What were the measures taken by government to reduce the impact of tsunami 2004?

Answer 1

As I'm sure you're aware preventing a tsunami occurring will never be practically possible, so efforts have been focused on disaster management and early warning systems.

The Indian ocean Tsunami in 2004 devastated coastal communities, predominately in the south-east (the state of Tamil Nadu was particularly affected) and India for a while was the third-worst affected country: Over 10,000 people died in India alone and a large proposition of the 985,000 people may experience symptoms such as post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.

With this in mind, in the immediate aftermath, The Tsunami Relief and Rehabilitation Coordination was established in January 2005 to organize state level discussions on state-civil society partnership, observing human rights and the situation for tsunami-affected children.

The Indian Prime Minister's National Relief Fund was established by Manmohan Singh to help fund the relief effort.

As well as dealing with the considerable internal problems, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, in partnership with the Indian defence forces and the Home Ministry, coordinated relief operations to other badly affected countries such as Sri Lanka, Maldives and Indonesia.

Further down the line, India played an important role in the meetings and conferences of UNISDR (United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction) as its Incident Command System (ICS) (an all-hazards system used to swiftly launch clear and operative expertise and coordination power in emergencies) has been used successfully for years in India as well as the US. Improvements have been made to this system since.

NGOs (Non-Government organisations) have been allowed to work on identifying practical steps to guarantee that civic concerns are better incorporated into public strategies.

Booklets on Tsunami awareness, using an old Japanese story "Inamura-no-hi" about tsunamis have been distributed.

India has worked with UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) to develop community-based approaches and start initiatives to evaluate community-based mechanisms for disaster preparation and to fortify propagation mechanisms of early warnings to populations as well as record and circulate lessons learned and good practices for 2004. This goes hand in hand with All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) and UNISDR work on spreading micro-finance initiatives as they help in tsunami risk mitigation and speed recovery in affected areas.

Answer 2

India has worked with UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) to develop community-based approaches and start initiatives to evaluate community-based mechanisms for disaster preparation and to fortify propagation mechanisms of early warnings to populations as well as record and circulate lessons learned and good practices for 2004. This goes hand in hand with All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) and UNISDR work on spreading micro-finance initiatives as they help in tsunami risk mitigation and speed recovery in affected areas.

Answer 3

The recommended mitigation measures include the following main elements:

1. Implementing new requirements to land-use planning and establishment of new building

codes to reduce exposure to and/or consequences of future tsunamis.

2. Establishing escape routes that are well marked and easily accessible and which lead to

areas or places that are safe from tsunami. Such safe areas may be artificially elevated

land areas, or buildings and structures accessible to all. They should be possible to

reach within a distance of about 500 m.

3. Constructing artificial walls or dikes to limit the impact and inundation level of

tsunamis. This may have particular merit for Patong City and Ban Nam Khem fishing

village, but locally also for other areas.

4. Raising the ground level (vertical land reclamation) where buildings are to be

constructed in the future. This may be a particularly attractive option for the further

development of the Bang Niang tourist resort areas, and to some extent also in Nam

Khem fishing village.

5. Ensuring that future buildings will not be damaged and that sleeping areas are at a level

which is safe from tsunamis. This in consideration of to what extent measures 3 or 4

have been implemented to limit the tsunami inundation level.

Answer 4

The government did nothing as the waves killed them

Answer 5

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