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Government of Tripura

Revenue Department

Compiled Report of


Background:

Tripura forms part of the most severe seismic zone in the country, namely, zone V of seismic

zoning map of India. A large number of moderate to large magnitude earthquakes have

occurred within the state boundary as well as within 100 km distance around it. An

Earthquake of measuring 8.7 on the Richter Scale occurred in 1897 with its epicenter in

Shillong, causing destruction in permanent infrastructures and lives. The state is now a

developing rapidly in all dimensions wherein it needs to adhere earthquake safety for ensuring

minimum risk in earthquakes. There are frequent slight and moderate magnitude of

earthquake are occurring in and around Tripura. As per the present estimate of National

Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) approximately 66000 may die and 432000 people

may be injured if 1897 earthquakes revisit the state. To see the efficacy of the earthquake

preparedness by the State and District Administration, a Mega Mock Exercise was conducted

with technical support from NDMA, Govt of India. The Mega Mock Exercise was conducted

simultaneously in 40 locations in the state (@5 locations (Hospital, Govt Office, School, Market

and Community) per district) on the 16th June, 2016. Before the Mock Exercise Day, orientation

workshop, coordination conference, Incident Response System (IRS) Training, location wise

meeting, site planning and Table Top Exercise were conducted at State, District and location

level. During the day of Mock Exercise, the use of Mobile Phone was restricted. It was advised

that the concerned authorities should use other available wireless communication system and

control room telephones for sharing information. The whole exercise was organized by

Revenue Department and monitored by NDMA, New Delhi.

Organizational set up:

National Level - NDMA, New Delhi –for monitoring and providing of technical support to the

state, providing national level observers at all levels, coordination with the Army &

Paramilitary Forces for support. NDMA independently monitored the preparedness and mock

exercise with the State, District and identified 40 locations.

State Level – Revenue Department, Govt of Tripura- for coordination of the exercise through

the District Administrations. Strengthening of State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC),

setting up of Incident Response System, organizing orientation and coordination conference

and table top exercise with the District Administrations, organizing training to the key officials

and responding team members, support of wireless communications, providing financial and

technical support to the district administrations. Coordination with Army and Paramilitary

Forces and mobilization of resources from outside Tripura. Revenue Department triggered the

event on 16th June, 2016 and communicated to the district EOCs. Organised the State Executive

Committee meeting immediately on intimation of the exercise. IRS activated at State EOC.

Started collecting situation reports through police wireless from different locations and

provided support to the district authorities as per their requirements. Also communicated to

NDMA, MHA and NDRF on situations and sought additional supports.


District Level – District Disaster Management Authorities- for coordination with the line departments

and response teams, strengthening of District Emergency Operation Centre (DEOC), identification of

five locations, planning and coordination. Setting up of Incident Response System, Engagement of local

observers for each location.

Location Level – For orientation of the administrative and key officials, identification of type of

simulation in the location and selection of damage sites, constitution and sensitization of local quick

response team, identification of incident command post, victims, casualty collection point, setting up of

control room, lying down action sequences, security arrangement and mobilization of resources.

Steps taken of pre -mock exercise activities:

Activity 1 : Orientation conference (02/06/2016):

Objective:

i) To review Disaster Management Plans of the State. ii) To evaluate the Emergency Response Plan and SOPs of the Districts selected for the

Mock Exercise. iii) To highlight the Roles & responsibilities of various stakeholders. iv) Enhance coordination among Emergency Support Functions of various stakeholders at

District level. v) To generate public awareness by involvement of local govt, NGOs and community. vi) Identify the gaps in resource, manpower, communications and in any other field.

Maj. Gen. V.K. Datta (Retd), Sr Consultant, NDMA conducted a orientation meeting through

video conference with all the District Magistrate & Collectors in presence of Revenue Secretary.

In the video conference, representatives from line departments, Paramilitary Forces and NGOs

were present in state as well as district level.

