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1. INTRODUCTION |
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| Location of Ward |
| The Ward office is located at south Mumbai near Reserve
Bank of India in city area of Mumbai. Its boundary extends from Navy
Nagar, Cuffe Parade, Colaba, Mumbai Port Trust, Gateway of India to
L.T.Road, Anandilal Poddar Marg, Marine Drive upto Road.. |
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| Area and Divisions of Ward |
| The Ward covers an area of 11.41 square kilometres.
The approximate population of the ward is 2.00 lakhs with an additional
day-time floating population of about 40 lakhs.
The Ward is under the jurisdiction of D.C.P. Zone I and traffic
division. There are Fire Brigade Stations at Nariman Point, Colaba,
Fort and Carnac Bunder (P.D’Mello Road). There is an office
of Home Guards located at Director of Civil Defence & Commandant
General of Home Guards in the Old Secretariate Annexe.
There is Central Railway Station terminus for both local and outstation
trains at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and Western Railway local
terminus at Churchgate. BEST bus depots are at B.E.S.T, Bhavan,
Colaba and Backbay Depot.
The ward comes under Cuffe Parade, Colaba, and Fountain (V.S.N.L.)
telephone exchanges. |
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| Historical, religious and tourist centres |
| There are 9 important centres in the ward with as many
as six sport centres. Their details are given below. |
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| Name of centre or event with
date |
Type (historical, religious,
tourist, sports, political centre) |
Number of people
visiting daily or for the specific event |
| Gateway of India |
Tourist centre |
15,000 |
| Prince of Wales Museum |
Tourist centre |
15,000 |
| Hutatma Chowk (21st Nov. & 1st May) |
Historical & Political |
5,000 |
| Wankhede |
Stadium Sports |
50,000 |
| C.C.I. (Brabourne Stadium) |
Sports |
20,000 |
| Cooperage Grounds |
Sports |
5,000 |
| Azad Maidan |
Sports |
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| Cross Maidan |
Sports |
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| Oval Maidan |
Sports |
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| Power stations/Electrical installations (receiving
station) |
| There is a receiving station of BEST at Backbay (General
Jagannath Bhosale Marg). |
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| Water Supply and Sanitation |
| The ward receives water supply 8 times a day under eight
different zones. The timings and zones are given below. |
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| 1. 4.00 am to 7.00 am |
Colaba Market |
| 2. 11.00 am to 2.00 pm |
Nariman Point & Cuffe Parade |
| 3. 11.00 am to 5.00 pm |
Naval Back Yard |
| 4. 4.30 pm to 7.00 pm |
Colaba |
| 5. 6.30 pm to 10.30 pm |
Backbay (N.S.Road) |
| 6. 4.00 pm to 6.30 pm |
S.S. Road (Musafirkhana) |
| 7. 8.00 pm to 10.00 pm |
M..Road, Bombay Hospital area, Marine lines |
| 8. 8.30 pm to 10.00 pm. |
Port area & Ballard Pier |
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There are 9 settlements not connected
by sewer lines
1. M.E.S. Colony (Siddharth Nagar), Navy Nagar
2. Jamshedji Bunder
3. Sudam Nagar
4. Sunder Nagar
5. Darya Nagar
6. Mahatma Phule Nagar
7. Shiv Shakti Nagar
8. Garib Janata Nagar
9. Geeta Nagar
There are 175 open or H.C.C wells in the Ward. |
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| Proposed Developments |
| Apart from other reservations shown on the D.P.Sheet
/ B.B.R. Sheets, under the MMRDA development plan the proposed developments
are |
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a multi-storeyed car parking at Br.
Rajani Patel Marg near Vidhan Bhavan, Nariman Point |
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a proposed crematorium at C.S.No. 108, 109 |
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| In addition, infrastructure projects (flyovers, ROB,
road widening, sewer and water supply) being taken up in the ward
include |
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Proposed C.S.T. Subway - The work
is in progress |
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M.G.Road - Storm water drain is being laid. |
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| 2. RISK ASSESSMENT AND VULNERABILITY
ANALYSIS |
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| Vulnerable settlements |
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| There are nine vulnerable settlements in the ward. Their
details is given in the table below.
