District - Jalgaon

Introduction

As a part of the overall preparedness of the state, the Government of Maharashtra has a State Disaster Management Action Plan to support and strengthen the efforts of the district administration. In this context, every district has evolved it's own District Disaster Management Action Plan (DDMAP). It is expected that these multi-hazard response plans would increase the effectiveness of administrative intervention.

Multi-disaster Response Plan

The DDMAP addresses the districts’ response to disaster  situations such as earthquakes, floods, cyclones, epidemics,   off-site industrial disasters and roads accidents and fires. Some of these disasters  such as floods and earthquakes affect large areas causing extensive damage to life, property and environment while others such as epidemics only  affect large populations. In any case, the management of these disasters requires extensive resources and manpower for containment by remedial action.

The present  plan is a multi-hazard response plan for the  disasters and outlines the institutional framework required for managing such situations. However, the plan assumes a disaster specific form  in terms of  the actions to be taken by the various agencies involved in the disaster. The front-end or  local level of any disaster response organisation will differ  depending upon the  type of disaster, but at the level of the back-end i.e., at the controlling level at the district  it will almost remain same, for all types of disasters.

Objectives

The objectives of the District Disaster Management Action Plan are :

To improve preparedness at the district level, through risk and vulnerability analysis , to disasters and to minimise the impact of disasters in terms of human, physical and material loss.

To ascertain the status of existing resources and facilities available with the various agencies involved in the management of disasters  in the district  and make it an exercise in capability building of district administration. This enables the district to face a disaster in a more effective way and builds confidence across different segments of society. It will be a positive factor for long term development of the district.

To utilise different aspects of disaster mitigation for development planning as a tool for location and area specific planning for development in the district.

To use scientific and technological advances in Remote Sensing, GIS etc. in preparation of this plan with a view to ensure their continuous use for development planning.

To develop a framework for proper documentation of future disasters in the district, to have an update on critical information essential to a plan, to critically analyse and appraise responses and to recommend appropriate strategies

To evolve DDMAP as an effective managerial tool within the overall policy framework of Government of Maharashtra.

Response to disasters, in the absence of a defined plan,  would be arbitrary leading to overemphasis of some actions and  absence of other actions which could be critical. The objectives of any disaster management plan should be to localise a disaster and to the maximum extent possible contain it so as to minimise the impact on life, the environment and property. A formal plan for managing disasters is therefore necessary. This would include

a.      pre-planning a proper  sequence  of  response actions,

b.      allocation of responsibilities to the participating agencies,

c.      developing codes and standard operating procedures for various departments and relief agencies involved.

d.      inventory of existing facilities and resources

e.      mechanisms for effective management of resources

f.        co-ordination of all relief activities including those of NGOs to ensure a coordinated and effective response.

g.      Co-ordination with the State response machinery for appropriate support

h.      Monitoring and evaluation of actions taken during relief and rehabilitation

"Outline of Vulnerability Assessment" prepared by CSSD/EMC has been used as the basic instrument to collate district level information to meet the database requirements for the preparation of DDMAP.

Policy Statement

The underlying policy of the DDMAP is to protect life, environment and property while ensuring mitigation  of  the disaster to the maximum extent possible, relief to those affected  and restoration of normalcy at the earliest.

Essentially, communities  draw their support from the social institutions, administrative structure, and values and aspirations they cherish. Disasters may temporarily disorganise the social units and the administrative system and disrupt their lives built around these values and aspirations. A systematic effort to put back the social life on its normal course with necessary technology support and resources will contribute significantly to the resilience of the community and nation. 

This policy forms the basis of the DDMAP strategy. It aims at  capacity building and prompt utilization of resources in a disaster situation through a partnership of the GOM, NGOs, Private Initiatives and the community. In pursuance with this policy, DDMAP  addresses itself to strengthening the pre-disaster and post-disaster responses of various actors and stakeholders including the “victims” of the disaster.

OVERVIEW OF JALGAON DISTRICT

Location

Jalgaon  district  is  located  on the northern part of Maharashtra State and it is known as the Khandesh region.            

The District lies between is to 20° and 21° North latitude and 74° 55' to 76° 28 east longitude.   

Jalgaon District is bounded on the North by Satpuda Hills, on the South  by Auarangabad District and  Nashik District, on the East by M.P.  and Buldhana District and West Dhulia District. 

