“Disaster” means a catastrophe or calamity, resulting from
natural or man made causes or by accident or negligence, which results in
substantial loss of life or property, or human suffering or degradation of
environment and shall include the calamities referred to in the First Schedule
and does not include incidents like
riots, wars, terrorist activities, etc.
The First Schedule
CALAMITIES
Water and Climate
Related Calamities
1. Flood or drainage
2. Cyclone
3. Hurricane
4. Hailstorm
5. Cloud burst
6. Heat wave
7. Cold wave
8. Drought
9. Crop failure
10. Famines
11. Sea erosion
12. Snow storm
13. Blizzard
14. Sand storm
15. Thunder or lightning
Geologically Related
Calamities
16. Landslides, rock-slides or mudflows
17. Earthquakes
18. Avalanche
19. Volcanic eruptions
20. Rivers changing path
Chemical, Industrial
and Nuclear Related
Calamities
21. Chemical and industrial disasters
22. Nuclear disasters
Accident Related
Calamities
23. Forest fires
24. Urban fires
25. Mine flooding or mine fires or mine collapse
26. Oil spill
27. Building collapse
28. Dam failures/dam bursts
29. Festival related disasters
30. Fire and electrical disasters
31. Air, road and train accidents
32. Boat capsizing
33. Village fire
Biologically Related
Calamities
34. Biological disasters and epidemics
35. Pest attacks
36. Cattle epidemics
37. Food poisoning
The Second Schedule -NODAL MINISTRIES
|
Drought
|
Ministry of Agriculture
|
|
Epidemics & Biological Disasters
|
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
|
|
Chemical Disasters
|
Ministry of Environment & Forests
|
|
Nuclear Disasters
|
Ministry of Atomic Energy
|
|
Air Accidents
|
Ministry of Civil Aviation
|
|
Railway Accidents
|
Ministry of Railways
|
Advertisements
No comments:
Post a Comment