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1 Proceedings Report: Lucknow City Consultation on Urban Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction Strategy A step towards Awareness Generation, Preparedness and Mitigation Organized by Lucknow Development Authority In coordination with The Revenue & Relief Department, Govt. of UP On 13 th January, 2004 URBAN E A R T H Q UAKE VULNERABILITY REDUCTION PROJECT GOI-UNDP Disaster Risk Management Programme

2 CONTENTS Page No. 1. Executive Summary Background Rationale of the Consultation Proceedings Concluding Session & Recommendations Annex-1: Proposed Framework of CDMC & ESF Annex-2: Proposed City Disaster Management Committee Annex-3: List of Participants Annex-4: Media Coverage Do s and Don ts about Earthquake Earthquake Tips

3 Executive Summary: On 13 th January 2004, Lucknow city consultation on Urban Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction strategy was organized by Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) in coordination with Revenue and Relief Department Govt. of Uttar Pradesh. This initiative is an important component of the overall GOI-UNDP Disaster Risk Management Programme, the implementation of which will soon be initiated in Uttar Pradesh by the State Government. The main objective of this one-day consultation was to discuss earthquake vulnerability of Lucknow city and come up with suggestions on an appropriate framework to facilitate mitigation and preparedness activities as well as to respond quickly effectively in the event of an emergency. The day long consultations were designed into two parts-the initial session included the inaugural addresses, which was followed by the movie on Earthquakes "Surviving Nature's Fury", produced by Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC). This movie helped the participants to understand better earthquake, losses it can cause and some of the mitigation measures that can be undertaken to prevent damages. The first session started with a presentation on the need of an institutional structure to effectively undertake preparatory as well as mitigation measures and to ensure quick response involving concerned departments during emergencies. The structure proposed entailed constitution of a City Disaster Management Committee (CDMC) and Emergency Support Functions (ESF). The second session started with the presentation on various national level initiatives for disaster risk management by the Government of India. This was followed by the presentation by UP Fire Services on the issues involved during emergencies. The last session started with a presentation on vulnerabilities related to Lucknow city and options for structural mitigation measures. This was followed by the presentations by the officers of the Bombay Fire team on challenges of emergency support functions and the strategy for fire services in disaster management. The valedictory session was concluded by Shri Manoj Singh, VC-LDA and Shri Sanjay Bhoosreddy, special secretary housing. Both agreed to organize a State level workshop 3

4 to implement the framework of the programme in all other Cities. They suggested that it should be a coordinated effort of all the departments under one umbrella. Background: The Vulnerability atlas of India prepared by BMTPC, Ministry of Urban Development denotes that about 65 per cent of the land area of India is vulnerable to seismic damage. Some of the most intense earthquakes of the world have occurred in India but fortunately, none of these had epicenter at any of the major cities. Yet, the damages could be imagined based on the destruction caused to Ahmadabad city during the 26 January 2001 Earthquake in Gujarat. Indian cities are growing at exponential rates and it is estimated that the urban component of India by 2025 would be 50 percent as compared to 25.7 percent in The increasing urbanization over the last onedecade indicates that some of the urban agglomerations would have more than 10.0 million people and the numbers would continue to grow. Such trends coupled with the construction pattern, often poorly built subject major cities to greater levels of risk of life and property in the event of an earthquake. Uttar Pradesh lies in the Gangetic Plain. This is a fore-deep, a downwarp of the Himalayan foreland, of variable depth, converted into flat plains by long-vigorous 4

