Standard Operating Procedure for response to the Industrial/Chemical <strong>Disaster</strong>s will be same as discussedin Chapter 05 – Response <strong>Plan</strong> of the DDMP.III.6 Drought: <strong>Faridabad</strong> receives most of its rainfall from the ‘summer’ monsoon andcontinuous up to the middle of August. The summer monsoon sets during the month of July andstarts withdrawing from the end of August or first week of September. Due to this uncertainrainfall pattern the entire district receive less than one month of rainy session. Hence thedepartment of agriculture and cooperation, ministry of agriculture and government of India hascategorized <strong>Faridabad</strong> in chronically in drought affected area. The <strong>District</strong> authority will ensurethe following for effective draought management:-6.(a) In case of Delay by 2 weeks (July 3 rd week):-Agriculture Department should relay early warnings and should advise thestakeholders on food stocking, safe irrigational practices, saving soil moisture andregarding any recommended change in crop/cropping system if necessary.6.(b) In case of Delay by 06 weeks (August 3 rd week):-After consultation with agricultural scientists, the Agriculture Department shouldensure necessary change in crop/cropping system.6.(c) In case of Delay by 08 weeks (September 1st week):-After consultation with agricultural scientists, the Agriculture Department shouldadvise farmers to keep the land fallow and conserve soil moisture for Rabi season,rather than sowing crops that might fail due to want of moisture.6.(d) When Normal Onset is followed by 15-20 days of dry spell after sowing leading to poorgermination/crop stand etc.In case of poor plant population, After consultation with agricultural scientists, theAgriculture Department should advise farmers to go for re-sowing. The case mayhowever differ from crop to crop.6.(e) In case of Mid Season drought and terminal drought:-The agriculture department should advise farmers on better crop managementpractices such as weeding and hoeing with wheel, hand, hoe/kasola etc. Limitingthe use of chemicals for weed management under stress, straw mulching in betweenrows and applying life saving irrigation if possible.6.(f) Apart from the above the Agriculture department should ensure the following foreffective drought management:-The agriculture department should make proper arrangement for timely availabilityof seeds at the village and the block level.It should ensure the release of irrigation water in canals.48
Proper power supply to farmers should be ensured for facilitating the irrigation ofcrops.Subsidy on sprinkler, drip irrigation system and laser leveler should be given to thefarmers.In case of Delayed/limited release of water in canals due to low rainfall or otherreasons the department should promote sprinkler, drip irrigation system and laserleveler and should promote water saving farming practices.III.7. Biological <strong>Disaster</strong>s: The Agriculture Department, the vetenary surgeon and the ChiefMedical Officer will maintain a quarantine department in the district for prevention and/ortimely control of any form of biological disasters. Each of these departments, assisted by theDepartment of Public Health will establish a surveillance system for timely identifying andcontrolling any form of biological disasters.III.8. Fire: The short circuits, LPG blasts and chemical industrial fire are the major reasons toworry in the district.Most of the reported accidents are in the city of <strong>Faridabad</strong>, mainly due to the inadequate safetymeasures in the electrical installation and chemical and LPG blasts, as well as careless practiceswhile handling and storage of inflammable materials.Unlike in the case of hazards such as floods or road accidents, identification of specificvulnerable spots is not possible. However, a broad identification of the types of locations wherethere is a positional threat of fire is possible. These are: Storage area of flammable/explosive material in the vicinity of populated area; Hotels and restaurants in crowded area using improper practices of storage ofcooking fuel such as LPG, kerosene etc; Multi storey buildings especially in the cities, with inadequate fire safetymeasures; Narrow lanes, congested and overcrowded buildings, and old building with poorinternal wiring. Gas Pipelines going through the residential and commercial areas. Small scale industries being operated from illegal slums and other unsafesettlements.The facilities in each fire station are appropriate to the municipality’s financial position.However, due to the paucity of funds in most municipalities, the fire-stations are poorlyequipped. In addition to combating fire related hazards, fire frightening services are alsorequired during building collapse, road accidents, and industrial hazards and earthquake etc.Therefore, the need for a well equipped, well maintained, and adequate fire station cannot beunder estimated.Fire services are also required in smaller districts and Tehsils and there is a need for governmentregulation to simplify bureaucratic procedure to enable fire services to travel across municipallimits. Stream lining of fire services operations across the state is required. Need for immediatecommunication after fire accidents, granting of blanket permission during emergency, and upgradationby providing wireless and computer system, mapping of areas prone to fire accidentsbased on the frequency of occurrence of these hazards is necessary.The district’s fire services needs revamping particularly to deal with emergencies related toCBRN disasters, emergencies in high rise buildings and emergencies in slums with narrow lanes.Multi Hazard prone settlements are listed in the Annexure 3.49