Introduction of National School

Safety Programme (NSSP)

National School Safety Programme (NSSP) is a 100% centrally demonstrative project. It
is being implemented by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration
with Ministry of Human Resource Development on pilot basis in 43 districts of 22
states/UTs of the country falling in seismic zone IV & V. 200 schools from each of 43
districts are targeted under this project.

Vision:

 To promote a culture of safety in the school.

Objective:

 To initiate policy level changes for ensuring safe school environment.

 To sensitize children and the school community on disaster preparedness and safety
Measures.
 To motivate direct participation of key stakeholders in activities that would help
National building towards a disaster resilient community.
School  To promote capacity building of officials, teachers and students.
 To carry out information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities in schools
Safety and associated environment.
 To implement non-structural mitigation measures in selected schools.
Programme  To carry out demonstrative structural retrofitting in selected schools.

Components under NSSP:

Capacity Building in 200 schools each of 43 districts in 22 states/districts in India

 Preparation of School Disaster Management Plans in 200 schools in targeted districts
and its review and approval.
 Development of teachers training module on school safety and training of Master
Trainers, Teachers and as per this module.
 Distribution of school Disaster Preparedness Kits to 200 schools in targeted district.
 Conduct Mock drills in 200 schools in targeted districts
IEC activities

 Translation, Printing and dissemination of IEC in local language.

 Sensitization programmes at state and district level.
Non-structural Measures
 Rapid Visual Screening (RVS) of 200 schools in each of the 43 districts of 22
states/UTs.
 Non-structural mitigation measures in 200 schools in each of 43 districts based on
RVS.

Demonstrative retrofitting of one school each in 22 states/UTs

 Identification of one school building in each of the 22 states/UTs for retrofitting

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 State & Districts under NSSP in India:

Sl. State District Zove

No.
1 Jammu-Kashmir Leh IV
Kupwara V
2 Haryana Gurgaon IV
Faribad IV
3 Meghalaya East Garo Hills V
Ribhoi V
4 Manipur Chandel V
Imphal East V
5 Himachal Pradesh Kangra V
Kullu V
6 Gujarat Kutch V
Jamnagar V
7 Assam Kamrup V
Tinsukia V
8 Nagaland Mokokchung V
Kohima V

National 9 Punjab Amritsar

Ludhiana
IV
IV
School 10 Chandigarh Chandigarh Zove IV

Safety 11 Rajasthan Alwar

Bikaner
IV
V
Programme 12 Arunachal Pradesh East Siang
Lohit
V
V
13 Sikkim East IV
South IV
14 Delhi West Delhi IV
South-West Delhi IV
15 Tripura** West Tripura V
North Tripura V
16 Uttarakhand Bageshwar V
Rudra Prayag V
17 Bihar Madhubani V
Araria V
18 Mizoram Aizawl V
Serchhip V
19 Andaman & Nicobar Andamans V
Nicobar V
20 West Bengal Cooch Bihar IV
Darjeeling IV
21 Uttar Pradesh Ghaziabad IV+
Lakhimpur Kheri IV
22 Maharashtra Pune IV
Satara IV

**Erstwhile West Tripura & North Tripura District

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 Need of School safety in Tripura
Tripura is 3rd smallest state in North-Eastern India. Total area of the state is
10459 sq. km. The state is diversified with the combination many rivers, hills,
hillocks & plain land. Completely filled with the natural beauty, the state is also
vulnerable to different natural disasters. Tripura is lying in earthquake seismic zone-
V, where there is a possibility of occurring devastative earthquake of 8 and more
magnitude in Richter scale. The state is very much prone to cyclone. Every year the
state is affected by locally generated storms and also affected by cyclones formed in
the Bay of Bengal due to low pressure. Hilly areas of the state are prone to
landslides. Heavy precipitation during Kalbaisakhi & South-West monsoon causes
landslides in the hilly areas and soft formation of soil is also a big reason of
landslide. 38 % of the plain area is prone to floods. During South-West Monsoon
season, the state mostly suffers from flood.

Basically the National School Safety Programme is for the state falling
under earthquake seismic zone IV & V.

Implementation of National School Safety Programme (NSSP) in

Tripura:
National As Nodal Department, the Revenue Department is the implementing agency
School of NSSP in Tripura. The NSSP was formally launched in the state with the support
of School Education Department, Government of Tripura on 10th December 2012 at
Safety Pragna Bhavan. At the time of first implementation of the programme, there were
Programme total 4 districts in the state, out of which West Tripura & North Tripura districts were
selected for this project. Later, the 4 districts were segregated into 8 districts, in
which the two programme districts were converted into five districts. As the
programme already launched, Govt. decided to carry on the programme in old two
district areas which are newly 5 districts. The programme is divided into 5 districts
from 2 districts i.e. erstwhile West Tripura into present West Tripura, Khowai &
Sepahijala and North Tripura into present North Tripura & Unakoti district.

Initially the project period was upto June 2014. Many states could not
complete the major activities allocated under the programme within timeframe. As
per the decision taken in a meeting held in presence of the representatives from
many implementing states, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
was extended the programme upto 30th June 2015. The decision was taken for
smooth & successful completion of the incomplete activities in extended period.

As approved by Government of India, the National School Safety

Programme (NSSP) is being implemented in Tripura in identified 400 schools @200
schools in each of erstwhile West Tripura and North Tripura Districts. Later, 400
schools divided into 5 districts as described above. The distributions of programme
schools are given as under.

District Actual no of schools Extended schools Total

under NSSP Identified school
West Tripura 100 50 150
Khowai 50 50 100
Sephijala 50 30 80
North Tripura 139 64 203
Unakoti 61 29 90
Total 400 223 623

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 In above table, it is shown that NSSP has been extended further 223 no
schools, as there was demand from District Administration of the respective
dentified districts to increase the number of schools keeping in view the
vulnerabilities of the state. Now, all the identified schools are successfully
implementing all the components as assigned to each school.

National
School
Safety
Programme
Formal launching programme of NSSP by Hon’ble Revenue Minister Sri Badal
Chowdhury along with Hon’ble Minister, School Education, Hon’ble Mayor, Agartala
Municipal Corporation, Principal Secretary, School Education & Secretary, Revenue Dept.

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 District wise implementation of NSSP:
i) West Tripura District: The District Administration & District Education
Officer selected 4 nodal centers for effective implementation of the activities and
close monitoring. The identified 4 nodal centers are: Mohanpur HS School, Amtali
HS School, Ranirgaon HS School & Maharani Girls HS School. But the overall
implementation and monitoring of the activities of the district was done from District
Education Office, West Tripura District.

No of schools under nodal centers

a) Mohanpur HS School – 36 nos
b) Amtali HS School – 44 nos
c) Ranirgaon HS School - 25 nos
d) Maharani Girls HS School – 45 nos

ii) Activities in other 4 districts i.e. Sepahijala District, Khowai District,

North Tripura District & Unakoti District, were directly implemented and monitored
by the respective District Administration and District Education Office.

Selection of schools:
National As per requirement of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA),
School the Revenue Department advised the School Education Department to identify 400
Safety schools @ 200 schools from erstwhile West Tripura and North Tripura District on
the basis of geographic location, vulnerability, condition of school building, density
Programme of students and proximity to local hazards. Later, the inclusion of schools have been
increased by District Education Officer on demand of District Magistrate &
Collector of the respective districts in a condition that allocation of fund to the
extended schools may not be as per the NDMA guidelines.

Human Resource Support:

For successful implementation, execution, monitoring & evaluation of the
programme at state and district levels, 2(two) District Project Coordinators (DPCs)
for each of erstwhile West Tripura and North Tripura District and one Accounts
Officer at state level have been provided.

However, the State Project Officer (SPO), Revenue Department has been
identified as State Nodal Officer for implementation of the programme in
coordination with the DDMAs and School Education Department.

Technical support:

To support the state government for conducting training of teachers and

students of the identified schools, 10 Master Trainers have been trained on School
Safety from National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM).

To provide technical support to the state government, 4 engineers from Rural

Development Department and PWD (R&B) have been trained on Rapid Visual
Screening (RVS), Non-structural Mitigation (NSM) & retrofitting from IIT-Roorke.