5 sedimentation. This is known as a geosyncline and the Gangetic Plain is the Indo- Gangetic Geosyncline. This is bounded on the north by the Himalayan Frontal Thrust and has shown considerable amount of flexure and dislocation at the northern end. The floor of the Gangetic trough (if seen without all the sediments) is not an even plain, but shows corrugated inequalities and buried ridges (shelf faults). Beneath Uttar Pradesh run the Delhi-Haridwar Ridge (DHR), trending NNE-SSW along New Delhi to the Gharwal region. The Delhi-Muzaffarnagar Ridge (DMR), which trends east to west extends from New Delhi to Kathgodam. The last ridge is the Faizabad Ridge (FR), which runs in a curved manner, first east to west from Allahabad to Kanpur and then bends north-east towards Lucknow and towards the Himalayas in Nepal. Apart from these there are east-west running tear faults in the region that control the courses of the main rivers. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have jointly initiated the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) programme to strengthen capacities at all levels for natural disaster risk management in 169 most multi-hazard prone districts in 17 selected states, including Uttar Pradesh. The Urban Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction (UEVR) initiative in 38 cities (with a population exceeding five lakh and falling in Seismic zones III, IV and V) of India is an important component of the overall DRM programme. In Uttar Pradesh the Programme in being implemented in 13 multi hazard prone districts and the UEVR Project would be carried out in six cities such as Lucknow, Kanpur, Bareilly, Varanasi, Meerut and Agra. Lucknow city is located in the seismic zone III and is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh. As per the 2001 estimates, the population of Lucknow city is about 22,07,340, which is about 60% of the overall population of the Lucknow district. Majority of the constructions both old and new in Lucknow are generally not equipped with earthquake resistant features and the levels of preparedness of people towards impact of earthquakes are very low. This clearly indicates lack of awareness and systems to ensure proper structural and non-structural building design and inadequate understanding amongst the administrators, professionals and communities on earthquake resistant construction and seismic strengthening of existing buildings. Therefore, there is a need to generate awareness on the possible mitigation measures that can be adopted to reduce losses in case of an earthquake as well as establish systems that would ensure compliance to building codes. 5

6 Rationale of the Consultation: The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), Lucknow organized a daylong consultation under the GoI-UNDP Urban Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction (UEVR) project on 13 January 2004 to discuss various challenges pertaining to earthquake vulnerability for the Lucknow city. The objective of the consultation was to initiate stocktaking exercise in terms of preparedness, mitigation and response of various stakeholders. The aim of the consultation was to Generate awareness about preparedness measures among the policy makers, administrators who enforce the policies/regulations, professionals in the construction industry and communities at large. Advocate formulation and enforcement of building codes Promote retrofitting for strengthening of existing buildings to make these earthquake resistant Evolve systems for specialized Emergency Support Functions Formulate City Disaster Management Committee (CDMC) and the Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) for better response and coordination during emergencies This city level consultation was the first in a series of city level consultations for the formulation of City Disaster Management Committee (CDMC) and the Emergency Support Functions (ESFs), planned to be held in other five cities under the UEVR programme. This consultation also marked the beginning of a combined effort by participants from various departments and professional bodies in Lucknow shared their experiences related to earthquake preparedness and mitigation issues. The consultation helped to assess and formulate a strategy for awareness generation on earthquake risk, mitigation methods, techno-legal frameworks to support risk reduction and finally, systems to mainstream earthquake risk management into regular training and capacity building of government functionaries as well as practicing engineers and architects. It also discussed various options to promote community based earthquake mitigation and preparedness plans in collaboration with Government and other stakeholders to create a culture of prevention. 6

7 PROCEEDINGS: SESSION I INAUGURAL SESSION The consultation commenced with the welcome address by Shri S. P. Singh, Municipal Commissioner, Lucknow. In his address he stressed the need for creating awareness among the public and precautions to be taken during a disaster. He said that the person who cannot be trained should be tamed and a concept of welfare should be adopted in the state. He also showed a deep concern on the mushrooming growth of multistoried buildings in the city. The keynote address was given by the Shri. Sanjay Bhoosereddy, Special Secretary, UP Housing Department. In his speech he highlighted the work done by the Uttar Pradesh in the field of disaster management and stressed upon the need of minimizing earthquake mitigation and response time. He said that a number of workshops and seminars would be held in future to create awareness about the various disasters and how to cope with such disasters. He said that the main objective behind the entire exercise was to minimize the risk factor in case of any disaster. He also laid stress on reducing vulnerability to hazards by advance planning of prevention and mitigation of disasters to the extent possible. Shri S. P. Singh, MLC and Founder of Lucknow Public schools gave the Vote of Thanks. He appreciated the Lucknow Development Authority for taking the lead role in such activities and stressed on the need for such seminars at regular intervals. He emphasized the need of awareness about the important precautionary measures among the communities and adherence of earthquake resistant designs and techniques for important buildings, especially lifeline buildings such as schools. Movie on Earthquake: "Surviving Nature's Fury" by TIFAC. In the first hour of the workshop, a movie on earthquake "Surviving Nature's Fury" produced by TIFAC was shown. This movie made a good impact on the participants in terms of understanding the concept and the need to adopt preparedness and mitigation measures. The movie contains very good information on earthquake resistant features of masonry buildings, RCC buildings, retrofitting techniques, important codes used to design earthquake resistant buildings. 7

