, and unloading.
Disaster Specific Family Preparedness Measures
[In addition to what has been listed under family preparedness as a generic
response, fire accidents demand specific preparedness and responses. Given below
are the preparedness measures and responses which are specific to fire accidents].
Fire spreads quickly; there is no time to grab valuables or inform administration.
Heat and smoke are even more dangerous than the flames; inhaling the super-hot
air can sear the lungs. Fire produces poisonous gases that make you disoriented
and drowsy. Instead of being awakened by a fire, it may induce a deeper sleep.
In case of fire know what to do, how to escape, how to safeguard the occupants.
Have a plan.
Fire safety tips
· · Teach family members to stay low to the floor (where the
air is safer in a fire) when escaping from a fire.
What to do during a fire
· · Use water to put out small fires. Do not try to put out a
fire that is getting out of control. Call the fire department. Make sure everyone
knows how to call the fire department.
· · Never use water on an electrical fire.
· · Smother oil and grease fires in the kitchen with baking soda
or salt, or put a lid over the flame if it is burning in a pan.
· · If the clothes catch on fire, the person should stop, drop
and roll until the fire is extinguished. Running only makes the fire burn faster.
Those assisting should pour water and not try to control it with bare hands.
· · Feel for heat near the top of the door before opening. If
it's hot, don't open it unless it is an escape route. In such a case Feel the
bottom of the door with the palm of your hand before opening it. If the door
is cool, leave immediately. Be prepared to crawl. Smoke and heat rise, and the
air is clearer and cooler near the floor. If the door is hot, escape through
a window. If escape is not possible, signal and call out for help, alerting
the fire fighters.
· · Close doors of the rooms on fire. It will hold back the fire
and keep out poisonous smoke until help arrives.
· · If escape is not possible, stay near the floor, where the
air is better. If all doors are closed, open a window for air. If possible,
stuff wet rags around doors to hold back smoke and heat.
· · Stay out. Do not, for any reason, go back into a burning
house. If someone is missing, tell the fire fighters.
What to do after a fire
· · Do not enter a fire-damaged structureunless authorities say
it is okay.
· · When entering a fire-damaged structure, look for signs of
heat or smoke.
· · Have an electrician check your household wiring before the
current is turned on.
· · Beware of structural damage. Roofs and floors may be weakened
and need repair.
· · Keep records of all clean-up and repair costs.
· · Do not throw away any damaged goods until an official inventory
has been taken.
· · In case of tenancy, contact the landlord.
· · Secure personal belongings or move them to another location.
· · Discard food and medicines that have been exposed to heat,
smoke or soot.
· · Do not try to open a safe or strong box. It can hold intense
heat for several hours. If the door is opened before the box has cooled, the
entering air combined with the high internal temperature can cause the contents
to burst into flames.
· · If the local administration say the structure is unsafe and
must be vacated :
¨ ¨ Ask local police or CERT volunteers to watch the property
¨ ¨ Take jewellery, cash, and financial records and other important
¨ ¨ After vacating, notify the new residential address to friends,
relatives, police and fire departments, delivery services, employers, schools
and the post office
[In addition to what has been listed under family preparedness as a generic
response, earthquakes demand specific preparedness and responses. Given below
are the preparedness measures and responses which are specific to earthquakes].
The actual movement of the ground in an earthquake is seldom the direct cause
of death and injury. Most casualties result from falling objects and debris.
Earthquakes also may trigger landslides and generate huge ocean waves, each
of which can cause great damage. There are many actions which can be taken to
reduce the dangers.
Preparing for an Earthquake
· · Prepare a home Earthquake plan
· · Choose a safe place in every room - under a sturdy table
or desk or against an inside wall where nothing can fall on you.
· · Practice drop, cover, and hold on at least twice a year.
Drop under a sturdy desk or table, hold on, and protect the eyes by pressing
the face against the arm. If there is no table or desk nearby, sit on the floor
against an interior wall away from windows or tall furniture that could fall
on you.
