The Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances, Government of India, organized the 2nd 'District Collectors Conference', which took place on the 6th & 7th of September in New Delhi. Over 30 district collectors participated, making presentations on best practices to overcome challenges faced in the sectors of rural development, education, urban development, law & order, and disaster management. 
 
The Planning Commission is providing these presentations for the public to see examples of the good work being done by young IAS officers in the field, and to promote cross-learning and innovation.

1. Presented by
Dr Rajender Kumar, IAS
Collector & DM Rajkot

2.  Profile of Rajkot District:
◦ 3rd most advanced district of Gujarat
◦ 43711 registered industry units
◦ 14 talukas, 846 villages
◦ Population of 37,99,770 with an area of 11203 sq.
km.
◦ Main rivers: Machu, Bhadar and Aji; 29 dam
◦ Average rainfall of 540mm to 600mm
 Vulnerability to Disasters
◦ Falls into seismic zone III
◦ Risk to chemical and other industrial hazards
◦ History of drought, flood, cyclone
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3. Indian Subcontinent: among the world’s most disaster prone areas
 54% of land vulnerable to Earthquakes
 8% of land vulnerable to Cyclones
 5% of land vulnerable to Floods
Earthquakes
• 12% land is liable to severe
earthquakes (intensity MSK
IX or more)·
• 18% land is liable to MSK VIII
(similar to Latur
/ Uttarkashi)
• 27% land is liable to MSK VII
(similar to Jabalpur quake)

4.  Machhu Honarat in Rajkot
 Cyclone1998&1999
 Drought:1998,1999,2001,2002 &2003
 Earthquake:2001
 Flood:1998,2003,2004,2005,&2006
Earthquake Hazard Map Cyclone Hazard Map

5.  Prevention and Reduction of disaster risk
 Mitigation of the disaster’s impacts
 Mitigation of the disaster’s impacts
 Preparation for effective response to
disaster to save lives,
 Minimize loss and property damage
 Quick recovery from disaster’s impacts

6.  Incident response System
 Responsible Officer
 Incident Commander
 Incident Response Teams
 Incident Command Post
 Evacuation Plan
 Search & Rescue Teams

7.  Lack of Trained manpower
 Lack of planning
 Lack of resource mapping
 Lack of awareness in community

8.  Lack of data base.
 Lack of management tools.
 Lack of Communication system.
 Lack of ready hazard & Rescore map.

9. • Need for a proactive, comprehensive and sustained
approach to tackle disasters or disaster like situation
• Using science technology for prevention and
management of catastrophic events in future
• Developed in collaboration with BISAG, Gandhinagar
• An extensive GIS with detailed information and
mapping of all the vital resources serving as
information repository
• A mobile alert system to prevent damage to life and
property at the time of flood
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10.  Facilitation of services for prevention of
disasters and designing efficient
management plans in times of disasters
 GIS will work as an information repository for
the government
 Maps the areas prone to various disasters and
villages in the catchment areas of the dams
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11.  For each of the selected dam, one can view the
respective affected villages for the amount of water
being discharged
 It classifies the areas as; needing immediate
evacuation, ready for evacuation and villages on alert
 Indicates river flow through the whole of district
 The application offers a range of tools which provide
features like zooming the desired location, labelling if
required and printing the map.
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12. The DARMAT Home page provides navigations for
DAM Site- includes the boundaries of the Corporation and ward, Polling booth
Revenue Administration - include boundaries of the District, Nagarpalika, Ward.

13. DAM Site:
This page displays the District map of Gujarat state.

15. On selecting any dam from dropdown list of Dam site you will get location of Dam.
You can also navigate from map area by clicking on any Dam.

16. On selecting any discharge from dropdown list of Discharge site you will get affected
villages of that dam.

17. Revenue Administration:
This page displays the District map of Gujarat state.

18. On selecting any district from dropdown list of District you will get Dam site of that Rajkot District.
You can also navigate from map area by clicking on any District.

19. On selecting any Taluka from dropdown list of Taluka you will get Taluka boundary, Dam
location of that Rajkot District .You can also navigate from map area by clicking on Taluka.

20. On selecting any Village from dropdown list of Village you will get Village boundary of that
Village .

21. Category Sub-Categories
Administrative
Boundaries
District-wise, Taluka-wise and Village-wise clear
demarcation of boundaries. Apart from that locations
of corporations, nagarpalikas, taluka headquarters,
district headquarter and all the location with
settlements.
Infrastructure Mapping of Railway Lines, Road Routes, Helipads, Gas
and Oil Pipelines; GAIL, GSPC, GSPL
Vital
Installations
Airports, Nearest Ports, Government Offices in
Talukas, Radio Stations, Doordarshan Kendras, MHU
units, Substations. Information regarding Mobile
Towers and Telephone Exchanges to added
Natural
Resources
River Flow across the District
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22. Category Sub-Categories
Amenities •Health: Primary health Centres, Community Health
Centres, Location of Ambulances, Blood Banks and
Hospitals
•Schools: Location of schools at village level
•Police Stations, GIDC
•Water Facility: Presence/Absence of Water Schemes
•ST Depot, Railway Stations and FCI Godowns
Hazards Talukas divided into low, average and high risk areas with
respect to Chemical Hazards, Cyclone, Earthquake, Flood
and Drought
Affected
Villages
Flood prone villages with differentiated highlighting viz.
Red for those who need immediate evacuation at times of
flood, blue for those who need to get ready for evacuation
and yellow for those who will be put on alert and villages
in the catchment area of the dams
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23.  The information can help in finding alternate routes,
detecting hazardous areas, leaks if any and take necessary
actions timely
 Helpful in speedy communication as and when required to
the desired areas
 Helpful in gauging the risk, the surrounding areas may
have in times of disasters like flood, earthquake etc.
 Better understanding of the inter-connectivity via rail and
road which will be helpful in defining a proper
transportation channel during time of disaster
 Helpful in efficient inter-developmental coordination
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24.  Mobile alert system for help in broadcasting
speedy messages during the time of flood
 Access to all the dam in-charges who are given
android phones with this application installed
 Extensive database with information about the
dams and associated villages
 Information about the areas that will be affected
at the time when a particular amount of water
will be discharged from the gates of a particular
dam
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25.  One can select the dam and the amount of water to be discharged
through the gates
 A database is maintained where one can check the villages that
would be affected and need an alert
 An alert message can be sent to some selected officials of the
villages in danger with 30 seconds through an internet gateway
 Selected village personnel can be sarpanch, aaganwadi workers,
paramedical staff, school principal etc.
 Message will also be received by that other officials like collector
of the district, additional collector, revenue commissioner etc.
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31.  Speedy and timely communication for reducing
damage that can be caused to the life and property
 Help in taking necessary actions
 Devising efficient management plans to control the
situation
 Help in prevention of the damage or lowering its
extent
 MIS for mobile alert system
◦ Mobile numbers can be added and removed along with
their designation on the link dmrajkot.gov.in
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