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 National Disaster
Management
Authority (NDMA)

Revenue School
State Project Department Education
Officer
Govt. of Tripura Department

National District District District

School Accounts
Officer
Project Disaster Education
Safety
Coordinator Management Office
Authority
Programme
Inspector of
Sub Divisional Schools
Disaster
Management
Authority
School
Committee

Implementation organogram

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 Component wise implementation of
NSSP in Tripura:
There are 14 components under which the fund were allocated. Out of these, few
activities were implemented by the school authority and remaining activities were
implemented centrally by the Revenue Department.

Preparation of School Disaster Management Plan (SDMP)

As per the guidelines of National School Safety Programme (NSSP) for
preparation of School Disaster Management Plan, all the identified 400 schools have
prepared the SDMP and shared copy of the plan each to the District Administration
and District Education Office, duly approved by School Disaster Management
Committee (SDMC).

Recognition of SDMPs:
National Revenue Department had taken an initiative to reward the best SDMPs from
School all the 5 identified districts to motivate the school authorities. Accordingly, in a state
level programme on 29th May 2014 in Sukanta Academy, the best schools were
Safety awarded for preparation of good quality SDMP.

Programme The list of the best SDMPs:

Reward
Name of the school District Position Amount
(Rs.)
Tuimadhu High School Khowai District Best in state 5,000.00
Kabi Nazrul H.S. School Khowai District Best in Khowai District 2,000.00
St Xevier‟s H.S. School Sepahijala Best in Sepahijala District 2,000.00
District
Barua Kandi Colony H.S. School North Tripura Best in North Tripura 2,000.00
District District
West Ranirgaon S.B. School West Tripura Best in West Tripura 2,000.00
District District

Presentation of cheque to the Headmistress of Tuimadhu School

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 Translation into regional language and printing of teachers
training module
Teachers training module on school safety have been translated into Bengali
and distributed to the schools for imparting training to the Master Trainers, Teachers
based on this module. More 2 books in English have been printed and distributed
along with Bengali training module to the schools.

Name of the teacher‟s training modules :

i) Training Module for Master Trainer

on school safety
ii) Disaster Safety Education booklet
iii) ¢hcÉ¡m-u ¢hfkÑu -j¡L¡¢hm¡l
f¢lLÒfe¡
(School Disaster Management Plan)
iv) Guidelines for preparation of School Disaster Management Plan

Training of Trainers
A state level Training of Trainers (ToT) on school safety was
conducted by Revenue Department by technical support of Geo Hazard Society
(GHS), New Delhi on 10th & 11th July, 2013 at Sri Krishna Mission School, Agartala
in two batches. Total 139 teachers and engineers were trained on technical & non
technical aspect of the project. After the ToT, action plan and guidelines were
provided to the District Authorities and the Master Trainers for organizing district
and Sub District training programme for selected school teachers from the identified
school.

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 In district level, 30 ToTs were organized by District Administrations.

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SchoolSchool
SafetySafety
PrograPm
romgreamme

Training of Teachers
So far, 1555 teachers have been trained on school safety against the
target of 1000 under this project. The capacities of these trained teachers are
Group
being utilizied in training photo
of teachers, of&State
students level ToT
other stakeholders of their
schools and also in other schools.

Review of and approval of School Disaster Management Plans

(SDMPs)

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 SDMPs prepared by the identified schools were further reviewed by
the School Disaster Management Committee of the school and District
Project Coordinator of NSSP. The schools have been instructed to review the
plan once in a half year. In the meantime, all the schools have reviewed their
SDMPs minimum 3 times.

Preparedness Kit
Funds have already been placed and a standard list of the materials
for the kit provided with the schools for procurement of the disaster
preparedness kit. It has been observed that the fund is not sufficient for
procurement of kits according to the strength of the students in a school.
Within this limited fund, few survival kits and first aid kits were identified by
the district authorities and distributed to the schools.

List of items in the preparedness kits distributed in the district:

National West Tripura

District
Khowai
District
Sepahijala
District
North Tripura
District
Unakoti
District
School Thermometer Medicines Thermometer Rope Rope

Safety
Roller Bandage Kidney tray Roller Bandage Hammer Hammer
Gauze Pad Thermometer Gauze Pad Saw Saw

Programme
Kidney Tray Bandage Kidney Tray Screwdriver Screwdriver
Cotton Cotton Cotton Small whistle Small
Eye Pad Antiseptic Eye Pad First Aid Box whistle First
Tape Adhensive Bed sheet Tape Adhensive Aid Box
Band Aid Bamboo Band Aid
Scissors Rope Scissors
Box Scissors Box
Materials for Materials for
improvised improvised
stretcher stretcher

In West Tripura & Sepahijala District, fund was allocated to every

identified school for procuring disaster preparedness kit as per the list shown
above and in Khowai, North Tripura & Unakoti Districts, kits were procured
and distributed centrally by District Administration.

Mock drill

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 The state has carried out the targeted mock drills in all identified
schools and in extended schools as per mock drill guidelines developed by
the state government. These schools are continuing mock drills and
evacuation drills in the schools by involving line agencies like Fire service,
Civil Defence, Electricity Department, Health Department and NGOs in
every 3rd Saturday of every month as per the notification issued by the
Director of School Education Department. If the 3rd Saturday is a holiday, the
same will be done on 4th Saturday. The district authorities and Education
department are monitoring the drills and submitting report to the Revenue
Department. The notification School education department may be seen at
annexure.

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 Translation, Printing and dissemination of IEC

10000 posters on earthquake in Bengali language have been

developed, printed and distributed in phases to all NSSP identified schools
and non-identified schools for sensitize the school children. Five story books
including 3 story books on Floods and 2 story books on earthquakes namely
“Jaya o Ranar Galpo” have been developed in Bengali. 5000 nos @ 1000
nos each quantity of story books have been printed and made a 1 set with
books of each and distributed to the identified 400 schools. Various CDs,
DVDs etc on disaster management subjects, jingles, powerpoint presentations
and related documents were also distributed for conducting training
programmes, sensitization programmes and mock drills.

A video documentary on school safety in Bengali language has been

prepared by the Revenue Department based on the information of state and
shared with all stakeholders.

National
School
Safety
Programme
Story Book Poster

Sensitization programme at state/UTs level

On the 19th September, 2014 a district level School Children
Sensitization Programme was organized by Revenue Department at Rabindra
Satabarshiki Bhavan, Agartala, where 1300 students from
different schools were participated. Minister Revenue,
Secretary Revenue, Director Fire Service, DM & Collector,
West Tripura District & Resource Persons from NDMA &
NIEST were present.

Similarly, on the 7th February 2015, North Tripura

District Administration organized a School Children
Sensitization Programme in Vivekananda Sardha
Satabarhiki Bhavan at Dharmanagar. 1000 students from
every nook & corner of the district were participated in the
programme. To ensure the maximum participation of the
students from the interior areas, the District Administration
and Sub Divisional Magistrates were arranged necessary
transportations.

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 Grant-in-aid to State Education Departments

Fund allocated under this component was utilized for procurement of

400 nos mega phone for distribution to the identified schools. There was a
demand from every school authority to provide a mega phone for using in
mock drills and as warning system during emergency.
The fund also utilized to strengthen Disaster Management Cell in the
Directorate of School Education by providing computer and other assets.

Rapid Visual Screening

So far, 150 schools conducted the RVS with the four trained Engineers
who were trained from IIT-Roorkee. The existing manpower seems to be
insufficient to take up this RVS and they were very busy with their parent
departments.

National The existing technical manpower of 4 Engineers is very minimum for

carrying out RVS for all 400 schools considering the need of additional
School manpower and time lines, the Revenue Department was decided to engage an
Safety expert agency i.e. Geo Hazard Society, New Delhi for carrying out RVS for

Programme all 400 schools in phases.

Non Structural Mitigation (NSM)

In the first phase, NSM have been undertaken in the 20 schools, as

demonstration purpose, by engaging Geo Hazard Society with the support of
Trained Engineers in the state. To complete the activity in remaining 380
schools, Revenue Department has developed a standard estimate for NSM to
follow by all school authorities to conduct NSM. In the meantime, one
specialized agency in Tripura “Good Luck Engineering” has been identified
and engaged for NSM in the remaining schools. Accordingly, the agency
completed NSM in the schools.

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 Activities undertaken:
 Anchoring of almirahs, cupboards, incumbency boards, racks, book
shelves, photos etc.
 Bracing & strapping of computer
 Fixing of laboratory items in chemistry, physic & biology lab.