8 SESSION II Presentation I: The Need for a DM Framework in Urban Areas The first session started with the presentation on a suggestive framework for the City Disaster Management Committee (CDMC) and the Emergency Support Functions (ESF) and its objectives by representatives of UNDP. The intra departmental roles and responsibilities were discussed in detail. The need for a disaster management framework was presented based on the following; Multiplicity of institutions: varied command, control and co-ordination structures Lack of clarity of roles and responsibilities unlike rural areas Highly vulnerable urban housing and public infrastructure Unplanned growth: inaccessibility of areas for response, lack of organized preparedness efforts Inadequate attention to mitigation and prevention of disasters (urgent need to assess safety of lifeline structures and essential installations, etc.) The presentation was followed by a detailed discussion on possible structures and representatives from various departments gave their valuable inputs for the formation of city disaster management teams and suggested the agencies that would have the lead role in each of the functions. Shri Sanjay Bhoosreddy, Special Secretary, UP Housing department gave valuable inputs on the CDMC & ESF and its implementation for the city. Based on the deliberations during this session a draft framework was developed (enclosed as annex-1). Presentation II: GoI-UNDP Disaster risk Management Programme The post lunch session started with a presentation on vulnerability reduction initiatives in India by the representatives of UNDP. Various initiatives under the national disaster management framework adopted by the Ministry of Home Affairs were presented. Some of the interventions are; 8

9 To make Disaster Management an integral part of national development agenda To promote awareness and education in disaster management To promote Human Resource Development in Disaster Management To develop institutional frameworks at the National and State levels for mainstreaming disaster management in the development agenda To establish multi-hazard preparedness, mitigation and prevention plans as well as enhance capacities The objectives of the GoI-UNDP disaster risk management programme in general and Urban Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction project in particular were presented. Under this GOI-UNDP programme a India Disaster Resource Network (IDRN) has been established to facilitate quick identification and deployment of resources during emergencies. Other outputs of the project, which would be implemented in the state, were also briefly mentioned. Presentation III: Experiences of UP Fire Services in dealing with Emergency Situations Shri P. K. Rao, Deputy Director, UP Fire Services presented search and rescue systems in the fire department. The HAZMAT-cum-emergency appliance was shared with the participants. The UP fire service team has recently developed an indigenous search camera which is very effective during emergency situations. This appliance was shown to the participant. The cost of such appliance is only about 1.5 lakhs, which is very cost effective. Similar appliance in the developed countries is much cost. He stressed to initiate such innovations at the local help. 9

10 Mr. Rao also shared the problems faced by the fire service team in the city to manage various incidents. He stressed for an awareness generation on various hazards and simple do s and don ts for people. The UP fire service team has started a mobile van to educate people on preparedness and response due to fire accidents. Presentation IV: Challenges in Earthquake Hazard: Preparedness, Mitigation and Response in Urban Development Context Prof. CVR Murthy presented the basic challenges to urban cities in disaster risk reduction. He shared the experiences of the Gujarat earthquake in 2001 and the damage to public infrastructures and the lifeline building. He also outlined the potential danger and vulnerability of Lucknow city and compared with Ahmadabad, which was badly damaged during the 2001 earthquake. He mentioned the geological similarities between Lucknow and Ahmadabad. Uttar Pradesh lies in Ganga- Gomti basin and Lucknow is also in seismic zone III. The tectonic activities caused by the collision of the Eurasian and Indian Australian Plate, the Lucknow city is nearly 200 Km from a major sequence of fault line. He also presented the seismic gap in the Himalayan region just above the State of Uttar Pradesh. Prof. Murthy stressed the need to adopt safer practices for masonry and non-masonry constructions and enforcement of building byelaws. 10