Activity 2: Incident Response System (IRS) (08/06/2016 to 11/06/2016):

As per the guidelines of Government of India, the IRS needs to be set up from state level to

community level. In this regard, Mr B.B Gadanayak, Consultant, NDMA was deputed to Tripura

for setting up of IRS at the state and district level as well as successful organization of mock

exercise. Mr. Gadanayak oriented IRS to the state and district stakeholders and set up IRS

structure.

Orientation of IRS was conducted at State & District level as follows:

i) West Tripura & Sepahijala District : 8th June, 2016 at DM Office, West Tripura ii) State Level : 9th June, 2016 at Conference Hall, Secretariat Building iii) Gomati and South Tripura District : 9th June, 2016 at DM Office, Gomti District iv) Khowai & Dhalai District: 10th June, 2016 at DM Office, Dhalai v) North Tripura & Unakoti District : 11th June 2016 at DM Office, North Tripura

Activity 3: Preparatory meeting (09/06/2016) :

Objective:


i) To delineate the roles & responsibilities of the state level line departments and key agencies.

ii) Orientation of IRS to state stakeholders.

A preparatory meeting on state level mock exercise was conducted under the Chairmanship of

Chief Secretary, Tripura in presence of State Executive Committee (SEC) members and

representative from the line departments, Paramilitary Forces, Red Cross and NGOs of Disaster

Management.

Activity 4: Coordination Conference (13/06/2016): There was a coordination conference by

Maj. Gen. V.K. Datta (Retd) in a conference hall of Secretariat. The Revenue Secretary, Shri

Puneet Agarwal was also present in the conference. In the conference state level key

stakeholders were participated.

During this Conference the aims and objective of the exercise were explained to the participants

and their roles were delineated. The conduct of the Table Top and Mock Exercise was explained

and dates for Table Top and Mock Exercise were finalised.

Activity 5: Table Top Exercise (TTE) (14/06/2016): TTE was conducted by Maj. Gen. V.K.

Datta (Retd) through video conference with all the District Magistrate & Collectors. During

discussion the gaps and identified situational activities were addressed.

• Table Top exercise was conducted by the NDMA coordinator based on the Scenario

created in collaboration with the TDMA.

• Overall preparedness of the state and district for the exercise was discussed and necessary

modifications were recommended.

• Readiness for the Mock Exercise was confirmed by all the stakeholders.

• Observers were detailed and briefed about their role & responsibilities.

Steps taken during mock exercise (16/06/2016):

Activity 6: Final Mock Exercise:

Scenario of mock exercise:

On 16th June 2016 at 10.00 am an earthquake occurred in Tripura of an 8.7 M. Information on

the impact of earthquake were received in the District Emergency Operation Centres (DEOC)

as well as State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC). DEOCs and SEOC were activated. All the

Quick Response Teams of line departments were informed to gather in staging area

immediately. The QRTs were reported to the Staging Area Manager in the staging area. In the

staging area Task Forces were formed involving of QRTs. The Task Forces rushed to the

incident spot for rescue operation.

a) State level activities:

On 16th June, 2016 final exercise was conducted under the observation of Maj. Gen. V.K.

Datta (Retd) from State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC). The Revenue Minister Shri Badal


Choudhury, Vice Chairman of TDMA, Chief Secretary and Chairman of SEC and all the SEC

members were present during the exercise. After the exercise there was a meeting of SEC in

the conference hall of SEOC.

