MANUAL:2

 

EMERGENCY SECTION

 

Dist. Emergency Officer:

             Emergency Section of the Collectorate normally deals with the preparatory measures prior to occurrence of natural  calamities and Disasters and steps  taken after the occurrence of these incidents .  Koraput district is vulnerable to Calamites and Disasters like drought, flood, epidemic, heat stroke,lightening.,earthquakes, land slides, heavy rain, distress resulting out of fire accidents, house damages, sand cast, accidents relating to Communication and transport services, virulent epidemics etc.  The main responsibility is to identify various threats and to prepare a defence mechanism as per the actual physical and social context.

                         Basing on these aspects, relief majors are taken.  The objective of the relief measures is not only to ensure that no one should die of starvation but also to prevent physical deterioration and destitution of the people and to enable them to resume their ordinary pursuits of life on return of better times and simultaneously  to encourage in making a concerted and continuous efforts to fight a common misfortune.

 GENERAL PRINCIPLES REGULATING RELIEF MESURES

                         Relief operations have been accepted as an integral part of welfare and development.  The general principles under which relief measure are regulated are as follows:

  (a)                Provision for Labour Intensive Work

(b)               Provision for food and safe drinking water.

(c)                Gratuitous Relief

(d)               Assistance to Cultivators to retrieve loss.

(e)                Assistance  from Non-grant sector

(f)                 Best utilization of Resources.

 The materials are kept in Red Cross  Godown near Telephone Bhawan, Koraput.These materials are provided to people during occurrence of disasters and calamities as an immediate assistance.

FIRE ACCIDENT

            No such major fire accident has been occurred during last five years so far in this District.

DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME :               

                        The Disaster Risk Management Programme of this district was implemented on 15.12.2003.  The inauguration Programme was held on 15.12.2003 with the Chairmanship of Collector, Koraput and inaugurated by Managing Director, O.S.D.M..A., Bhubaneswar.  The programme intends to prepare a Disaster Management Plan, through a Committee  and to take preparatory measures before and after the occurance of disasters and calamities.  In this regard Disaster Management Team is formed to regulate the entire process.  This idea is applicable at District, Block, G.P. and village level.

So far the following Programmes have been carried out in this district.

1.         BLOCK LEVEL                                                          Numbers.                             

            a. B.D.M.C. Formed                                                  14

            b. B.D.M.C. Training                                                  14

            c. B.D.M.C. members trained                                   193

            d. Women trained                                                       50

            e. Teachers trained                                                     89

            f. PRI’s trained                                                  246

            g. Training of volunteers                                            284

                to carry out VDMPs.

2.         G.P. LEVEL

            a. No. of GP.DMC formed                                       226

            b. DMC Members trained                                        138

            c. Training of GP. DMC &                                     2848

                other Govt. officials

d. Women trained                                                     512

e. VDMP Prepared                                                    22

                        Besides, OSDMA authority has sanctioned Rs. 5.08 lakhs for construction of an E.O.C. building in the premises of Collectorate.  The construction work  has been completed.

VII.      SATELLITE PHONE :

One Satellite Phone bearing ISN No. 76EB536BCF7 has been allotted by Managing Director, OSDMA, Bhubaneswar vide letter NO. 2621 dated 16.4.2004.

            The Satellite Phone has been supplied for use during emergency need.  The set is being kept under the safe custody of P.A. to Collector and regular testing is made on  first day of every month by D.P.O., D.R.M.

VIII.     EMERGENCY CONTROL  ROOM:

                        The control room around the clock is functioning in the emergency section from June to November every year.  The staf are deployed on the duty to receive and transmit all emergency messages and to watch the situation of this district.

NORMS OF EXPENDITURE UNDER DIFFERENT ITEMS OF Odisha RELIEF CODE:

O.R.C. Paragraph

Items

Expenditure for assistance

Amount in Rs.

81

House building assistance due to flood/ cyclone or heavy rain.

Fully damaged pucca house

2. fully damaged Kachha house

3. Severly damaged pucca houses

4. Severly damaged Kachha houses

5. Partially damaged houses (minimum 15%)

10000/-

6000/-

2000/-

1200/-

 

800/-

129 & 165

Emergent relief

Dry food

 

Dry food

@ 500 gms per adult

@ 250 gms per child below 12 years.

133

Fire accident in respect of houses of small & marginal farmers damaged.

Maximum houses reduced to ashes.

2. Maximum for houses where roofs & walls have been burnt

3. Maximum for houses partly damaged

3500/-

 

2000/-

 

500/-

133(A)

 

Assistance to small shop keepers.

2000/- and 1000/-

141

Relief for loses of life due to fire accident

Ex-gratia

10000/-

176

Gratuitous Relief

G.R. Kind

Rs.20/- per adult and

Rs.10/- per child per day in kind only (for essential commodities like Atta, food grains, kerosene oil, vegetables, match boxes, coconut oil etc.) maximum for a period of two weeks or as recommended by central team.

230

Sand cast

Subsidy

@ 2500/- per hectare subject to a maximum of Rs.5000/- per small farmer and Rs.3000/- per marginal farmers.(Cast due to floods with a depth of more than 6 inches.

254

Relief for other loss of life due to natural calamities or disasters like flood, cyclone, tornado, thunder, squall, hail storm, sun stroke, lightening.

Ex-gratia

10000/-

 

Name of the Section

Sub Section

Broad subjects to be dealt with

Emergency

 
  1. Accidental Fire
  2. Cyclone Relief
  3. Destruction of Wild animals
  4. Drought Relief
  5. Epidemics
  6. Flood Arrangements
  7. Flood Relief
  8. Flood warnings.
  9. Gratuitious Relief.
  10. Mid-day Meal Centres.
  11. Red Cross.
  12. Relief Works.
  13. Village Voluntary Force.
  14. War.
  15. Weak points in embankments.
  16. Other Reports.
  17. Rain Guage

 

S.No

Name Of the dealing Assistant

To deal with Subject

1

B.K.Panda,Sr.Clerk

Flood,Cyclone & other natural calamities,Epidemic, Redcross,accident(ex-gratia),establishment,destruction of wild animals.

2

Niranjan Sahu,Sr.Clerk

Fire accident, Maintenance of a rain gauge station, correspondence on CMRF, allotment & budget under FDR and other receipt accounts, UCs., correspondence on MIS, inspection of higher officers, DRM program, IDRM, receipt & issue, misc. correspondence.