The Times of India reports that although Chennai Corporation is one of the member bodies that has adopted the Incheon regional roadmap on disaster risk reduction, following the Asian ministerial conference on DRR which concluded in South Korea recently, the city is yet to put in place a comprehensive disaster risk reduction protocol.
"The state disaster management authority (SDMA) was formed two years ago under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 but it has not been implemented. It says all districts should have local units for disaster management with standard operating procedures. Post-tsunami, we have had massive rehabilitation but mitigation and disaster risk reduction activities have not yet happened," said K M Parivelan, independent consultant on disaster management, who conducts training programmes on the subject for municipal bodies.