Activities undertaken at State level

i. SEOC activated ii. Wireless Communication system activated

iii. IRS in the SEOC has been activated iv. Staging area has been activated v. SEC members have reached to the SEOC

b) District level Activities: i. At 10.00 am alarm rung

ii. DEOCs activated iii. QRTs were informed iv. QRTs reached at staging area v. Task Force (TF) Formed

vi. TF mobilized to incident spots vii. Search & Rescue operation carried out

viii. Medical assistance was provided to the victims ix. Relief distributed x. Damage assessment carried out.

c) Local level Activities: i. Sounding siren ii. Performed Drop, cover and hold method iii. Evacuation of victims and affected people iv. Search and Rescue by local volunteers v. Mobilization of QRTs from District Administration vi. Carrying out search and rescue operation by QRTs/Task Forces vii. Carrying out First aid, TRIAGE, transportation of casualties to hospital, relief

distribution and damage assessment viii. Completion of operation ix. Debriefing

Places of Mock Exercise:

NDMA had decided to conduct State level Mock Exercise in 40 locations @ 5 locations in each

district. The locations were identified by the District Authorities. The Locations were identified

in such a way like one school, one hospital, one office, one residential complex and one market

place. The list of district wise locations of mock drill conducted is given below:

West Tripura

Khowai Sepahijala South Tripura

Gomati North Tripura

Unakoti Dhalai

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AGMC & GPB Hospital

Teliamura Rural Hospital

Melagarh H.S. School Ground/Hospital

Belonia Sub Divisional Hospital

Ompi Hospital

P.C. Chattaejee Eye Hospital, Dharmanagar

District Hospital

Dhalai District Hospital


Activity 7: Debriefing: There was a debriefing session after the exercise with all the DM &

Collectors and observers of each district. During debriefing session DM & Collectors and

Observers discussed about the good practices, short coming, weaknesses and gaps of mock

exercise. In the debriefing session Maj. Gen V.K. Datta, Sr Consultant and Sri Punnet Agarwal,

Revenue Secretary discussed with the District Magistrate & Collectors through video

conference.

Sch

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l Tripura Institute of Paramedical Science

Naitalim High School, Teliamura

i) Sudhanya Memorial H.S. School, Jampuijala

ii) Barnarayan H.S. School,Sonamaura

Radhana Nagar HS School

Amarpur HS (+2) School

Padmapur HS School, Padmapur, Dharmanagar

Pabiacharra HS School, Kumarghat

Gopal Sardarpara High School

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State Govt Quarter Complex, Malanchanivas

South Krishnapur, Teliamura

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Nitya Roaza Para under Purba Takka Tulshi ADC village

Jatanbari Motorstand

Peckuchera Village Aera, Panisagar

Kailasahar Municipal Council, Ward No-II

Bagmara VC

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Jirania Market

Uttaran Shopping Complex

Bishramganj Market

Jolaibari Market

Lake City Shopping Complex

D.L. Market Complex, Dharmanagar

Dalugaon Bazar

Nripen Chakrborty Super Market

Off

ice

Directorate of Food & Civil Supplies

Teliamura Block Office

i) Bishalgarh SDM Office Complex

ii) Zilla Parisad

Office, Bishramganj

Office of the SDM, Santir Bazar

OTPC, Palatana

Office of the Deputy Director, Agriculture, Dharmanagar

Office of the BDO,Pecharthal

Ambassa SDM Office


There were observers for every location of mock drill to observe the drill and give report to

the District Authority. The observers were designated by the District Administration from Para

Military Forces such as CRPF, BSF, TSR. List of observers is given below:

West Tripura

Khowai Sepahijala

South Tripura

Gomati North Tripura

Unakoti Dhalai

Arun Kumar, Dy Commandant, BSF

Virendra Kumar, Dy Comdt, CRPF

M. Rehman, SI, 86 BSF

Shri Rahul Das, Asst Comdt, TSR 9 Bn

Shri Gopal Debbarma, Asst Commandant, 5th Bn TSR

Arbind

Kumar, SI,

BSF.

Shri PL Mourya, 2IC, 55 Bn BSF

Shri Sandeep Bansal, Asst Comdt, 110 Bn BSF

Maj Mukul Yadav, 4th Assam Rifle

VS Jajj, Dy Commandant, 48 Bn BSF

Rakesh Kumar, SI, BSF

Shri Vishnu Tashi, Dy Comdt, 51 Bn BSF

Dr Satish Kumar, 2IC, AR

Ranjit

Singh, CT,

BSF.

