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Awareness and preparedness | UTTAR PRADESH DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT, 2005 | LAWGIST

UTTAR PRADESH DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT, 2005

Functions of the Authority

Awareness and preparedness

§16

Summary

16.(1) The Authority shall promote or cause to be promoted awareness and preparedness and advise and train the community, and stakeholders with a view to increasing capacity of the community and stakeholder to deal with potential disasters by (a) publishing guidelines and recommendations in this behalf ; (b) facilitating access to its electronic database ; (c) promoting disaster management capacity-building and training programmes amongst communities and other stakeholders ; (d) assisting in the development of methodologies for reduction of vulnerability of disasters ; (e) coordinating the integration of methodologies for awareness and preparedness with development plans, programmes and such other activities ; and (f) acting in any other manner as it deems fit in this behalf. (2) The Authority shall formulate such policy relating to mechanisms for risk transfer including insurance for disaster preparedness as it deems necessary and implement the same or cause to be implemented.

<b>16.</b><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(1) The Authority shall promote or cause to be promoted awareness and preparedness and advise and train the community, and stakeholders with a view to increasing capacity of the community and stakeholder to deal with potential disasters by <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(a) publishing guidelines and recommendations in this behalf ; <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(b) facilitating access to its electronic database ; <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(c) promoting disaster management capacity-building and training programmes amongst communities and other stakeholders ; <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(d) assisting in the development of methodologies for reduction of vulnerability of disasters ; <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(e) coordinating the integration of methodologies for awareness and preparedness with development plans, programmes and such other activities ; and <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(f) acting in any other manner as it deems fit in this behalf. <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(2) The Authority shall formulate such policy relating to mechanisms for risk transfer including insurance for disaster preparedness as it deems necessary and implement the same or cause to be implemented. <br> <br>

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