The District headquarter is at Jalgaon  and it is  well  connected by bus and rail routes.               

The  State  Capital of Mumbai is 420 k.m. to the south west of the Jalgaon District.

Aurangabad is at a distance of 151 km. and Dhule is 85 km away from Jalgaon.

Area and Administrative Divisions

Jalgaon District covers an area of 11,765 sq. km.   

For Administrative convenience the District is divided in to four  sub-divisions. viz.  Jalgaon, Bhusawal, Amalner and Pachora. 

In the District there are thirteen talukas ,  viz,  Jalgaon,  Erandol, Jamner,  Amalner, Parola,  Chopda, Bhusawal, Muktainagar (Edalabad), Yawal, Raver, Pachora, Bhadgaon and Chalisgaon.    

There are 1510 Villages ( 1480  inhabited + 30 uninhabited )  

The Zilla  Parishad  has  it's headquarters at Jalgaon.  There are 13 Panchayat Samitis and 1089 Village Panchayats.    

The  Police  Force of the District works through 31 Police Stations in the district.                       

There are 13 Municipal councils functioning in the district.  

Salient Physical Features and Land Use Patterns

To the north of the Jalgaon District there are  Satpuda  Hills and to South Ajanta Hills and the remaining portion is plain. 

The Jalgaon district is at an altitude of  215.6 k.m. above M.S.L.  

The soil of the district is black deep cotton Soil.                 

The  District  is  very  rich  in  agriculture,  Banana  fruit  is extensively grown in this  District  and  it  occupies  seventy  five percents of the total fruit area of the district.

The forest coverage areas in the district is Satpuda Hill  and Ajanta Hills.

The total Forest area is 72,685.27 hectares.            

Geology and Geomorphology

The major geological formation in the  district  is  the  Deccan  Trap basalt lava flows of Cretaceous to Eocene age.     

The stratigraphical sequence and description of the various lithologies is given below.      

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      Formation                   Age                                      Lithology

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      Alluvium               Recent                                       Clay, silt and sand  

    Deccan Trap          Upper Cretaceous to             Eocene  

    Vesicular and         amygdular Zeolitic                                          

    Tap and hard          and compact massive                                             

    basalt. The flows

   are generally                                              

   separated by red bole.      

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The rivers Tapi and Girna have deposited alluvium along their courses

Since the major geological formation is  Deccan  Traps,  the  district exhibits predominantly trappean landforms.              

The trappean landforms can be divided  in  two  groups viz. structural and denudational.  

The alluvial deposits along the major rivers show fluvial landforms.     

The major rivers in  the  Jalgaon  District  are  Girna  and  Tapi have deposited alluvium along their courses.            

The Major geological formation is Deccan Trap in the district exhibited  predominantly trappean landforms.         

Climate and Rainfall

The climate of the district is dry in general.     

The  summer  season  spans from march to June and Winter from October to February.     

The Maximum and minimum temperature recorded are 42.7° and  10.3° Celsius respectively.          

The rainfall is from south to west from June to August and West- north in September. The rainfall characteristics of Jalgaon district are  :- 

           Total annual rainfall             750 mm. 

           Average rainfall                  700.7 Mm. 

           Maximum rainfall                  726 Mm.

Months during which maximum rainfall occurs July and August.

Socio-Economic Features

The   total   geographical   area   of   the   district   is   11765 Sq. km constituting 3.83 percent of the total area of the state.

It is 13th in the State in terms of area.

Area  wise  Jamner is the largest tahsil covering and area of 1328.60sq. km.  while Bhadgaon is the smallest tahsil with an  area  of  484.21 sq.  km.     

The  total  population  of the district according to 1991 census is 31.87 lakhs .

The population living in rural areas are 23.12 lakhs, while those living in urban areas are 8.74 lakhs.

The Total male and female population in the district is 16,42,873 and 15,44,761       respectively in the total population 31,87,634 .

Jalgaon Tahsil is the most densely populated with a population of  4,02,914 persons and area of 795.88 sq. km, followed by Edlabad with a population of 1,15,322 and an area of  629.78 sq. kms.

Schedule castes and schedule tribe accounts for 3.03  lakhs  and  3.29 lakhs respectively of the total population.   

The total labour population of the district is 12,79,877. 