Shri BK Dwedi, Dy Comdt, 55 Bn BSF

Shri DB Joshi, Imp (T) 110 Bn BSF

S.K. Ranjan, Dy Commandant, 124 Bn CRPF

Vijay Anand Swaroop, Asst Comdt, 71 Bn CRPF

Amrit Biswas, SI, 168 Bn BSF

Shri J.P. Prasad, Asst Comdt, 51 Bn BSF

Shri Kajal Kumar Bhowmik, Head Master, Amarpur English Medium HS School

Mahipal

Singh

Bhandari,

SSO, Fire

Service.

Major Anurag Sharma, Assam Riffle

S.M. Santosh Kumar Yadav

Abhishek Kumar, Sub-Maj, 124 Bn CRPF

M.Singh, Asst. Comdt, BSF

Randitya Bista, 168 Bn BSF

Shri Sudhir Kumar, Asst Comdt, 60 Bn BSF

Shri Amal Mog, Asst Comdt, 5th Bn TSR

Pintu Das, N/S, 13th Bn. TSR

Shri Ajit Kumar,Asst Comdt, 140 Bn BSF

SI/RO C. Marimuthu

- Sanjay Kumar, 48 Bn, BSF

- - Shri Mahindra Sing, Dy Comdt, 47 Bn BSF

Yadav Ch. Das, 13th Bn. TSR

- Insp Rajender Singh, 130 Bn BSF

- Chandunni VM, Asst Comdt, 71 Bn CRPF

- - - N.K. Dey, ASI, BSF

- Insp Manoj Kumar,130 Bn BSF

- Kallol Roy, Asst Comdt, 12th Bn TSR

- - - Hav Kishore Kr. Hrangkhal, 13th Bn. TSR

- Shri Rajib Sutradhar, Asst Comdt, 3rd Bn TSR

Deep Kr. Singh, Asstt. Commandant, 140 Bn. CRPF

Observers:


There were 5 Task Forces in each district. Each Task Force was constituted of QRTs of line

department and PMF and was given the responsibilities of each location of incident for search

and rescue.

1) Gomati District:

Task Force 1 Task Force 2 Task Force 3 Task Force 4 Task Force 5 BSF 47 Bn, NDRF, Tripura Police, Fire Service, Traffic Police, Volunteers of NYK, Volunteers of SDM’s, DWS Dept, ARDD Dept, Red Cross Society, Agriculture Dept, TSECL, Health Dept, PWD

BSF 10 Bn, Volunteer of UMC, Tripura Police, Fire Service, Traffic Police, Volunteers of NYK, Volunteers of NGOs, Volunteers of SDM’s, DWS Dept, ARDD Dept, Red Cross Society, Agriculture Dept, TSECL, Health Dept, PWD

TSR 5th Bn, Tripura Police, Fire Service, Traffic Police, Volunteers of NYK, Volunteers of SDM’s, Volunteers of NGO’s, DWS Dept, ARDD Dept, Red Cross Society, Agriculture Dept, TSECL, Health Dept, PWD



Total QRTs – 71 nos

2) Khowai District:

Task Force 1 : BSF

Task Force 2: TSR

Task Force 3: CRPF

Task Force 4: CRPF

Task Force 5: TSR

Police, Health, PWD(R&B), TSR, BSF, TSECL

Police, Health, PWD(R&B), TSR

Police, Health, PWD(R&B), CRPF, TSECL

Police, Health, PWD(R&B), TSR, NGO & NSS

Police, Health, PWD(R&B), TSR, Fire Service, TSECL

Total QRTs - 27 nos

3) Unakoti District:

Task Force 1 Task Force 2 Task Force 3 Task Force 4 Task Force 5 Fire Service, Tripura Police, TSR, Health, PWD, Forest Dept, DWS, Water Resource, TSECL

