Ockhi Cyclone Dec-2017 Report English

12.3. The PI team therefore considers it imperative that the district should be
immediately declared as a ‘Environmentally Sensitive & Ecologically Protected
Region’ wherein only light infrastructure works should be undertaken as a matter of
policy. A simultaneous ban should be imposed on cutting of any tree for any
purpose, filling/impeding of any waterbody or watercourse for any purpose and
quarrying of stone in the Western Ghats for any purpose.
12.4. Simultaneously CRZ-2011 notification should be strictly complied with for any
developmental project on the coast. Also, immediate steps should be taken to
prepare and publish the Coastal Zone Management Plan, with clear marking of
‘Hazard Zone’ strictly in accordance CRZ-2011 notification and its guidelines in full
consultation with all stakeholders.
12.5. The PI team taking into account disaster as an opportunity for change
recommends a holistic economic package reiterating the resolutions of the
People’s Parliament for Unity & Development and Rebuild Kanniyakumari Movement
and the resolutions adopted at their Symposium on “Whither Disaster Management”
held at Chennai in December 19 , 2017.
12.5.1. A Minor Integrated Port at Colachel that will improve the living conditions
of fishermen and help to improve economy through fish resources, without
destroying the environment.
12.5.2. A Fish Processing and Storage Facilities providing processing and
storage facilities that will generate employment and improve the economy.
12.5.3. A Marine Resource University by converting the existing extension centre
of Manomanian Sundaranar University at Rajakamangalam into a University with
Degrees in Fishing, Processing and also processing of horticulture crops.
12.5.4. A Food Processing Technology Institute by converting the Pechiparai
Horticulture Centre into a food processing and technology institute which can also
assist farmers with research & development and also provide courses on
horticulture, floriculture, food processing, food export, banana research and
horticultural development.
13.0 High Level Enquiry required to determine the ‘role’ of the Disaster
Management in Cyclone Ockhi in Kanyakumari District:
The IMD, MoES, SDMA and NDMA were completely faulted in predicting the
cyclone and the gravity of the same.
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