Distribution of workers in nine categories of economic activities 1991

Figures in italics are percentages

        Categories of workers              :                                     Total         Males          Females

                   I Cultivators                                                           384,211      246,368      137,843

                                                                                                     (30.02)      (30.11)        (29.86)    

                  II Agricultural Labourers                                       507,295      275,872      291,423

                                                                                                     (44.32)      (33.72)          (63.13)   

                  III Livestock, Forestry, Fishing,                               18,166        16,003          2,163

                  Hunting & Plantations Orchards                          (1.42)            (1.96)            (0.47)       

                  and allied activities            

                 IV Mining and Quarrying                                             758            591            167 

                                                                                                      (0.06)         (0.07)        (0.04)              

                 V(a) Manufacturing, processing,                          16,411       11,854        4,557 

                servicing and repairs in                                             (l.28)          (l.45)        (0.99)

                Household Industry.           

                V(b) Manufacturing, processing                            64,407          60,113     4,294   

               and repairs in other than                                        (5.03)           (7.35)      (0.93)     

               household industry.              

               VI   Construction                                                        17,576           16,918       658 

                                                                                                      (1.37)            (2.07)     (0.14)

              VII  Trade and Commerce                                         76,906           72,390     4,516

                                                                                                       (6.01)            (8.85)     (0.98)  

              VIII Transport, Storage and                                        36,201          35,571       630     

             Communications                                                           (2.83)            (4.35)     (0.14)   

             IX   Other Services                                                     97,946           82,565      15,381

                                                                                                      (7.65)          (10.09)       (3.33)

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                       Total :-                                                            12,79,877        8,18,245 4,61,632                                        

     Cultivators  and  Agricultural  Labourers  Per  100 Hectares of  Cultivable Area.                          

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 Name of              Cultivators         Total           Cultivators and      

 Tahsil                  and                     cultivable    agricultural labourers             

                            agricultural          area in        per 100 hectares of                  

                             labourers.            Hect.          cultivable area.

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1) Jalgaon              68,200             61,272.06             111           

2) Chopda              82,606             62,440.07            132          

3) Yawal                78,144             55,791.25            140            

4) Raver                 87,688             54,195.99            162         

5) Edlabad              44,973             38,929.79           116      

  (Muktainagar)           

6) Bhusawal            61,134             58, 612.21          104 

7) Jamner                95,329           l,07, 514.06            89              

8) Pachora               73,405             66,810.02           110              

9) Chalisgaon          97,997             97,401.76           101               

10) Bhadgaon           46,364             36,832.09           126                

11) Parola                 55,851             58,705.49             95               

12) Erandol               93,081             82,152.91          113               

13) Amalner               66,734            74,504.02            90 

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Dist. Total:               9,51,506           8,55,161.72           111  

(Source 1991 - Census)

 The literacy rate in the district is 64.30 and rural areas it is 59.73  while in urban area it is 76.65 .

The total number of house holds is 5,96,538 out of which 4,38,505 are  in rural areas while the remaining 1,58,033 is in urban areas.    

Urban  and Rural Locations in Jalgaon District

Urban Locations

The following is a list of Urban Centres in Jalgaon District and their Population Characteristics 

Rural Locations

The following is a  list of the Rural Centres in Jalgaon District with population more than 5000.

Historical and Religious Centres

Seasonal Migration

Agriculture and Cropping Pattern

Agricultural  activities  are  extensive  in  all  the  tahsils of the district.             

Due to soil drained  pattern  and  presence  of  large  number of  surface reservoirs, the land is suitable for agriculture especially for crops like cotton  , Banana , sugarcane, Jawar and ground nut, tur, Mung, udid, wheat and gram.         

Practice  of two seasons are observed where ever irrigated facilities are available that is  well water, canal water, and lift irrigation along the side of the Major rivers in the district.

The Major cropping season is Kharif  but  due  to  water  facilities, the fertility of soil both kharif and Rabbi crops are grown.

River Systems And Dams

There are 13 rivers in Jalgaon district, the most important of them being Tapi, Girna, Waghur, Guli, etc.

River Tapi flows from east to West in this district over a distance of 160 kms. and all the  rivers  meet  it  at  different places.      

The District area is divided in to sub-basins.

The  Soils of this district mainly fall in to five categories viz. medium black soils, deep black soils, forest soils, forest soils,  loamy  soil and sandy soils. 

There  are  2  Major dams , Hattnur and Girna and 63 medium and minor dams in the district.    

