Action Plan For Earthquake

The Earthquake Vulnerability Atlas of India reveals that the entire state of Arunachal Pradesh falls under Very High Risk for earthquake, i.e. seismic zone. This Chapter will mainly focus on the Action Plan of the State Government to manage earthquake disaster in case of its occurrence.

The Action Plan will consist of the following five activities:

i) Declaration of earthquake disaster

ii) Institutional mechanism of the State Government to respond to earthquake disaster

iii) The trigger mechanism on receiving the report of the occurrence of an earthquake

iv) Response mechanism of the concerned line departments along with the roles and responsibilities of each one of them and

v) Immediate relief to be provided to the affected population

The detailed soft copy of the “Action Plan For Earthquake” can be download from the link below