An Initiative by Global Academy of Public Safety & Habitate Management (GAPSHAM)

Serene Himalaya! Is it?

District Disaster Management Plans in BiharSpacial Feature

"Adhunik Vishwakarma"

Year-1 Issue-1 25 December 2015 New Delhi

Making Nature a Tragedy

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District DisasterManagement

Plans in Bihar"The Art of Safe Living"

Flagging of the “Smart City;

Smart Citizen” rally in Bareilly

on the occasion “World

Disaster Risk Reduction Day”

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Expert’s Views 2

Making Nature a Tragedyrawing lessons from mistakes’ – does it make sense? Answers are two ‘Yes”: yes, if we learn

not to do the same mistakes again, and Yes – if we do ‘new mistakes’. But this is certainly notthe correct philosophy for ‘disaster risk reduction’ or what we term as ‘safe habitat’. Fragile ecology withvarying stage landslides in Uttarakhand on the land and buildings already earthquake-shaken severaltimes – flashfloods though common but of 2013 trigged a havoc been called in media as ‘HimalayanTsunami’. There were numerous articles, analysis, workshops to draw lessons and to feed into future

strategies of safer and sustainable development in this divine land of natural treasure. However, ques-tions remain burning that whether these lessons are fed into implementable plans and ground actions

or only are fashioned into research publications and luxurious workshops and media discussions.

� Building codes for earthquake safety exist in India fordecades, yet engineering-contactor-economic lobbiesstress on fast development keeping eyes closed on sideeffects on landscapes and ground stability. Landscapebased planning is still a distant dream which actually holdsthe key to effective local planning.

� Externality based disaster preparedness – hoping that it’sthe defense forces or disaster response force which haveto save people, or thinking that risks are for others and notto them, had set the background of near-no preparednessfor disasters in Uttarakhand locals.

� Once in the forefronts of disaster management planningand preparedness at local levels, Uttarakhand state gradu-ally went in the darkness making such plans un-updated,obsolete and out of use. It is important to note that temple-towns like Kedarnath had a well-designed urban master-plan decades back but never updated or re-validated andwas kept out of reference in land-use planning and locat-ing infrastructure and housing.

� Despite of Central Government’s notification of state’s landas eco-sensi-tive, StateGovernmentnever agreedor adheredto, and theconflict wasn e v e rresolved toarrive atsome sus-tainable mid-dle path toensure devel-opment andsafety atsame time.Role of deci-sion makingtools likeEIA, RiskAnalysis and Safety Analysis for Hydro-power and otheri n f r a s t r u c t u r eprojects looked primarily aiming to project’s safety andsustainability and rarely addressed secondary and lowerorder impacts.

� Inter-relations between earthquake impacts on buildings &infrastructure, effect of forest fires and vegetation patternchanges on snow cover and catchments, and messages ofchanging courses of rivers and tributaries was seldomincorporated for enabling carrying capacity based localdevelopment planning process.

� The analysis tells that common models of development as

applicable to other regions or thecountry or other cities/townswould be much irrelevant forUttarakhand. In fact, it requiredto develop locally sustainable –ecologically compatible modelsof economic and infrastructuregrowth for smaller units. SinceUttarakhand is known fortourism, issues of sustainabletourism along with protectingecosystem services need to beensured, with effective tourismmanagement and control system.

� There has been varying versions on interpretation of fore-casts. Drawing lessons and enabling an effective coordina-tion system for immediate but correct onward dissemina-tion is crucial to prevent such events from being a disas-ter.

� Most important and broad understanding that emergedfrom this dis-aster is to lookfrom a systemp e r s p e c t i v e ,i.e. relation-ship betweene c o - g e o -h y d r o l o g i c a lc o m p o n e n t s ,implications ofc l i m a t echange onp e o p l e sresources andlivelihood, andpreparednessto deal withu n c e r ta i n t i e sand suddenevents. � There is

need of greater awareness and public perception on theunderlying factors

of risk and vulnerability that increase disaster risk,especially related to land and its use, occupations andhousing, and for balancing human aspirations Vs. phys-ical limitations posed by nature. The ‘living with risk –but with effective mitigation and adequate prepared-ness’ holds the mantra. Besides this, it is equally impor-tant to screen each and every major actions or projectspost-disaster to look from sustainability and safety per-spective which unfortunately doesn’t seem much obvi-ous in recent cases.

