• Dr.L Malleswara Rao
• J Rama Mohan

India has been traditionally vulnerable to natural disasters on account of its unique geo-climatic conditions. Floods, droughts, cyclones, earthquakes and landslides have been recurrent phenomena. According to the National Disaster Response Authority, 40 million hectares of land in India are flooded (12% of total area), 68% of the land is drought prone, landslides and avalanches, 58.6% of earthquakes are prone to earthquakes, tsunamis and cyclones are common in 5,700 km of coastline. Between 1970 and 2009, India experienced 371 natural disasters, resulting in 1.51,000 deaths and 1.86 billion people. Floods are the most frequent occurrence in India, with 52 per cent of them being catastrophic, followed by hurricanes (30 per cent), landslides (10 per cent), earthquakes (5 per cent) and droughts (2 per cent). It is only after a disaster strikes that the wheels of the government, both at the centre and at the states, move and that too slowly. Despite the need to build up capabilities to meet the challenges of disasters, the thrust has unfortunately been on mitigation and aid. The basic design of disaster management should consist of planned co-ordinated efforts in the important areas like Identification and prediction, Early warning system, Evacuation, Relief, Rescue, Rehabilitation, Compensation, Reconstruction and Preparedness have been discussed. Disaster Management has to be a multi-disciplinary and pro-active approach. Besides various measures for putting in place institutional and policy framework, disaster prevention, mitigation and preparedness enunciated in this paper and initiatives being taken by the Central and State Governments, the community, civil society organisations and media also have play key role in achieving our goal of moving together for better mitigation , towards a safer India.

Disaster Management, Early Warning System, Mitigation, Prevention, Disaster Preparedness.

"DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN INDIA: PREVENTION, MITIGATION & PREPAREDNESS ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 8, page no.27-33, August-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIREF06005.pdf

"DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN INDIA: PREVENTION, MITIGATION & PREPAREDNESS ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 8, page no. pp27-33, August-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIREF06005.pdf