Vulnerable settlements are those along
Hilltops, slopes, nallahs, low-lying areas (with tendency to flood
during high tides), coastal locations, under high tension wires,
along highways, along railway lines, within industrial zones, pavements,
along water mains, along open drainage
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| Name of Settlement |
Approximate population of
the settlement |
Type
of settlement (hill slopes/below high tension lines/low lying
area etc) |
| Ambedkar Nagar |
12,000 |
Along sea-front |
| Geeta Nagar |
10,000 |
Along sea-front |
| Sunder Nagar |
6,000 |
Along sea-front |
| Sudam Nagar |
4,500 |
Along sea-front |
| Ganesh Murty Nagar Part I & II |
5,000 |
Along sea-front |
| Machhimar Nagar |
5,000 |
Along sea-front |
| Shivashakti Nagar |
4,000 |
Along sea-front |
| Dhobighat |
3,000 |
Along sea-front |
| Azad Nagar |
2,500 |
Along sea-front |
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52,000 |
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| These slums along the sea-front are naturally more prone
to cyclonic impact. |
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| Floods |
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| The following slums get affected due to flooding |
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Machhimar Nagar |
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Shivshakti Nagar |
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Ambedkar Nagar |
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Ganesh Murty Nagar part I & II |
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Geeta Nagar |
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Azad Nagar |
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Sudam Nagar |
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Sunder Nagar |
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Dhobhighat |
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| The following places are low-lying
areas prone to flooding in monsoon : 1. Junction of Anandial
Poddar Road and Queen’s Road (Maharshi Karve Road)
2. Dinshaw Mulla Jn. M.K. Road
3. Metro Cinema Junction
4. M.G.Road near Gymkhana
5. Lokmanya Tilak Marg near Police Commissioner’s Office
6. Junction of Market road and D.N.road, A. Daundakar Marg
7. Mint Road near Kabutarkhana
8. Ramjibhai Kamani road Jn. Shoorji Vallabhadas Marg.
9. Junction of Veer Nariman Road and Vithaldas Thakersy Road
10. Aram-Capitor Cinema near Zunka Bhakar Kendra
11. S.B.S. Road from Regal cinema to Cushrow Baug.
12. S.B.S.Road Jn. N.A. Sawant Marg
13. Radio Club
14. Wodehouse Road (Jn. Of Fazal Road and Khatau Road).
15. General Jagannath Bhosale Marg (Badhwar Park), Machhimar Nagar
16. Nathalal Parekh Marg and M.K.Road, Cooperage Road Jn, Tata Garage,
Benett Villa.
The following sites are chronic drainage choking sites
:
1 Cannon Street : Siddharth College
2 Windy Hall Lane of S.B.S. Road |
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| Fires |
In the ward, the following places can be considered
as difficult for fire-fighting
(1) High Rise Buildings in Nariman Point area and (2) Musafirkhana |
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| The fire stations have the following
capacities |
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| Fire Station |
Man Power |
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Asstt. Diviso
nal Officer |
Station Officer |
Asstt. Station Officer |
Sub Officer |
Driver Opera
tor |
Head
ing
Fire
man |
Fire Man |
Motor pump |
Ambul ance |
Jumbo Tanker |
Jeep |
Mini snorkel |
Turn table ladder |
Ariel ladder platform |
Hose lorry |
Fire
engine |
Nari
man Point Fire Station |
1 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
13 |
8 |
51 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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1 |
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| Colaba Fire Station |
1 |
1 |
3 |
- |
16 |
9 |
51 |
1 |
- |
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1 |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
| Fort Fire Station |
1 |
1 |
3 |
- |
13 |
10 |
45 |
2 |
- |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
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| Carnac Bunder Fire Station |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
8 |
50 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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- |
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| Major fires have occurred at the following places : |
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| 1. Nariman Point Fire Station |
Jan. 97 fire broke out at Express
Tower |
| 2. Colaba Fire Station |
Mukesh Textile Mills, Colaba |
| 3. Fort Fire Station : |
1) Sept. 96 - Nana Bhailane |
| 2) Sept. 96 - Mohta Market |
| 3) Nov. 96 - Empire House, State Bank of Indore |
| 4) Sept. 97 - Mody Street |
| 5) Sept. 97 - Botawala Bldg. S.B.S. Road |
| 6) Oct. 97 - Amba Ship Naval Dock |
| 7) Nov. 97 - Kala Niketan, M.K.Road |
| 8) Dec. 97 - Elphinstone Bldg. Murzban Path |
| 9) Feb. 98 - V. K. House, Dhobi Talao |
| 10) Mar. 98 - Jyoti ship, INS Naval Dock Yard, Casulalty 4
persons |
| 11) Sept. 98 - Ballard Pier Stn. Old Green Gate
(M.P.T.) |
| 4. Carnac Bunder Fire Station : |
1) July, 96 - Godown at Baroda Street |
| 2) Nov. 97 - 6 trucks get fire at Indira Dock. |
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| Earthquakes and house crashes |
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| There are 1145 cessed buildings in the
ward out of which 31 buildings have been identified as dilapidated
and dangerous for occupation.