National
School Structural Retrofitting of one school each in 22
Safety states/UTs
Programme Initially, Bodhjung Boys H.S. School was selected for demonstrative
retrofitting work by PWD(R&B). But it was found that Education Dept
received fund for construction of new building by demolishing existing one.
The State Government taken up the identified school for construction of new
building and Education Department identified the 100 years old school
building, Umakanta Academy for retrofitting under NSSP. Accordingly, the
fund earmarked for the purpose was released to PWD (R&B).

Afterward, Government of Tripura decided to demolish Umakanta

Academy for construction new building in place. Then Revenue Department
requested to School Education Department to identify another school for
completing the work in time for third time. The Education Department
selected Sukhamoy HS School, Airport Road, Agartala, as the school is very
old and its week structure, which is vulnerable to earthquake. PWD (R&B)
has been requested to take up Sukhomoy HS School for retrofitting.

In the process of selection of school for this demonstrative activity,

the project got delayed and could not complete in time. Now the project is
being undertaken by PWD (R&B) and informed by PWD(R&B) in last SEC
meeting, the retrofitting will be completed by December, 2015. Now the
work is under process.

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 Physical
&
Financial
Achievement

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 Achievement of Physical Milestones

Sl. No. Activities Targets Achieved

1 Preparation of School DM plan 400 623

2 Translation into regional language and 500 500

printing of teachers training module

3 Training of Trainers 30 30

4 Training of Teachers 1000 1555

National 5 Review and approval of school DM plans

prepared by 200 schools in each of the 43
400 457

School districts

Safety
Programme 6 Disaster preparedness kits 200 schools in
each of 43 districts
400 400

7 Mock drill in 200 schools in each of 43 400 2660

districts

8 Translation, printing, dissemination of IEC 500 623

9 Rapid Visual survey in 200 schools in each 400 400

of 43 districts

10 Non-structural mitigation measures in 200 400 400

schools in each of 43 districts

-
11 Structural Retrofitting of one school each in 1
22 states/UTs

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 Financial Progress

Target Achieved
Sl.
Activities Fund Progress Fund
No.
(In Lakhs) Progress (In
Lakhs)
1 Preparation of School DM plan
2,000,000.00 2,000,000.00
2 Printing of IEC material
278,000.00 278,000.00
3 Translation into regional language
and printing of teachers training 160,000.00 160,000.00
module
4 Training of Trainers
275,000.00 275,000.00
5 Training of Teachers
2,760,000.00 2,760,000.00
National 6 Review and approval of school DM
School plans prepared by 200 schools in
each of the 43 districts
185,000.00 160,000.00

Safety
Programme 7 Disaster preparedness kits 200
schools in each of 43 districts 370,000.00 410,521.00
8 Mock drill in 200 schools in each
of 43 districts 370,000.00 360,000.00
9 Translation, printing, dissemination
of IEC 180,000.00 180,000.00
10 Sensitization programme at
state/UTs level 180,000.00 180,000.00
11 Grant in aid to state education
departments for sensitization 2,300,000.00 2,300,000.00
programme and awareness
activities
12 Rapid Visual survey in 200 schools
in each of 43 districts 2,200,000.00 2,200,000.00
13 Non-structural mitigation measures
in 200 schools in each of 43 3,700,000.00 3,694,500.00
districts
14 Structural Retrofitting of one
school each in 22 states/UTs 2,509,306.00 2,509,000.00
15 HR Support
375,000.00 375,000.00
Total
17,842,306.00 17,842,021.00

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 Fund distributed to District
Administrations
District Fund Total Fund
1st Phase 2nd Phase
West Tripura 13,41,000.00 7,79,000.00 21,20,000.00

Khowai 6,70,500.00 3,64,000.00 10,34,500.00

Sepahijala 6,70,500.00 3,89,500.00 10,60,000.00

North Tripura 18,63,990.00 10,82,810.00 29,46,800.00

Unakoti 8,18,010.00 4,75,190.00 12,93,200.00

Total 84,54,500.00

Comparative statement of District wise activities

Sl. West North
Activities Khowai Sepahijala Unakoti Total
No. Tripura Tripura
National 1 District
meeting
level 5 3 7

School conducted
2 Awareness 723 284 275
Safety programme

Programme organized
3 Students & 94709 34470 37950
Teachers
sensitized
4 District Master 351 208 153
trainer trained
5 Teachers training 7 8 6
organized
6 Teacher Trained 450 208 435
7 SDMC constitute 150 100 80
8 School DMT 750 110 400
trained on FA &
SAR
9 DMT Constitute 161 600 80
10 School DM Plan 150 100 80
prepared
11 School received 150 100 80
IEC materials,
CD/DVD
12 School received 150 50 80
school safety kits
13 School 1321 1090 747
conducted mock
drill
14 Reviewed & 150 100 40
approved of DM
Plan
15 RVS conducted 4 17 59
16 NSM measures 41 43 11
taken

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Mock Drill

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Mock Drill
Non-Structural Mitigation
Non-Structural Mitigation
Before NSSP
DM Teams

After NSSP
DM Teams
DM Plan
DM Plan
Committee
Committee
Sensitization
Sensitization

Programme
National

Safety
School
 Other Sensitization Programme
1. Observance of Kangra Earthquake Anniversary :

On the 4th April 2014, anniversary of 1905 Kangra Earthquake was observed
by organizing rally, mockdrill, art competition, pledge reading etc in every schools
under NSSP as well as other unidentified schools.

National 2. Observance of Netaji’s Birth Day:

School A tableau was displayed by Revenue Department on the occasion of the birth
Safety day of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on 23rd January in the year 2014 & 2015
consecutively. The theme of the tableau was to „Drop, Cover & Hold on‟ at the time
Programme of earthquake during school hour. The tableau was presented in the colourful
procession which moved through the main streets of Agartala.

2014 2015

3. Observance of International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR):

To sensitize the school children, a rally was organized on IDDR involving
400 students from 10 schools. The rally walked through the Agartala city and the
students were holding flexes and banner of do‟s & don‟t of different hazards.

All the identified schools were instructed to observe IDDR and accordingly
most of the schools performed mock drill or evacuation drill and other activities
following pledge reading.

IDDR was observed by the identified schools in two consecutive years 2013
& 2014.

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 The district and local authorities were also observed the IDDR by involving
the schools by conducting various awareness activities such as rally, street play, quiz
competitions, evacuation drills, pledge taking, painting/essay/debate competition etc.

4. Art & Poster Competition:

National
On the 25th May 2014, an art & poster competition based on disaster
management was organized by Revenue Department in the premise of MTB Girls
School HS School. Above 250 participants took part in the competition. The winners of the
competition were awarded in a state level programme organized by Revenue
Safety Department.

Prize winning arts & posters are being used in different IEC materials developed by
Programme Revenue Department.

5. Extempore Speech Competition:

On the 30th May 2015, an extempore competition on disaster management
was organized for school students at Sukanta Academy, Agartala. The students from
different schools participated in the competition. The competition was judged by a
panel of 4 members jury.

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 6. Display of safety tips in News papers, magazines etc:
Safety tips on earthquake for school students, guardians, teachers and other
stake holders of the schools were published in the newspapers, magazines, journals
etc for mass awareness beyond the activities of school safety programme.

Display of safety tips

National
for school students at
School Kharchi Mela

Safety
Programme

Safety tips displayed

in news paper

Display of safety
tips in a Debate
competition
organized by Sishu
Bihar School
Alumni
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 Monitoring
Sustainability of a project or programme depends on continuous monitoring
system. Success of the NSSP in Tripura describes its good monitoring system developed
by Revenue Department. For monitoring the project at state level, State Project Officer
was given the responsibilities as Nodal Officer. The SPO issues instructions of the State
Govt. to the DPCs and evaluates the status of the activities after verifying the reports of
the Districts. The Secretary of the Revenue Department monitors the activities in the
National monthly review meeting on monthly basis, where the SPO presents the up-to-date status
of the activities of all the districts.

School Two standard reporting formats were developed by the Revenue Department and
provided to the DPCs for monthly reporting. As per the formats the DPCs sends the
Safety report to the Revenue Department and the Accounts Officer compiles the report for
further sending to the NDMA.

Programme At the District level, the DPCs implement and closely monitor the activities with
the support of DDMAs and District Education Offices. The District Magistrate &
Collector would monitor the activities in the District level review meeting in the
presence of District Project Coordinator, District Education Officer, SDM, Inspector of
School, Head Master, Head Mistress and other trained teachers.

