The ward office is located at Andheri and its boundary extends from Milan Subway
to Jogeshwari Vikhroli Link Road.
1.2 Area and Divisions of Ward
The Ward covers an area of 23.5 square kilometres. The ward has industrial
estates at MIDC Marol, Mahakali Caves Road, Chakala and , Subhash Road.
The approximate population of the ward is 7,00,000 with an additional day-time
floating population of 2,00,000.
The ward is under the jurisdiction of police Zone VIII and Zone IX and 2 traffic
divisions. The area from Milan subway to Sahar Road comes under Zone VIII whereas
the area from Sahar Road to Jogeshwari is under Zone IX. There is a Fire Brigade
Station at Marol, M.V.Road, Andheri (East). There are Western Railway Stations
at Vileparle, Andheri and Jogeshwari and BEST bus depots at MIDC and Majas.
The ward comes under Vileparle telephone exchange.
1.3 Historical, religious and tourist centres
There are 2 centres of historical/religious or tourist
places. Their details are given below.
Name of centre or event with date
Type (historical, religious, tourist, sports, political centre)
Location
Number of people visiting daily or for the specific event
Mahakali Caves
Cultural
Mahakali Caves Road, Andheri
500
Kagesjwaro Caves
Cultural
Jogeshwari
500
1.4 Water Supply and Sanitation
The ward receives water supply 7 times a day. The timings and locations are
as follows:
6.00 am. - 10.00 am. Jogeshwari
(E)
12 noon - 4.00 pm. Poonam
Nagar
4.00 pm. - 8.00 pm Vileparle
(East)
8.00 pm - 12 midnight Andheri Zone
- II
4.00 pm - 8.00 pm Andheri
Zone - I from VRI
6.00 am - 8.30 am HLR,
Mahakali Caves Road
6.00 pm - 8.30 pm HLR,
Mahakali Caves Road
1.5 Proposed Developments
Under the BMC development plan the proposed developments are
1. Marol Cancer Hospital
2. Ward Office building
The major private development projects in the ward are industrial building
at Andheri Ghatkopar Link Road, and the Lok Group Housing project at Military
Road.
The following slums are being covered as a part of SRD programme
There is a vulnerable settlement in the ward. The 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
Name of Settlement
Location of Settlement
Approximate population of the settlement
Type of settlement (hill slopes/below high tension
lines/low lying area etc)
Sahar Village
Sahar Road Andheri
10,000
Low lying
2.2 Floods
There are 216 kilometre open storm water drains in the ward.
When the disaster situation is localised at ward level and can be managed locally,
the ‘K-East’ 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.
3.1 Responsibilities of ‘K-East’ Ward
Officer
On the receipt of warning or occurrence of the disaster, the ‘K-East’
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 :
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
Police (Law and Order) :
DCP, Zone VIII and Zone IX
Police (Traffic)
: Divisional Police Inspectors
Fire Brigade
: Station Officers, Marol Fire Brigade
Railways
: Station Masters of Vile Parle, Andheri, and
Jogeshwari
BEST (Transport)
: Assistant Traffic Superintendents of Marol Bus Station
Hospitals
:
Medical Officer casualty ward, ESIS Hospital, Marol
MTNL
: Area Manager,
Vileparle Exchange
BSES
: Station
Engineer
Revenue, GOM
: Officer designated by Collector, Mumbai Suburban District
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 :
· rescue operations during house collapses in co-ordination with fire
brigade
· ensure transport of injured to hospitals on priority
· transport of dead to the hospitals/corpse disposal
· anti-flooding operations
· clearing of debris
· salvage operations
· clearing of uprooted trees
· repairs to damaged roads, water supply and drainage
The ward officer will provide and co-ordinate arrangements for
· transportation/shifting of stranded or affected persons through BMC
vehicles, private vehicles and MSRTC buses
· temporary shelters with emergency food and water.
· issue of passes and identification stickers for vehicles on relief
duty
· issue of passes and identity cards to relief personnel including the
persons from NGOs
· setting-up of Information Centre at the site
[Requisitioning of private transport vehicles, temporary shelters can be done
through the Collectorate]
The ward officer will ensure through the Medical Officer (Health)
· Preventive medicine and anti-epidemic actions
· Providing special information required regarding precautions for epidemics
· Supervision of food, water supplies, sanitation and disposal of waste
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.