51 buildings have been taken up for repairs under the Buildings
and Repair Board programme.
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| Road Accidents |
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| The following road section have been identified
as accident prone spots |
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| Road section |
Reason for it being accident prone (high speed
area, blind spot, schools/ residential area, market) |
Precautionary measures already taken (speed breakers,
presence of traffic constable, zebra crossing, traffic signal) |
| Jn. Of M.K.Road and Madam Cama Road |
High Speed |
Zebra crossing |
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| There are railway bridges
at the following areas · Anandilal Poddar Marg
· M.K.Road Wankhede Stadium
· D.N.Road at V.T. Station |
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| The passengers alighting and departing
from the railway stations in the ward during peak hours of morning
and evening are given below |
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Morning alighting peak |
Evening departing peak |
| C.S.T |
6,00,000 |
6,00,000 |
| Churchgate |
4,50,000 |
4,50,000 |
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| The passengers alighting and departing
from this ward during peak hours of morning and evening through BEST
is as follows |
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| Location |
Passengers |
| Churchgate |
4,50,000 |
| C.S.T. |
6,00,000 |
| Nariman Point |
2,50,000 |
| Fountain |
1,50,000 |
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| The following roads are |
| one-way |
1. Rambhau Salgaonkar Marg
2. Br. Rajani Patel Road
3. V.K. Shah Road
4. Vidhan Bhavan Marg
5. Nathalal Parekh Jn. Of Regal to BEST Jn.
6. Cochin Street, Calicut Street
7. Hazarimal somani Marg
8. Purshottamdas Thackersy Road
9. Homji Street
10. Dinshaw Mulla Road
11. Vithaldas Thackersy road (part)
12. K.B.Patil Marg between Madam Cama Road Jn.
13. Kumtha Street
14. Sundarlal Bhal Marg |
| pedestrian plaza |
1. Vithaldas Thackersy Road
2. C.S.T. Road
3. P.J.Ramchandani Road
4. Netaji Subhash Road |
| Pedestrian subway |
| Churchgate Subway |
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| heavy peak time traffic roads |
1. Veer Nariman Road
2. P.M.Road
3. M.G.Road
4. M.R.A. Marg
5. S.B.S. Road |
| heavy pedestrian congestion roads |
1. D.N.Road
2. M. G. Road
3. S. B. S. Road
4. Mahapalika Marg
5. M.R.A. Marg
6. J. Tata Road
7. Veer Nariman Road
8. C.S.T. Road
9. Free Press Journal Marg
10. Sir P. M. road
11. Jamnalal Bajaj Road
12. Walchand Hirachand Marg
13. L.T. Road |
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RESPONSE STRUCTURE
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| When the disaster situation is localised
at ward level and can be managed locally, the ‘A’ ward
plan will come into operation. However, a disaster situation may cover
the entire city which would call for co-ordination of activities not
only at the city level but also at the ward level.
The response structure given in the ward plan essentially
limits itself to micro-level intervention. When more than one ward
are affected, BMC control room which is the co-ordinating authority,
would expect the ward officers to co-ordinate the activities at
the ward level with the line agencies such as Fire Brigade, Police
etc. The responsibilities for all the ward level functionaries have
been identified.
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| Responsibilities of ‘A’
Ward Officer |
| On the receipt of warning or occurrence
of the disaster, the ‘A’ Ward Officer will be required
to be in preparedness by undertaking the following :
Establish a Ward Control Room with the following :
· Direct telephone contact
with BMC Control Room
· A supervisor of the rank of S.E./J.E
to be in-charge of control room.