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 Constraints
1. The RVS & NSM could not be completed due to lack of adequate
technical persons / Engineers. The Engineers who were trained from IIT-Roorkee for
technical support of the project, have been over burdened with the workload of their
parent department and could not spare adequate time for these activities. Even, there
are no such expert agencies for undertaking RVS & NSM in the identified schools in
the state. Having no options, the state Government was decided to engage Geo
Hazard Society to complete the said work.

2. Demonstrative retrofitting of a school building is another constraint of

NSSP in the state. The retrofitting work could not be completed in time due to
selection of a vulnerable school building. The state government selected the school
National for three times to finalize at its third attempt due to construction of new building at
the selected site. For that reason, Bodhjung Boys HS School and Umakanta
School Academy were withdrawn from retrofitting work. Hence, the retrofitting of the
identified school building is getting delayed.

Safety
3. Fund was another big concern in proper implementation of the project.
Programme There are many hidden costs such as office expenses, travelling expenses, expenses
for training to DM Teams, which could not be covered by the fund provided under
the components of NSSP. Fund allocated for disaster preparedness kit was not
sufficient for procurement of materials as per list.

4.There was a lack of coordination from school authorities on

implementation of many important components such as:

 Untimely and improper preparation of School DM Plan

 Many schools have prepared SDMP without constituting School DM
Committee
 Mock drills and evacuation drills are not being conducted in 3rd
Saturday of every month
 Trained teachers are not being utilized properly in training and awareness
programme in the schools
 Many schools constituted DM Teams but not yet trained
 DM Plans not being updated half yearly
 Lack of interest among the teachers
 Fund placed with the schools were not utilized in time

5. Transfer of trained teacher from one to another school is a big problem.

So the schools could not carry out the activities without trained teacher.

6. Issue of late instruction to the schools from the Directorate of School

Education.

7. Lack of implementation and disbursement of fund to the school and

monitoring of the programme activities by the District administration and District
Education Office. Sequences were not maintained in activity wise in many schools.
Reporting of the districts were not uniform at all times, hence affect the monitoring
process.

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 SWOT
Strength:
I. Culture of Safety has been created in the schools by showing interests
towards disaster preparedness among teachers and students.
II. 400 schools have SDMP, SDMC and DMTs and trained teachers in which
more than 1,00,000 trained education fraternity have been created.
National III. Vulnerability assessment of the school building has been done and
structural and non structural measures are being thought of.
School IV. Non Structural Hazard Mitigation was done ensuring seismic safety of

Safety the schools.

V. ICE materials have been developed which are being developed regularly.
Programme VI. Above 1500 teacher have been trained and recognized as Master Trainer
giving scope for future training at their level.
VII. Above 100000 of students have been trained and indirectly their parents
have been sensitized.
VIII. Regular mock drills and evacuation drills are being conducted in the
schools.

Weakness:
I. As a pilot project, the project period was very less to complete all the
activities.
II. Fund was not sufficient for many components.
III. Fund was not provided for many activities.
IV. HR support provided under this project was only for 6 months.
V. The programme could not implement uniformly in all schools.
VI. Transfer of trained teachers affected the pace of the activities.
VII. Most of the schools DMTs have not trained on practical first aid and
search & rescue techniques.
VIII. Delay in identification of school for retrofitting.

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 Analysis
Opportunity:
I. School may continue DM activities by the materials provided
under this project.

II. Guidelines of NSSP may be implemented in other schools in the

National state.

School III. State Government may apply the RVS techniques in vulnerable

Safety
schools instead of construction of new building after completion
of demonstrative retrofitting in the selected School. If retrofitting

Programme is cost effective.

IV. Non identified schools are also following the NSSP guidelines
and preparing for disaster management.

Threat:
I. It is not sure whether the activities under NSSP will continue
with the same pace after NSSP period which may lead
to diminishing of interest among the trained teacher &
students.

II. Most of the schools accepted the programme in view of

earthquake risk whereas other hazards like floods & cyclones
may lead to affect these schools.

III. The fund provided to NSSP schools has given high

expectation to the school authorities which may lead lesser
importance to other important programme with fewer funds.

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 Story 1:
On the 25th April 2015 a devastative earthquake of 7.9M
smashed Nepal causing more than 8000 deaths and 40000 injuries.
Tremor was felt in many states in India including Tripura. Tremors of
short duration were registered in Tripura twice, but there were no
report of any damage or casualty.

As the day was the working day for some schools, reports came from
National
different parts of the state that, many school authorities have
School evacuated the students safely from class rooms to a pre-indentified
safe open place as per SDMP after the earthquake had stopped.
Safety During earthquake, class teachers instructed the students to take

Programme shelter under the bench and follow Drop, cover and hold procedure.

Regular evacuation drills and mock drills in the schools have made it
Story 2:to use Drop, Cover & Hold on method and evacuation of
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When they were asked, how did they know the techniques?
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This is a great achievement and success of the implementation of the project.

Before implementation of the project, students and teachers were not much aware about the
life saving techniques on before, during and after of a disaster. Now children can save
their lives by practicing drop, cover and hold on method and performing evacuation drill in
the school.

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 National
School
Safety
List 400 Schools
Programme under NSS P in
Tripura

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Identified School of West Tripura, Khowai & Sepahijala District

Sl No Name of Schools District

1. Don Bosco Higher Secondary School
2. Auxiliam Girls H/S School
3. Abhoynagar HS School
4. Bani Vidyapith Girls'H/S School
5. Bijoy kumar HS School
6. Bodhjung Boys HS School
7. Acharja Prafulla Chandra Roy H/S school
8. Henry Derozio HS School
9. Nadannagar HS School
10. Umakanta Academy HS School
11. Netaji Subhash Vidyaniketan.
12. Barjala H/S School.
13. Chandrapur South High School
14. Kendriya Vidyalay Kunjaban H/s school.

West Tripura
15. Sree Krishna Mission H.S school
16. Bodhjung Girls H/S School
17. Mahatma Gandhi Memorial HS School
18. M.T.B HS School
19. Ramnagar Boys HS School
20. Sishu Bihar HS School
21. Kamini Kumar Singh Memorial HS School
22. Pragati Vidya Bhavan HS School
23. Palli Mangal H/S school.
24. Don Bosco H/S school.
25. Dr B.R Ambedkar High School
26. Reshambagan HS School
27. Swami Dayalananda Memorial HS School
28. Ramthakur Pathshala Boys HS School
29. Ramthakur Pathshala Girls HS School
30. Prachya Bharati HS School
31. Sakhicharan Vidyanjketan HS School
32. New Model Village Girls High School
33. Ramkrishna ashram Vidya Mandur High School
Raj Nagar High School
34.
35. Upendra Girls H/S School
36. Ramkrishna Vivekanda (H/S) School
37. Hindi H/S School.
38. Amtali H/s School
39. Pranavananda Vidya mandir H/S School

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40. Ananda Nagar H/S school
41. Hapania High School
42. Shanchindralal Vidyaniketan High School
43. Belabar Hs School
44. Madhuban Dukli Hs School
45. Madhuban (K) HS School
46. Kendriya Vidyalay H/S (ONGC)
47. Surjamani nagar HS School
48. Sekerkote HS School
49. Sahid Kshuydiram Vidya bhaban High School
50. Dsharath deb Adarsha uchha Vidyalya
51. Madhabpur High School
52. Radha Kishorganj high School
53. Laxmicharra R.K Hs School
54. Dr B.R Ambedkar English Model High School
55. Subhash Nagar HS School
56. Dr B.R Ambedkar H/S School
57. Arundhutinagar HS School
58. Bordowali HS School
59. Badharghat HS School
60. Bidhrohi Kabi Nazrul (V)H/S.
61. Chairpara Class XII School
62. Ishanchandra Pargana H/S School
63. Kabiraj Tila H/S School
64. Mohanpur Class Xii School
65. Berimura HS School
66. Nabagram HS School
67. Narsingarh HS School
68. Sukhomoy HS School
69. Gandhigram HS School
70. Surendranagar HS School
71. Ishanpur H/S School
72. Kamal Ghat H/S School
73. RaviKumar H/S School
74. Taltala H/S School
75. Tarapur High School
76. Fatikchara High School
77. Nutan Nagar Girls H/S School
78. Bharatiya Vidya Bhaban H/S School
79. Tripureshwari Vidya Mandir
80. Gopal Nagar H/s School
81. Hariana Khola High School
82. Lefunga HS School
83. Sukanta Academy English Medium
84. Birendranagar HS School
85. Jirania Khala HS School