11 Presentation V: Challenges of Emergency Support Functions: Strategy for Fire Services in Disaster Management by Representative of Mumbai Fire Services Department Mr. A.D. Jhandwal, Chief Fire Officer, Bombay and Mr. P.S. Rahanddale, Station Officer gave a presentation on "Challenges of Emergency support Functions and the Strategy for fire services in Disaster Management". The Mumbai Fire Service has a trained search and rescue team with wellequipped appliances. They are regularly conducting specific trainings and drills. They shared their experiences by showing movies clippings during the search and rescue operations conducted at various places. They stressed on the need of training of fire teams in all multi-disciplinary activities like maintenance, repairing, first aid etc and the use of responder packs in which they have all the important equipments in one container and this container can be put on any vehicle very easily. They also emphasized on initiatives of TOTs programmes on large scale. They presented with examples how the Mumbai Fire Service with a robust administrative structure for emergency command and sophisticated equipments respond quickly during emergencies. 11

12 Concluding Session & Recommendations Shri Manoj Singh, VC-LDA and Shri Sanjay Bhoosreddy, special secretary housing, conducted the concluding session. Both agreed to organize a State level workshop to implement the framework of the programme in all other Cities. They suggested that it should be a coordinated effort of all the departments under one umbrella. The consultation proved fruitful as it gave a common platform to government and non-government organizations to share their issues and concerns related to Lucknow city. Most importantly, as a result of open discussion amongst the stakeholders, an implementation framework is created to achieve the goal of sustainable risk reduction in Lucknow city. It's a long way to go to achieve the project objectives but the process has been initiated. The final framework is given below. Some of the recommendations and action points agreed during the concluding session are as follows 1. The proposed framework (annex-1) is to be finalized by 31st January Members of Emergency Support Functions (ESF) to be finalized and 1st meetings to be convened before end February ESF Plans to be finalized by CDMT and approved by CDMC 12

13 Annex-1: Proposed Framework for CDMC & ESF CS Proposed Framework for DRM State DMC State EOC DC Dist. DMC DM City DMC ADM City City DMT ESF 1 ESF1 ESF1 ESF1 ESF1 ESF1 ESF 9 T L-1 T L-1 T L-1 T L-1 T L-1 T L-1 T L-1 T L-9 Dist. EOC City EOC City DM Cell City DMP Centre DM s Camp Office (or Collectorate depending on space availability) UDA Notes: In Cities that are Divisional HQs, the DC would head the DDMC, and the DM would head the CDMC. In the rest, the DM would head the DDMA and the ADM/CDO would head the CDMC. All 6 cities taken up under the DRM Programme are Divisional HQs CS: Chief Secretary DC: Divisional Commissioner DM: District Magistrate ADM: Additional DM CDO: Chief Development Officer Emergency Support Functions ESF 1 ESF 2 ESF 3 ESF 4 ESF 5 ESF 6 ESF 7 ESF 8 ESF 9 Communication Evacuation, S & R EMR, Dead bodies/animal Carcass disposal Relief (Water-Food-Shelter) Logistics, Electricity-Water-Transport Road & Debris clearance Awareness Generation & Information dissemination, Help lines, Media links Coordination Law & Order 13