· Labourers from conservancy staff to be
kept in readiness for undertaking any emergency work
· Required equipments such as :
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digging tools |
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choke clearing equipments |
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ropes |
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tree-cutting saws |
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portable search lights |
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batteries |
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megaphones |
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gas cutters |
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J.C.B |
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proclain |
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beam cutters |
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generators |
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| The ward officer will act as Site Officer
responsible for co-ordination of field activities of various line
departments. The ward officer will also be responsible for providing
support to line agencies so as to enable them to operate efficiently.
As the Site Officer, he would be in constant touch with BMC Control
Room and the field officers from |
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| Police (Law and Order) |
DCP, Zone I |
| Police (Traffic) |
Divisional Police Inspector, A division |
Fire Brigade
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Station Officers, Nariman Point, Colaba, Fort and Carnac Bunder
Fire Brigade |
| Railways |
Station Masters of Churchgate and CST |
BEST (Transport)
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Assistant Traffic Superintendents of BEST Bhavan, Colaba and
Backbay |
Government Hospitals
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Medical Officer casualty ward, St. George Hospital |
| MTNL |
Area Manager, VSNL Exchange |
BEST
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Station Engineer, Backbay receiving station |
Revenue, GOM
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Officer designated by Collector, Mumbai City District |
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| The ward officer should ensure that all
BMC officers on disaster duty use the official shoulder bands with
BMC emblem for easy identification. |
| The ward officer will provide all information
as given in the ward plan to the field officers of the line departments.
The ward officer will be directly responsible for
the execution of the following tasks through BMC staff : |
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rescue operations during house collapses
in co-ordination with fire brigade |
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ensure transport of injured to hospitals on priority |
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transport of dead to the hospitals/corpse disposal |
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anti-flooding operations |
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clearing of debris |
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salvage operations |
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clearing of uprooted trees |
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repairs to damaged roads, water supply and drainage |
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| The ward officer will provide and co-ordinate
arrangements for |
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transportation/shifting of stranded
or affected persons through BMC vehicles, private vehicles and
MSRTC buses |
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temporary shelters with emergency food and water.
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issue of passes and identification stickers for
vehicles on relief duty |
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issue of passes and identity cards to relief
personnel including the persons from NGOs |
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setting-up of Information Centre at the site |
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| [Requisitioning of private transport vehicles,
temporary shelters can be done through the Collectorate] |
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| The ward officer will ensure through the
Medical Officer (Health) |
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Preventive medicine and anti-epidemic
actions |
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Providing special information required regarding
precautions for epidemics |
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Supervision of food, water supplies, sanitation
and disposal of waste |
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| Damage assessment will be carried out as
per the pro forma
The ward officer will enlist the support of NGOs and private sector
for response operations. The NGOs active in the ward along with
their expected role is given in the Annexure.
The ward officer will report to BMC Control Room on the field activities
including deployment and reinforcements of staff and resources and
communicate additional requirements. |
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| Responsibilities of DCP, Zone
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| The DCP’s office will be responsible
for the following field activities in co-ordination with the ward
officer : |
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Shifting of the injured to the hospitals
on a priority and providing bandobast for crowd control at the
hospital |
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Cordoning of area to restrict movement of on-lookers,
vehicular and pedestrian traffic. |
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Guarding of property/valuables in affected area |
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Providing easy access to rescue and relief personnel/vehicles
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Ensuring proper identification , inquest procedure
and Corpse disposal |
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Panchanamas will be prepared as per police procedure
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Crowd control especially outside Railway stations,
bus stations and schools |
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Police bandobast near railway stations, bus stations
and schools |
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Extensive mobile patrolling |
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Arrangements for transportation/shifting of stranded
or affected persons through police vehicles and private vehicles.
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Law and order and control of anti-social elements |
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Use of public address system to provide information
to the public. Sign boards may be used to provide information
and declare areas out of bounds. |
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Enlist support of Mohalla Committees for maintaining
peace and for rumour control |
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Information centre to organise sharing of information
with mass media and community |
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Communicate to police control room details on
the field activities including deployment and reinforcements
of staff and resources and communicate nature of additional
requirements. |
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| Responsibilities of Divisional
Police Inspector (Traffic), A Division |
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| The Divisional Police Inspector (Traffic)
in co-ordination with the Ward Officer will be responsible for the
following field activities : |
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Control and monitor traffic |
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Extensive patrolling especially covering railway stations,
bus stations and schools |
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Diversion of traffic on alternate routes as and when necessary.