Industries

There are 10 M.I.D.C.  estates in the Jalgaon district  at the end of December 1997 .

The no.  of  registered  Industries  in  Jalgaon  district stood  at  742,  out  of  these 28 industries are potentially hazardous industries.

The number of workers is 9345. 

There are five co-operative sugar Factories in the district, at Bhoras, Kasoda, Chahardi, Faijpur, and Edlabad ( Muktainagar). 

There are 2 spinning and weaving mills at  Amalner  and  Chalisgaon in   the district.     

There are 20 cotton ginning factories and 22 pressing factories in the district.  

There are 8 spinning mills functioning in Jalgaon district.

The summary details of the extent of industrialisation in the district are given below :

Number of Industrial Estates                              11

Types of Industries                                      Chemical and  Metallurgical.   

Total work force in industries                          9345             

Number of chemical industries/tank farms          28               

Number of pipelines carrying chemicals             nil              

Number of potentially hazardous locations         28               

Number of vehicles carrying hazardous raw      NA                

materials for industries(during a month)   

Number of vehicles carrying hazardous       

finished products from industries                         NA               

(during a month)                            

Number of vehicles passing through the     

district carrying hazardous materials                    NA               

for industries (during a month)            

Number of container terminals                              NIL              

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       Sr.         Name of the Ind.          No. of Industries  No. of Major              Total work  

       No.         Estate with                  in the Estate            Hazardous and         force in the

                         Address                                                   Polluting Industries  Industries 

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1)      M.I.D.C. Industrial Estate,            532                      17                       6500            

         Ajantha Road, Jalgaon             

          Dist. Jalgaon.      

2)      Co-op. Industrial Estate,                  63                       NIL                      800               

         Ajantha Road, Jalgaon.             

District Jalgaon       

3)      Co-op. Industrial Estate,                    36                       4                         400               

         Varangaon Road, Bhusawal.               

Tal. Bhusawal. Dist. Jalgaon     

4)      Co-op. Industrial Estate,                    5                    NIL                          25             

Raver Tall. Raver,              

           District Jalgaon      

 5)      Co-op Industrial Estate,                    10                    NIL                         50             

           Faizpur, Tal.Yawal               

           Dist. Jalgaon       

6)      Co-op. Industrial Estate,                       20                    NIL                      100               

Chopda, Tal.Chopda               

          District Jalgaon      

7)      Co-op. Industrial Estate,                       22                   NIL                       200       

Amalner, Tal . Amalner          

Dist. Jalgaon.       

8)         Co-op Industrial Estate,                       21                      1                      700              

Pachora, Tal. Pachora           

Dist. Jalgaon      

9)         Co-op. Industrial Estate,                        24                      1                     500                    Chalisgaon,Tal.Chalisgaon                

Dist. Jalgaon       

10)       Co-op. Industrial Estate                           4                     NIL                     20       

            Dharngaon, Tal.Erandol     

Dist. Jalgaon.       

11)       Other than Industrial Estate                      5                      5                       50     

Power Stations And Electricity Installations

There is a thermal power Station  at  Deepnagar , in Bhusawal taluka of Jalgaon  district.

Electricity is available for 68.76% of the population.

81.22%  of  the  population  which enjoys this  facility lives in rented houses.

In urban area electrification is 83.15 % of the house hold covering 84.30% of  the  population.

64.55% of the  population having this facility live in owned houses and 31.67% in rented houses.   

In rural area electricity is available 63.57% of  the  households  and 65.30% of  the  population  is  served  by  electricity. 

88.82% of the population having this facilities lives in owned houses. 

It  is  seen that  urban areas are better placed in so far as electricity facility is concerned.

The Tahsilwise details of electricity in Jalgaon District is given in the following tables

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Sr.       Name of          No.of 33kV       132kv(no)        Manpower      

No.       Taluka s/stn.   EHV s/t            Only s/st          elect.              