· · Teach children to drop, cover, and hold on
During an Earthquake
· · Stay calm.
· · Inside, stand in a doorway or crouch under a desk or table,
away from windows. Watch for falling objects. If in bed, hold on and stay there,
protecting the head with a pillow. Drop, cover, and hold on
· · Outdoors, stand away from buildings, trees, telephone, and
electrical lines.
· · On the road, drive away from subways, flyovers and bridges.
Stop in safe area. Stay in vehicle.
After an Earthquake
· · Check for injuries. Provide first aid.
· · Check for water, sewage breaks and for downed electrical
lines and short-circuits. Turn off appropriate utilities. Look for and extinguish
small fires. Eliminate fire hazards.
· · Check for building damage and potential safety problems.
· · Clean up dangerous spills.
· · Turn on radio and listen for instructions from local authorities/police/fire
· · Don't use the telephone except for emergencies.
· · Expect aftershocks. Each time you feel one, drop, cover,
and hold on
Floods and Flash Floods
[In addition to what has been listed under family preparedness as a generic
response, floods demand specific preparedness and responses. Given below are
the preparedness measures and responses which are specific to floods].
Floods are the most common and widespread of all natural hazards. Some floods
develop over a period of days, but flash floods can result in raging waters
in just a few minutes. Flash floods carry rocks, mud and other debris and can
occur without any visible sign of rainfall. Land slides are another danger created
by flooding.
Before a Flood
· · Find out if the area is flood-prone from the local authorities.
· · Understand the flood levels and learn about the history of
flooding in the community.
· · Learn flood warning signs and community alert signals and
know the terms used to describe flooding.
During a Flood Watch
· · Listen to a battery-operated radio for the latest flood information.
Fill buckets and other water containers with clean water in case water becomes
· · Be aware of flash floods. Flash floods will rise faster and
cut off the escape routes. If there is any possibility of a flash flood occurring,
move immediately to higher ground. Do not wait for instructions to move.
· · Move valuable household possessions to the upper floors or
to safe ground if time permits.
During a Flood
If Indoors:
· · Turn on battery-operated radio or television to get the latest
emergency information.
· · Get your preassembled emergency supplies.
· · If told to leave, do so immediately.
If Outdoors:
· · Climb to high ground and stay there. Avoid walking through
any floodwaters. If it is moving swiftly, even shallow water can sweep you off
your feet.
· · Do not allow children to play in flood waters
If In A vehicle:
· · If travelling towards a flooded area, turn around and go
another way.
· · If the vehicle stalls, abandon it immediately on the side
of the road and climb to higher ground. Many deaths have resulted from attempts
to move stalled vehicles.
· · If trapped in a vehicle that is going under water, get out
of the submerged vehicle by opening a window or door and swimming to safety.
After a Flood
· · Flood dangers do not end when the water begins to recede.
Listen to a radio or television and don't return home until authorities indicate
it is safe to do so.
· · When entering buildings, use extreme caution.
· · Examine walls, floors, doors, and windows to make sure that
the building is not in danger of collapsing.
· · Watch out for animals, especially poisonous snakes, that
may have got into the house with the flood waters. Use a stick to poke through
· · Watch for loose plaster and ceilings that could fall.
· · Throw away food that has come in contact with flood waters.
· · Remove water from the house to avoid structural damage.
[In addition to what has been listed under family preparedness as a generic
response, epidemics demand specific preparedness and responses. Given below
are the preparedness measures and responses which are specific to epidemics
Different epidemics will have different etymology and consequences. Water-borne,
vector-borne or viral epidemics will need different levels of preparedness and
response. Some epidemics may have a quick onset whereas others may take a longer
time to spread. The public health department is primarily concerned with issuing
the epidemic warning and declaring the areas as epidemic prone.
After the warning
· · Understand the specific nature of the epidemic including
the causation, nature of spread, symptoms and medication
· · Understand the specific precautionary and preventive measures
to be taken by the family members.