Total QRTs - 45 nos

4) North Tripura

Task Force 1 Task Force 2 Task Force 3 Task Force 4 Task Force 5

TSR, Police, Medical, NSS, Red Cross, NGO, PWD, TSECL, BSF

Total QRTs - 45 nos

Formation of Task Force:


5) South Tripura

Task Force 1 Task Force 2 Task Force 3 Task Force 4 Task Force 5 Police, BSF, TSR, Fire Service, Health Department, PWD (R&B), TSECL, PWD (DWS), Agriculture Dept, Fishery Dept, ARDD, Red Cross Society and NGOs

Total QRTs - 65 nos

6) Sepahijala District

Task Force 1 Task Force 2 Task Force 3 Task Force 4 Task Force 5 NDRF, 124 Bn CRPF, 86 Bn BSF, Police Dept, Fire Service, Health Dept, TSECL, NGO

Total QRTs - 40 nos

7) West Tripura

Task Force 1 Task Force 2 Task Force 3 Task Force 4 Task Force 5 Assam Rifle, BSF, CRPF, TSR, Police, Health, TSECL, Fire Service, Traffic, NGOs, NSS, Red Cross, Scouts & Guides,

Total QRTs - 65 nos

8) Dhalai

Task Force 1 Task Force 2 Task Force 3 Task Force 4 Task Force 5 NDRF, AR, BSF, CRPF, TSR, Fire Service, Medical, TSECL, Forest, Scouts & Guides, PRI Bodies

Total QRTs- 55 nos

Following equipment / resources were used by the QRTs and other line departments for the

search and rescue operation and other activities during mock exercise.

West Tripura

South Tripura

Sepahijala

North Tripura

Unakoti Khowai Dhalai Gomati

Fire Tender-5 JCB-2 Tripper-2 Wood cutter-3 Rod cutter-5 Concrete cutter-5 Stretcher-5 Wheel chair-5 Fire extinguisher-5 Ambulance-5 Generator-5 Rope -5 Ladder-5

Cutter, Digger, Ropes, Stretcher, Ambulance, JCB , Machine, Fire Tender, Wireless set

JCB, Fire Tender, Ambulance, Hotter, Stretcher, Mounted Vehicle for drinking water, Tent

Bullet chain saw-4 Concrete cutter-5 Reciprocating saw-2 Hammer Drill-4 Inflatable light tower-1 Bolt cutter-5 Shovel-5 Crow bar-5 Stretcher-18 Commando light- 5 Generator-2

Vehicel-53 Ambulance-7 Spade-31 JCB-6 Water Tanker-6 Mega phone-8 Folding Strethcher-22 Life jacket-2 Fire extinguisher-7 Bullet cutter-3 Emergencylight-1 Tarpoulin-5 Generator-2 Tent-10

Wireless-7 Vehicle-13 Tent-16 Cutter-10 Tarpaulin-10 Generator-3 Fire Tender-1 Ladder-1 Ambulance-5 JCB-2

Generator Tent Spade shovel Tarpoulin Fire tender Cutter JCB Ambulance Other Vehicles

Water Tanker-5 Ambulance-14 JCB-5 Spade- Vehicle-48 Wireless set-12 Tent-79 Generator-6 Fire proximity suit-6

Equipment / resources mobilized during mock drill


Involvement of Response Team Members:

West Tripura

South Tripura

Sepahijala North Tripura


500 290 225 297 245 229 275 325 Total - 2386 nos

Mobilization of volunteers and support manpower:

West Tripura

South Tripura

Sepahijala North Tripura


145 153 142 175 700 125 136 170 Total – 921 nos

1. A mass population was sensitized.

2. Strength and capacity of QRTs were demonstrated.

3. Disaster Management Plan was implemented.

4. Gaps were identified which can be rectified.

5. Awareness generated among public about the mechanism of rescue operation by

administration and forces.

