Srinagar: With memories of catastrophic flood of 2014 still afresh, the authorities have decided to put in place a response mechanism to meet future challenge on account of any natural event.
Officials said that the State Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Department recently decided to train local volunteers to meet any exigency during the natural calamity.
It also decided to involve committees of local mosques, gurudwaras, temples and churches as part of primary response.
The decisions among others were taken at a State Disaster Management Authority meeting chaired by the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. The meeting also decided to have a mitigation, preparedness and response plan and it would be prepared on scientific lines, inter alia, including traditional methods of watch and ward and effective community participation.
The meeting also decided that for inventory of resources, divisional Commissioners of both Jammu and Kashmir divisions shall undertake inventorisation of resources, district wise and department wise.
“The inventory shall indicate the complete details of trained manpower, resources and equipments available with each department. It shall also be prepared of the resources, machinery available in private sector, indicating the source and their contact details.”
As per documents available with INS, the meeting after due deliberations also decided that the source of funding with regard to token amount of Rs. 25 crore for State Disaster Mitigation Fund shall be divided into Rs. 3.40 Crore—(13th Finance Commission), Rs. 3.30 Crore (Finance Capex); Rs.10 Crore (SDRF Funds); Rs 5 Crore (Planning Capex) and Rs. 3.30 Crore (Planning RE).
The meeting also decided that Rs 1 Crore shall be utilized for meeting disaster mitigation needs of UEED and SMC. “DPRs shall be prepared by UEED and SMC and submitted to the SEC through H&UD Department,” it added.
It also decided that Rs. 1 Crore shall be placed at the disposal of each Deputy
Commissioner, as District Disaster Mitigation Fund and 50% of it will be spent for critical rescue equipments, 20% for capacity building, 20% for innovative projects involving community based disaster preparedness projects and 10% for ‘IEC’ activities.
Besides, it decided that Deputy Commissioners shall submit proposals for the activities, through Divisional Commissioners, to the state executive committee for approval.
Also, Rs.1.00 Crore shall be placed at the disposal of each Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir/ Jammu for mitigation purposes.
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