Disaster Management

The National Disaster Management Authority of India seeks to build a safer and disaster resilient India by developing a holistic, pro-active, multi-disaster and technology-driven strategy for disaster management through collective efforts of all government and non-governmental organisations.

The World Conference on Disaster Reduction held from 18 to 22 January 2005 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, adopted the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters. It emphasized the need for, and identified ways of, building the resilience of nations and communities to disasters.

BEDROC’s approach to Disaster Management

BEDROC is currently focusing on reducing vulnerability by:
1.Improving the status of river systems to reduce flooding and backwater salinity.
2.Strengthening livelihoods through on-farm and off-farm activities
3.Building the social capital of Nagapattinam by capacitating community
based organizations (CBOs) to plan, design and carry out interventions.

History of Disasters in Nagapattinam

Sl. No. Date of occurrence Calamity Damages caused
1 30-11-1952 Storm Surge inland up to 5 miles (8km)
  • 400 lives lost
2 08-12-1967 Cyclone
  • 7 lives lost
  • 15000 rendered homeless.
3 12-11-1977 Cyclone
  • 560 lives lost
  • 196 missing
  • Damages to Port, Irrigation systems, road, power supply and communication
  • Large Number of houses damaged
4 01-12-1984 Floods due to heavy rain.
  • Large scale damage of Crops
  • Normal life affected due to heavy floods.
5 15-11-1991 Heavy rainfall
  • Crops damaged.
6 04-12-1993 Cyclone speed 188 Kmph.
  • 1100 people lost their lives
  • Heavy damage to crops
7 26-12-2004 Tsunami
  • 6065 lives lost
  • 12821 cattle lost.
  • 791 missing,
  • 1922 injured.
  • 20,000 houses damaged
  • Shops and buildings damaged
8 2005 Heavy Rainfall & Floods
  • 7 lives lost
  • 1500 Houses fully damaged
  • 5000 hectares of Crop damaged.
9 2010 Jal Cyclone + Floods during NE Monsoons
  • 210 lives lost
  • 15 lakh acres of crops damaged
  • 150 houses fully damaged
  • 5000 heads of cattle lost