6. Awareness generated about the scientific method of search and rescue of wounded

victims.

7. Spontaneous participation of civil society and general public in search and rescue, thus

inculcating a sense of readiness among people.

8. Coordinating among various participating departments and forces and creation of a

permanent network and communication channel among the official stakeholders.

9. Inculcation of a sense of structured response and executing orders from a central

command.

10. Realization among stakeholders about the goal of maximum damage control by means

of a concerted effort with a central decision making system and avoiding ineffective

scattered response.

11. First aid training with easily available material in addition to formal medical aid.

12. Psychological counseling and extending mental support to the victims by the public and

officials.

13. Exercising the material resources and equipment and finding out the sufficient/

insufficient/ technical fault of the same.

14. Inculcation of mind set of collective response at the time of urgency.

The observers were provided a format for observation and assessment of the mock exercise.

Accordingly the observers were submitted the report of mock exercise for the locations they

were deployed. The Observers mentioned in their remarks that conducting such type of mock

exercise is itself a good practice. But during mock exercise observers found few weakness and

Observers report:

Impacts:


short comings which may be rectified and incorporated in the disaster management plan. Few

important observations extracted from observers report which are mentioned below district

wise.

1) West Tripura:

Overall observation was good. As per the observers few things should be developed.

I. Entry and exit route not marked properly.

II. Concrete and rod cutter to be procured by PWD.

III. Disposal of dead body bags to be procured.

IV. Wireless handsets/Sat-phones are required.

2) Sepahijala:

I. Overall observations were good.

II. All the QRTs worked well in all locations.

III. Coordination among the QRTs was good.

IV. Tentage for casualties’ collection point and first aid was not available.

V. Casualties were not transported to hospital properly.

VI. There were no facilities for clearing of debris.

VII. There was no provision for cremation or burial of dead bodies.

3) South Tripura

I. Disaster Response team was properly trained.

II. Evacuation of students from school was properly done.

III. Every QRT responded and acted properly.

IV. There should be separate disaster management store, building, hospital equipment,

tentage and other equipment which can be easily used by a common man at district

and sub divisional level.

V. Site security team was not identified in one mock drill site.

4) Unakoti-

I. The whole operation was conducted comprehensively and comparatively in a short duration.

II. The coordination between the line departments was clearly visible. III. The formation of task forces in the staging area was performed in a disciplined

manner. IV. The road blockades were removed quite quickly allowing the normal movement of

traffic. V. The response and reactions by the components of all the task forces were

spontaneous. VI. At some points there was lack of traffic managements.

VII. Delay in response by the medical team particularly at Dalugaon market area. VIII. Shortage of rescue materials.

IX. Short fall communication system.


5) Gomati District

I. Overall assessment on performance of mock exercise was successful.

II. Need more inter departmental coordination and cooperation at lowest level.

III. It is necessary to take step towards making the common people more aware.

IV. It is necessary to keep available store of machines and equipment at district, sub-

division and GP/village level.

V. On part of 1-2 departments, there was reporting delay at base camp.

VI. Proper segregation in crowed area is required.

6) Dhalai

I. Establishment of Joint Control Room (JCR) in Dhalai was a good practice in the mock

exercise.

II. Categorization of casualties by TRIAGE and erection of tent with in 5-6 minutes

showed the good preparedness.

III. There was miscommunication between task force commander and JCR.

IV. Traffic management system was not proper.

V. Somewhere medical team performance was not good.

VI. There was a communication problem in some places.

7) Khowai

All the QRTs performed well in the mock exercise. But there were some short comings /