Shall We Use the Lessons from Uttarakhand Flash Flood 2013?

Dr. Anil GuptaHead of PolicyPlanning and

Environment Division at National Institute ofDisaster Management(NIDM), New Delhi. Heis also the Coordinatorof Technical Advisory

Group on DisasterManagement.

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3Special Feature

bove highlights the soul of the mammoth task Bihar StateDisaster Management Authority (BSDMA) initiated duringMarch 2015 by deciding to get prepared District Disaster

Management Plans (DDMPs) for all 38 districts of Bihar state.The visionary approach and missionary zeal of MrA.K. Sinha, V i c e P r e s i d e n t , B S D M A e n s u r e d t h a tt h e e n t i r e e x e r c i s e s h o u l d g o d e e p i n t o t h eh e a r t s o f a l l s ta k e h o l d e r s r i g h t f r o m t h e i n i t i a ls ta g e s o f t h e e n t i r e e x e r c i s e i n c l u d i n g D i s a s t e rM a n a g e m e n t D e pa r t m e n t o f G o v t o f B i h a r, e n t i r et e a m a t B S D M A , a g e n c i e s s h o r t l i s t e d a n da s s i g n e d t h e w o r k , D i s t r i c t A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , o f f i -c i a l s , N o n - G o v t a g e n c i e s a n d u l t i m a t e l y t h e c o m -m o n m a n o f B i h a r l i v i n g i n v i l l a g e s & c i t i e st h r o u g h o u t t h e e n t i r e p r o c e s s .

“ E n s u r i n g o w n e r s h i p o f t h e D D M P a m o n g a l ls ta k e h o l d e r s s h o u l d b e t h e t o p a g e n d a o f e n t i r ep r o c e s s , p l a n n i n g & w o r k i n g ” w a s w h a t M r S i n h ai n s t i l l e d r e p e a t e d l y i n t o B S D M A t e a m a n d a l l 9a g e n c i e s w h o a r e w o r k i n g o n t h i s p r o j e c t i nB i h a r. A n d t o m a k e i t p r a c t i c a l l y f e a s i b l e o ng r o u n d , h e n o t o n l y g o t h i m s e l f p e r s o n a l l yi n v o l v e d i n d a y - t o - d a y p r o c e s s o f t h e w h o l e e x e r -c i s e b u t a l s o e n s u r e d t o m a k e f u l l u s e o f t h e l a t -e s t t e c h n o l o g y i n t h e f o r m o f s o c i a l m e d i a b ya s k i n g t h e t e a m a t B S D M A t o c r e a t e a W h a ts A p pg r o u p c o m p r i s i n g 2 p e r s o n s f r o m a l l 9 a g e n c i e s ,e n t i r e B S D M A t e a m , d i s t r i c t m a g i s t r a t e s o f a l l 3 8d i s t r i c t s a n d e v e n t h e P r i n c i pa l S e c r e ta r yD i s a s t e r M a n a g e m e n t S r i Vy a s j i , I A S , s o t h a t a l lk e y s ta k e h o l d e r s s h o u l d r e m a i n a p p r i s e d o f t h ed a i l y p r o g r e s s o f t h e p r o j e c t a n d c o u l d c o n v e -n i e n t l y pa s s o n t h e s u g g e s t i o n s e t c t o e n t i r eg r o u p .

T h e w h o l e p r o j e c t w a s m e t i c u l o u s l y p l a n n e ds t e p b y s t e p r i g h t f r o m t h ef l o a t i n g o f R FQ to f i na l -i za t i on o f t heagenc ies / consu l tan tsi nvo l v i ng va r i ous s tages

