District Disaster Management Plan District Kech, Balochistan - NDMA

District Capacity for Disaster Risk Management (DRM)
District Capacity for
Disaster Risk Management (DRM)
The immediate and swift response for any natural or manmade calamity requires a full-fledged institution
equipped with all required disaster related equipment, with fully trained human power which could cope
with any disaster/incident with its capacity in order to reduce as much as losses in the areas.
Simultaneously, it is also essential to work out for the capacity building of other related government
departments, as they would have their related assignments properly. However, the district Kech having
experienced two major disasters during the one-decade, but still lacking any sustainable disaster risk
reduction mechanism, which could meet any disaster-oriented emergency. On the other, district
government Kech has still not prepared a District Disaster Risk Management Plan (DDRM) as per
extension to PDMA from the provincial government and NDMA being established at all tiers.
However, Civil Defense Office (CDO) is yet to be established in the district. A reactive response to any
emergency has remained the predominant way of dealing with disasters. The district, tehsil, union council
and village representatives as well as media, civil society and other stakeholder still have to be aware on
DRM. The table below describes the current disaster risk management capacity in Kech.
SECTION 5
District Capacity: Currents Gaps and Requirements for Effective DDMA
Meanwhile, the district government has taken initiatives as the establishment of district disaster cell
(DDC) is a temporary body, and also NGOs have been supporting the local communities in their capacity
building. However, there is need to have a sustainable mechanism for better community mobilization,
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