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1)         Raver              9          3          36        36        11380

2)         Yawal              5          1          20        12        9838

3)         Bhusawal        8          3          32        36        8337

4)         Edalabad         4          1          16        12        6337   

5)         Jamner                        4          1          16        12        11422

6)         Jalgaon            11        2          44        24        6008

7)         Pachora          4          1          16        12        10440

8)         Chalisgaon      4          1          16        12        15379

9)         Bhadgaon        1          -           4          -           7434

10)       Parola              1          -           4          -           7371

11)       Erandol            3          -           12        -           12862

12)      Amalner           4          1          16        12        9315

13)       Chopda           5          1          20        12        7887

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                                                       Total.                124058

Transport and Communication Network

Four main railway lines pass through the Jalgaon District viz. 1) Bhusawal Surat line 2) Bhusawal to Mumbai 3) Bhusawal to Nagpur and 4) Bhusawal to Itarsi for a total length of 350 kms.              

The Total length of the Roads in the district is as under:

      National Highway: Surat to Nagpur 140 kms.

      State highways 1092 kms.   

      District Roads 1092 kms.        

      Other District Roads 1504 kms.  

      Village Roads 2896 kms.   

      Total length of the Roads 8869 kms. 

Till the end of 31 March 1997 There were in all 1,37813 vehicles  in  the District.

In  1996-97  an  average of 692 buses plied daily and 3.50 lakh people travelled by S.T. corporation, giving an  annual income of Rs 6,69508. 

There are 1741  Post  Offices  and  249  Telegraph  Offices  in  the District.

The no. of postmen is 673 .            

There are  39.463  Telephone  and  150    Telephone  exchanges in the district.

580 villages constituting 39.19% of the  villages have postal facilities.

There is  urgent need  to extend postal facilities to a large number of villages having no such facility till now.    

The  total  population  of the district according to 1991 census is 31.87 lakhs .

The population living in rural areas are 23.12 lakhs, while those living in urban areas are 8.74 lakhs.

The Total male and female population in the district is 16,42,873 and 15,44,761       respectively in the total population 31,87,634 .

Jalgaon Tahsil is the most density populated with a population of  4,02,914 persons and area of 795.88 sq. km, followed by Edalabad with a population of 1,15,322 and an area of  629.78 sq. kms.

Schedule castes and schedule tribe accounts for 3.03  lakhs  and  3.29 lakhs respectively of the total population.   

The total labour population of the district is 12,79,877.  

Disaster Specific Proneness

Floods

 The Collector office has ranked floods at  first  position  in terms  of past occurrences and indicated a medium probability of future occurrence .

The average rainfall in the district is 700 mm. with  most  of  the precipitation being in the month of July and August. 

There  are  a  total  of  16  rivers in the district: Tapi, Girna, Bhopkar, Waghur,  Suki,  Mor,  Ranavali,  Hadki,  Guli,  Aner, Purna, Bhogawati, Bori, Anjani, and Dongari. 

Out  of  these , The Tapi and Girna are Major Rivers but have rarely had any floods in the last ten years. Only the Tapi had one episode of flooding in which only 4 sq. km.  area  was  inundated  with apparently no loss to property or humans. The  people  staying  on  the  river banks have been shifted to safer places and the population  of  these  villages  is  now  out  of danger.   

There  are two major dams Girna on Girna River and Hatnur on the Tapi river. The excess water stored in these dams can  be  diverted through canals to avoid danger to downstream areas.     

There  are  two flood monitoring stations at Hatnur and Girna which have water level gauges as monitoring instruments.  

Wireless sets are provided by  the  Irrigation  department  at these centres for communication with the Irrigation Office. 

The District has had no episode of flooding in the last thirty years.  However  this  should  not  led  to  complacence.

There  is  no separate control room in the district and  if necessary, the control room  of  the police is used . 

The  Tapi is flowing through the northern part of the district passes through a predominantly tribal area where medical and other facilities are scarce and also many areas  are  quite  inaccessible.  Hence  proper management  and  assessment  of  the  floods  in  this areas will be a problem, if  disasters occurs in future. As such due  action  will  be taken by  increasing medical and communication facilities.     

There are a few PHCs in this area but the nearest major Hospitals are only  at  Taluka  Centre of Sawada , Raver, Yawal, Faijpur, and Chopda which are about 40 -50 km. away from the district civil Hospital.   

Industrial and Chemical Accidents

Although Jalgaon is not one of the more industrialised  districts  of Maharashtra, it has a significant number of industries with industrial area accounting for 140 km.

In  recent years,  Jalgaon has been fast growing in industrial development. So the incidents of accidents in industries have also been increased.   