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se lec t i on p rocess . Theemphas i s was on the qua l i t you tpu t and th i s d rove thef i r s t phase o f t he p ro jec ti nvo l v i ng se lec t i on o f agen -c ies . The second phase o ft he p ro jec t s ta r ted w i t h i n i t i a lg round work by a l l agenc iesin respec t i ve d i s t r i c ts andsubmiss ion o f I ncep t i onRepor ts . Du r i ng t he beg in -n ing o f t h i s second phasei tse l f , each o f t he agen -c ies we re assoc ia ted w i th 2resou rce pe rsons ( e x p e r t s i nd i s a s t e r m a n a g e m e n t f i e l d s ) f r o m B S D M A t oe n s u r e t h e d a y - t o - d a y l i v e i n t e r a c t i o n o f B S D M Aw i t h t h e a g e n c i e s a n d a l s o t o f a c i l i t a t e t h ew o r k b y r e s o l v i n g / c o o r d i n a t i n g a n y h i n d r a n c e sf a c e d b y a g e n c i e s i n t h e f i e l d / d i s t r i c t s . T h e nc a m e t h e n e x t p h a s e ; c o n d u c t i o n o f I n c e p t i o nW o r k s h o p a t P a t n a i n v o l v i n g a l l 9 a g e n c i e s ,e n t i r e B S D M A t e a m , A D M / S D C s o f a l l 3 8 d i s -t r i c t s a n d a l s o M r K a m a l K i s h o r e , m e m b e rN D M A a n d o t h e r e x p e r t s . E a c h o f t h e 9 a g e n -c i e s g a v e d e t a i l e d p r e s e n t a t i o n o n t h e i ra p p r o a c h , m e t h o d o l o g y & w o r k p l a n . A t h o r -o u g h d e l i b e r a t i o n w a s d o n e a n d M r S i n h a , M rK a m a l K i s h o r e , A D M s / S D C s s h a r e d s o m e v i t a l& v e r y i m p o r t a n t p o i n t s r e l a t e d w i t h t h e p r e p a -r a t i o n o f t h e D D M P s . T h i s w o r k s h o p s e t t h er e a l t o n e o f t h e e n t i r e e x e r c i s e a n d p r o v e d ab i g l e a r n i n g f o r a l l a g e n c i e s . N o w t h e p r o j e c ti s i n i t s n e x t p h a s e o f g r o u n d w o r k , d a t a c o l -l e c t i o n , m e e t i n g s , a n d w o r k s h o p s a t d i s t r i c tl e v e l b y a l l a g e n c i e s W h i c h C o n t i n u e d i nb e t w e e n t h e A s s e m b l y E l e c t i o n s i n B i h a r .

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District Disaster Management Plans in Bihar

AThis exercise is dedicated to 10 crore (100 million) people of Bihar.- Mr. Anil Sinha

Ensuring own-ership of the

DDMP among allstakeholders

should be the topagenda of entire

process, planning& working” waswhat Mr Sinha

insti l led repeat-edly intoBSDMA

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agencies.

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25 December 2015

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’’

Safety of Next-Gen 4chool Safety” is a very

common phrase which

any one can understand

if one goes by the dictionary

meaning of these two words

“School” & “Safety”. But in real

sense it is not so simple.

If you ask someone a question

“What do you visualize or what

comes in your mind as soon as

you hear the word “School”, The

answer will not be a one or two

or ten phrases/words but it may

be up to more than 100

words/phrases starting from the

School’s main gate to bell to stu-

dents to teachers to canteen to

lab to headmaster to guard to

playground to music room and

so on.

In the same manner ask a ques-

tion “What comes in your mind if

you hear the “Safety” in terms of

school or what do you want to

safeguard in a school?” And

there is no prize if someone

guesses about the reply to com-

prise words/phrases of same

quantum as for the word

“School” above.

And if you put together the

replies to these two questions,

you will come out with many per-

mutations & combinations

explaining or indicating about

the “School Safety” that needs

to be ensured. I am talking about

this through our real life experi-

ences while asking these two

questions during various training

sessions on school safety.

So, one should not take

“School Safety” as a remedy

available off the shelf. It is very

serious and deep in nature and

needs a well planned & system-

atic approach to achieve.

Through this column I am not

going to focus on the regular

features on school safety i.e.

Why it is needed, what needs to

be done or how to ensure this or

what are the guidelines etc; but I

would rather like to share some

very vital inputs required to be

understood by all stakeholders

of “School Safety” on the gaps

existing in schools and current

practices being adopted by

schools towards school safety.

This will give some idea on what

needs to be done while working

towards this. Rest of the article

will focus on these two aspects

which are the outcome of survey

conducted by us and also of our

vast experience of working with

schools in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh,

Haryana etc.

The Conclusion of our learn-

ing while working with schools

on disaster risk reduction (DRR)

is that

No school found to be prop-

erly prepared on disaster or

emergency management.