· · Ensure intake of safe water and food. Take extra measures
to protect food stocks.
· · Receive all recommended vaccinations, inoculations and encourage
the neighbours to help health authorities to prevent spread of epidemics
· · Avoid stockpiling preventive medicines at family level. This
may create a severe shortage of essential drugs.
· · Take extra-care in disposal of family waste and also assist
in community efforts in disposal of waste
· · Keep in constant touch with epidemic information and public
health staff in the area
During the Epidemic
· · Report any symptoms to the health authorities immediately
· · Understand if there is a need for quarantine
· · Understand the nature of treatment and possible emergencies
· · Do not leave the epidemic area without a clearance from the
health authorities
· · Report arrival of any guests from the epidemic area
· · Discourage relatives and friends from outside epidemic area
to visit your areas
· · Understand the steps to be taken in the disposal of personnel
belongings of the patient including disposal of excreta
· · Understand the procedure for disposal of the dead body of
the epidemic victim
Road Accidents
[In addition to what has been listed under family preparedness as a generic
response, road accidents demand specific preparedness and responses. Given below
are the preparedness measures and responses which are specific to road accidents].
Road Accidents are a major killer and take place without any warning. Accidents
may involve passenger vehicles, goods vehicles, vehicles carrying hazardous
and toxic materials. The damage therefore may involve injuries and deaths, chemical
spills, fires or release of toxic gases.
On accident event (involving passenger vehicle)
Those at the accident site should follow the following priorities
· · Look for and rescue the injured or those trapped in the vehicles
· · Arrange for transport of the injured to the nearest medical
care centre
· · Place the dead bodies on one side to avoid obstructions
· · Organise locally traffic control using the available manpower
to avoid traffic jams
· · Discourage people from crowding near the accident spot
· · Discourage people from looting the goods from the accident
· · Arrange to inform the nearest traffic police post through
passing vehicles on either side
On accident event (involving hazardous and toxic elements)
· · Do not go anywhere near the accident spot unless the hazardous
and toxic elements are properly understood and discourage others. The contents
may explode or catch fire
· · Prevent people at the accident site from lighting of matches
for cigarettes etc.
· · Discourage people from collecting the spills from the accident
vehicle as the chemicals might be deceptive and lead to toxic exposure or explosions
· · Arrange to inform the nearest traffic police/fire brigade
through passing vehicles
· · Identify the wind direction and move in the opposite direction
· · Do not allow any traffic congestion near the accident spot
· · Stop the traffic at a sufficient distance (at least half
a kilometre) from the accident spot in all directions till the nature of chemicals
is properly understood
Dissemination of DDMAP
In order for the DDMAP to be effective it would be disseminated
at two levels ;
· · to the district authorities, government departments, NGOs
and other agencies and institutions within the district and
· · to general public.
Effective dissemination of plan requires a well designed and focused training
and awareness programmes. The responsibility for dissemination of the plan is
vested with the District Disaster Manager, at the Collectorate, and training
activities will be carried out under the guidance and direction of YASHADA,
as well as through awareness programmes organised by each of the agencies participating
in disaster management such as Irrigation Department organising warning and
evacuation exercises or Fire Brigade demonstrating rescue operations. The District
Disaster Manager would also involve NGOs in preparing suitable public awareness
material to be distributed to the public. The specific NGOs to be involved in
these exercises are given below.
List (Generlised) of NGOs who can be involved in Plan Dissemination
Name of the NGO
Rice mill Association ,Gadchiroli.
Zilla jangal kamgar sahakari society Gadchiroli.
Raje Vishweshrao education and social society Aheri.
Bahu-uudeshiya krida prabodhini complex Gadchiroli.
Indian Medical Association. Br. Gadchiroli.
Mission Hospital Ghot
and Sironcha.
Drug leader Association
The training programmes will be organised for different levels of functionaries.