weakness as mentioned by observers are given below-

I. More practice is required for QRTs.

II. One observer observed that there was not available at rescue site.

III. Lake of traffic management rescue team reached at incident site lately.

IV. Lack of resource.

V. Wastage of manpower

VI. Proper task allotment of police not carried out.

VII. No communication was there at temporary hospital accommodation at one site.

VIII. No oxygen cylinder and musk were available at temporary hospital.

IX. There was no vehicle for shifting casualties to hospital.

X. No water facility was there at temporary hospital.

8) North Tripura

I. All the QRTs worked well.

II. Temporary shelter established adjacent to the District Hospital.

III. Separate cattle shed were set up.

IV. There was a provision for dead bodied disposal.

V. Incident traffic control was not good

VI. PA system was not there.

VII. Staging area and reporting system was not good

VIII. Communication between agencies was not good

IX. Medical staffs were not sufficient

X. Sufficient equipment were not there.


Unakoti District-

1. Communication system to be up graded. 2. Cold storage for dead bodies to be constructed. 3. PWD should purchase more JCBs to deploy at the time of disaster. 4. Satellite phones are required to be arranged. NDRF to be employed for rescue work. 5. The sense of discipline and alertness to shoulder the responsibilities to be developed by

open discussion and preparatory sessions. 6. The efficiency of the rescue team to be developed to a higher grade in terms of handling

the victims especially at the temporary shelters. 7. Minor gaps like arrangement of water in the rescue shelter providing food and

restoring electricity to be rectified.

South Tripura-

1. Wireless sets should be installed in all SDM and BDO offices for more proper and effective communication.

2. More tents should be made available for setting up relief camps.

Gomati District-

1. During course of Mock exercise it is found that most of the wireless set are not about to make communication with DEOC from the incident places since it’s coverage area is too low to make communication. Hence improved communication system is required at district level; may be in form of wireless sets or satellite phones.

2. It is necessary to make available equipment like JCB machine, drilling machine, cutter machine, ladder, bags for dead bodies at District level, SUb-division level for which govt may take proper step in this regard.

3. Need for updation of District DM Plan, to make it more realistic and continuous updation with essential information and contact numbers shall be done.

4. Disposal of dead bodies / morgue proper system should be identified for this. There is no morque in Gomati District, hence the capacity of available ice factories to be assessed. The NDMA guidelines for disposal of dead bodies shall be incorporated in DDMP.

5. SOPs for each major disaster as per IRS shall be developed at district level and circulated upto GP/VC level.

6. A team of female volunteers shall be identified and trained in each GP/VC for rescue at time of disaster.

7. Improvisation of permanent DEOC infrastructure. 8. Regular training of identified volunteers and officials upto Panchayat level to be

ensured. 9. Number of places to be used as shelter house shall be increased and atleast one location

within a radius of 3-4 kms shall be identified. Also nearby PHC/CHC/ration shop / markets etc shall be identified for medical help and supply of food materials.

10. At industrial sites, gas plants etc trained group officials shall be kept available 24x7 for meeting any unforeseen disaster since the impact in the periphery due to gas/chemical leakage shall be enormously destructive for the human race.

Recommendation:


11. Proper documentation of training and mock drills/exercise shall be maintained at district upto block level at least and more such mega mock exercises shall be organised at least twice a year.

Khowai-

1. After activation of DEOC and conduct of meeting by DEOC following by activation of Incident Response System (IRS) as well as of activation staging Area, the QRTs started moving in the staging area and all the QRT reached the staging area within a span of 20 minutes. However, the dispatch of the task forces from the staging area towards the location of incidences could be possible within a period of 50 minutes from the activation of the Incident Response System. The District Disaster Management Authority, Khowai felt that the reaction time of QRTs and Task force can considerably be minimized in near future if proper training is arranged for all the stakeholders belong to various state and Central Govt. agencies those who took part in the exercise.

2. It was felt important to maintain sequencing of the movement of the Task Forces by

arranging vehicle including JCPs, Bulldozer etc. in front of and there- after other QRTs

on the way to location of incidence as obstacles are to be removed by the QRTs using

tools and heavy machineries so that the entire convoy of the Task Forces can move in a

smooth manner and will be able to reach within the expected time and thus be able to

save lives of many victims following golden hour rule.

