District Disaster Management Plan District Kech, Balochistan - NDMA

Disaster Risk Management Plan for the District
Disaster Risk Management Plan for the District
The key objective of developing this plan is to minimize the sufferings of the local communities from
disaster occurrence in the district through developing and enhancing managerial skills, communication,
coordination and technical expertise in order to properly utilize the local resources and institutions and to
possibly reduce losses.
3.1 Scope of the Plan
The main focus of the plan would be to collect and categorize the available resources of the district for the
purpose of vulnerability reduction and capacity building of the people living in the disaster prone areas,
and also develop the efficiency of other stakeholders and main institutions of the district. The plan would
also chalk out comprehensive guidelines for the development of strategies and execution of policies for
three phases of disaster risk management, which are pre-disaster, during disaster and post disaster
activities in the disaster affected areas of the district.
The plan would also help all the district officers, officials and the local key stakeholders to have timely
action for district risk management. The plan has clearly outlined the roles and responsibilities of all
departments and institutions in the district. The plan would also be helpful for national and provincial
government, CBOs, NGOs, donors and also philanthropists to understand how they can perform their
services in the disaster preparedness, response and mitigation for the district.
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3.1.1 Major Guiding Principles of the Plan
Adopt to multi prone and multidimensional approach taking on board all stakeholders of the
district
Vulnerable communities such as women, children, and senior citizens to be focused
All local level development policies will be incorporated with disaster risk reduction
The local communities of the disaster prone areas should be sensitized to adopt sustainable
livelihood methods
Motivate the local communities to adopt preparedness trends from impending
disaster/calamities
3.2 Process
The District Disaster Risk Management Plan has been developed after a comprehensive survey of the
district, holding detailed meetings and extensive consultations with concerned departments of the
district, institutional heads, local NGOs, CBOs, concerned stakeholders and local communities, especially
those living in the disaster prone areas of district.
3.3 Distribution of Copies
The copies of district disaster risk management plan would be distributed among the following concerned
district departments, experts, elected representatives, institutional heads, NGOs, and other relevant
persons and offices of the district:
District Nazim
District Naib Nazim
District Coordination Officer (DCO)
District assembly members
District Police officers
Commander,
All EDOs
Tehsil Nazims
Union Council Nazims
Tehsil Municipal Administration
NDMA
PDMA
NGOs
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