14 ESF Function Team Leader Suggested Members ESF 1 Communicati on SSP/SP Ham Operator Clubs, existing wireless operators (Police, Fire, Revenue) Telecom Dept., mobile operators, FM Radio, Signals Regiment - Army ESF 2 Evacuation, S & R Urban Area Fire Officer Fire, Police, Civil Defence, Health, NCC, NYKS, Zilla Sainik Board ESF 3 EMR Chief Medical Superintendent (senior most) Hospital, Ambulance Service, Blood Bank, Red Cross, NSS, Rotary Club, Lions Club, IMA ESF 4 Relief (W-F-S) ADM (Food and Civil Supplies) Civil Supplies Corporation, private suppliers, Additional Municipal Commissioner, In-charge of Jal Sansthan, Education Dept. ESF 5 Logistics, E-W-T ADM City City Magistrate, Dept. of Power, Dept. of Transport, Jal Sansthan, Private services, AAI, NER, NR, SRTC, PWD ESF 6 Road Debris clearance Municipal Commissioner Municipal Corporation, NCC, Zilla Sainik Board, LDA, Divisional Forest Officer, Army, PWD ESF 7 Awareness Generation, Help lines UDA DAVP, EOC, NGOs, Media (print/audio-visual), NSS, Scouts & Guides, Education Dept., National Green Core, IIA, IEI, UPREDCO ESF 8 Coordination DM Police, UDA, Municipal Corporation, CMS, Civil Defence, NGOs, NSS ESF 9 Law Order and ADM City Dept. of Home, DM, Civil Defence, Home Guards, City Magistrates Onsite Incident Management Teams The IMT will mobilize expertise and resources from one or more ESFs City DMT ESF 1 ESF1 ESF1 ESF1 ESF1 ESF1 ESF 9 City EOC TL: Addl. City Magistrate Incident Management Team Each zone/subdivision of the city will have an IMT with membership from all ESFs that gets activated in an emergency. DISASTER 14

15 Emergency Operations Centre 24 hour control room Info dissemination and helpline Individual ESF Plans City Preparedness and Response Plan through the CDMT Updation and mock drills Others DM Planning Centre Awareness Generation Systems for Compliance and Enforcement ( Techno Legal Framework ) Training and Capacity Building, Material Mitigation Planning Others The EOC located at the Municipal Corporation would have dedicated staff either attached or on deputation and posted from NIC, Relief Dept., Municipal Corporation, Police Wireless, etc. or posts would be created. The functions of the DM Planning Centre located at the UDA would be facilitated by the UDA Board. CDMT Co-ordinate ESF Plans, updation and mockdrills Co-ordinate IMTs in emergencies Facilitate City DP&R Plan Facilitate DM plans at community as well as other levels Awareness generation? CDMC Plan and monitor implementation of DM activities for Lucknow Co-ordinate all DM functions of the city through the City DM Cell and the CDMT Link the city to district and state systems in DRM? 15

16 Annex-2: Proposed City Disaster Management Committee Chairperson: District Magistrate Vice Chairperson: Vice-Chairman Urban Development Authority Members: Mayor (or his nominee - non official from Municipal Corporation) City MLA City MP Team Leaders of various Emergency Support Functions Municipal Commissioner Chief Medical Superintendent (senior most) Executive Engineer - Irrigation Department Urban Area Fire Officer Police Commissioner Head of a Training Institution (ATI, IIT, etc.) Technical Experts as needed Other experts/officers needed may be co-opted or brought in as special invitees. 16