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 86. Chowdhurybari Girls HS School
87. Champaknagar HS School

West Tripura Sepahijala District

88. Ranirbazar Vidyamandir HS School
89. Old Agartala HS School
90. Ranirganj Girls HS School
91. Ranirgaon HS School
92. Durga Chowdhurypara H/S School
93. New Mandwai Bazar High School
94. Mandai Bazar H/S School
95. Sanhati Vidya Mandir H/S School
96. Barjala Binapani H/S School
97. Braja Nagar H/S School
98. Kobra Khamar H/S School
99. Tripura Loko Shikshaloy High School
100. Belbari High School
1. Melaghar Girls H.S. School
2. Melaghar H.S(+ 2stage )
3. Khaschowmuhani H.S.School
4. Taibandal H.S.School
5. Urmai Class XII School
6. Manai Pathar High School
7. Santinagar High School
8. Kalikrishna Nagar High School
9. Thalibari H.S.School
10. Barnarayan H.S.School
11. Kathalia H.S.School
12. Nidya H.S.School
13. Rabindranagar H.S.School
14. Bishalgarh English Medium H.S. School
15. Purba Gakulnagar H.S.School
16. N.C. Institution H.S.School
17. Sonamura Girls H.S.School
18. Sonamur English Medium H.S. School
19. Office Tilla HS School
20. Khamarbari High School
Sepahijala

21. Chandanmura High School

Durgapur High School
District

22.
23. Laxman Depha High School
24. Nalchar High School
25. Poangbari high School
26. Taksapara High School
27. Melaghar thakurpara High
28. Telkajla High School
29. Mohambhog High School
30. South Taibandal high School
31. North Kamrangatali H.S. School

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32. Rangamatia South H.S. School
33. Aditya Malla Barman smriti HS School
34. Madhupur H.S. School
35. Bishramgang H.S.School
36. Ramnarayan Thakurpara High School
37. Charilam H.S.School
38. Pekuarjala H.S. School
39. Purba Laxmibil H.S.School
40. Lalsingmura H.S. School
41. Debipur H.S.School
42. Ghaniamara H.S. School
43. Sepahijala H.S. School
44. Ambedkar Adarsha Uchcha Vidyalaya
45. Karaimura HS School
46. Baidardhigi H.S.School
47. S.D. Memorial H.S. School
48. Amarendranagar High School
49. Srinagar Gabordi H.S. School
50. Bishramganj Donbosco H.S. School.
1. Kabi Nazrul HS School
2. Maiganga Sukanta HS School
3. Moharcherra HS School
4. Maharanipur HS School
5. Prakalak HS School
6. Teliamura HS School
7. Tuchindrai HS School
8.
9.
Palbasidas Para High School
Hadrai Radhmadhab High School
Khowai District
10. Metharai Reangbari High School
11. Thapidayal Vidyaniketan High
12. Kalyanpur HS School
13. Ghilatali Bazar HS School
14. North Ghilatali (Ratia) HS School
15. Rambabu Sampadak Para High School
16. Gayamphang High School
17. Balaramkubra HS School
18. Dwarikapur High School
19. Saranjoy Choudhuripar High School
20. Mungiabari HS School
21. Tuimadhu high School
22. Tuithampul high School
23. Office Tilla High School
24. Khowai Govt. Boy‟s HS School
25. Khowai Govt. English Medium HS School
26. Chebri High School
27. Dhalabil High School

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 28. Battali High School
29. Ganki Higher Secondary School
30. Chebri HS School
31. S
Sonatala Govt. HS School
32.
c
Sarat Choudhuri HS School
33.
h
Tatanpur HS School
o
Baijalbari HS School
34.
o
35. Ampura HS School
l
36. Purnima High School
37. Lalcherra Girl‟s HS School
i
38. Gourangatilla High School
d
39. Ashokban Colony SB School
e
40. Baramaidan High School
n
41. Ashrambari
t HS School
42. Jamburra
i HS School

Khowai
District
43. Bachaibari
f HS School
44. i
Bhara Sardar HS School
45. e
Tulashikhar Rajnagar HS School
46. d
Belchera High School
47. KMR High School
48. f
Behalabari HS School
49. r
Mainok Kami SB School
50. o
Tuisarangchak Para JB School
m
North Tripura & Unakoti District

Sl Name of Schools District

No
1 Dharmapur S.B School
2 Block Tilla S.B School, KCP
3 Ahalyapur S.B School, KCP
North Tripura

4 Dakshin Ganganagar S.B School

5 Kameswar S.B School
6 Tiltai Halam Basti S.B School
District

7 Uptakali S.B school

8 Gopalpur S.B School
9 Laxmipur S.B School
10 Uricherra S.B School
11 Seulal para S.B School
12 Kendriya Vidyalaya, Panisagar
13 Sakaibari S.B School
14 Pachim Chandrapur S.B School
15 Kheori S.B School, Laljuri
16 Hemsukla S.B School, Makhumcherra, KCP
17 Bargul High School
18 Sukna cherra S.B School

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19 North Laxmipur S.B School
20 Mirthinga Cherra S.B School
21 Barcherra S.B School,
22 Northpoint High School
23 Tripuraswari Shihu Tirtha
24 Ichaitulgoan S.B School
25 Julaibassa S.B School
26 Mangal Khali S.B School
27 Radhapur S.B School
28 Dakshin Padmabil Colony SB School
29 West Bilthai S.B School
30 Tangibari S.B School
31 Bethelhem English High School
32 Uttar Padmbil B.H Col S.B School
33 Madabpur S.B School
34 Bhaghya Indramoni S.B School
35 South East Hurua S.B School
36 Sonarerbsa S.B School

North Tripura District

37 Zoithang S.B School
38 Madhya Deocherra Nabin S.B School
39 Baithang Bari S.B School
40 Blue Mount High School, (E. Med.) J. Hill
41 Latugoan S.B School
42 Kameswargao Bhumihin Col S.B. School
43 Holi Cross Convent School, Sakaibari
44 Holy Cross High School
45 Shiksha Bhawan Montessori SB School
46 Shanty Mention Institute, KCP
47 Khumpui High School
48 St. Thomas High School, (Eng. Med.)
49 Jahwar Navodaya Vidyalaya
50 Jampui Class XII School
51 Baruakandi Col. HS School
52 Jalabasa HS School
53 Kanchanpur Govt. Eng. Med. High School
54 Panisagar HS School
55 Bhallukcherra High School
56 Piplacherra High School
57 Ragna High School
58 Radhamadhavpur High School
59 Satnala High (now HS) School
60 Purba Satnala High School
61 Rowa High School
62 Purnajoy CP High School
63 Dasda HS School
64 Deocherra HS School

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 65 Pekucherra High School
66 Langai Narendranagar High School
67 Damcherra HS School
68 D.R.P. HS School
69 Hurua High School
70 Algapur High School
71 Uttar Laljuri HS School
72 Laljuri HS School
73 Bakbaki High School
74 Anandabazar HS School
75 Gachirampara High School
76 Pearacherra T/E High School
77 Balakmoni High School
78 Tilthai Do-bhanga High School
79 Joynagar High School
80 Tilthai R/C HS School
81 Padmabil HS School
82 Jiban Tripura HS School

North Tripura District

83 Karnajoy CP High School
84 Sabual High School
85 Tslangsung High School
86 Rabindranagar High School
87 Rajarai CP High School
88 Kanchanpur HS School
89 Kanchanpur Col. Girls HS School
90 Lalcherra HS School
91 Ganganagar HS School
92 Bagbasa High School
93 Brajendranagar HS School
94 Bilthai HS School
95 Dakshin Panisagar High School
96 Kalagangerpar High School
97 Kurti Col. High School
98 Amtila V.N. High School
99
100 Satsangam High School
101 Huplongcherra T/E HS School
102 Huplong Vill. High School
103 Kalacherra HS School
104 Pratyekroy HS School
105 Kurti HS (Fazil) Madrassa
106 South Fulbari High School
107 Chandpur High School
108 Lalcherra Col. High School
109 Jubarajnagar High School
110 Bishnupur High School

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111 Paizza Govt. High School
112 Khedacherra High School
113 Laxminagar High School
114 Shantipur High School
115 Balanan Jayanti High School
116 Kshudrakandi High School
117 Ramcharan CP High School
118 Batarashi High School
119 Noagang Indracherra High School