Schools are either superficially

or pathetically prepared and

may not be in a position to safe-

guard lives of children, teachers

& staff in case any natural or

man-made hazard strikes

schools. Schools have not learnt

any lesson from the past inci-

Pratibha Sharma

Director (School Safety

Program)

Global Academy of

Public Safety

& Habitat Management

(GAPSHAM)

www.gapsham.org

No school found to be properly

prepared on disaster or emer-

gency management. Schools are

either superficially or pathetically

prepared and may not be in a

position to safeguard lives of chil-

dren, teachers & staff in case any

natural or man-made hazard

strikes schools. Schools have not

learnt any lesson from the past

incidents or increased frequency

of natural & man-made disasters

in 21st Century.

‘‘

’’

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I would rather like

to share some very

vital inputs required to

be understood by all

stakeholders of

“School Safety” on the

gaps existing in

schools and current

practices being adopt-

ed by schools towards

school safety. This will

give some idea on what

needs to be done while

working towards this.

Rest of the article will

focus on these two

aspects which are the

outcome of survey

conducted by us and

also of our vast

experience of working

with schools in Delhi,

Uttar Pradesh, Haryana

etc.

‘‘

’’

25 December 2015

Training Session at a School in Bareilly

5dents or increased frequency

of natural & man-made

disasters in 21st Century.

Silver Lining : But one

should not feel hopeless.

Below are some of the submis-

sions by schools which show a

silver lining for the adminis-

tration to push forward the

real capacity building of

schools on DRR:-

� Until & unless some-one will continuously hammer

upon us, schools will not take

disaster management seri-

ously and will never be able

to implement safety guide-

lines.

� We admit that whatev-er little we are doing on dis-

aster management is just

eyewash and is on papers

only. There is nothing con

crete on grounds. Whenever

we get some circular from

authorities, we do some exer-

cise and send the report to

concerned authorities to com-

plete the formalities.

� We would like to haveproper & continuous guid-

ance from authorities for the

implementation of school

safety guidelines.

� The survey was an eyeopener for us and we were

not aware about the depth &

gravity of this issue (school

safety). Schools should them-

selves take initiatives to

implement school safety

guidelines and remain pre-

pared on disaster manage-

ment.

Our discussions shall con-tinue in next edition on thisvital subject. Good bye tillthen! And a very happy,prosperous and safe NewYear to all of you!

25 December 2015

Student Learning Evacuation at a School in Bareilly

Student Learning Casualty Transportation at Delhi..

Student Learning CPR skills at School at delhi.

Student Learning First Aid at School at delhi.Teachers Learning EarthQuake Responce skills.

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Industrial & Chemical Disaster Management 25 December 2015

Home & Habitat Safety 8

Introduction

Geographically each part

of India is vulnerable to some

or the other disaster. So it is

important to make Community

Resilience. Community

resilience is about to strength-

en community with support of

local resources, their unique

knowledge to mitigate emer-

gency in a way that comple-

ments the local emergency

services.

Building community

resilience starts from to create

awareness that what type of

risk they are in or community

might face. How individuals

can help themselves and

group can help others at the

time of need or emergency.

So the community will be bet-

ter prepared to cope during

and after an emergency when

everyone works together

using their local knowledge.

Things like understanding

what requirements most-at-

need groups may have in an

emergency can make a real

difference. Identifying and

planning for the risks could

help in reducing the potential

impact as individual and the

wider community. Being pre-

pared and able to respond to

an emergency can often help

people recover more quickly.

There are many NGOs,

self help group and much

other organization who are

already taking steps to pre-

pare community to cope with

an emergency. It is important

to document these initiatives

and share this document with

other communities who are

into such type of risk. This will

raise awareness and under-

standing amongst other com-

munities, who may seek to

adapt these to suit their own

local need.

Objective

To find out ways and

means of Building community

resilience, we have to develop

a case study to collect infor-

mation that what technique

local people are using to pro-

tect themselves and spread

those technique to all the

communities through pam-

phlets, drama, and training

etc.

� Improve resilience as indi-

vidual, family, and commu-

nity against all threats,

emergency.

� Support and enable initia-

tive of local community and

help to disseminate these

initiatives in other areas.

� Remove difficulties which

prevent participation in com-

munity resilience at local

level.

Methodology

Collect information related

to particular disaster which

affects particular part of India.