The district level officials and identified NGOs, Private Sector organisations
will receive the training at YASHADA under their Training of Trainers (TOT)
programme in order to equip them to extend training facilities to functionaries
at taluka and village level as well as organise simulation exercises within
the community. Some of the select government training institutions at the district
level will participate in such TOTs and undertake training programmes for government
functionaries. Efforts will be therefore directed to decentralise training activity
to the extent possible so as to enable YASHADA to serve as resource centre and
provide training expertise to various groups.
The materials for awareness programmes at community level would be prepared
in the local language to ensure widespread dissemination. Media would be extensively
used for public awareness programmes. These will include
Þ Þ newspapers including local ones
Þ Þ local cable networks
Þ Þ radio
Þ Þ folk media
Þ Þ publicity material
Schools, colleges and other public institutions would be specifically targetted.
In addition to dissemination of literature related to the DDMAP, disaster response
drills should be conducted on a regular basis especially in the disaster prone
areas to maintain the readiness of communities and departments as regards operational
procedures, personnel and equipment and orderly response.
Local agencies such as fire, police and ambulance staff would be familiar with
the disasters possible in an area. Mutual aid organizations and public emergency
response organizations would be included in these drills
The objectives of full scale drill include evaluation of the following:
· · practicality of the plan (structure and organization)
· · adequacy of communications and interactions among agencies
and the public
· · emergency equipment effectiveness
· · adequacy of first aid and rescue procedures
· · adequacy of emergency personnel response and training
· · public relations skills
· · evacuation and count procedures
Plan Evaluation
The purpose of evaluation of DDMAP is to determine
· · the adequacy of resources
· · coordination between various agencies
· · community participation
· · partnership with NGOs
The ease of understanding and using the plan will also be important considerations.
The plan will be updated when shortcomings are observed in
· · organizational structures
· · technological changes render information obsolete;
· · response mechanism following reports on drills or exercises;
· · assignments of state agencies.
Adaptation, improvisation and optimisation are corner stones of any planning
pertaining to disasters. It must be emphasized that the Documents or Manuals
prepared as disaster management plan have a limited purpose. These can at best
serve as reminder of tasks and activities.
Individuals and agencies assigned specific responsibilities within this Plan
will prepare appropriate supporting plans and related standard operating procedures,
periodically review and update alerting procedures and resource listings, and
maintain an acceptable level of preparedness.
The DDMAP would be evaluated by both the district and the state.
Post-Disaster Evaluation
A post-incident evaluation would be done after the withdrawal of relief and
rehabilitation activities in order to assess
· · the nature of state intervention and support,
· · suitability of the organization structure,
· · institutional arrangements,
· · adequacy of Operating Procedures,
· · monitoring mechanisms,
· · information tools,
· · equipment,
· · communication system, etc.,
The impact studies on the above operations for long-term preventive and mitigation
efforts are also to be undertaken.
At the community level, evaluation exercises may be undertaken to assess the
reactions of the community members at various stages in the disaster management
cycle and to understand their perceptions about disaster response in terms of
· · adequacy of training,
· · alert and warning systems,
· · control room functions,
· · communication plans,
· · security,
· · containment
· · recovery procedures,
· monitoring
Plan Update
The DDMAP is a "living document" and the Collector along with YASHADA
will update it every year taking into consideration
· · the resource requirements,
· · updates on human resources
· · technology to be used
· · coordination issues
An annual conference for DMAP update will be organised by the Collector. All
concerned departments and agencies would participate and give recommendations
on specific issues.
The following guidelines would be adhered to while updating the DDMAP:
· · A procedure, would be in place to update the plan on a regular
basis to ensure that the items requiring updation are considered and are current.
· · when an amendment is made to a plan, the amendment date would
be noted on the updated page of the plan.
· · A senior official in every agency would be designated to
ensure that all plan-holders are notified of changes as soon as possible. Plan-holders
would be requested to verify that they have received the changes.
