DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN SIKKIM

GOVERNMENT OF SIKKIM

Vinod SharmaVice Chair, Sikkim SDMA

Sikkim

Earthquakes• 10.79% land is liable to severe

earthquakes (intensity MSK IX or more)

• 17.49% land is liable to MSK VIII (similar to Latur/Uttarkashi)

• 30.79% land is liable to MSK VII (similar to Jabalpur earthquake)

Biggest quakes in Andamans, Kuchh, Himachal, Kashmir, Bihar and the North

Eastern States)

Sikkim State Disaster management Authority

State Disaster Management Act

State Plan for Disaster Management

District Disaster Management Plans for all four districts

Panchayat level Disaster Management Plans (in preparation)

Departmental Plans

Mainstreaming DRR in every sector

School Safety Programme

NDMA supported School Safety Programme

State launched state-wide school safety programme

Disaster Education

Awareness

Earthquake safety Day- 18 September

Disaster Risk Reduction in teacher’s training programme

Books and material translated in local language- Nepali

CCA ,SDGs and DRR

Efforts are being made to integrate Climate Change Adaptation, SDGs and Disaster Risk Reduction in the state

Department of Science and Technology and Disaster Management working together

Convergence of State Climate Plan and DM plan is in progress

Sendai Framework

State organized State level workshop on Sendai Framework just after India signed the document in 2015

Sikkim reconstruction and rehabilitation is the best example of ‘Built Back Better’

  Building Back Better

ORGANIC SIKKIM TO DISASTER RESILIENT SIKKIM

Aiming for a reconstruction process that builds back a) safe, b) sustainable, and c) culturally suitable homes, infrastructure and communities

Build Back Better Approach

Risk Reduction

CommunityRecovery

Implementation

Structural Designs

Land-use Planning

Social Recovery

Economic Recovery

Stakeholders Legislation and

Regulation

Community Consultation

Monitoring and

Evaluation

Key Features

Innovative public service delivery

Earthquake resistant features

Operational framework

Implementation models

Training of staff

Transparency safeguards

Monitoring and evaluation

Align with sustainability (1st Organic State)

Web based Management Information System (MIS)

Implementation Model

Mason Training Handbook

Post Disaster Lessons

• Risk Identification - Damage Assessment

• Resilient Construction - Safe construction practices & Earthquake resistant features

• Implementation models - Owner Driven and Contractor Driven

• Preparedness - Institutional Capacity Building, engineers, masons training and Operational Framework

Key Considerations from learning

• Safety • Resilience • Sustainability • Cultural appropriateness • Sense of ownership • Ease of construction

Material and Design Options Matrix

Material and Design Options Matrix

The matrix provides the specifications and costs of each element of the house, and provides a basic set of specifications with the cost estimate derived from this set of specifications.

A beneficiary can use this matrix to arrive at the preferred set of specifications, as shown in an example above, within her targeted budget through a process of choices and trade-offs.

Some Pointers

In-situ rehabilitation preferred; relocation being last resort

Safety from all future hazards, including climate change impacts

Sustainability through appropriate materials and technologies

Cultural appropriateness in design

Owner driven approach

Monitoring through local bodies but using smart systems and software

“Ask not, what the disaster did to you;

instead, ask how far you have reached to face the next disaster better.”