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Provide information about traffic flow along various corridors,
especially heavy traffic or congested roads |
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Co-ordination with BEST to ensure additional buses are deployed
along desired routes |
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Mobilising towing cranes and towing of stranded/breakdown
or those vehicles obstructing movements |
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Use of P.A system to provide information and direction to
the public |
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Setting up of sign-boards and display boards at strategic
locations to give information regarding traffic movement |
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Enlist support of RSP, NCC, NSS, NGOs and voluntary organisations
for traffic management |
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Provide and co-ordinate arrangements for transportation/shifting
of stranded or affected persons through police vehicles and
private vehicles. |
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Communicate to traffic control room details on the field
activities including deployment and reinforcements of staff
and resources and communicate nature of additional requirements. |
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| Responsibilities of Fire Brigade
Station Officers, Nariman Point, Colaba, Fort and Carnac Bunder Fire
Brigade |
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| The Fire Brigade Station Officers in co-ordination
with the Ward Officer will be responsible for the following field
activities : |
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Fire fighting operations in the affected
area |
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Rescue operations |
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Transport of injured to the hospitals on a priority |
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Evacuation of persons from the affected area |
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Ensure safety from electrical installations or
power supply at disaster site |
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Clearing of roads or pathways due to uprooted
trees |
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Salvage operations |
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Co-ordinate with BMC for rescue operations in
house collapses |
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Communicate to fire brigade control room details
on the field activities including deployment and reinforcements
of staff and resources and communicate nature of additional
requirements. |
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| Responsibilities of Officer
from Revenue Department |
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| The officer from Revenue Department in
co-ordination with the Ward Officer will be responsible for the following
field activities : |
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Assessing the requirements
for transit camps on the occurrence of disaster |
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Assisting the ward officer in requisitioning
vehicles and temporary shelters |
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Setting up of transit camps and
pandals for temporary accommodation. |
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Arranging for food distribution |
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Arrangements for dry rations and
family kits for cooking |
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Arrangements for clothing |
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Providing gratuitous relief |
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Enlist support of NGOs and private
sector for resources and manpower for transit camps |
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Communicate to district control
room details on the field activities including deployment and
reinforcements of staff and resources and communicate nature
of additional requirements. |
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| Responsibilities of Medical
Officer (Casualty), St. George Hospital |
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| The Medical Officer (Casualty) in co-ordination
with the Ward Officer will be responsible for the following field
activities : |
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Providing emergency treatment for
the seriously injured at the hospital |
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Organising on-site treatment of injured with
tagging and triage and transfer of injured |
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Emergency supplies of medicines and first-aid |
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Post-mortem and corpse disposal |
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If necessary, setting up poison centre within
the hospital or at disaster site |
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Co-ordinate with blood banks for emergency supply
of blood |
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Setting up an information centre at the hospital
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Communicate to BMC control room details on the
field activities including deployment and reinforcements of
staff and resources and communicate nature of additional requirements. |
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| Responsibilities of Railway
Station Master, CST and Churchgate Railway Stations |
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| The Railway Station
Master in co-ordination with the Ward Officer will ensure that the
following field activities are undertaken : |
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Crowd control through Railway Police |
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Continuous updated information through
public address system on |
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the running of trains |
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measures being undertaken |
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Information on location of temporary
shelters organised by BMC for railway passengers |
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Providing facilities at railway station
to ward office for provision of emergency food and water to
passengers |
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Monitoring level of water on the
railway tracks |
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Co-ordinating with engineering branch
staff posted at the flood prone locations at railway tracks |
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Co-ordination with ward officer regarding
passenger data and alternate transport |
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| In case of railway accidents : |
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Rescue and evacuation |
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Shifting of injured to hospitals |
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Co-ordination with railway hospitals, BMC hospitals
and government hospitals |
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Provide information on alternate travel arrangements
for outstation passengers |
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| Communicate to Railway control room details
on the field activities including deployment and reinforcements of
staff and resources and communicate nature of additional requirements. |
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| Responsibilities of BEST Assistant
Traffic Superintendents, BEST Bhavan, Colaba and Backbay Bus stations |
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| The BEST Assistant Traffic Superintendent
in co-ordination with the Ward Officer will be responsible for the
following field activities : |
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Keep standby buses in readiness for
deployment |
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Co-ordination with Railway Station Master and
Divisional Police Inspector (Traffic) for information regarding
traffic movement and passenger data |
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Co-ordinate with MSRTC for transport arrangements
of stranded passengers |
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Deployment of additional buses along certain
routes to clear passenger traffic |
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Diversion of routes if and when necessary |
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Providing information to the public at bus depots
regarding the cancellation, re-routing, delays of buses, temporary
shelter locations of BMC and the measures being undertaken.
