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Title: Disaster Recovery Management in SriLanka


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Disaster Recovery Management in SriLanka
  • 8th APNG CAMP
  • 18th -21st July 2006 in Singapore
  • By
  • Sagarika Wickramasekera

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Contents
1. What is Disaster Management
2.History of Natural Disaster in Sri Lanka
3. National Plans for disaster mitigation
4.Sri Lanka Disaster Management Act
5.Role of IT in Disaster Management
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What is Disaster Management
  • Discipline dealing with and avoiding risks
  • Involves preparing, supporting, and rebuilding
    society when natural or man made disasters occur
  • Continuous process by which all individuals,
    groups, and communities manage hazards in an
    effort to avoid or ameliorate the impact of
    disasters resulting from the hazards

4
History of Natural Disasters in Sri Lanka
  • Floods, droughts, Landslides, cyclones and
    coastal erosions are frequent occurrence
  • Floods are the frequent event during the
    southwest and northeast monsoon.
  • In 2003 floods and landslides occur in large
    scale
  • In 2004 December Tsunami causes a severe damage.
  • Above facts focuses that Sri Lanka is disaster
    prone community.

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National plans for Disaster Mitigation
  • Tsunami has proved the necessity of Disaster
    Risk Management Legislation in Sri Lanka
  • Sri Lanka Parliament Passed the Sri Lanka
    Disaster Management Act No 13 of 2005.
  • National council for Disaster Management NCDM was
    established as per the act

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Government involvement in DM
Renamed
Min of DM
Min of DM HR
NCDM
Min of SW
National council for Disaster Management
Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights
Ministry of Disaster Management
Ministry of Social Welfare
Before 2004
After 2004
In 2005
In January 2006
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Sri Lanka Disaster Management Act
  • The Act Provides
  • National Disaster Management Council
  • Disaster Management Center
  • Technical Advisory committees
  • Preparation of Disaster Management Plans
  • A Declaration of award of disaster
  • The Award of compensation

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Role of IT in DRM
  • Victim Missing Person Tracking through
    internet
  • Early warning systems
  • National databases
  • Proper GIS system
  • Promoting establishing e-health system

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