3. It was observed that the channel number of the wireless communication of the Police

Radio Organizations used by the member of Task Forces, Staging Area Manager as well

as Incident Commander and DEOC were changed several times causing difficulties to

some extent to users. In future a Dedicated Communication of Network may be made

available by the District Disaster Management Authority along with provision of FM

Transformer, HAM radio and Satellite phone for ensuring smooth communication in

between user agency in the District and State.

4. Availability of drone or chopper may be ensure to that District Disaster Management

Authority on call in case the area got affected by disaster is inaccessible in normal

course. Capacity building of the stakeholders in sufficient number and in regular

manner is to be ensured with updation of knowledge and inputs from the incidents

occurring across the Globe.

5. Treatment of the seriously injured person due to earthquake demands ensuring the

availability of blood bank, mobile intensive care unit, ECG machines, service of

Orthopedic Surgeon and OT facilities with oxygen cylinder etc. at least in every Sub-

division for quick development and use.

Dhalai District-

1. Such type of mock drill should be conducted in a regular manner for general awareness.

2. Establishment of Joint control room is required.

3. Training of establishment of tents.

4. Traffic management system is needed.

5. Task force system is required.

6. Adequate numbers of hand set wireless is required.


Many mock drills were conducted at state and district level in the state. But in this State level

Mock Exercise few good initiatives were taken, which is a good lesson learnt for the State

Government. Such type of innovative initiatives will help the state to develop and update

Disaster Management Plan accordingly.

i) Mock exercise was conducted simultaneously in 40 places in all districts throughout

state. Tripura is a first state in India to have conducted a mock exercise on any

earthquake scenario.

ii) Setting up of Incident Response system (IRS) at state and district level and

implementation in mock exercise.

iii) Using of chopper in rescue operation and transportation of casualties.

iv) A Gas Based Power Plant namely ONGC Tripura Power Corporation (OTPC) was

selected for mock exercise site, where mock exercise was conducted creating a

situation on Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) hazard. National

Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Disaster Management Team of OTPC

performed together.

Overall mock exercise was observed by Maj Gen V.K. Datta (Retd), Sr Consultant, NDMA. He

monitored all the activities from State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) and visited few

mock exercise locations under West Tripura District on the day of final drill. He appreciated

the initiatives of State Government and District Administrations. He made following

recommendations:

1. Incident response system (IRS) should be set up at state, district & Sub- Divisional

Level.

2. Satellite phone communication system should be installed.

3. India Disaster Resource Network (IDRN) should be updated regularly.

4. DM plan should be updated regularly.

5. SEOC and DEOCs should be more functional.

Recommendations by Maj Gen V.K. Datta (Retd)

Innovative activities:


Preparatory meeting chaired

by Sri Puneet Agarwal,

Secretary, Revenue

Department

Preparatory meeting

chaired by Maj Gen

(Rtd) V.K. Datta, Sr

Consultant, NDMA

Table Top Exercise (TTE) through

video conference with the DM &

Collector by Maj Gen (Rtd) V.K.

Datta, Sr Consultant, NDMA

Orientation of Incident Response

System (IRS) by Sri B.B. Gadanayak,

Consultant, NDMA in presence of the

Chief Secretary, Govt of Tripura

Photos of State level meetings and mock exercise in SEOC


Maj Gen (Rtd) V.K. Datta is briefing the

situation during mock drill

During earthquake officials were

performing Drop, cover and hold method

Sri Badal Chowdhury, Revenue Minister

is observing mock drill

Control room is in action

State Executive Committee (SEC)

meeting after mock drill at SEOC

De-briefing session through video

conferencing with District

Adminstrations.


State level Mock Drill at Sepahijala District


Photos of Mock Drill at North Tripura District


Photos of mock drill at Unakoti District


Photos of mock drill at Khowai District


Photos of mock drill at Dhalai District


Photos of mock drill at Gomati District


Photos of mock drill at South Tripura District


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