Delhi govt to finalise disaster management plan in six to eight weeks

The Delhi government will be conducting drills to check preparedness of various government agencies to deal with disasters in the city and will also be finalising a state disaster management plan in six to eight weeks after the devastating earthquake in Nepal.

The Delhi government has prepared a state disaster and district disaster management plan for all 11 districts, officials said.

"State disaster management plan talks of broad guidelines with standard operating procedure. Official claims that three districts (New Delhi, North-East and South-East) have prepared the plans while the rest are in the final phase. Disaster management plan specifies the role of each government agencies like municipal corporation and police," chief secretary K.K. Sharma said.

According to officials, in state disaster management plan, the government is incorporating unauthorised colonies and the plan will be finalised in six to eight weeks. "Draft plan is already functional and teams have already started working on it. Meanwhile, state disaster fund is still under preparation," official said.

Officials said all 11 districts have Quick Response Teams (QRT) and soon more QRTs will be added to all districts.

The move comes after CM Arvind Kejriwal held a review meeting on Monday to discuss the preparedness of the Capital in dealing with natural and manmade disasters.