Annexure I: Guidelines for Formation of MARG
In areas where there is a concentration of hazardous industries, Mutual Aid
and Response Groups can be organised to make the industrial zone to be self-sufficient
to a fairly large extent and manage industrial accidents, both on-site and off-site.
The pre-requisite for setting up such a group are
1. 1. General information on industries, settlements and geo-physical and climatic
2. 2. Zoning of the Industrial area with listing of industries in each zone
3. 3. Identification of lead industry and the group leader and assistant group
leaders with their names, addresses and telephones, who would act as liaison
4. 4. Identification of technical experts in each zone with their names and
addresses who would respond to the call for assistance
5. 5. Identification of potential hazards/toxic materials with the list containing
physical and hazardous properties, procedures for responding spillage and leakage,
cautions to be taken including emergency procedures, naturalisation procedures,
protective equipments, emergency equipments, first-aid.
6. 6. List of hazardous chemicals and quantities stored by different industries
7. 7. Names, locations and telephone numbers of hospitals and poison centres
Guidelines For Seeking MARG Assistance
Preparation :
1. 1. All concerned industries should prepare an Onsite Emergency Control plan
with following information.
· · Risk Analysis.
· · Safety and Environmental Audit
· · Worst case scenario.
· · List of inventories.
· · Hazard Identification
· · Material safety data sheets
· · Plant layout with escape routes
· · Demographic and geographic situation.
· · Location of Fire hydrants
· · Distances between the processes and facilities in plant and
in immediate vicinity of plant be logged and determined in terms of time and
· · Evacuation procedure
· · Emergency control organisation structure
· · Responsible personnel list with addresses and telephone numbers.
· · Available emergency control facilities.
2. 2. An effort has to be made to dovetail Onsite plan to Off-Site plan.
3. 3. Such plan should be available in the designated Emergency Control Centre
of the factory, Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health, Fire Brigade, Police,
District/Corporation Officials and Collector and should be updated periodically.
4. 4. Training sessions and mock drills in First Aid, Fire Fighting, Evacuation,
First Responder. Regular testing of plants processes should be conducted to
appraise and train different levels of employees in emergency control.
During An Emergency:
1. 1. During an emergency, assistance should be sought from the immediate neighbouring
MARG Member/s enlisted zonewise having appropriate expertise as per the guidelines
and equipments, gadgets for controlling situation and Statutory Authorities
2. 2. All the personnel in each factory who are responders for emergency must
be made aware about the availability of such MARG assistance and methods of
getting it.
3. 3. Assisting organisation must be properly briefed by the unit seeking the
assistance about the nature of emergency, materials involved and meteorology
conditions (Wind direction), precise nature of help required to ensure proper
4. 4. Assistance can be requested in the form of either equipment or expertise
or both with expert operating personnel.
5. 5. In case of equipment received from assisting organisation
· · It must be properly used
· · Returned promptly
· · In case of damage it should be repaired from approved agency
and returned in working condition.
· · Consumables should be replaced/reimbursed.
6. 6. When a MARG member is extending help to Non-MARG member or other organisation
make sure that
· · appropriate equipment tested for the purpose is given.
· · if your personnel are attending the emergencies ensure that
they are well versed and have worked under such a situation and are able to
give guidance.
· · the situation and the materials involved are being briefed
to you correctly.
· · The guidance about plants, processes and materials involved
is available on the spot from the organisation receiving the assistance
7. 7. It is understood that in case of any accident to any personnel while
assisting, organisation that is receiving help extend its co-operation in bearing
a reasonable part of expenses, beyond that covered by an insurance policy.
8. 8. Following sequence of action is recommended while seeking help
· · First Deploy internal resources.
· · Inform civic Fire Brigade and get their assistance. Inform
the Statutory Authorities, keep appropriate MARG member in your zone/neighbourhood
alerted about the emergency.
· · If found necessary request help from the MARG member to control
specific situation for which it has got equipment and expertise.
· · Convey clearly what you want, expertise, equipment or both
and exact nature of need.