17 Annex- 3: List of Participants 1. Mr. Sanjay Bhoosreddy Special Secretary, Housing, (o) , Govt of UP 2. Mr. S. P. Singh MLC, Founder Manager, Lucknow Public School 3. Mr.Manoj Singh (IAS) Vice Chairman, LDA Pradikaran Bhawan, Vipin Khand Gomti Nagar, Lucknow (o) , (M) Fax: , Mr. Sri Prakash Singh MC, Lucknow (o) , Mr. Rakesh Verma O.S.D, LDA (o) , (M) Mr. N. K.Singh O.S.D, LDA Mr. Harish Kumar Verma OSD, LDA Mr. Vivek Mehra SE, LDA (M) Mr. L.R. Yadav Technical Director, NIC Mr. Sanjai Agarwal SS.A, NIC, UP State Unit , Mr. Ashesh Agarwal P.S.A, NIC, UP State Unit Mr. R. N. Pal ADM, Municipal Corporation, (o) Lucknow 13. Mr. C. K. Pandey ADM, Trans Gomti, Lucknow , Mr. V. K. Rai ADM, West, Lucknow 15. Mr. S. K. Singh ADM, Finance and Revenue, Lucknow 16. Mr. Ajay Deo Singh ADM City (East), Lucknow 17. Mr. N. P. Singh ADM (E), Lucknow Mr. N.C. Shukla Chief Development Officer, Lucknow (o) , Fax: Mr. J. P. Yadav Chief Medical Officer, Lucknow (o) , Mr. Vishnu ji Srivastava ACRA, DM Office, Lucknow , Mr. Rajender Prasad ADM, Municipal Corporation, (o) Lucknow 23. Mr. Arun Srivastava UDA, Relief Section, Secretariat Mr. Ram Swaroop UDA, Relief Section, Secretariat Mr. Ambrish Singh UDA, Relief Section, Secretariat (o) , 26. Mr. Satyendra Kumar ADM, Food and Supply, , Singh Lucknow 27. Mr. Subodh Shankar Chief Architect Planner (o) Mr. K. N. Khulbe SE III Circle. UP Housing & Dev Board 29. Mr. Roop Chand EE, CD-19, UP Housing & DB 17

18 30. Mr. V. N. Dixit EE, CD-31, UP HDB 31. Mr. C. K. Jain EE, HQ, UP HDB 32. Mr. D. K. Jain SE, HQ, UP Housing & Dev Board 33. Mr. C. K. Harde Senior Arch. Planner, UP Housing & Dev Board 34. Mr. Sarfaraz Ahmed Arch. Planner, UP Housing & Dev Board 35. Mr. N. R. Verma Addl. Director, Housing Dept (o) , Mr. S. K. Verma Consultant, Housing Dept (o) , Mr. P. C. Malhotra Consultant, Housing Dept (o) , Mr. N. K. Johri Asst Director Planning, Housing (o) , Dept 39. Mr. A. K. Mishra Asst Director Technical, Housing Dept (o) , , Fax: Mr. Anil Tiwari Addl. Director System, Housing (o) , Dept Mr. P. K. Rao Dy. Director, UP Fire Service (o) (M) HQ Mr. P.P. Awasthy Fire Officer Mr. J. K. Singh Chief Fire Officer (Hazrat Ganj) (o) , (M) Mr. Bhadur Singh J.E, City Montessori School / Mr. Jai Pal Singh Manager, RLB School 47. Mr. Rajeev Goyal Acmetech Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Lucknow Mr. Jitender Tripathi President, Lucknow Architect Association 49. Mr. Anupam Mittal Secretary, Lucknow Architect Association 50. Mr. S. K. Garg Chairman, UP-RDECO, LKW 51. Mr. Ashok Kumar Architect, Lucknow Mr. Samir Chaturvedi Architect, Samir & Associates, Mr. Abhishek Srivastava Narmada Architectural System Mr. Asad Ahmad Senior Manager, Sahara Group , (M) Mr. Sanjay Singh SICCL, Sahara group Mr. Manoj Singh Architect, Gomti Nagar Mr. Rajesh Verma Architect and Planner Mrs. Neeta Das Planner and Architect 59. Mr. A.D. Jhandwal Chief Fire officer Bombay ,2, ,2,3 60. Mr. P.S. Rahanddale, Station Officer ,2,3 61. Prof. C. V. R. Murthy Associate Professor, IIT Kanpur (M) Mr. Bhim Sen Singh Transport Deptt, Lucknow Mr. B. P. Kureel Dy Controller, Civil Defence, 64. Prof. A. R. Bhattacharaya Geology Deptt., Lkw University