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Communicate to BEST control room details on the
field activities including deployment and reinforcements of
staff and resources and communicate nature of additional requirements. |
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| Responsibilities of BEST Station
Engineer, Backbay Receiving Station |
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| The BEST station engineer in co-ordination
with the Ward Officer will be responsible for the following field
activities : |
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Cutting off power supply if necessary |
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Restoration of power supply |
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Alternative arrangements for power supply for
lighting |
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Illumination of affected area as well as the
periphery |
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Keeping emergency gangs in readiness for repair
work |
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Repairs to damaged power infrastructure |
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Attending to calls of power breakdowns or short-circuits |
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Co-ordinating with fire brigade in case of fires
or short-circuiting |
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Communicate with respective control rooms the
details on the field activities including deployment and reinforcements
of staff and resources and communicate nature of additional
requirements |
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| Responsibilities of MTNL Area
Manager, VSNL Exchange |
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| The MTNL Area Manager in co-ordination
with the Ward Officer will be responsible for the following field
activities : |
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Restoration of telephone lines |
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Keeping emergency gangs in readiness for repair
work |
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Repairs to telecommunication infrastructure |
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Communicate with Head Office the details on the
field activities including deployment and reinforcements of
staff and resources and communicate nature of additional requirements. |
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| NGOS AND VOLUNTARY
ORGANISATIONS |
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The non-governmental organisations and
voluntary agencies play an important role in disaster management and
provide a strong band of committed volunteers with experience in managing
the disasters. Their strength lies in the choice of their manpower,
the informality in operations and flexibility in procedures. These
organisations enjoy a fair degree of autonomy and hence can respond
to changing needs immediately.
However, in order to maintain uniformity in operations and effective
co-ordination, it is desirable that they follow the standards of services
(as given in the Guidelines), information exchange and reporting so
as to enable the Ward Officer to have a total picture of resource
availability, disbursements and requirements. NGOs therefore will
be assigned specific tasks by the Ward Officer to undertake relief
work within the overall institutional framework. As and where possible,
NGOs may also be able to improve the quality of delivery of services.
Specific activities in which NGOs/Private Sector can be involved
during disaster management operations are :
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Search and rescue operations |
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Information dissemination |
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First aid |
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Disposal of dead |
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Damage assessment |
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Management of information centres
at temporary shelters |
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Mobilisation and distribution of
relief supplies including finances |
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Manpower for community mobilisation,
crowd control, rumour control, traffic management |
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Specialised services (psychiatric
and mental health assistance) |
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Management of transit camps |
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| The following agencies will be associated
with relief and rehabilitation activities. Most of these agencies
have the capacity to mobilise required resources and have assisted
the administration in the past in managing relief and rehabilitation
activities. These agencies include : |
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Colaba Cuffe Parade Citizens Group |
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S.N.D.T.college, N.S.S. |
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Rotary Club, Colaba |
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International Solidarity Organisation |
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Rotary Club of Midtown |
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Inner club of Midtown |
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Parenthood centre |
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| In addition, Mohalla Committees have been
operating at the community level, especially in times of emergencies
like house collapses, fires, floods. Such committees have been identified.