· · Keep other MARG member in your zone alerted to render any
further assistance, if the situation so demands.
· · Each organisation is primarily responsible for keeping its
plants in safe conditions, identifying, assessing, minimising and eliminating
hazards and risk, maintaining necessary equipment for special kinds of risks
that the organisation might be facing and training its personnel for emergency
response and control.
· · It may seek help from others in the MARG by way of equipment,
expertise and special materials, but this is only complementary to its own arrangements
and commitment to safety and emergency control.
· · Mutual Aid and Response is sought only when your own efforts
seems to be inadequate to meet the demand of the situation and that of civic
response group is either not adequate or enough.
Government Sector
Sr. Facility Location Authority Incharge Alternate Authority
No. Resource Name, Designation, Name, Designation,
Address, Phone, Fax Address, Phone, Fax
1) District Gadchiroli Shri.Nitin Gadre Shri. Pradip Kalbhore
Collector Collector,Gadchiroli Addl.Collector
Gadchiroli 22201 Fax 22302 22617
Jeep : 05 , Car : 02 , Gypsy : 02 , Truck : 20
2) Sub Divisional Gadchiroli Shri.R.L.Shinde
Officer, S.D.O. Gadchiroli
Ph. 22235 Fax (07132) 22235
Jeep 75, Van Bus 3 , Jeeps 4, Matador 1, Car 9, Tipper 1, Trucks 22
3) Sub Divisional Wadsa Shri. Dange
Officer, S.D.O. Wadsa
Ph . 72371 Fax 72371
Jeep 30, Van Bus 3, Car 1, Matador 3, Trucks 11, Tippers 9, Tractor 1
4) Sub Divisional Aheri Shri. Tekam
Officer, S.D.O. Aheri
Ph. 7241 Fax 7241
Jeeps 64, Matador 1, Gypsy2, Tipper 5, Car 1, Tipper 1, Truck 51, Tractor
Sr. Facility Location Authority Incharge Alternate Authority
1) Chief Gadchiroli Shri.Lokesh Chandra Shri.E.B. Aole
Executive C.E.O. Gadchiroli Dy. C.E.O. (G)
Officer Ph. 22304 22304
Fax 22343
Jeeps 30 , Water Tanker 02, Ambassador 05 , Truck 10 Road roller 01
1) Superintendent Gadchiroli Shri. Gupta Shri. Rathod
of Police D.S.P. Addl. S.P.
Ph. 22307 22326
Fax 22341
Jeep 97 Pickup Van 05, Gypsy 40, Motor Cycle 04, Car 01, Police Van 07,
Truck 01 Ambulance 01
1) Executive Gadchiroli Shri.V.B. Salve Shri. Soni
Engineer No.1 Exe. Eng. Asst. Eng.
(Nodal Officer Ph. 22415 Ph.22415
Gadchiroli Dist.)
Ambassador 01 Tractor 03 Jeep 06 Tanker 01 Truck 07
2) Executive Gadchiroli Shri D.G. Deshmukh
Engineer No.2
Gadchiroli Dist.
Ambassador 01 Tanker 01, Jeep 04 Tipper 01, Truck 05 Mobile Van 01
3) Executive Engineer, Shri R.M. Nimaje
Road Project,
Ambassador 01, Jeep 03
4) Executive Gadchiroli Shri D.K. Balpande
Engineer, P.W.D.
Allapalli, Dist.Gadchiroli
Ambesador 01 Tractor 01, Jeep 07 Tanker 04, Truck 11, Tipper 6, Mobile Van
5) Executive Gadchiroli Shri P.P. Sonkusare
Engineer, P.W.D. (Special Action Plan)
Ambassador 01 Tanker 01, Jeep 03 , Truck 04
Sr. Facility Location Authority Incharge Alternate Authority
1) Executive Gadchiroli Shri. Joshi Shri. Pandit
Engineer MSEB Exe. Eng. Asst. Eng.