3.2 Responsibilities of DCP, Zone VIII and Zone
IX
The DCP’s office will be responsible for the following field
activities in co-ordination with the ward officer :
· Shifting of the injured to the hospitals on a priority and providing
bandobast for crowd control at the hospital
· Cordoning of area to restrict movement of on-lookers, vehicular and
pedestrian traffic.
· Guarding of property/valuables in affected area
· Providing easy access to rescue and relief personnel/vehicles
· Ensuring proper identification , inquest procedure and Corpse disposal
· Panchanamas will be prepared as per police procedure
· Crowd control especially outside Railway stations, bus stations and
schools
· Police bandobast near railway stations, bus stations and schools
· Extensive mobile patrolling
· Arrangements for transportation/shifting of stranded or affected persons
through police vehicles and private vehicles.
· Law and order and control of anti-social elements
· 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.
· Enlist support of Mohalla Committees for maintaining peace and for
rumour control
· Information centre to organise sharing of information with mass media
and community
· Communicate to police control room details on the field activities
including deployment and reinforcements of staff and resources and communicate
nature of additional requirements.
3.3 Responsibilities of Divisional Police Inspectors
(Traffic)
The Divisional Police Inspector (Traffic) in co-ordination with
the Ward Officer will be responsible for the following field activities :
· Control and monitor traffic
· Extensive patrolling especially covering railway stations, bus stations
and schools
· Diversion of traffic on alternate routes as and when necessary.
· Provide information about traffic flow along various corridors, especially
heavy traffic or congested roads
· Co-ordination with BEST to ensure additional buses are deployed along
desired routes
· Mobilising towing cranes and towing of stranded/breakdown or those
vehicles obstructing movements
· Use of P.A system to provide information and direction to the public
· Setting up of sign-boards and display boards at strategic locations
to give information regarding traffic movement
· Enlist support of RSP, NCC, NSS, NGOs and voluntary organisations for
traffic management
· Provide and co-ordinate arrangements for transportation/shifting of
stranded or affected persons through police vehicles and private vehicles.
· Communicate to traffic control room details on the field activities
including deployment and reinforcements of staff and resources and communicate
nature of additional requirements.
3.4 Responsibilities of Fire Brigade Station Officer,
Marol Fire Brigade
The Fire Brigade Station Officers in co-ordination with the Ward
Officer will be responsible for the following field activities :
· Fire fighting operations in the affected area
· Rescue operations
· Transport of injured to the hospitals on a priority
· Evacuation of persons from the affected area
· Ensure safety from electrical installations or power supply at disaster
site
· Clearing of roads or pathways due to uprooted trees
· Salvage operations
· Co-ordinate with BMC for rescue operations in house collapses
· 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.
3.5 Responsibilities of Officer from Revenue Department
The officer from Revenue Department in co-ordination with the
Ward Officer will be responsible for the following field activities :
· Assessing the requirements for transit camps on the occurrence of
disaster
· Assisting the ward officer in requisitioning vehicles and temporary
shelters
· Setting up of transit camps and pandals for temporary accommodation.
· Arranging for food distribution
· Arrangements for dry rations and family kits for cooking
· Arrangements for clothing
· Providing gratuitous relief
· Enlist support of NGOs and private sector for resources and manpower
for transit camps
· Communicate to district control room details on the field activities
including deployment and reinforcements of staff and resources and communicate
nature of additional requirements.
3.6 Responsibilities of Medical Officer (Casualty),
ESIS Hospital, Marol
The Medical Officer (Casualty) in co-ordination with the Ward
Officer will be responsible for the following field activities :
· Providing emergency treatment for the seriously injured at the hospital
· Organising on-site treatment of injured with tagging and triage and
transfer of injured
· Emergency supplies of medicines and first-aid
· Post-mortem and corpse disposal
· Demarcate an area in the hospital for receiving patients, tagging and
triage
· If necessary, setting up poison centre within the hospital or at disaster
site
· Co-ordinate with blood banks for emergency supply of blood
· Setting up an information centre at the hospital
· Communicate to BMC control room details on the field activities including
deployment and reinforcements of staff and resources and communicate nature
of additional requirements.
