CBSE Book Class 10 Disaster Management Planning Ahead

 Gopal Hazong aged 57 years having a family of 5 members lived in Nalbari village of Assam. Everyyear the tyrant Brahmaputra River washed his house away. Apart from his house the whole village was being affected and ninety percent of the houses washed off. One day a trained volunteer approached him and said that they could reduce the loss that they have been facing since years. They first decided to prepare aCommunity Plan to combat floods. They involved all the
villagers and prepared a village map. The map became a key reference point and this exercise was carried out for three days. More details were added day by day, until every household detail was added in the map. This mapping exercise gave the villagers a chance to identify the most vulnerable and it led to discussions that described how the situations could change. It was decided by the villagers that henceforth all the houses would be built on raised platforms and to combat the problem of drinking water, all the tube wells would be raised. All the villagers then decided to contribute their best of efforts in this gigantic task and formed Village Disaster Management Teams. In Standard IX Chapter 6, we discussed about the process of community planning for disasters. In continuation to the earlier chapter this chapter outlines the practical steps of community level disaster preparedness. It covers important steps such as awareness building in the neighborhood or community, analyzing the situation, formation of task force and drawing emergency response plans for taking longterm measures to reduce risk.

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