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The disastrous floods in Hyderabad this month and before that in various districts, highlight the need for a concrete approach towards disaster management.
Telangana does not have its own State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on the lines of the National Disaster Response Force as recommended by the National Policy on Disaster Management, 2009.
Moreover, the State government does not provide any information in the public domain regarding its State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) that must have been set up as per Disaster Management Act, 2005.
While GHMC and GWMC have their own DRFs, many States, including AP, have developed State-level DRFs which are stationed at different regions.
Neither has the government made any information regarding it available in public domain. SDMA of most States have own websites that also provide details regarding their Disaster Management Plan.
However, there is no information available from Telangana regarding its DMP and only a draft DMP of GHMC is available on its website.
Most districts, including Hyderabad, have not uploaded data on Indian Disaster Resource Network portal of the Centre, regarding resource inventory of disaster management related equipment and humanpower.
TS was ranked 19 among all States in ‘Disaster Resilience Index in ‘Disaster Score Card for States and Union Territories of India’ report of Centre.
A Nageswara Rao, former head of Centre for Management of Environment and Disasters at the TSIRD stated, “The SDMA or the District Disaster Management Authorities must start being active bodies that take stock of the situations regularly. There are various guidelines by the NDMA which must be adhered to, including having a State-level DRF.”
The disastrous floods in Hyderabad this month and before that in various districts, highlight the need for a concrete approach towards disaster management.
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