We need to create a

Questionnaire. Questionnaire

should include what initiatives

community has taken and

what impact it achieved. What

were the key lessons learnt,

what inspired the event? Why

was it planned? Who was

involved? Summary of stake-

holders, partners) what were

the problems? How were they

tackled? How did you solve

the problem? What resources

were needed /time taken?

What were the outcomes?

What was the impact?

Positive and negative results;

Any evidence of impact? What

could have been done better?

Evaluate conclusions regard-

ing the initiative. What are the

next steps? Are any other sim-

i l a r

i n i -

t i a -

tives planned? Will the learn-

ing be reviewed? After collect-

ing all the information, we

need to document and pre-

pare a brochure then dissemi-

nate this information in a sys-

tematic manner.

Analysis

1-Identifying and preparing

for risk

In order to build communi-

ty resilience, individual and

communities should prepare

for the risk.

Local emergency respon-

der and stakeholders meet

regularly and discuss their

resources, strength, what they

need to improve what is the

planning etc. It is also impor-

tant to identify other risk in

local area, for example road is

broken, Big hole, drainage is

open etc which should be

either avoided or get modified

before it becomes more risky.

We also need to include

other aspects like

A- Social Risk:- Vulnerable

people groups in the area.

Like old age people, chil-

dren, handicapped,

People who are in different

sector of hospital, people

who don’t access to

Dr. Mukta Girdhar,

Asstt. Professor,

CDMS, Guru Govind

Singh Indraprastha

University(GGSIPU)

Initiatives on BuildingCommunity Resilience

Local emergency responder and stakeholders

meet regularly and discuss their resources, strength,

what they need to improve what is the planning etc.

It is also important to identify other risk in local area,

for example road is broken, Big hole, drainage is

open etc which should be either avoided or get mod-

ified before it becomes more risky. We also need to

include other aspects like.

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transport , people who are having a

language problem, transient group

such as travelling communities.

B- Environmental Risk :- Are there any

environmental risk, for example any

area which is flooded regularly, or

facing drought problem or any other

kind of problem. Information also

needs to be collected if there is any

site which has a historic importance

or scientific interest.

C- Infrastructure risk:- This risk

include whether there is major trans-

port hub in the area. Are there any

bridges or main road which needs

strengthening, Any large industrial

site which might come under disaster

prone area and needs to be plan.

2-Assessing community skills and

resources

Very important to build the communi-

ty resilience are to know the skills of the

community and what are the resources

as individual, group and community has.

Skills of the community should be ass-

esed under the following categories

Volunteers: - Many communities and

individuals automatically come forward

to help others during time of need. What

are the skills they are having; list should

be prepared along with their contact

number and expertise. Volunteer should

be trained and aware with a emergency

planning.

Tools:- List has to be prepared about

what tools and machinery might be

needed during an emergency.

Responsibilities have to be assigned to

those who are qualified, capable, expert-

ise area, and willing to operate these

tools and machinery in an emergency.

Supplies:- In the emergency we

require food, water and shelter. Volunteer

who are willing to work should discuss

the community and list out those people

who are ready to provide support and

supply during an emergency.

Shelter:- Community has to identify a

safe place which is safe in disaster and

can be used as a shelter. It is also impor-

tant to complete all the formalities to use

their building as a shelter during emer-

gency.

Communication:- People need to be

trained how to use walky talky and setup

Amateur radio station and group so the

volunteer can communicate to a local peo-

ple as well as stake holders without inter-

ruption.

First aid: it is very important.

Community should be trained for First aid,

which help to save so many People. If

not possible to train all the community at

least responder need to learn these first

aid techniques.

Reviewing and updating plan:-

It is important to regularly review and

update community emergency plan to

meet the changing need of community. It

is also important that plan should work

during an emergency for that we need to

do exercise and this allow to identify

problems, remove these problem and

regularly update contact list to ensure it

is accurate.

Conclusion

Building community resilience is

process which needs a lot of initiatives

and support of local leadership. Local

leader need to be supported and

encouraged to take responsibility to

develop community resources, volun-

teers. Most successful communities

are those who join hands with diverse

range of resources and include more

and more individuals. Group and

communities with better connectivity

and communication form a more

resilient community – a community

more able to respond and adapt to

future challenges. It also highlights

how new ideas need to be made

locally relevant and considerable

care and time is needed to embed

them. If we take good life initiative

and right kind of practical support,

communit ies can take on more

responsibilities, can take local deci-

sion and encourage environmentally

sustainable and resi l ient

development.