(Nodal Officer)
Jeep 04 Matador 05 Truck 03
2) Sub.Div.Engineer Gadchiroli Shri.Gajbhiye
Telecom Office SDE, Ph. 22600
3) Project Officer Gadchiroli Smt. Abha Chandra Shri. Sarode
ITDP Project Officer, APO
(Nodal Officer) Ph. 22286 Ph. 22286
Gypsy 03, Jeep 03
4) Chief Officer Gadchiroli Shri. Sadavarte
Muncipal Council Chief Officer, Ph. 22379
Truck 01 Ambulance 01, Tractor 02 Fire Brigade 01, Water tanker 02
5) Chief Officer Wadsa Shri. Meshram
Muncipal Council Chief Officer, Ph. 7272
Truck 01 , Ambulance 01, Tractor 2, Fire Brigade 01, Water tanker 02
6) Dy.Conservator Gadchiroli Shri. Krishna Rao
Forest Office Dy. Conservator
Truck 10 Gypsy 01, Jeep 10 Water 05, Tractor 15 Tanker
7) Dist. Commandant Gadchiroli Shri.Pathrabe
Home Guards Commandant Dy. Commandant
Ph. 22408
8) N.S.S. Officer Gadchiroli Smt. Thakare
Office Principal Shivaji
College, Gadchiroli, Ph. 22244
Vehicle - Nil
9) National Infor. Gadchiroli Shri. S.R.Tembhurne Shri.Antony Thomas
Centre Dist.Informatics DIA
Officer Ph. 32509
Ph. 32509
Venicle - Nil
10) Dist. Health Gadchiroli Shri.Kagdelwar Shri. Tuppalwar
Office DHO Dy. DHO
Ph. 22317 Ph. 22317
Jeep 56 Truck 01 Gypsy 02 Matador 01 Ambulance 01
11) Dist. Info. Gadchiroli Shri. P. Wasave
Office District Information Officer
Ph. 22294
Jeep 02 Matador 01
12) Civil Surgeon Gadchiroli Shri. Waghamare
Dist. Hospital Civil Surgeon, Ph. 22320, Fax 22320
Car 01 , Jeep 02 , Ambulance 02
13) Dist. Malaria Gadchiroli Shri. Meshram
Office District Malaria Officer, Ph. 22214
Jeep 02 Truck 01
14) Executive Gadchiroli Shri.Pathurkar
Engineer Ex.Eng.
Tultuli Project Ph. 22362, Fax 22276
Car 01, Jeep 02, Truck 01, Tractor 02
Sr. Facility Location Authority incharge
No Resource
Name, Designation, Address, Phone, Fax
Water quality Monitoring - 1 Regional Dr. M.V. Pandit, Centre, Nagpur Public
Dy.Director of Health Services, Health Nagpur Circle, Nagpur. Lab,Nagpur TELEPHONES
531933 / 522983 (Office) 532089 (Res) 535240 (Fax)
1) Four wheelers - 1 National Shri. K. M. Nandyal,
Civil Director,
2) Wireless Sets - 6 College,Nagpur
Civil lines,
Nagpur TELEPHONES -
3) Ambulance - 1 531614 (office) & (Fax) 234423 (Residence)
1) Manpower 1352 Vayu Sena Air Marshal G. Gururani,
Nagar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM AOC-in-c,
Four wheelers 30 Seminary HQ. MC IAF, Vayu Sena Nagar,
Hills, Nagpur.
No. of Stations 6 Nagpur Tel.No. 526011 Extn.2250 (o)
No. of Wireless Sets 25 525555 (Direct)
Mobile Crane 1 Air Vice Marshal V.S. Vohra,
VSM, Vayusena Nagar, Nagpur.
Spl.Equpiments for fires- 1 Tel.No. 526011 Extn. 2261 (o) 526666
No. of beds in Stn. - 10
Sick Quarter Air Cmde L.K. Verma,
Senior Air & Admn.Staff Officer,
No. of X-ray machine 1 HQ. MC IAF, Vayu Sena Nagar, Nagpur.