North Tripura District Unakoti District

120 Krishnapur HS School
121 West Radhapur High School
122 East Padmabil High School
123 Paschim Panisagar High School
124 Sribhumi Vidyabhawan HS School
125 Manchungn High School
126 Vangmun High School
127 Manpui High School
128 Baghan HS School
129 Fulbari HS School
130 Kadamtala HS School
131 Churaibari HS School
132 Golden Vally HS School
133 D.N. Vidyamandir
134 Rajbari Girls HS School
135 Padmapur HS School
136 Chandrapur HS School
137 Nayapara HS School
138 Bir Bikram Institution
139 DMN Govt. Girls HS School
140 Srirampur S M High School
141 Demdum High School
142 Akshoymoni Dhanicherra High School
143 Singirbil high School
144 Raitwaisa H. S. School
145 Vidyanagar H. S. School
146 Ledrai Dewan H. S. School
147 Bhadrapalli H. S. School
148 Dudhpur High School
149 Golokpur T. B. High School
150 Dhanasingh Chow Memorial H. S. School
151 Kailasahar Girls High School
152 Nabincherra High School
153 dhanbilas H. S. School
154 Dwarchoi Christan H. S. School
155 Bhagabannagar High School
156 East Kanchanbari High School

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157 Pecherthal H. S. School
158 Dolugaon High School
159 Fatikroy H. S. School
160 Chaintail H. S. School
161 Fatikcherra High School
162 Andharcherra High School
163 Belkumari H. S. School
164 Joygonti H. S. School
165 Chagoldema High School
166 Fatikroy Girls High School
167 Ramguna C.P. H. S. School
168 Ramkamal H. S. School
169 Kumarghat Girls H. S. School
170 Manuvalley T E V
171 Gokulnagar Girls High School
172 Kacharghat R C High School
173 Nalkata High School
174 Kailashar Govt Girls H. S. School
175 Pabiacherra H. S. School

Unakoti District
176 Rangrung H. S. School
177 Krishnanagar B M High School
178 Kaulikura H. S. School
179 Hazibari H. S. School
180 Barkhala High School
181 Bitor Pakhirbada High School
182 Shantipur (PTL) High School
183 Mashauli High School
184 Netaji Vidyapith English Medium School
185 Navodrone High School
186 Chinibagan High School
187 Sonaimuri H. S. School
188 Jubarajnagar Col Girls H. S. School
189 Emrapassa High School
190 Tilabazar H. S. School
191 Ujan Bhangacherra High School
192 jalai High School
193 Irani High School
194 Pabiacherra Col High School
195 R K Institution
196 Noagoan Buniadi High School
197 Gangaram C P High School
198 Ramkrishna Shikha Pratisthan
199 khirodcherra High School
200 Rangauti high School

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 Rapid Visual Screening
(R V S )
Report of vulnerable
20 schools
National
School
Safety
Programme

Revenue Department engaged Geo Hazard Society (GHS), India for Rapid
Visual Screening preliminary in 20 schools in 5 districts for demonstrative
purpose. The assessment team consisted of Dr Keya Mitra, Professor of
Architecture, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology,
Shibpur and Mr. Hari Kumar, President, GHS, India. The assessment report
submitted by GHS is enclosed here in brief.

GeoHazard Society
New Delhi, India

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 The assessment team had the following observations and recommendations
on each school.

1. Sukhamoy Higher Secondary School, Agartala, West Tripura

 The main building (A) of two floors has only one staircase which may impede smooth
evacuation in any emergency.
 In building C, the roof slab needs to be inspected closely and repaired as required.
 In all masonry buildings, there are no earthquake resistant provisions such as plinth, lintel
and roof/gable bands. These may be retrofitted as per IS: 13935 (Repair and Seismic Strengthening
of Masonry Buildings) and 1.S: 13828 (Improving earthquake resistance of low strength masonry
buildings - Guidelines)
 The roof trusses are to be properly anchored to the top of the walls and the CGI sheet roof
National panels need to be securely anchored to these trusses.
 The earthquake safety of the false ceiling in the new auditorium may be assessed.
School  Non-structural risk mitigation to be carried out in office rooms and laboratories, especially
the Chemistry lab.
Safety
2. Shishu Bihar Higher Secondary School, Agartala, West Tripura
Programme  The cracks observed near the arches needs more detailed investigation to ascertain the cause
and for deciding on remedial action.
 Drainage and waterproofing needs have to be addressed. Poor drainage on the roof will
eventually damage the roof and walls.
 Parapets and decorative elements on the roof need to be checked for stability in earthquake
shaking.
 Non-structural risk mitigation to be taken up in office rooms, libraries and laboratories
 The clutter of old furniture needs to be cleared to prevent it from becoming a fire hazard.
These can also block exit routes in earthquake shaking.
 Provision for making and vending tea within the building is a safety hazard.

3. Sekerkote Higher Secondary School, Sekerkote, West Tripura

 All false ceilings in the school need to be inspected for earthquake safety. Additional cross
bracing may be provided to prevent it from collapsing in earthquake shaking.
 In all buildings in the school, there are no earthquake resistant provisions such as plinth,
lintel and roof / gable bands. These may be assessed in detail and retrofitted as per IS: 13935 (Repair
and Seismic Strengthening of Masonry Buildings) and I.S: 13828 (Improving earthquake resistance
of low strength masonry buildings - Guidelines)
 The roof trusses are to be properly anchored to the top of the walls and the CGI sheet roof
panels need to be securely anchored to these trusses.
 Non-structural risk mitigation to be taken up in office rooms, libraries and laboratories.
 The main exit of the school to be kept clear of vehicles at all times to facilitate smooth
evacuation in any emergency.

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 4. Chowdhury Bari Girls' Higher Secondary School, Jirania, West Tripura
 In the main building, there is only one functional staircase and there needs to be provision
for a second staircase for emergency exit.
 In the masonry buildings in the school, there are no earthquake resistant provisions such as
plinth, lintel and roof / gable bands. These may be assessed in detail and retrofitted as per IS: 13935
(Repair and Seismic Strengthening of Masonry Buildings) and I.S: 13828 (Improving earthquake
resistance of low strength masonry buildings - Guidelines)
 The roof trusses are to be properly anchored to the top of the walls and the CGI sheet roof
panels need to be securely anchored to these trusses.
 Non-structural risk mitigation to be taken up in office rooms, libraries, laboratories and
vocational training rooms

National
5. Bhadrapalli Higher Secondary School
School  In the main building, there is only one functional staircase and there needs to be provision
for a second staircase for emergency exit.

Safety  Drainage and waterproofing needs have to be addressed. Poor drainage on the roof has
begun to damage the roof and walls.
Programme  In the masonry buildings in the school, there are no earthquake resistant provisions
such as plinth, lintel and roof / gable bands. These may be assessed in detail and retrofitted as
per IS: 13935 (Repair and Seismic Strengthening of Masonry Buildings) and LS: 13828
(Improving earthquake resistance of low strength masonry buildings - Guidelines)
 The Non-structural mitigation work that has been started in the school needs to be
completed

6. Srirampur Higher Secondary School

 In the main building, there is only one functional staircase and there needs to be provision
for a second staircase for emergency exit. The entry to this staircase is narrower than the
staircase itself and will create a bottleneck during emergency evacuation

 There are no earthquake resistant provisions in the masonry building such as plinth, lintel
and roof/ gable bands. Classrooms are long, lack cross walls and hence offer no lateral
bracing. These may be assessed in detail and retrofitted as per IS: 13935 (Repair and Seismic
Strengthening of Masonry Buildings) and LS: 13828 (Improving earthquake resistance of low
strength masonry buildings - Guidelines)
 The Non-structural mitigation work that has been started in the schools needs to be
completed.
 The temporary roof in between the wings on the first floor in the older building has to be
anchored well so that it does not collapse and block the staircase.
 All false ceilings in the school need to be inspected for earthquake safety. Additional cross
bracing may be provided to add earthquake resistance.

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 7. Vidyanagar Higher Secondary School
 There are no earthquake resistant provisions in the masonry building such as plinth,
lintel and roof / gable bands. Classrooms are long, lack cross walls and hence offer no lateral
bracing. These may be assessed in detail and retrofitted as per IS: 13935 (Repair and Seismic
Strengthening of Masonry Buildings) and LS: 13828 (Improving earthquake resistance of low
strength masonry buildings - Guidelines)
 All false ceilings in the school need to be inspected for earthquake safety. Additional
cross bracing may be provided to add earthquake resistance.