Initiatives on Building Community ...

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Community Training at Delhi

Community capacity building

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FkksM+k ,DliVZ~l dh –f"V ls ns[krs gSa %&

"We know there is a huge amount of accumulated strain

in this area. It is due for a major earthquake, perhaps a

series of earthquakes, bigger than 8 on the Richter scale.

That is the kind of energy that is estimated to be accumu-

lated there. This was certainly not one of those earth-

quakes that is probably imminent. In terms of energy

release, I would say this would not have released even

four or five percent of the energy that is estimated to be

stored there," --Mr Harsh K Gupta, former director of the

Hyderabad-based National Geophysical Research Institute

and a former member of the National Disaster

Management Authority-in an interview to Indian Express

after Nepal Earthquake.

"This earthquake would only be classified as medium in

terms of energy released. That area, the 2500-km stretch

from the Hindukush region to the end of Arunachal

Pradesh, is capable of generating much bigger earth-

quakes, even nine on Richter scale,"-- Prof Sankar Kumar

Nath of IIT Kharagpur, who has studied seismic activity in

the Himalayan region in an interview to Indian Express

after Nepal Earthquake.

"The lesson, once again from this earthquake, is that

we need to adapt and plan and prepare ourselves for these

earthquakes. More than 90 per cent of the destruction that

is caused by the earthquakes is avoidable if we plan for it.

An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 is routine in Japan but no

one dies there, no property is damaged. We can also do it.

There is no knowledge gap. We know exactly how to do it.

The buildings have to be constructed in a certain fashion;

habitations have to be settled in a particular manner. All

this is very well known,"--- Ajay Paul of the Dehradun-

based Wadia Institute of Himalaya Geology, after Nepal

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readers. So whosoever wishes to be the parts of this dis-

cussion just send your views/inputs/suggestions to our e-

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25 December 2015

Photo : Shri Sanjay Kumar (IAS)

Launch of “Adhunik Vishwakarma”

A Campaign for Masons Training onEarthquake Resistant Construction

lobal Academy of Public Safety & Habitat

Management (GPASHAM) recently launched a

campaign to train masons in the country on earthquake (haz-

ard) resistant construction. The campaign was formally

launched on 14 Oct 2015 at Allahabad, the world famous city

in Uttar Pradesh in presence of District Magistrate Allahabad,

Mr Sanjay Kumar who took initiative in this direction and sup-

ported the ambitious task by formally inaugurating the cam-

paign from the city of “Sangam” and “MahaKumbh”.

The launch

program was

made some sort

of a workshop for

masons. 156

masons were

present in the

workshop and

interacted very

freely with Dr

Chandan Ghosh,

Head, Geo-

Hazard division,

National Institute

of Disaster

M a n a g e m e n t

(NIDM), Ministry of Home

Affairs, Govt of India. Dr

Chandan Ghosh gave a

detailed presentation to masons on some common techniques on

earthquake resistant construction of houses. He also replied numer-

ous queries of masons in detail through photographs, movies and

Mr Sanjay Kumar, District Magistrate, Allahabad (in the centre on dais) in

Adhunik Vishwakarma launch program on 14th Oct 2015

Left to Right: Mr Atal Rai (CDO), Mr Sanjay Kumar(District Magistrate,

Allahabad), Dr Chandan Ghosh(NIDM) in the workshop

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training program first will

be taken up in all 31 districts

of Uttar Pradesh falling

under seismic zone–IV. Then

in second phase, all cities in

Uttar Pradesh shortlisted to

be made “Smart Cities” by

Govt of India, shall be the

focus point of this training.

This campaign will not only

concentrate on training of

masons but also on the

awareness generation drive

among the citizens wherever

this training program shall

be held.

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12sketches on paper. Mr Saurabh

Gautam, CEO, GAPSHAM gave a

brief presentation on the overall

working of the GAPSHAM and also

on the Adhunik Vishwakarma cam-

paign process & phases.

Mr Sanjay Kumar, District

Magistrate, Allahabad, on this occa-

sion, while interacting with the

masons and other participants, came

out with his mind on this important

exercise for the benefit of the people

of Uttar Pradesh and emphasized on

the need of such program on a sus-

tainable basis. He very categorically

pointed towards the on-field training

to

masons in batches and assured

all his support to this campaign. On

the occasion he even felicitated a

female mason present in the work-

shop who is the first ever female

mason in the district.

