Di

str
ictDi
sast
erManagementAut
hor
it
y(DDMA)

 Sect
ion25ofthe 
Disast
erManagementAct
 mandat
est
hef
ormat
ionofaDDMAf
oreach
di
str
ictwi
thi
nastate.

 TheDDMAwil
lal
soensurethatall
 
StateGovernmentDepar tments 
attheDistr
ictl
evel
,
aswel
lasmuni
cipal
gover
nment sintheDi
stri
ct,f
oll
owt he NDMAand
SDMA r
ecommendati
onsf
orpreventi
on,mit
igati
on,preparedness,andresponseacti
ons.

 Excepti
n t
ri
balareas,
 
wher ethe ChiefExecuti
veMember  oft
heDi str
ictCounci
lof
AutonomousDistri
cti
sdesi gnatedasCo- Chair
person,t
heAut hori
tyi
schairedbythe
Dist
ri
ctMagistr
ate/Di
str
ictCol l
ector/
Deput yCommi ssi
oner,
wi t
hanel ect
ed
repr
esent
ativ
eoft hel
ocalaut hori
tyasCo- Chai
rperson.

 TheGov ernmentofI ndiaenactedtheDi sasterManagementActonDecember23, 2005,

whichestablishedthe Nati
onalDisasterManagementAut hori
ty(
NDMA) ,
 l
edbyt he
Pri
meMi nister
,and St
ateDisasterManagementAut hor i
ti
es(SDMAs)
, 
ledbyrespecti
ve
Chi
efMi nistersand Di
stri
ctDisasterManagementAut horit
y(DDMA) 
-tospearheadand
i
mpl ementahol ist
icandintegratedappr oachtodi
sast ermanagementinIndi
a.

Si
gni
fi
cance

 TheDDMAwi llserveastheplanni
ng,coor
dinat
ing,andi
mplementi
ngbodyf
orDM att
he
dist
ri
ctl
evel
,takingal
lrequi
redacti
onsforDM incompli
ancewit
hthe 
NDMAandSDMA
recommendations.

 Fur
thermor
e,wher
ea Zi
laPari
shad exi
stsinadi
str
ict
,theChai
rper
sonoft
heZi
l
a
Par
ishadmustbetheCo-Chai
rper
sonoft heDDMA.

 TheDist
rictAuthori
tyalsohastheauthor
it
ytoinspectconstruct
ioninanysect
ionofthe
di
str
icti
nor dertoenforcesafet
ystandar
ds,coor
dinaterel
iefeff
orts,
andrespondto
di
saster
sonadi st
ri
ct-widebasi
s.

 TheDDMAwi llal
soensur
ethat
 di
saster
-pr
oneareas 
i
nthedi
str
ictar
eident
if
ied,
and
thatdi
sast
er 
prev
enti
onandmiti
gati
on measur
esareimpl
emented.

 Depar
tmentsofthegover
nmentatthedi
str
ictlevelforthe 
purposeofi
ntegr
ati
ng
di
sast
erprevent
ionand 
miti
gat
ionmeasur
esi ntotheirdevel
opmentplansandproj
ect
s
andmonit
ori
ngtheiri
mplementat
ion.

 Reviewthestat
eofcapabi
lit
iesandpr eparednesslev
elforr
espondi
ngt
oanydi
sast
eror
thr
eateni
ngdisast
ersi
tuat
ionatt hedistr
ictl
evelandtakest
epstoupgr
adet
hem as
necessary
,and 
organi
zedi
sast errel
i
efefforts.
Concl
usi
on

Inthecaseofadi saster,anef f
ecti
vedisast ermanagementst rategymustbebackedup
byaswi ftdecision-maki ngpr ocessthataddr essesconcernssuchaswar ni
ng,conduct
evacuat ion,andr escueandr eli
efacti
vit
ies.TomakeI ndiasaferandmor edisaster
-
resil
ient,itwil
ltakeahol ist
ic,proact
ive,technology-
driv
en,andl ong-term devel
opment
plant hatinvolvesal lstakeholdersandfost ersacultur
eofpr evention,prepar
edness,and
mi t
igation.