Institutional set-up of himachal pradesh
INSTITUTIONAL SETUP2
The State Government has adopted the Disaster Management Act 2005 as enacted by the Govt. of India for providing effective mechanism for Disaster Management in the State of Himachal Pradesh.
3.1 State Disaster Management Authority:As per clause b of sub-section (2) of Section 14 of the Disaster Management Act 2005, the Himachal Pradesh Disaster Management Authority under the chairperson of the Honourable Chief minister was constituted on 1st June 2007 with the following persons as member of the HPDMA:
1. Honourable Chief Minister 2. Hon’ble Revenue Minister
3. Chief Secretary
4. Principal Secy.(Rev) 5. Principal Secy. (Home) 6. Principal Secy. (PWD) 7. Principal Secy. (Health)
8. Director General Police 9. Secretary/Add.Secy. (Rev.)
Chairperson Member
Chief Executive Officer Member Member Member Member Member
Member Secy.
The State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) has the mandate to lay down the state policies and approval of State Disaster Management Plan, with the assistance of SEC.
Roles and Responsibilities:
1. Lay down the State disaster management policy 2. Approve the State Plan in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the National Authority. 3. Lay down guidelines to be followed by the departments of the State Government for the purpose of coordination and integration measures for prevention of disasters and mitigation in their development plans and projects and provide necessary technical assistance. 4. Coordinate the implementation of State Plan at State and District level. 5. Recommend provision of funds for mitigation and preparedness measures. 6. Review the development plans of different departments of the State and ensure that prevention and mitigation measures like earthquake resistance structures are built at least for life line structures. 7. Review the measures being taken for mitigation, capacity building and preparedness by the departments of the State Government and issue such guidelines as may be necessary.
3.2 District Disaster Management Authority:The District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) will act as the district planning; coordinating and monitoring body in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the State Authority.
As per Section 25 of the DM Act 05, DDMA for every district in the State of Himachal Pradesh has also been constituted, consisting of the following members:
3.3 District Disaster Management Advisory Committee(s):District level Disaster Management Advisory Committee(s) will be appointed by the District Disaster Management Authority to take advice on various subject specific fields within the overall context of disaster management. The committee will comprise disaster management experts, which may be from government departments, research institutes and NGO’s.
3.4 District Emergency Operation Centres:The District Emergency Operation Centres will be the hub of all the activities related to disaster response in the District. It will coordinate and communicate upward and down ward with regard to emergency response.
3.5 Tehsil/sub Tehsil/Block Disaster Management Committee:Subject to the directions of the District Authority, the Tehsil/Sub Tehsil/block disaster management committee will be responsible for the development and implementation of block level disaster management plans.
3.6 Gram Panchayat/Village Disaster Response Committee:Response committees will be constituted to be the first responders under the Chairpersonship of Panchayat Pradhan. The secretary of Panchayat will be secretary of the committee and local Patwaris and ward members shall be its members.
3.7 Technical Committee(s):Under sub-section (1) of Section 21 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, the SEC has constituted a sub-committee to look into the issue of amendment to the TCP Act and building bye-laws of Urban Local Bodies.
3.8 The State Emergency Operations Centre:SEOC is an offsite facility which will be functioning from the HP Secretariat which actually is an augmented control room having communication facilities and space to accommodate the various ESFs emergency supports functions. It will be manned by various line departments of Government and other agencies, whose services are essentially required during incident response. It will allow all agencies and departments to share information, make decisions, activate plans, deploy IRTs, perform and log all necessary response and relief activities and make the EOC effective.
The State Government has adopted the Disaster Management Act 2005 as enacted by the Govt. of India for providing effective mechanism for Disaster Management in the State of Himachal Pradesh.
3.1 State Disaster Management Authority:As per clause b of sub-section (2) of Section 14 of the Disaster Management Act 2005, the Himachal Pradesh Disaster Management Authority under the chairperson of the Honourable Chief minister was constituted on 1st June 2007 with the following persons as member of the HPDMA:
1. Honourable Chief Minister 2. Hon’ble Revenue Minister
3. Chief Secretary
4. Principal Secy.(Rev) 5. Principal Secy. (Home) 6. Principal Secy. (PWD) 7. Principal Secy. (Health)
8. Director General Police 9. Secretary/Add.Secy. (Rev.)
Chairperson Member
Chief Executive Officer Member Member Member Member Member
Member Secy.
The State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) has the mandate to lay down the state policies and approval of State Disaster Management Plan, with the assistance of SEC.
Roles and Responsibilities:
1. Lay down the State disaster management policy 2. Approve the State Plan in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the National Authority. 3. Lay down guidelines to be followed by the departments of the State Government for the purpose of coordination and integration measures for prevention of disasters and mitigation in their development plans and projects and provide necessary technical assistance. 4. Coordinate the implementation of State Plan at State and District level. 5. Recommend provision of funds for mitigation and preparedness measures. 6. Review the development plans of different departments of the State and ensure that prevention and mitigation measures like earthquake resistance structures are built at least for life line structures. 7. Review the measures being taken for mitigation, capacity building and preparedness by the departments of the State Government and issue such guidelines as may be necessary.
3.2 District Disaster Management Authority:The District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) will act as the district planning; coordinating and monitoring body in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the State Authority.
As per Section 25 of the DM Act 05, DDMA for every district in the State of Himachal Pradesh has also been constituted, consisting of the following members:
3.3 District Disaster Management Advisory Committee(s):District level Disaster Management Advisory Committee(s) will be appointed by the District Disaster Management Authority to take advice on various subject specific fields within the overall context of disaster management. The committee will comprise disaster management experts, which may be from government departments, research institutes and NGO’s.
3.4 District Emergency Operation Centres:The District Emergency Operation Centres will be the hub of all the activities related to disaster response in the District. It will coordinate and communicate upward and down ward with regard to emergency response.
3.5 Tehsil/sub Tehsil/Block Disaster Management Committee:Subject to the directions of the District Authority, the Tehsil/Sub Tehsil/block disaster management committee will be responsible for the development and implementation of block level disaster management plans.
3.6 Gram Panchayat/Village Disaster Response Committee:Response committees will be constituted to be the first responders under the Chairpersonship of Panchayat Pradhan. The secretary of Panchayat will be secretary of the committee and local Patwaris and ward members shall be its members.
3.7 Technical Committee(s):Under sub-section (1) of Section 21 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, the SEC has constituted a sub-committee to look into the issue of amendment to the TCP Act and building bye-laws of Urban Local Bodies.
3.8 The State Emergency Operations Centre:SEOC is an offsite facility which will be functioning from the HP Secretariat which actually is an augmented control room having communication facilities and space to accommodate the various ESFs emergency supports functions. It will be manned by various line departments of Government and other agencies, whose services are essentially required during incident response. It will allow all agencies and departments to share information, make decisions, activate plans, deploy IRTs, perform and log all necessary response and relief activities and make the EOC effective.
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