- India has faced 21 out of 23 most dreading cyclones the world over in last 270 years which took toll on 6,00,000 lives
- 59 % of Indian land is quite prone to earthquake. The capital is in grade 4 zone. 18,000+ people have lost their lives in last 18 years as earth-quake calamities
- As per estimates, property worth Rs 5,000 crore is at risk from known natural disasters
- India looses 7.5 million hectare of land and 1600 people every 5 yr
And
- In India, the national disaster management authority is headed by PM
- It gets Rs. 65 Crore per year to meet its objective.
- As per the authority, their objective is to make people aware about disasters and how to cope with it (really !! , and we thought 'management' meant something else)
- In India, Disaster management is controlled by Cabinet Secretary, Home ministry, Health ministry, National Disaster Management Authority, State government ..... Which means, at the time of disaster, all of these could do nothing and blame everybody else for inaction
So, how good you think we are prepared ?