All masons who will undergo the

designed training pro-

gram on earthquake

resistant construction by

GAPSHAM, shall be

awarded with a certifi-

cate honoring them with

the title “Adhunik

Vishwakarma”. This

training program first will

be taken up in all 31 dis-

tricts of Uttar Pradesh

falling under seismic

zone–IV. Then in second

phase, all cities in Uttar

Pradesh shortlisted to be

made “Smart Cities” by

Govt of India, shall be the

focus point of this train-

ing. This campaign will

not only concentrate on

training of masons but

also on the awareness

generation drive among

the citizens wherever this

training program shall be

held.

Dr Chandan Ghosh interacting withmasons during the workshop. Mr SanjayKumar, District Magistrate on the dais.

Mr Sanjay Kumar,District Magistrate,

Allahabad felicitatingfemale mason. In the

background is DrChandan Ghosh.

25 December 2015

Flagging of the

“Smart City;

Smart Citizen”

rally in Bareilly

on the occasion

“World Disaster

Risk Reduction

Day” on 13th

October 2015.

The rally was

organized by

“Dainik Jagran”

newspaper and

“GAPSHAM” was

part of this aware-

ness generation

drive in the city

concentrating two

aspects: Disaster

Risk Reduction

and Environment

Friendly city.

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et the aqua blues swish and splash

Let the fish and dolphins flip and flap

Let the birds soar high tweet and chirp

Let the clear blue skies be flakes and fluffs

The Power to let that happen rests with you and me

Let the green grass shake and sway

Let the cool breeze whisper and caress

Let the golden flush proclaim a cheerful morn

Let the glittery stars herald of another new dawn

The Power to let that happen rests with you and me

Let the shimmering rivers rush and gush

Let the winding hills lush and blush

Let the myriad flowers bloom and swoon

Let the flittering butterfly pause and woo

The Power to let that happen rests with you and me

Let the planet face no being’s continuous blunder

Let mankind halt this raid and plunder

Let progress and environment be partners that care

Let the bounties of nature be responsibly shared

The Power to let that happen rests with you and me

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The First Responder’s Contribution

The Final Message

grey sky, a shroud oppressing,

hangs above as dawn gives to light

Not a trace of the bright blue sky remains,

To tell the people how it was once so bright

Even the sun seems fuzzy, the air like mist,

The smoke closes around like the devil’s fist

All devices tried, all balms applied

But nothing seems to be getting it fixed

‘What has gone wrong?’ the thought arises

We had but left the Earth to its own devices.

Why isn’t it feeling like it used to before,

though the waves still bang across the

shore?

Nature’s song, unheard, unsung

For centuries has remained on parchment

Five millennia since Rome, and three since

Chrome

Yet nature endures mankind’s torment

In this future world, in the city of cities

That rose up to choke the land

The concrete monsters hold us with in

Miles and miles from soft warm sand

That grew our food once seems useless now

For the screws do all the making

Photosynthesis has become artificial,

And all we want is for our taking.

Though many rejoice at the new found

knowledge

There are some things that we miss

The smell of rain and warmth of sun

Oh! What wonderful feelings

Sadly, it’s been a long time

Since the face of Earth was happy

Now it’s crying and dripping around

And feeling rather too snappy

And now, the Earth’s going to disintegrate

All life will be destroyed

The crust will break, the mantle shake

And the world become a void

‘this quite a sad prospect we face

But this we must accept

That it was us who did this to the Earth

With our high heads and deep concepts

Can something be done? Of course it can,

But a steep price must be paid

Back in time when it all began,

Foundations must be laid

If you read this, you are lucky

For you have seen the future

Stop the acts that harm the land,

Let mother Earth be your tutor

Spread this message far and wide

Let people know what becomes of them

And perhaps you be the turning point

Of our precious blue-green gem

This is the future, with all its hopes Resting in

this final letter

Our fate was bleak, but perhaps,

just perhaps Next time it will be better.

-Ashwin Kumar ,

Rosary School, Delhi

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From the desk of “Angel Typhoons”

The Power…

Sapna Bakshi, Faculty,

Suncity School, Gurgaon

1425 December 2015

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