3.7 Responsibilities of Railway Station Master,
Vile Parle, Andheri, Jogeshwari Railway Stations
The Railway Station Master in co-ordination with the Ward Officer
will ensure that the following field activities are undertaken :
· Crowd control through Railway Police
· Continuous updated information through public address system on
the running of trains
measures being undertaken
· Information on location of temporary shelters organised by BMC for
railway passengers
· Providing facilities at railway station to ward office for provision
of emergency food and water to passengers
· Monitoring level of water on the railway tracks
· Co-ordinating with engineering branch staff posted at the flood prone
locations at railway tracks
· Co-ordination with ward officer regarding passenger data and alternate
transport
In case of railway accidents :
· Rescue and evacuation
· Shifting of injured to hospitals
· Co-ordination with railway hospitals, BMC hospitals and government
hospitals
· Provide information on alternate travel arrangements for outstation
passengers
Communicate to Railway control room details on the field activities including
deployment and reinforcements of staff and resources and communicate nature
of additional requirements.
3.8 Responsibilities of Assistant Traffic Superintendent,
Marol Bus Depot
The BEST Assistant Traffic Superintendent in co-ordination with
the Ward Officer will be responsible for the following field activities :
· Keep standby buses in readiness for deployment
· Co-ordination with Railway Station Master and Divisional Police Inspector
(Traffic) for information regarding traffic movement and passenger data
· Co-ordinate with MSRTC for transport arrangements of stranded passengers
· Deployment of additional buses along certain routes to clear passenger
traffic
· Diversion of routes if and when necessary
· 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.
· Communicate to BEST control room details on the field activities including
deployment and reinforcements of staff and resources and communicate nature
of additional requirements.
3.9 Responsibilities of BSES Station Engineer
The BSES station engineer in co-ordination with the Ward Officer
will be responsible for the following field activities :
· Cutting off power supply if necessary
· Restoration of power supply
· Alternative arrangements for power supply for lighting
· Illumination of affected area as well as the periphery
· Keeping emergency gangs in readiness for repair work
· Repairs to damaged power infrastructure
· Attending to calls of power breakdowns or short-circuits
· Co-ordinating with fire brigade in case of fires or short-circuiting
· 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.
3.10 Responsibilities of MTNL Area Manager, Vileparle
Exchange
The MTNL Area Manager in co-ordination with the Ward Officer will
be responsible for the following field activities :
· Restoration of telephone lines
· Keeping emergency gangs in readiness for repair work
· Repairs to telecommunication infrastructure
· Communicate with Head Office the details on the field activities including
deployment and reinforcements of staff and resources and communicate nature
of additional requirements.
4. NGOS AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS
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 :
· Search and rescue operations
· Information dissemination
· First aid
· Disposal of dead
· Damage assessment
· Management of information centres at temporary shelters
· Mobilisation and distribution of relief supplies including finances
· Manpower for community mobilisation, crowd control, rumour control,
traffic management
· Specialised services (psychiatric and mental health assistance)
· Management of transit camps
The following individuals from varying agencies will be associated with relief
and rehabilitation activities. Most of them have the capacity to mobilise required
resources and have assisted the administration in the past in managing relief
and rehabilitation activities. These include :
· Shri Nilkanth V. Modak
· Shri Mahendra P. Sheth
· Shri Anil K. Parera
· Smt. Pratibha Belwalkar
· Dr. Leela Narde
· Shri Shrikant Panditrao
· Shri Nitin Prabhakar Chaubal
· Shri K. M. Chopra
· Smt. Pallavi P. Deshmukh
· Smt. Jijabai Maghade
· Smt. Sagarbai G. More
· Shri Harish Dinanath Tarkar
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.
· Agriculture Produce Market Committee
· Bharat Sevashram
· CARE
· CARITAS
· CASA
· Indian Red Cross
· Mahalaxmi Trust
· Nirmala Niketan School of Social Work
· Ramkrishna Mission
· Salvation Army
· SOCLEEN
· Somaiya Trust
· Swami Narayan Trust
· Tata Institute of Social Sciences
· Tata Relief Committee
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. 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 at
the ward level.