No. of Ambulances 2 Tel .No. 526011 Extn.2211 (o)
No. of Water tankers 2 527879 (Direct)
No. of Doctors - 3
No. of Med. Asstts 18
Aircraft (AVRO)
No Resource
Name, Designation, Address, Phone, Fax
1) Manpower - 19 6th Floor, Shri A.M. Deshpande,
Udyog Bhavan, Regional Officer,
Four wheelers- 2 Civil Lines, Maharashtra Pollution Control
Nagpur Board Nagpur.
TELEPHONES - 530308 (Office)
530308 (Fax), 236283 (Resi.)
1) Manpower - 23 6th Floor, Shri. V.S. Morey,
Udyog Bhavan, Joint Director,
2) Two wheeler - 1 Civil Lines, Industrial Safety & Health,
(Jeep) Nagpur Nagpur.
TELEPHONES 530745(Office) 524105 (Resi.)
1) Recording Studio All India Miss. K.T. Meshram,
Radio Station Station Director,
2) High Power Transmitters Aakashwani All India Radio Station,
Medium Wave Square, Nagpur. Civil Lines,
3) F.M. Transmeter. Nagpur TELEPHONES 533832 (Office)546920 (Resi.) 532059/532394
Shri. J.N. Barwe,
Assistant News Editor,
All India Radio Station,
Nagpur.Ph. 532394 (o) 224673 (R)
Private Sector
NCC/NSS Volunteers
Shri Sai Saw Mill ,Gadchiroli.
Ajij R.Panjawani , Gandhi Chowk, Main Road , Armori, Dist. Gadchiroli.
Shri.Dhulariya and Brothers Betkati, Tq.Korchi , Dist. Gadchiroli.
M/s. Samarth Saw Mill ,Ramnagar,Chandrapur.
List of Private Contractors in Gadchiroli District
Sr.No. Name Address Equipment
& Telephone No Available
3 National Construction Civil Lines,Chandrapur. Tippers-10
List Of Private Hospitals With The Number Of Bed Available
List of Private Doctors with their Speciality
List of newspapers published from Gadchiroli and newspapers
having offices in Gadchiroli
Name and address of newspaper / representative
Daily Loksatta, Dhanora road, Gadchiroli. Phone 32309
Daily Hitavad, Gokul Nagar, gadchiroli. Phone 22549 / 32259
Daily Tarun Bharat, Trimurti Chowk, Gadchiroli. Phone 32443
Daily Navbharat, Near Police Station, Gadchiroli. Phone 22572
Daily Lokmat, Gandhi Chowk, Gadchiroli. Phone 22557
Daily Maharashtra Times, Behind Shivaji college, Gadchiroli.
Daily samna, Rampuri Ward, Gadchiroli Phone 22794
Daily Mahavidarbha, Gadchiroli
Daily Adivasi Manus, Near Police Station, Gadchiroli. Phone
Daily Gadchiroli Patrika, Near Ram Mandir, Gadchiroli. Phone
Weekly Zopadpattitil Vichar, Near Ram Mandir, Gadchiroli.
Phone 32410
Weekly Gadchiroli Samachar, Camp Area, Gadchiroli. Phone
Weekly Gadchiroli Savera, Kabra Niwas, Gadchiroli. Phone
Weekly Manav Sanskriti, Dhanora Road, Gadchiroli. Phone 22519
Weekly Vainganga Pukar, Ramnagar ward, Gadchiroli. Phone
Weekly Gadchiroli Mahila, Gadchiroli. Phone 22458
Weekly Chamorshi Lalkar. Phone 32238
Weekly Gadchiroli.Senapati, Talav Road, gadchiroli
Weekly Ektechi Haak, Phule Ward, Gadchiroli.
Weekly Margdeep, Athwadi Bazar, Gadchiroli
Weekly Vanlaxmi, Chamoshi road, Gadchiroli