23State Plan.

(1) There shall be a plan for disaster management for every State to be called the State Disaster Management Plan.
¹[(2) The State Authority shall coordinate the preparation of the State Plan having regard to the National Plan and guidelines laid down by the National Authority, and in consultation with local authorities, District Authorities, Urban Authorities and the peoples representatives as the State Authority may deem fit.]
²[(3) The State Plan shall be approved by the State Authority.]
(4) The State Plan shall include,---
³[(a) the exposure of different parts of the State to different hazards and vulnerability of its people, assets, infrastructure, livelihood and economic activity to those hazards;]
(b) the measures to be adopted for prevention and mitigation of disasters;
(c) the manner in which the mitigation measures shall be integrated with the development plans and projects;
(d) the capacity-building and preparedness measures to be taken;
(e) the roles and responsibilities of each Department of the Government of the State in relation to the measures specified in clauses (b), (c) and (d) above;
(f) the roles and responsibilities of different Departments of the Government of the State in responding to any threatening disaster situation or disaster.
⁴[(5) The State Authority shall review the State Plan once in every three years and update atleast once in every five years.]
(6) Appropriate provisions shall be made by the State Government for financing for the measures to be carried out under the State Plan.
(7) Copies of the State Plan referred to in sub-sections (2) and (5) shall be made available to the Departments of the Government of the State and such Departments shall draw up their own plans in accordance with the State Plan.