Q. Who Suffers most during natural calamity ? A. Taxpayers Q Why we paying tax? A. 1. To run the state 2. To pay salaries to government employee. 3. To establish and build public properties like Secretariat,Ministration offices and quarters, governmental departments. 4. To Provide Transportation to govt.employee/ministers/Police etc. 5. To Provide luxurious life to ministers/VIPs 6. To Facilitates tours and travels to ministers/VIPs and fuel for choppers. What we are getting against our Taxes? 1. Poverty 2. Load shedding. 3. Inflation. 4. Disease. 5. traffic jams. 6. Democracy. 7. etc. What we should get? 1. social-economical stability. 2. Health for all. 3. Education. 4. Basic elements of life 4. Protection. AND AND AND AND ?????? _________________________________________________________________ J&K State Disaster Management Policy 2011 Department of Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation State Disaster Management Authority In the present form, SDMA in J&K is only a de-facto Committee and is not a continuing autonomous Institution involved in the day-to-day work connected with policy, planning, oversight, implementation, coordination, quality control and activities connected with monitoring, evaluation, documentation etc. This forum needs to be made administratively functional like the NDMA by appointing full time members of SDMA supported by core secretariat. One of the full time members shall be appointed as Vice Chairperson. The members shall be given appropriate powers. Chief Secretary shall be the Ex-officio Secretary General of SDMA and FCR shall be the Executive Secretary. The SDMA shall lay down policies, plans and programmes for disaster risk reduction and management in the State. It will approve the State- level plans in accordance with the guidelines of NDMA, coordinate the implementation of plans, and recommend the provision of funds. The SDMA shall be made functional by appointment of several full-time professional members. One of the full-time members shall be designated as Vice Chairperson of the SDMA. SDMA shall be assisted by the State Executive Committee (SEC) headed by the Chief Secretary. SEC shall also function as the link between NDMA, MHA and other national and international agencies. The Divisional Disaster Management Authority (Div DMA) shall be created and will be headed by the Divisional Commissioner in both the Divisions of the State. Additional Commissioner will be the Chief Executive Officer of the Divisional DMA. Divisional DMA shall act as the planning, coordinating and implementing body for disaster risk reduction and management at the Divisional level and provide guidance for the purpose of disaster management to the DDMAs in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the NDMA and SDMA. The District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) headed by the Deputy Commissioner has been constituted in all the districts. ADC of the district concerned is the Chief Executive Officer of the DDMA. DDMA shall act as the planning, coordinating and implementing body for disaster management at the District level in consultation with the Divisional DMA and take all necessary measures for the purpose of disaster management in accordance with the guidelines laid down by SDMA 3.3 State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) 3.4 Divisional and District Disaster Management Authorities (DMA) 3.5 Local Authorities (ULB) 3.6 Civil Society Organizations and Self-Help Groups (CBDM) The CBDM system established during the pre-disaster phase shall encourage Civil Society Organizations, Self-Help Groups and Local community to undertake relief operations immediately. Such agencies shall cooperate with district administration in the conduct of a preliminary damage assessment and to provide inputs to relevant authorities as to the magnitude of the effect of the disaster, need for additional resources, 3.7 State Institute of Disaster Management (SIDM) 3.8 Emergency Operation Centers (EOC) 3.9 Framework for Mainstreaming Disaster Management in the State 3.10 The Nodal Departments It shall be ensured that State Government, Divisional and District Administration, local authorities and departments take into account disaster risks and provide for suitable prevention, mitigation and preparedness measures in their regular developmental/planning activities. 3.10 The Nodal Departments Various departments handling different types of disasters shall be as follows: Department of Home shall be the nodal department for management of manmade and human-induced disasters including air, train, road, rail accidents, fires, chemical, biological & radiological, nuclear disasters; Department of Health & Medical Education shall be the nodal department for health-related disasters; Agricultural & Horticulture Departments shall be the nodal department to deal with Pest attacks & Hailstorms; Animal & Sheep Husbandry Department shall be the nodal department to handle livestock epidemics; Irrigation & Flood Control (IFC) Department shall be the nodal departments for disasters related to Floods and Dam bursts. Public Works Departments (R&B) shall be the nodal departments for disasters related to infrastructure damage; Forest Department shall be the nodal department for disasters related to forest fire. Power Development Dept (PDD) shall be the nodal agency for management of disasters related to Electric power plants, Grid network, transmission lines etc. Revenue Dept shall be the nodal department for disasters related to avalanches and landslides, droughts, windstorms and earthquakes. The concerned nodal department shall prepare plans for handling these disasters and shall regularly update the plans. The nodal department can seek assistance from any other department, agency/organization etc. as and when required 3.11 Early Warning SDMA shall ensure a mechanism aligned with overall disaster management plan of the State to receive forecasting and early warning from the nodal agencies like Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) 3.12 Incident Response System 3.13 Community Based Disaster Management14 4.2 Stakeholders in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management The State Government acknowledges the following set of institutional stakeholders that play key roles in disaster risk reduction and management and calls for a well laid-down framework of operation under the leadership of J&K State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA): All concerned departments of the State Government and Central Government agencies present in the State State, Divisional & District Disaster Management Authorities Local authorities such as ULBs, PRIs Fire & Emergency Services State Police & Central Para Military Forces Voluntary and Civil Society organizations Indian Red Cross Society, Multilateral aid agencies and UN agencies Public sector undertakings, Corporate Sector, Hoteliers & other allied organizations Armed Forces Indian Air Force Airport Authority of India Indian Railways National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force Community Print & Electronic Media & Others.
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