For areas with high concentration of industries particularly engaged in production,
storage and transport of hazardous materials, Mutual Aid and Resource Groups
will be set-up.
4.1 Mutual Aid and Resource Groups (MARGs)
The objective for setting up MARG is to
· Make the industrial zone self-sufficient
· Encourage pooling of resources to tackle industrial accidents
· Manage both on-site and off-site industrial accidents
· Provide for a degree of expertise in managing disasters
· Reduce the response time for managing disasters
· To integrate the on-site plan of industries with an off-site plan.
· Assist the Corporation in managing disasters
4.2 Areas of Community Participation
Efforts to enlist community participation is being ensured
by
· identifying situational, opinion and position leaders in the community
and voicing administration’s confidence in their capabilities to undertake
the tasks.
· Consultations and dialogues expressly indicating the need for assistance
would encourage the community and its leaders to come forward.
· Regular feedback meetings and an open book approach to demonstrate
transparency.
· Involving community in decision making at local levels
The major areas of community participation are being identified in Greater Mumbai
Disaster Management Plan and include the following:
4.2.1 During Evacuation
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 :
· seriously injured and sick
· children, women and handicapped
· Old
· Able-bodied
In case of evacuation, people would be advised to follow
these steps:
· Secure their homes/establishments. Close and lock doors and windows.
· Turn off the main water valve and electricity
· Leave early enough to avoid being trapped.
· Follow recommended evacuation routes. Not to take shortcuts. They may
be dangerous.
· 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.
· Stay away from downed power lines.
4.2.2 During the Disaster
Community leaders could be given the responsibility for ensuring
the following community behaviour :
· People stay calm and panic behaviour is not encouraged. Regulate helter-skelter
running or crowding of people.
· Encourage people to stay at a secured place and protect themselves
from injuries.
· People do not enter damaged buildings or structures
· People do not touch electric poles, utility wires/cables
· People do not use telephones except in life-threatening situations
· Preparedness of community for recurrence of the disaster, increase
in severity, or consequential emergencies
· Check for injuries. Do not attempt to move seriously injured persons
unless they are in immediate danger of death or further injury.
· Undertake first-aid activities
· Visually inspect utility lines and appliances for damage.
· If water pipes are damaged, shut off the water supply at the main valve.
· People stay away from damaged areas, unless their assistance has been
specifically requested by police, fire or relief organizations.
· Mobilise people to put out small fires and people inside are made to
evacuate.
· Help police, if requested, to maintain law and order and watch the
evacuated property during the disaster
4.2.3 During Relief and Rehabilitation
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:
· Encourage self-help in every activity of their day-to-day living.
· Encourage assistance for identification of dead, disposal of dead bodies,
and disposal of damaged food stocks
· Encourage contribution of labour (loading, unloading, distribution,
temporary constructions, food distribution etc)
· Enlist assistance for updating records of damages and losses.
· Enlist assistance in maintenance of law and order
· Enlist assistance in maintaining sanitation standards and disposal
of waste
· Promote cultural and recreational activities in order to protect the
mental health
4.3 Response Structure on receipt of warning
4.4 Response Structure on occurrence of disaster
4.5 Key officials for ward response plan
Service
Designation
Telephone
Office
Residence
EOC
EOC In-charge
BMC
Mayor
BMC
Municipal Commissioner
BMC Control Room
In-charge Control Room
Ward office
‘K-East’ Ward Officer
Police (Law and Order)
DCP, Zone VIII and Zone IX
Police (Traffic)
Divisional Police Inspector
Fire Brigade
Station Officers, Marol Fire Brigade
Railways
Station Masters of Vile Parle, Andheri, and Jogeshwari
BEST (Transport)
Assistant Traffic Superintendents of Marol Bus Station
Hospitals
Medical Officer casualty ward, ESIS Hospital, Marol
MTNL
Area Manager, Vileparle Exchange
BSES
Station Engineer
Revenue, GOM
Officer designated by Collector, Mumbai Suburban District