There are 10 industrial estates including one MIDC  estate  at  Jalgaon  and  9 co-operative  industrial  estates at Jalgaon , Bhusawal , Raver, Faijpur, Chopda, Amalner, Pachora, Chalisgaon and Dharangaon.

There are a large number of  chemical  and  metallurgical  industries  in  the  MIDC  estate accounting to 28 industrial units.

Of  all  the industrial estates, the Jalgaon MIDC is the largest with 532 units and has the maximum number of hazardous industries numbering 17 units which store and process highly  volatile  and  explosive  chemicals in  significant quantities.

The  Collector  office  has submitted the fact sheets for 6 industries which have a chance of Major hazard  during  storing  or processing of chemicals.  

Total work force in all industries at 9345.  

Rukha  industries  in  MIDC,  Jalgaon  have  4  plants  manufacturing chlorinated paraffins.  They store significant quantities ( > 40MT) of chemicals like  HCL, HNO3, and chlorine.  The  factory  is  well  equipped  with fire fighting and protective equipment to deal with hazards that may  arise  while  processing  or storage of these chemicals.

Hindusthan  Ferrites  in  MIDC  Jalgaon, store large quantities of L.P.G.  For this gas the major hazard  is  of  BLEVE  (Boiling  Liquid Expanding  Vapour  Explosion)  if  fire  occurs and affects the storage area. There is one officer assisted by the Security Officer and  the Incident Controller specially designated to assess if the fire is  outside  the control of the factory staff and outside help is needed. The  factory  is reasonably well equipped with necessary first aid  kits  and  transportation  is  available   for   carrying seriously injured  to Civil Hospital.  Fire fighting equipment like  soda  acid,  foam,  CO2,  Sand  buckets  and  protective equipment like mask, safety shoes, safety helmets, hand gloves etc.  are available in factory premises.  Moreover  they  have  a  Crisis Management strategy worked out which will help in an effective emergency response.

The LPG Bottling Plant of Bharat  Petroleum  Corporation  in  MIDC Jalgaon  which undertakes refilling of cylinders employs about 82 people of which only 40 are present in factory premises at any one time.  A very large quantity of LPG (1150  tons)  is  stored  in  the factory and a similar hazard of BLEVE can occur.  The  unit  is  well  equipped with fire fighting and emergency medical facilities.  There are four fire  water  pumps  and  a large number  of fire extinguishers.  There is a control room, a pneumatic siren to alert workers and frequent mock drills to check the preparedness level.

Another  LPG  Bottling  plant  in a co-operative estate at Erandol which is in an isolated area with no habitation for more than two km radius stores about 10 MT of LPG. Equipment  like  fire hydrants, sprinklers and first aid kits are available in factory premises. Staff  has  been  trained  in  fire  fighting by the National Safety Council. The  problem  here  is  of immediate communication of outside agencies like the police and fire brigade even  though  there is telephone available. 

Ajanta Gases in a co-operative industrial estate at  Chincholi is a LPG bottling  plant.    It  stores  30  tons of LPG. Facilities like fire fighting and medical help  are  situated within the factory.  

Shree Vindhya Paper  Mills  in  village  Dhuskheda  in  Yaval taluka  manufactures  writing  and printing paper and employs about 800 workers. However hardly 16 workers are  directly  involved with  hazardous  chemicals  like HCI, HSD, LDO, LPG, ammonia, chlorine and Hexane. The unit is  well  equipped  with  fire  fighting material and protective equipment.  There is also a siren  for  alerting workers.  The more serious cases  are  sent  to  Bhusawal  which  has   a good hospital. 

As  far  as  the  facilities  for  tackling  emergencies in these industries are concerned, the factories within Jalgaon MIDC  have adequate  support  from  the  facilities  of fire brigade, police station, and good medical facilities of Jalgaon city. 

Jalgaon district has at least one  fire  brigade  in  all  tahsil headquarters. Yaval   taluka  has  two  rural  and  two  municipal hospitals with six primary health centres.   Erandol  taluka  has  municipal   and   rural  hospitals  at  Erandol  and  Dharangaon. Bhusawal is another town  having good medical facilities.

The  ammunition  factory  at  Varangaon  has  its  own   disaster management  plan  and  is  well  stocked  with the necessary fire fighting equipment  and  protective  clothing.    Moreover   it's workers  are  trained  in  crisis  management, there is effective warning system and the factory is well prepared to cope with  any kind of emergency.  The infrastructure in the factory can also be used during industrial hazards in other parts of the district.      

