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Why is strengthening Community-Based Disaster Management in India crucial for effectively mitigating disasters?

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Strengthening community based disaster management basis is crucial because

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India is highly vulnerable to disasters. It's 65% land to earthquake, 40% to floods, 12% to landslide, and 60% to cyclone as disaster prone. Strengthening community based disaster management basis is crucial because: 1) Increase disaster preparedness through capacity building of people of blockade for floods, earthquakes. 2) Increase awareness of dos and don'ts during disasters so as to minimize damage to life/property. 3) Strengthen infrastructure resilience of urban - structure by engaging community to assist shelters, double storey houses for flash relief.

4Limited state capacity to act during disasters - people themselves to be empowered. 5) High population - to minimize exposure to hazards - people need to be made aware. 6) Community can respond quickly and state's response may come with a time lag & rate of NSS volunteers. 7) Mobile local infrastructure and personnel (NGA, SHG, civil society) to quick relief. 8) Use community knowledge & health are aware for signs of typhoons to raise alarm and warnings. 9) High social capital can ensure better rescue recovery through mutual aid and support.

10Community aware of local emerging routes and terrain for faster emergency issue. 11) Making people eyes and ears of disaster management authorities by highlighting loopholes of risky bridge - can allege.

— Animesh Jain · AIR 63

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To engage community: capacity building to people; Ayusha Mitras; nest local level disaster committee to undertake frequent drills, learning from past practices & Odisha cyclone model. Community engagement need to be mainstreamed not first in mitigation but also in management and response phases as suggested by SENDAI Framework.

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AIR 632020

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Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu is known for its manufacturing clusters on firecrackers and matches. The local economy of the area is largely dependent on firecrackers industry. It has led to tangible economic development and improved standard of living in the area. So far as child labour norms for hazardous industries like firecrackers industry are concerned, International Labour Organization (ILO) has set the minimum age as 18 years. In India, however, this age is 14 years. The units in industrial clusters of firecrackers can be classified into registered and non-registered entities. One typical unit is household-based work. Though the law is clear on the use of child labour employment norms in registered/non-registered units, it does not include household-based works. Household-based work means children working under the supervision of their parents/relatives. To evade child labour norms, several units project themselves as household-based works but employ children from outside. Needless to say that employing children saves the costs for these units leading to higher profits to the owners. On your visit to one of the units at Sivakasi, the owner takes you around the unit which has about 10-15 children below 14 years of age. The owner tells you that in his household-based unit, the children are all his relatives. You notice that several children smirk, when the owner tells you this. On deeper enquiry, you figure out that neither the owner nor the children are able to satisfactorily establish their relationship with each other. Bring out and discuss the ethical issues involved in the above case. What would be your reaction after your above visit?

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