Annexure - Wardha District

Hazards:
Hazards are defined as “Phenomena that pose a threat to people, structures, or economic
assets and which may cause a disaster. They could be either manmade or naturally occurring in
our environment.”
It is well known fact that the collapse or severe damage to buildings during the occurrence
of natural disasters is the main cause for the loss of lives of people and cattle and misery of the
survivors. To minimize the damage the first step to map the hazard prone areas and analyse the
risk of damage to the buildings due to the hazards. These maps show not only the boundaries of
the hazard zones of various intensities but also indicate district wise areas lying in the different
intensities.
A householder can use the maps to locate himself in his particular district boundaries and
find intensity of earthquake or wind hazard applicable to his locality. He can also find if his place
is prone to floods or storm surge from the sea. From his district table, he can find for himself the
level of risk that exists to the type of his own house. If he finds that the situation is so risky, he
should take appropriate action to upgrade and strengthen his house the meet the threat of the
hazard
The disaster manager of the area can easily determine the location and percent of area
of the district most susceptible to hazard occurrence, the probable maximum hazard intensities,
the type and number of housing units existing in the district and the risk from the hazards.
Knowing the extent of the problems of future disasters, the district/local authorities can formulate
development plans.
From the hazard map shown below, Deoli town in Wardha district falls under Low
Damage Risk Zone (MSK VI) as far as earthquake is concerned and under Moderate Damage
Risk Zone – A (44 m/s) as far as Wind and Cyclone is concerned.
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