Fires

The district administration has ranked fires at 5 on  the  basis  of past  occurrences  and indicated a medium to low probability of future occurrence.

The  incidences  of  fire  have  to  viewed  in  the context of the incidence of industrial and chemical accidents explained above.  Fires are  a natural consequence of accidents in hazardous industries and as outlined earlier all the major factories are  well  equipped  to  deal with such fires.        

Moreover  all the tahsil headquarters have at least one fire brigade which however need upgradation both in terms of trained  manpower  and equipment.

The  Major  urban  centres  of  Jalgaon,  Bhusawal, Raver, Yawal and Pachora which have population density  exceeding  8000  are  potential hazardous locations for fire.

The fire brigades and medical facilities in these urban centres  are adequate  to  deal  with  such  emergencies except that urgradation is needed as mentioned above.  Rescue equipment like bulldozers and cranes are very few and located only at Jalgaon and a few with  the  Ordnance factory at Varangaon.  In  order to give immediate relief to the fire affected persons and to save the property from disaster  it  is  essential  to  keep  one  fire brigade  which  each  tahsil and  fire  extinguishes  to each village panchayat.  Generally in the fire wooden huts cattleshed  and threshing floors.  In Jalgaon district fire incidences  have  also  occurred  in train  carrying oil and other petroleum products. In industrial sector some of the factories are producing explosive chemicals  which  is  a fire  hazard. Such  incidence of fire have also occurred on  highways in trucks carrying explosive material.  In Jalgaon District on average 84 trains carrying explosive used  like  Petrol,  Kerosene  and  LPG  Gas through  this  district having an average of 5398 Wagons ( 180 Wagons per day)  .

Road Accidents

Road accidents have in ranked at 4 on the basis of past occurrences and there is medium to low probability of future occurrences.           

There has been a high frequency of road accidents  in  the  district but  most have been quite minor and due to negligent driving and heavy traffic through out the roads.    Accidents  prone  sites  ,  danger  and traffic  signals  are  erected  on the road and speed breakers are also        erected at important locations.  

About  140  km.    of the national Highway pass through the district across the major  towns  of  Parola,  Jalgaon,  Bhusawal  and  Edlabad  (Muktai-Nagar).

There are 1100 km. of state highways and 6000 km. of Z.P. Roads.  

Moreover there are 47 unmanned railway crossing which are potential sites for very serious accidents.      

There  are  two  big  Ghat  roads in  the  district. One passes from Chalisgaon to Aurangabad  and  the other  from Jalgaon to Aurangabad ( called Ajantha Ghat Road) through the hills. The turning on these ghat roads are very dangerous from accident point of view.  In order to avoid accidents the parapet walls of these roads need to be strengthened for safety.

For  preventing  and handling the road accidents, the  police machinery is always ready with wireless sets.  For  controlling  the  accidents  on National Highways, there is a separate highways traffic controlling units with the police.

On  the  Bhusawal Nagpur Road it is National highway, there are two Major railway gates crossing the national highway and if the gates are closed due to arrival and departure of train the said way  is  blocked, thereby  the vehicles are stranded and as soon as the gate is opened, the drivers try to over take their vehicle  and  as  such  there  is  a possibility of accident.  For this purpose the over bridges need to be built up as early as possible for smooth road traffic.               

As  outlined  earlier,   there are few bulldozers and cranes with the government department and those are mostly at Jalgaon. 

Bhusawal is a major junction of the Indian railways. There  is  a mobile  hospital at Bhusawal of the railways which however is hampered by  a  lack  of  free  movement  due  to  the  heavy  traffic  on  the railway lines  and  hence  cannot  reach  the site of accident in time.

These bottlenecks have to be removed to facilitate the smooth  working of this  novel  scheme.  

Police stations are also large in number and the district seems to be adequate capable of tackling road  accidents.

Bhusawal  being  a  big  railway  division  and  in  order  to give immediate relief to a victim,  one mobile hospital needs to be kept at Manmad junction station as at present trains ploy to 4 directions that is Manmad, Mumbai, Aurangabad, and Jalgaon.   

Epidemics

Jalgaon  is  a  predominantly  rural  district and has more than 36 percent illiterate population.

