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After the 2018 Kerala floods, a lack of responsive measures and missing legislation for housing and land use in vulnerable zones are increasing the area's fragility.
Kerala is a climate change hotspot, prone mostly to floods. Thanks to the Rebuild Kerala Initiative, public investments are focusing on improving the state's resilience.
The Government of India has taken up the challenging task of rebuilding Kerala better after the 2018 floods. Their aim is not to restore what was in existence before the flood, but to build a new Kerala which will be resilient to any possible natural disasters in future.
In this op-ed, Mami Mizutori, UN Special Representative for DRR, writes that disasters in urban areas can lead to high numbers of casualties and economic losses. But ensuring risk-informed infrastructure investments can help mitigate damages. In pursuit of resilience, an upcoming workshop in India will seek to create a global coalition for resilient infrastructure.
Fifteen days after Cyclone Gaja struck Tamil Nadu, experts warn that health surveillance, good sanitation, and psychological support are needed after disasters to prevent further losses. Health personnel remain on the ground, organizing medical camps, chlorinating water sources, looking out for mosquito breeding sources, and maintaining sanitation.
The Indian Tsunami Early Warning System (ITEWS) of the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) is in the process of setting up an elaborate system of sensors on the Andaman & Nicobar Islands for real-time monitoring of earthquakes.
The State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) in Kerala, India, is planning to create a pool of trained civilian defense volunteers to reduce disaster risk. A pilot project of training 200 civil defense volunteers will be launched on October 13th, the International Day for Disaster Reduction.
With the outbreak of forest fires in several locations across the Kerala state since January, the government is formulating a response plan to wildfires posing a threat to human habitation. Efforts focus fixing the thresholds defining the different levels of threat and formulating standard operating procedures to fight forest fires.
Voluntary Commitments
The organization has no registered commitments.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.