National Institute of Disaster Management
It will net work with other knowledge-based institutions and assist in imparting training to trainers, DM of ficials, etc. It will also be responsible for synthesising research activities and will be geared towards emerging as a ‘centre of excellence’ at the national and international levels
Central Water Commission
The MOWR will strengthen and equip appropriately the RM wing of CWC.
Ganga Flood Control Commission/Ganga Flood Control Board
The MOWR will take steps for strengthening the GFCC appropriately.
Brahmaputra Board/High Powered Review Board
The MOWR will take immediate action for restructuring/strengthening of the Brahmaputra Board.
National Flood Management Institute
The MOWR in close collaboration with the NDMA, will establish a National Flood Management Institute (NFMI) as a centre of excellence with experts in its faculty and having state-of-the-art equipment at an appropriate location, in one of the flood prone states. The institute will be functional by the end of December 2010. Till then the NWA will under take these activities in addition to its current functions.
River Basin Organisations
The MOWR has set up the Brahmaputra Board and GFCC to look af ter FM in Brahmaputra and the Ganga river basins respectively. The MOWR in consultation with the state governments, will take appropriate action in regard to the establishment of such organisations in other flood prone river basins and in strengthening of the CWC, Brahmaputra Board and GFCC.
State Disaster Management Authority
Management Authority (SDMA), headed by the chief minister will be established by the state governments to lay down policies and plans for DM in the state.
State Executive Committee
All state governments will appoint experts in FM in the faculty of their administrative training institutes, which will collaborate with the NFMI in organising the training of personnel in the field of FM. Every state government will constitute a State Executive Committee (SEC) to assist the SDMA in the performance of its functions.
District Disaster Management Authority
At the cutting edge level, the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) headed by the District Magistrate, with the elected representative of the local authority as the co-chairperson, will act as the planning, coordinating and implementing body for DM and take all necessary measures for the purposes of DM in the district in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the NDMA and SDMA
Local Authorities
PRIs and ULBs will ensure capacity building of their officers and employees in DM, carryout relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction activities in the affected areas and will prepare DM plans in consonance with the guidelines of the NDMA, SDMAs and DDMAs.
State Disaster Response Force
To augment their capacities, all state governments/SDMAs will organise, from within their armed police force,adequate personnel for the constitution of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) with appropriate disaster response capabilities. Under the aegis of the NDMA, the states will raise the SDRF.
Intra-state Multi-sectoral Coordination
The state governments/SDMAs will establish appropriate multi-disciplinary mechanisms, whose clearance of the proposals of various departments with respect to the FM angle will be mandatory, before the works are sanctioned by them and taken up for implementation by the departments concerned. The mechanisms will be empowered to make recommendations for making the works flood safe as well as ensuring that they do not lead to increase in vulnerability of the areas to floods and drainage congestion.
Plans of Central Ministries/Departments
The various measures for FM recommended in the guidelines will be funded respectively by the central ministries and departments and state governments concerned by making provisions in their annual and Five-year Plans. Funding will also be available through special mitigation projects to be formulated and implemented by the state governments/SDMAs under the overall guidance and super vision of the NDMA. In addition 10 per cent of Calamit y Relief Fund (CRF) can also be utilised for purchase of equipment for flood preparedness, mitigation, rescue and relief.
State Plans
The various measures for FM recommended in these guidelines will accordingly be included by the state governments in their state plans.
Centrally sponsored/Central Sector Schemes
The MOWR, on the request of the state governments and subject to availability of funds, will include some of the schemes recommended in the guidelines for funding under these schemes.
District Planning and Development Council Funds
Certain percentage of funds available to District Planning and Development Council in the flood prone areas will be allocated for implementation of FM schemes in the district.
Calamity Relief Fund
The issues of extending duration in which the state governments are required to complete repair of damaged infrastructure and inclusion of drainage improvement works within the ambit of CRF, will be resolved after the deliberations of the Thir teenth Finance Commission.
National Flood Mitigation Project
The NDMA will take action to expedite preparation of DPR and its approval for implementation by the central minitries and departments and state governments.
Flood Insurance
The Ministries of Finance,Agriculture and Water Resources,the state governments and the insurance companies will jointly take up studies for a graded system of insurance premium according to flood risk in flood prone areas of the country. The MOWR, in consultation with the state governments will explore the possibility of introducing schemes where insurance of structures, buildings and crops in flood plains is made compulsory. Consultations on the proposal will be held with all the players and stakeholders and the scheme implemented in a few selected areas on experimental basis. Once successful, the scheme will be implemented on a larger scale. The value of such scheme can not be over stated.