 The Non-structural mitigation work that has been started in the school needs to be
completed.

 Corner connection between the old classroom block and the additional classroom needs to
National be examined for earthquake safety. Such connections may be avoided in future constructions to
reduce pounding damage in earthquake shaking and also for ease and efficiency in roof drainage.
School
Safety 8. Rajbari Higher Secondary School

Programme
There is a single functional entrance and exit from the school. The side entrance needs to be
kept open during school hours for emergency evacuation purposes.
 There are no earthquake resistant provisions in the masonry building such as plinth, lintel
and roof / gable bands. Classrooms are long, lack cross walls and hence offer no lateral bracing.
These may be assessed in detail and retrofitted as per IS: 13935 (Repair and Seismic Strengthening
of Masonry Buildings).
 Drainage and waterproofing needs have to be addressed. Poor drainage on the roof has
damaged the roof and walls and since then adequate spouts have been provided. However, the RCC
slab has to be examined and repaired before undertaking thorough water-proofing.
 The electrical main switch on a wall that is damp has to be moved to a safer location to
prevent electrical hazards.
 Non-structural mitigation work has to be done in the school.

9. Bir Bikram Institute Higher Secondary School, Dharmanagar, North Tripura

 All old masonry buildings do not have earthquake resistant provisions such as plinth, lintel
and roof / gable bands. Classrooms are long, lack cross walls and hence offer no lateral bracing.
These may be assessed in detail and retrofitted as per IS: 13935 (Repair and Seismic Strengthening
of Masonry Buildings)
 False ceilings in all masonry buildings to be braced.
 Non-structural mitigation work has to be done in the school.
 In the new building, urgent roof maintenance is needed. Constant water tank overflows and
poor maintenance have allowed growth of vegetation on the roof. This will soon lead to leakages
and roof and wall damages
 The water tanks are not anchored and will slide and fall in moderate to strong earthquake

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 shaking. These can be prevented by providing guard rails around them. Water lines connecting to
the tanks may be provided with flexible connections to improve resistance to breakages in
earthquake shaking.

10. Chandrapur Higher Secondary School

 The older masonry building does not have earthquake resistant provisions such as plinth,
lintel and roof / gable bands. Classrooms are long, lack cross walls and hence offer no lateral
bracing. These may be assessed in detail and retrofitted as per IS: 13935 (Repair and Seismic
Strengthening of Masonry Buildings)
 There seems have been a complete lack of maintenance in this school building. Hence, before
any retrofitting works are carried out, urgent maintenance works have to be carried out to address

National the cracks, dampness in walls, the vegetation growing out of the walls etc.
 Drainage and waterproofing needs have to be ascertained. Poor drainage and maintenance on

School the roof has damaged the roof and walls.

 Non-structural mitigation work has to be done in the school.
Safety  In both buildings, there is only one functional staircase and there needs to be provision for a
second staircase for emergency exit.
Programme
11. Ragna Higher Secondary School
 The school building does not have earthquake resistant provisions such as plinth, lintel and
roof / gable bands. Classrooms are long, lack cross walls and hence offer no lateral bracing. These
may be assessed in detail and retrofitted as per IS: 13935 (Repair and Seismic Strengthening of
Masonry Buildings)
 False ceilings in the buildings to be assessed and braced.
 Ascertain causes of the cracks and dampness on the walls and carry out due
maintenance.
 The road leading up to the school is sloping on both sides and the stability of the slope may be
assessed, and slope stabilization undertaken, as necessary.
 Non-structural mitigation work has to be completed in the school.

12. Kalacherra Higher Secondary School

 There is only one functional staircase in the main building and there needs to be provision
for a second staircase for emergency exit. Due to the presence of a security grill, even rooms in the
ground floor have to use the same single exit which will create bottlenecks in emergency
evacuations.
 In the masonry buildings in the school, there are no earthquake resistant provisions such as
plinth, lintel and roof / gable bands. These may be assessed in detail and retrofitted as per IS:
13935 (Repair and Seismic Strengthening of Masonry Buildings) and I.S: 13828 (Improving
earthquake resistance of low strength masonry buildings - Guidelines). All children from class I till
class X are in these vulnerable masonry buildings.

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  The hall room and dining room are supported on unanchored wooden posts without
connections that need to be replaced immediately.
 Non-structural mitigation work has to be completed in the school.

13. Bakbaki Higher Secondary School

 Retrofitting the existing building may not be cost effective as the building is in a
dilapidated condition. The new school building will have to be completed in time for the next
school year, so that the staff and students do not remain in highly vulnerable buildings. If the
buildings are planned to be retained, they have to be retrofitted as per the IS: 13935 (Repair and
Seismic Strengthening of Masonry Buildings) and I.S: 13828 (Improving earthquake resistance of
low strength masonry buildings - Guidelines).

National  The design and execution of the new buildings in the campus has to be reviewed to ensure
earthquake resistance.
School  Non-structural mitigation work has been done by fixing cupboards etc. to extremely weak
walls.
Safety
Programme 14. Baruakandi Higher Secondary School
 Even though there are three new buildings -the main building, the spectator shed cum dining
hall and the cycle stand in the campus; all classes take place in older buildings without earthquake
resistant features. These buildings have to be retrofitted as per the IS: 13935 (Repair and Seismic
Strengthening of Masonry Buildings) and LS: 13828 (Improving earthquake resistance of low
strength masonry buildings - Guidelines).
 The main building has two exits next to each other and hence one of these is kept locked
permanently. A second exit is required for safe evacuation in emergencies.
 Non-structural mitigation work has to be completed in the school.

15. Bishalgarh Higher Secondary School, Bishalgarh, Sepahijala District

 The buildings on the campus have seismic resistant features. These buildings have to be
retrofitted as per the IS: 13935 (Repair and Seismic Strengthening of Masonry Buildings) and LS:
13828 (Improving earthquake resistance of low strength masonry buildings - Guidelines).
 In building B, the columns supporting the verandah roof are standalone brick pillars which
need to be connected to each other and to the building with bands during the retrofitting.
 The main building and the computer building have only one exit-even though these are single
storeyed buildings. Additional openings may be provided.
 Roofing trusses should be anchored to the walls.
 False ceilings in the classrooms have to be checked for stability in earthquake shaking.
 Non-structural mitigation work has to be completed in the school.

16. Boxanagar Higher Secondary School, Boxanagar, Sepahijala District

 None of the buildings in the campus have seismic resistant features. These buildings have to be
retrofitted as per the IS: 13935 (Repair and Seismic Strengthening of Masonry Buildings) and LS:

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 13828 (Improving earthquake resistance of low strength masonry buildings - Guidelines).
 Thin logs supporting Verandah projections have to be replaced with RCC columns during the
retrofitting.
 Non-structural mitigation work has to be completed in the school.
 False ceilings in the classrooms are in poor condition and need to be checked for stability in
earthquake shaking and braced as required.

17. Sudhanya DB Memorial Higher Secondary School, Jampuijala, Sepahijala District

 None of the buildings in the campus have seismic resistant features. These buildings have to
be retrofitted as per the IS: 13935 (Repair and Seismic Strengthening of Masonry Buildings) and LS:

National 13828 (Improving earthquake resistance of low strength masonry buildings - Guidelines).
 Non-structural mitigation work has to be completed in the school.

School  False ceilings in the classrooms need to be checked for stability in earthquake shaking and
braced as required.

Safety  Roofing trusses should be anchored to the walls.

Programme 18. Khowai Higher Secondary School, Khowai, Khowai District

 Of the twenty buildings assessed, the design and execution of this school was found to be
good.
 Non-structural mitigation work has to be completed in the school.
 Constant water tank overflows and slack maintenance have allowed vegetation growth on the
roof. This may soon lead to leakages and roof and wall damages.
 The water tanks are not anchored and will slide and fall in moderate to strong earthquake
shaking. These can be prevented by providing guard rails around them. Water lines connecting to the
tanks may be provided with flexible connections to improve resistance to breakages in earthquake
shaking.
 Two old buildings in the campus do not have seismic resistant features such as plinth, sill and
gable bands. These buildings have to be retrofitted as per the IS: 13935 (Repair and Seismic
Strengthening of Masonry Buildings) and I.S: 13828 (Improving earthquake resistance of low
strength masonry buildings - Guidelines).