There  have  been  a large number of epidemics in the last ten years mostly due to poor  water  quality  and  improper  monitoring  of  the water. But  there  has  been  no  major  episode  which can be epidemic disaster.

So epidemics have been ranked at number three in  terms  of past   occurrence   and  there  is  a  medium  possibility  of  future occurrence. Most of the northern belt of the district is  a  predominantly  tribal area  where  effective  monitoring  of  the  water  quality or even of

Outbreaks of epidemics is not a possibility due to poor  accessibility of the villages.

There are also few PHCs in these areas with larger hospitals  only  at the taluka  headquarters.   There is only one water quality monitoring centre at Jalgaon.     

Effective steps are being taken by the health department  to  ensure monitoring  of  water quality especially during the summer monsoons and post monsoon  periods.

Community  education  programs  are  also  being conducted to reduce incidences of water borne diseases like diarrhoea, gastro  enteritis, etc.

For epidemics disaster the resources available in the district are:-   

       (A) Trained manpower 2488    

      (B) Number of Vehicles 47    

      (C) Number of beds -350      

      (D) Number of Ambulances 16   

      (E) X-Ray machines 20 etc.            

If needed the services  of  departmental  or  NGOs  personal  will  be deployed .

There  are  no epidemic prone villages in this district as informed by the DHO Z.P.  Jalgaon.

Earthquakes

Earthquakes  have been ranked last in terms of past occurrences and a low probability  of  future  occurrence  has  been  indicated  by  the district collectorate.    Since  there  have  been no past occurrence, there is no seismograph installed anywhere in  the  district which needs to be installed immediately.

However the possibility of  an  earthquake  affecting  the  district cannot be ruled out in view of the recent earthquake at Jabalpur.       

The  Narmada  valley is a potential site for seismicity and a major earthquake there can certainly cause some damage in  Jalgaon  district although the possibility is quite remote.   

Disaster Probability

Ranking and Probability of Disaster Events in Jalgaon

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Annexure II :Fact Sheets on Hazardous Industries

Fact Sheet I

Fact Sheet 2

Fact Sheet 3

Fact Sheet 4

Fact Sheet 5

Fact Sheet 6

Fact Sheet 7

Fact Sheet 8

Fact Sheet 10

Fact Sheet 12

Fact Sheet 13

Fact Sheet 14

Fact Sheet 16

Fact Sheet 17

Fact Sheet 18

Fact Sheet 19

Fact Sheet 20

Fact Sheet 22

Fact Sheet 23

Fact Sheet 24

Fact Sheet 26

Fact Sheet 27

Fact Sheet 28

FACT SHEETS OF CHEMICAL UNITS

CHEMICAL UNIT No. 1

CHEMICAL UNIT No. 2

CHEMICAL UNIT NO. 3

CHEMICAL UNIT NO. 4

CHEMICAL UNIT NO. 5

CHEMICAL UNIT NO. 6

Hydrochloric Acid :

1.         In the case of an accident , immediately remove the victim from the affected area. and remove the affected clothing. 

2.         Wash the affected area immediately with large amount of running water.

3.         Dust the affected area with powder, sodium bi carbonate, then again wash the affected area with mild soap.

4.         Rinse the affected area with tap water.

5.         Dry the skin carefully using a clean soft towel in the case of burns and blisters.

6.         Apply a dry sterile dressing.

7.         Dress the victim in clean clothes or keep him warm using a blanket.

8.         If the victim is seriously hurt, he will be sent to doctor for immediate medical aid.

Ammonia Gas

1.         In the case of accident involving Ammonia gas, the affected person will be immediately removed from the affected area to a nearest shower. The contaminated clothes will be removed.

2.         Emergency showers with large quantity of running water will be used.      

3.         Wash splashed surface of skin with weak and dilute acids such as Lactic acid.

4.         Apply skin ointment such as Soframycin.

Chlorine Gas 

1.         In case of a major leak of chlorine gas, the emergency siren will be blown continuously   with short intervals to alert the workers, and they will be evacuated from the affected place to and open safe place opposite to the wind direction.

2.         The trained persons will immediately attend to the leak wearing self contained breathing apparatus. 

3.         In the case of small leak , it will be attended by the trained persons using safety equipments. 

4.         In the case of victims of gas leak, the victims will be remove from the affected area and taken to a well ventilated place. An air fan will be directed towards the victims to give them more fresh air.

5.         Loosen the clothes and remove shoes