19 65. Mr. K. K. Agarwal Reader, Geology Dept, Lkw,Uni Dr. Sanjeev Singh Asst. Professor, IIT, Lucknow Mr. Shah Nawaaz Alam Lecturer, IIT Lucknow Mr. N. N. Singh Chief Advisior, Lions Club Sunita Singh PO, NYK, Lucknow Mr. Rajeev Dixit Correspondent, Danik Jagran Reeta Chetna Manch Mr. Rajesh Verma Journalist, Indian Express Dr. Ram Boojh Reg. Director, CEE, Lucknow Mr. Manvinder Singh AE, LDA Mr. S. K Pathak EE-11, LDA Mr. Rohit Khanna EE-10, LDA Mr. Ravi Jain ATP, LDA Mr. B. P. Mishra EE-3, LDA Mr. R. L. Singh Saroj EE, LDA Mr. R. K. Jaswal PP-3, LDA 81. Mr. T. C. Pande LDA 82. Mr. Atul Raizada EE, LDA 83. Mr. Ravi Awasthi PRO, LDA , , 84. Mr. Sameer Mishra Asst. PRO, LDA Mr. Denesh LDA Mr. R. D. Verma AE, LDA Mr. Y. K jain EE, LDA Mr. Gopal Krishna AE, LDA Mr. Rakesh Kumar singh AE, LDA Mr. S. D. khanna AS, LDA Mr. Mr. D. M. Katiyar PO, LDA S. B. Bharti Joint Secretary, LDA 93. Mr. K. K. Singh APO, LDA Mr. Sushiln Dwivedi EE, LDA Mr. H. N. Singh AE, LDA Mr. Santosh Muriya DY. Sec, LDA Mr. Mohd. Ali Town Planner, LDA Mr. S. K. Sinha EE, LDA Mr. G. Padmanabhan Emergency Analyst, UNDP , , 100. Mr. Aslam Perwaiz Project Analyst, UNDP , Mrs. Aparna Kanda Programme Associate UNDP , 102. Mr. Rehan Raza Khan Project Officer, UEVRP,UP Mr. Suvit Srivastava IT Facilitator, IDRN, UP Mr. Anuj Tiwari Consultant Mr. Jnanjan Panda IIT kanpur-undp

20 Annex- 4: Media Coverage 20

21 DO S AND DON TS ABOUT EARTHQUAKE An earthquake does not cause death or injury by itself. People are hurt by falling plaster and collapsing walls or falling of heavy objects. Collapsing buildings and vibrations can cause short circuits and electric fires. Lighted gas or stoves may also cause fires. All this leads to panic and confusion. With some precautions it is possible to avoid such confusion. If you are caught indoors at the time of an earthquake Keep calm. Stay away from glass windows, doors, almirahs, mirrors etc. Stay away from falling plaster, bricks or stones. Get under a table or a sturdy cot so that you are not hurt by falling objects. Do not rush towards the doors or staircase. They may be broken or jammed. 21

22 DO S AND DON TS ABOUT EARTHQUAKE DO S AND DON TS ABOUT ARTHQUAKE If you are outdoors at the time of earthquake If open space is available nearby, go there. Keep away from tall chimneys, buildings, balconies and other projections. Do not run through streets; hoardings or lamps may fall on you. 22

23 If you are outdoors at the time of earthquake If open space is available nearby, go there. Keep away from tall chimneys, buildings, balconies and other projections. Do not run through streets; hoardings or lamps may fall on you. 23

24 After an earthquake Check if you or anyone else is hurt. Use first aid atleast on the cuts and bruises. Keep the streets clear for emergency services. Switch off all appliances like the refrigerator, TV or radio. Turn off the gas. Wear shoes to protect your feet from debris. A battery-operated radio will help you to get important messages. Be prepared for more shocks. These aftershocks always follow an earthquake. Avoid the following in an earthquake Do not crowd around damaged areas or buildings. Do not waste water. It will be needed for fire fighting. Do not move the seriously hurt people. Wait for medical help to arrive. Do not spread rumors. They lead to panic and worsen the situation 24

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