19. Kalyanpur Higher Secondary School, Kalyanpur, Khowai District

 The school has single entrance and exit which could impede evacuation in emergencies. A
secondary exit maybe opened towards the open ground to be used in emergencies only.
 None of the buildings (including the Kristi Bhavan and the BRC) in the campus have seismic
resistant features such as plinth, sill and gable bands. These buildings have to be retrofitted as per the
IS: 13935 (Repair and Seismic Strengthening of Masonry Buildings) and IS : 13828 (Improving
earthquake resistance of low strength masonry buildings - Guidelines).
 Maintenance of the buildings was found to be poor and several walls were cracked,

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 damp and shorn of paint.
 False ceilings in the classrooms, library, lab etc. were found to be in abysmal condition and
needs to be replaced with adequate resistance to earthquake shaking.
 Several old files and other clutter were found collected in various parts of the school
including the Principal's office. This presents a major fire hazard and may be removed from t he
premises. _
 A tributary of the Khowai River flows behind the school and is eroding the slope
beside the school in two places as shown in the report. A slope 'stability investigation may be
carried out and corrective steps may be taken if found necessary.
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 Non-structural mitigation work has to be completed in the school.

National 20. Kabi Nazrul Higher Secondary School, Teliamura, Khowai District
,
School  The main building (A) of the school needs roof maintenance.
 Drainage and waterproofing needs have to be ascertained. Poor drainage on the roof has

Safety damaged the roof and walls. However, the RCC slab has to be examined and repaired before
thorough water-proofing is carried out.

Programme  None of the older buildings in the campus have seismic resilient features and have to
be retrofitted as per the IS: 13935 (Repair and Seismic Strengthening of Masonry Buildings) and
1.5: 13828 (Improving earthquake resistance of low strength masonry buildings - Guidelines).
 Non-structural mitigation work has to be completed in the school.

*** RVS Report of most vulnerable 20 schools in 5 districts under NSSP

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 Some News Clipping

National
School
Safety
Programme

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 Manpower
1. State level activities monitored by-

Dr Sarat Kr Das
State Project Officer, UNDP
Revenue Department,
Government of Tripura,
Contact-9436461940
Email- sarat.kumar.das@gmail.com

2. HR Support under NSSP:

National i) Sri Nilimesh Bhattacharjee

District Project Coordinator
North Tripura & Unakoti Tripura
School Contact-9436137614

ii) Sri Sushil Ch Saha

Safety District Project Coordinator
West Tripura, Khowai & Sepahijala
Contact-9436502118
Programme iii) Sri Suman Deb
Accounts Officer
Revenue Department
Contact-9856918665/9862850188
Email-mrsumandeb1981@gmail.com
suman_deb77@yahoo.com

3. Master Trainer trained from NIDM:

i) Sri Dilip Majumder
Nodal Officer, District Education Office,
West Tripura District
Contact-9436565571
Email-dilipmajumdar2011@gmail.com

ii) Sri Subir Chowhan

Head Master
Maharani Girls H.S. School
Agartala, West Tripura
Contact-9436945244

iii) Sri Nibir Sen

Head Master
Sishu Bihar School
Agartala, West Tripura
Contact-9436504090

iv) Mr Jorge N Debbarma

Head Master
Noagaon Twirajkami High School
Mohanpur, West Tripura
Contact- 9436128406

v) Er Dulal Mukherjee
Engineer
Engineering Cell
School Education Department
Government of Tripura

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 vi) Sri Ashim Bhattacharjee
Assistant Teacher
Dharmanagar Govt Girls HS School
Dharmanagar, North Tripura
Contact- 9436576288

vii) Sri Goutam Sukla Baidya

Post Graduate Teacher
Kadamtala H.S. School
Dharmanagar, North Tripura
Contact- 9436768901
Email- goutamdharam@gmail.com

viii) Sri Sanjib Das

Post Graduate Teacher
Krishnapur H.S. School
Dharmanagar, North Tripura
National Contact- 919436132500 / 918729823990

ix) Sri Sanjoy Das

School Post Graduate Teacher
Pabiachara H.S. School
Kumarghat, Unakoti District
Safety Contact- 9862418500
Email- sanjay281105@gmail.com

Programme x) Sri Sanjib Ghosh

Post Graduate Teacher
Boldharpur H.S. School
Kailasahar, Unakoti District
Contact- 9436465156
Email- sanjibghoshpapu@gmail.com

4. Engineers trained from IIT-Roorkee

i) Er Pradyut Das
Jr Engineer
PWD (R&B)
O/o EE-Agartala Div-V, PWD(R&B), Agartala,
Contact- 9402151700
Email-pradyotdas1973@gmail.com

ii) Er Rakesh Debbath

Jr Engineer
RD Department
O/o SE, RD 3rd Circle, Kumarghat, Unakoti District
Contact-9436357147
Email-rakesh.dbnth@gmail.com

iii) Er Arghya Datta

Jr Engineer
RD Department
O/o BDO, Jirania RD Block, Jirania
Contact-9774159567
Email-arghyadatta_07@rediffmail.com

iv) Er Goutam Roy

Jr Engineer
RD Department
O/o AE-Kailashahar Sub Div-I, PWD(R&B), Unkoti District
Contact- 919436132560
Email- goutamroy0@gmail.com

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 Organizational Support:
A) Government Organization:

1. Education (School) Department

Government of Tripura
Old Secretariat Building, Agartala, Tripura, 799001
Contact Person-Sri Narayan Debnath, Nodal Officer, DM
Contact-(0381) 232-8862 (O) / 9436470977 (M)

National 2. Public Works Department (Roads & Buildings)

Government of Tripura
School Secretariat Building, New Capital Complex,

Safety
Agartala, Tripura, 799006
Contact Person- Sri Susanta Dutta, Nodal Officer, DM

Programme Contact- (0381) 241-5063 (O) / 9436123848 (M)

Email- dsusanta@hotmail.com

3. Directorate of Relief, Rehabilitation & Disaster Management

Government of Tripura
Old Secretariat Building, Agartala, Tripura, 799001
Contact Person- Sri Suman Rakshit, Dy Director
Contact-(0381) 232-5723 (O) / 9485016655 (M)
Email-usrevenuedeptt@gmail.com

B) Nongovernmental Organization:

1. Geo Hazard Society

New Delhi, India,
Contact Person- Mr Hari Kumar, Preisdent
Contact- 09810600821
Email-geohazsociety@gmail.com

2. M/s Good Luck Engineering

Dharmanagar, North Tripura,
Contact person - Abdul Hamid, Proprietor
Contact- 9402345067

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Annexure

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Annexure-I
Notification of School Education Department regarding mockdrill

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Annexure-II
Format-1

NSSP MONTHLY QUALITATIVE AND NARRATIVE REPORT

District: West Tripura & North Tripura District; Month & Year of Reporting:

1. Preparation of School DM Plan :……………………………………………………………………

2. Training and Capacity Building :…………………………………………………………………..

3. Awareness Generation and monthly Mock Drill :………………………………………….

4. Structural Mitigation and Retrofitting :………………………………………………………..

5. Programme Extension and Convergence :……………………………………………………

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Annexure-III
Format-2

MONTHLY MONITORING SHEET-NSSP

Name of the District:

Month of Reporting:

Cumul
Monthly
ative
Sl Activities Target Physical Remarks
Progr
Progress
ess
1 No. of District Level meeting conducted
No. of Awareness Programme organised in
2
the School
3 No. of Students and Teachers Sensitised
4 No. of District Master Trainer Trained
5 No. of Teachers Training Organised
6 No. of Teachers Trained
7 No. of SCMC constituted
8 No. of School DMT constituted
No. of School DMT Trained on First Aid and
9
Search and Rescue
10 No. of School DM Plan Prepared
No. of school received IEC materials,
11
CD/DVD, books
12 No. of Schools received School Safety Kit
13 No. of School Mock Drill Conducted
No. of school reviewed and approved the
14
School DM Plan
No. of School conducted Rapid Visual
15
Survey
No. of School taken non-structural
16
mitigation measures
17 Status of structural retrofitting work
18 Any innovative activities:
Mobile medical unit tagged with NSSP for
A health check up of students & neighbouring
people
B
C
D

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 Map of Districts under
NSSP

NSSP
50 schools
NSSP
61 schools

NSSP
100 schools

NSSP
139 schools

NSSP
50 schools

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