Disaster mitigation express (Issue 3)

This News Letter issued by DDMA-Gorakhpur is in the context of its effort executed in a quarter of 2019-for enhancing the disaster resiliency with the district.

This issue deals with the measures to minimise the cold weather fatalities.
Road fatalities & fire incidents are the most common and severe type of social and economic disruption caused to any society in January & December. After considering the above aspects for improving the preparedness measures, DDMA, Gorakhpur in December 2018 has moved a way forward for the strengthening of the mechanism to minimise the road accidents & fire incidents by the Identification of 7 vulnerable spots within the district that have faced maximum road accidents after conducting a rigorous analysis of past timelines and present vulnerability, for the adoption of adequate precautionary measures:

• The alertness of Nagar Nigam, Nagar Panchayat & DUDA for Meticulous Inspection of doss houses followed by their renovation and making adequate arrangements for relief material in them for 24 hours functioning of them.
• The alertness of fire department for quick disaster response & spreading the awareness among the vulnerable community on demerits of practising bonfire during the night in or near the agricultural land.
• Thorough monitoring of potholes of the road & the road lights followed by their rectification, if needed.
• Usage of road reflectors & radium stickers on the roadside signifying the vulnerable positions of the road to minimise the accidents caused in cold weather due to fog. Road reflectors & radium stickers were entirely installed by the local community.