Depending on the intensity of the disaster and the quantum of resources
required, the following city level agencies will also be approached
for assistance through the BMC Control Room. |
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Agriculture Produce Market Committee |
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Bharat Sevashram |
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CARITAS |
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CASA |
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Indian Red Cross |
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Mahalaxmi Trust |
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Nirmala Niketan School of Social
Work |
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Ramkrishna Mission |
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Salvation Army |
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SOCLEEN |
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Somaiya Trust |
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Swami Narayan Trust |
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Tata Institute of Social Sciences |
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Tata Relief Committee |
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| As a part of general preparedness at community
level, the NGOs in the ward will make the communities conscious about
the type of hazard that the community faces. Thus local disaster management
action plans for hot-spot areas in the context of specific vulnerability
would be developed. |
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| Areas of Community
Participation |
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| Efforts to enlist community participation
is being ensured by |
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identifying situational,
opinion and position leaders in the community and voicing administration’s
confidence in their capabilities to undertake the tasks. |
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Consultations and dialogues expressly
indicating the need for assistance would encourage the community
and its leaders to come forward. |
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Regular feedback meetings and an
open book approach to demonstrate transparency. |
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Involving community in decision
making at local levels |
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| The major areas of community participation
are being identified in Greater Mumbai Disaster Management Plan and
include the following: |
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| During Evacuation |
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| For appropriate security and law and order
evacuation would be undertaken with assistance from community leaders
and community based organisations (CBOs). The entire family would
evacuate together as a unit. However, to avoid stampede and confusion
and in cases of inadequate transport or limited time, emergency evacuation
would be undertaken in the following order : |
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seriously injured and sick |
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children, women and handicapped |
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Old |
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Able-bodied |
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| In case of evacuation, people would be
advised to follow these steps: |
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Secure their homes/establishments. Close and
lock doors and windows. |
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Turn off the main water valve and
electricity |
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Leave early enough to avoid being trapped. |
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Follow recommended evacuation routes. Not to
take shortcuts. They may be dangerous. |
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Not to move into flooded areas because the authorities
may have removed the manholes for efficient drainage and the
indicators may get shifted due to water currents. |
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Stay away from downed power lines. |
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| During the Disaster |
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| Community leaders could be given the
responsibility for ensuring the following community behaviour : |
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People stay calm and panic behaviour is not encouraged.
Regulate helter-skelter running or crowding of people. |
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Encourage people to stay at a secured place and
protect themselves from injuries. |
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People do not enter damaged buildings or structures |
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People do not touch electric poles, utility wires/cables
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People do not use telephones except in life-threatening situations |
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Preparedness of community for recurrence of the disaster,
increase in severity, or consequential emergencies |
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Check for injuries. Do not attempt to move seriously injured
persons unless they are in immediate danger of death or further
injury. |
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Undertake first-aid activities |
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Visually inspect utility lines and appliances for damage. |
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If water pipes are damaged, shut off the water supply at
the main valve. |
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People stay away from damaged areas, unless their assistance
has been specifically requested by police, fire or relief organizations. |
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Mobilise people to put out small fires and people inside
are made to evacuate. |
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Help police, if requested, to maintain law and order and
watch the evacuated property during the disaster |
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| During Relief and Rehabilitation
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Immediately after the disaster, the members
of the community may look depressed and helpless, but very soon gets
euphoric when they find that after all everything is not lost. Participation
of community at this stage helps in early recovery and promotes mental
health. It is necessary to see that member of the community are continuously
engaged in some sort of helping activity to draw them out of their
depression.
Relief authorities at the
site would therefore: |
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Encourage self-help in every activity of their day-to-day
living. |
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Encourage assistance for identification of dead,
disposal of dead bodies, and disposal of damaged food stocks
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Encourage contribution of labour (loading, unloading, distribution,
temporary constructions, food distribution etc) |
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Enlist assistance for updating records of damages and losses. |
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Enlist assistance in maintenance of law and order |
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Enlist assistance in maintaining sanitation standards and
disposal of waste |
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Promote cultural and recreational activities in order to
protect the mental health |
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| Response Structure on receipt
of warning |
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| Response Structure on occurrence
of disaster |
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| Key officials for ward response
plan |
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Service |
Designation |
Telephone |
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Office |
Residence |
| EOC |
EOC In-charge |
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| BMC |
Mayor |
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| BMC |
Municipal Commissioner |
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| BMC |
Control Room In-charge Control Room |
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| Ward office |
‘A’ Ward Officer |
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| Police (Law and Order) |
DCP, Zone I |
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| Police (Traffic) |
Divisional Police Inspector, A division |
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| Fire Brigade |
Station Officers, Nariman Point, Colaba, Fort
Carnac Bunder Fire Brigade |
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| Railways |
Station Masters Churchgate CST |
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| BEST (Transport) |
Assistant Traffic Superintendents BEST BhavanColaba
Backbay |
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| Government Hospitals |
Medical Officer casualty wardSt. George Hospital
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| MTNL |
Area Manager, VSNL Exchange |
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| BEST |
Station Engineer, Backbay receiving station |
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| Revenue, GOM |
Officer designated by Collector, Mumbai City District
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