Discuss the disaster management challenges faced by the Littoral State of Bay of Bengal
Introduction
Littoral state of Bay of Bengal are prone to disaster like cyclone, flood, tsunami and storm surges
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Main Body
Significant stress in disaster preparedness: (1) Early warning system eg. National Ocean Research Institute (2) Community led management eg. Mockdwille (3) Resilient Infrastructure eg. Retention walls (4) Development as per NDMA guideline
Way ahead: A) Structural Measures: (1) Hazard-mapping and zoning of disaster (2) Infrastructure construction like retention walls, dams (3) Biodiversity conservation eg. MISHTI Programme: Mangrove
Conclusion
Yet efficacy is limited due to: (1) Detection and early warning for tropical cyclones is difficult due to range of climate events (2) Climate change aggravating cyclones frequency and three more preparedness needed (3) Infrastructural bottleneck as resilient infrastructure are not made (4) Deforestation and encroachment of wetlands impacting natural capacity of disaster absorption (5) Slow implementation of programme eg. Sendai framework guideline (6) Lack of awareness among population regarding colour coding warning of disaster (7) Issue in dissemination of information due to weak network system
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Mansi Singh
Disaster Management
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Coastal disaster management - Bay of Bengal
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