1. INTRODUCTION

· As regards the provision of health and sanitation measures, the district administration
requires sufficient medicines, white cloth, temporary sanitary blocks, wood and Kerosene.
· As soon as the disaster occurs the Govt. should place the grant at the disposal of the
District Collector instead of Divisional Commissioner so that appropriate medicines can be
purchased immediately if not available with Govt. Hospital.
A ) Disaster Specific Capability Analysis :
1) Flood :
Ahmednagar District has danger of floods due to the following rivers - Sina, Mula, Pravara,
Godawari, Bhima, and Kukadi.
The forecasting of flood is by regularly getting figures of discharge in the rivers. All river
basins except Sina is mapped for various discharge levels so that advance warning can be
given for endangered villages.
In the month of May of every year the Collector and Principal Office of Flood Control call
for a meeting of all concerned Officers. The following are the members of the Committee.
1. The Collector Principal Officer for flood
control.
2. The Chief Executive Officer Z.P. Member
Ahmednagar
3. The District Supdt. of Police .Nagar Member
4. The Executive Engineer, I.& P.Nagar Member
5. The Executive Engineer ,Mula Dam Dn Member
Nagar
6. The District Health Officer, Nagar. Member
7. The Civil Surgeon Ahmednagar Member
8. The Dist. Commandant Home Guard Member
9. The Divisional Controller S.T.Nagar Member
10. The Resident Dy.Collector Nagar Member
11. The Sub-Divisional Officers of all Dns. Member
12. The General Manager Telephones Member
13. The Supdt. Engineer MSEDCL Nagar Member
14. The General Manager, Mula Pravara
Electric Society
Member
In the meeting the detailed discussion is held for the prevention of flood and measures to be
taken in case of unforeseen circumstances. The flood control room starts its functioning with
effect from 1 st of June every year. The control room is functioning round the clock.
Necessary staff is appointed for this special duty. In every Tahsil Office as well as the
offices connected with the floods also open their control room and it is functioning round the
clock since 1 st of June every year.
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