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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
Page-11
Page-3
Page-2
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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25 December 2015
kedarnath floods Photo : Internet
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 .
T h e a p p r o a c h & m e t h o d o l o g y d e v i s e d &a d o p t e d b y t h e B S D M A i n t h e p r e p a r a t i o n o fD D M P s i s g o i n g t o s e t t h e f i e l d f o r t h e p r e p a -r a t i o n o f D D M P s i n t h e c o u n t r y a n d w i l l d e f i -
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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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çca/ku çkf/kdj.k
’’
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.
6Safe Hospitals
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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.
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"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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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.
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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
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