DISTRICT DISASTER
MANAGEMENT PLAN
AMRITSAR
DISTRICT DISASTER MANAGEMENT
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OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER (AMRITSAR)
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Acknowledgement
I take this opportunity to thank Mrs. Bhawna Garg, IAS,
Special Secretary Revenue, The Disaster Management Department,
Govt. of Punjab, for giving me the responsibility to write the State
Disaster Management Plan-2010-11. Throughout the process her
guidance, cooperation and suggestions helped me. I also extend my
thanks to Mr. K.S. Pannu, Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar.
Preparing the draft Amritsar State Disaster Management Plan
requires tremendous effort, time and dedication. Material, Data and
literatures are rare and time is very limited. Still, the work has to be
carried out from whatever material and time available.
Mistakes, errors, omissions, unnecessary repetitions etc., are
bound to happen. Any suggestions for addition and cancellation,
criticisms, corrections and advices are welcome.
Rinkal Mahajan
and
Parashant Gautam
Project Officer
Government of Punjab
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Although common man is not so familiar with the term disaster management;
they are much aware of certain phenomenon like Earthquake, Landslide, and
Cyclone and now even Tsunami. Since time immemorial India is highly prone
to natural calamities. Today, from Kanyakumari to Himalayas, India doesn’t
have any region exempted from one or another kind of disaster.
According to recent study, 65 per cent of Indian landmass is highly prone to
earthquakes; whereas, 12 per cent is submerged under water annually (Ministry
of Home Affairs. The unanswered question, today, is how to tackle such
disasters.
Amritsar the most populous district in the state, is one of the border districts,
which share Common boundaries with Pakistan .It is situated in the
northwestern part of the state in the Bari Doab, a territory situated between
Beas and Ravi rivers. According to 2001 Census total population of District
Amritsar is 2152182. Rural population is 1050102 out of which schedule caste
population is 358580 .Urban population is 1102080 out of which 229418 is
schedule caste population.
The district Amritsar fall in Zone IV on the seismic scale corresponding the
MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensit) VIII making it prone to earthquake and it
may lead to, major, damage in the district. The possible percentage of buildings
likely to be damaged is 25-40 percent depending upon the number of stories.
The deaths are likely to occur can be in the range of 2000-5000 and number of
casualties can be 25000, even when estimated conservatively. As district
Amritsar falls within the seismic Zone IV, therefore earthquake disaster of high
intensity, may occurred in this district and the possibility of such disaster is
rather remote in future. But at the same time, large scale erosion by the rivers
resulting into floods and collapsing of dilapidated building especially during
the rainy season cannot be ruled out.
Rapidly increasing urbanization and industrialization of Amritsar has not only
adversely impacted the quality of ambient air in the city but also has affected
the city’s water resources. The ground water pollution in Amritsar is the result
of seepage of polluted water from the drains (Tungdhab, Hudiara and Ganda
Nallah), release of industrial effluents and heavy metals, leaching of
agricultural chemicals, pesticides and fertilizers to groundwater aquifers.
At present, 64 slums exist in the city that has been notified by the Municipal
Corporation. Largest number of slums was notified in 1986/87 i.e. 32 (24 to 54)
localities were declared as slums.
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The efforts to prepare a document like this -The District Disaster Management
Plan for Amritsar- received inspiration from such a scenario. The objective of
this document is to introduce the unique and tested method of disaster
management in district Amritsar. Replacing the well-known traditional
methods of disaster management, one has Amritsar. Replacing the well-known
traditional methods of disaster management, one has to embrace decentralized
efforts and people’s participation.
In the new set up of disaster management in district north east, the traditional
relief and rehabilitation department has been replaced with an exhaustive
institutional mechanism, in which District Disaster Management Committee is
the high-powered committee in district level for planning, implementing and
monitoring disaster management activities in normal time. This is a multi
disciplinary committee with more than 30 members.
The Incident Command System of Amritsar District is the higher authority
during a disaster. The Incident command system is a pre-designed system,
which is activated only in time of disaster and its roles, get over as soon as the
rehabilitation is completed. There are Crisis Management Groups and three
Working Groups under the Incident Commander cum Deputy Commissioner
North East with key players to look after day-to-day disaster management
activities during an emergency. Also there are 11 Emergency Support
Functions with one nodal agency and a couple of supporting agencies to look
after disaster management, in the new set up.
The District Disaster Management Plan for Amritsar is a combination of
modern participatory approach. This document has been designed in two
volumes in which the first volume contains Nine Chapters where as the second
volume is dedicated for annexure and additional information.
Certain most important concepts and approaches like significance of a District
Disaster Management Plan for Amritsar as well as detailed profile of the
district are coming in the first two chapters. The vulnerability and hazard
situation and capacity available to face a disaster are elaborately described in
the third chapter. Some other important discussions in the first volume are the
present institutional mechanism of disaster management; Mitigation plan,
standard operation procedures and action plan for the Emergency Support
Functions. A plan document shall specify the sustainability of the proposed
programme. First Volume of this document concludes with chapters on
financial and budgetary provisions, linking with developmental plan and
certain sample guidelines for conduction mock exercises.
The second volume of The District Disaster Management Plan for Amritsar is
dedicated for supplying additional information required for better disaster
management. Mostly, it contains the resource inventory of the district,
emergency contact number, Performa for data collection, check list and many
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more. Besides, this volume provided an exclusive list of schools in the district,
various associations in the district and much other information required in a
disaster situation.
CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION……………………………………………1-8
1.1 Disaster /Management Basic Concept………………………………….1
1.2 Disaster Management Cycle…………………………………………….….2
1.3 Need for Planning………………………………………………………………3
1.4 Objectives of Planning………………………………………………………..3
1.5 Classification of Hazards……………………………………………………..6
CHAPTER 2: DISTRICT PROFILE OF AMRITSAR……………………9-52
2.1 Brief History of the District………………………………………………….9
2.2 District Organizational Structure………………………………………….11
2.3 Physical Characteristics………………………………………………………12
2.4 Climate……………………………………………………………………………..13
2.5 Rainfall……………………………………………………………………………..13
2.6 Land Holding Pattern………………………………………………………….15
2.7 Demographic Profile and Economic Base………………………………20
2.8 Economy and Employment………………………………………………….24
2.9 Trade and Commerce…………………………………………………………27
2.10 Road Network and Means of Transportation………………………29
2.11 Railway Station……………………………………………………………….34
2.12 Airport……………………………………………………………………………35
2.13 Social Infrastructure………………………………………………………..35
2.14 Health ……………………………………………………………………………41
2.15 Civic Amenities/Services…………………………………………………..43
2.16 Drainage and Canal System……………………………………………..46
CHAPTER 3: HAZARDS, VULNERABILITY ASSESSME…………53-98
3.1 Types of Hazards the District Prone To………………………………..53
3.2 Earthquake……………………………………………………………………….54
3.3 Flood ……………………………………………………………………………….56
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3.4 Hazard/ Vulnerability Analysis……………………………………………..59
3.5 Other Hazards 65
3.6 Environment Pollution…………………………………………………………69
3.7 Housing pattern…………………………………………………………………78
3.8 Urban Poor and Slums………………………………………………………..81
3.9 Industrial Growth ……………………………………………………………...84
3.10 Infrastructure and Service Delivery……………………………………86
CHAPTER 4: INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISM OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT 99-
130
4.1 National Level Mechanism………………………………………………….99
4.1.1 National Crisis Management Committee…………………………………..99
4.1.2 National Crisis Management Group…………………………………………99
4.1.3 National Disaster Management Authority…………………………………99
4.2 State Level Mechanism…………………………………………………….100
4.2.1 Amritsar Disaster Management Authority……………………………….100
4.2.2 State Crisis Management Group…………………………………………….100
4.2.3 State Steering Committee……………………………………………………..101
4.2.4 State Working Groups…………………………………………………………..101
4.3 Districts Level Mechanism in Amritsar……………………………….102
4.3.1 District Disaster Management Committee………………………………102
4.3.2 Duties of DDMC Members-Amritsar………………………………………103
4.3.3 District Crisis Management Group…………………………………………110
4.3.4 District Working Groups………………………………………………………114
4.3.5 Block Disaster Management Committee (BDMC)…………………….116
4.3.6 Village Disaster Management Committee (VDMC)…………………..116
4.3.7 Emergency Operation Center……………………………………………….117
4.3.8 Role of Emergency Operation Center in Normal Time…………….118
4.3.9 Role of Emergency Operation Center during Disasters……………119
4.4 Incident Command System in District Amritsar…………………..119
4.4.1 Major Functions of Incident Commander……………………………….120
4.4.2 Major Functions of Operation Section Chief……………………………121
4.4.3 Major Functions of Planning Section Chief……………………………..121
4.4.4 Major Functions of Logistic Section Chief……………………………….121
4.4.5 Major Functions of Finance Section Chief……………………………….121
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4.4.6 Onsite Emergency Operation Centers…………………………………….122
4.5 Emergency Support Functions………………………………………….122
4.6 Disaster Management Teams…………………………………………….123
4.7 Control Room……………………………………………………………………124
CHAPTER 5: DISASTER MITIGATION PLAN…………………..131-137
5.1 Non-Structural Mitigation Plan……………………………………………131
5.1.1 Preparedness Methodology……………………………………………………131
5.1.2 Sensitization/Awareness Campaign………………………………………..131
5.1.3 Training and Capacity Building……………………………………………….132
5.1.4 Disaster Management Planning………………………………………………133
5.1.5 Disaster Resource Inventory………………………………………………….134
5.1.6 Enforcing Existing Codes and Laws………………………………………..134
5.2 Structural Mitigation Measures…………………………………………..135
5.2.1 Retrofitting………………………………………………………………………….136
5.2.2 Earth Quake Resistant Construction……………………………………….136
CHAPTER 6: ACTION RESPONSE PLAN FOR EMERGENCY
SUPPORT FUNCTIONS ……………………138-152
6.1 Short Term Response Plan……………………………………………………138
6.1.1 Rescue Operations………………………………….……………………………….138
6.1.2 Relief Operations…………………………………………………………………….139
6.1.3 Rehabilitation………………………………………………………………………….140
6.2 Long-Term Response Plans…………………………………………………..140
CHAPTER 7: STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES…………153-182
7.1 SOP for emergency Support Functions………………………………….153
7.1.1 ESF 1 Coordination………………………………………………………………….153
7.1.2 ESF 2 Communication……………………………………………………………..157
7.1.3 ESF 3 Evacuations, Search and Rescue……………………………………..161
7.1.4 ESF 4 Law and Order………………………………………………………………163
7.1.5 ESF 5 Emergency Medical Response and Trauma Counseling………164
7.1.6 ESF 6 Water Supply…………………………………………………………………167
7.1.7 ESF 7 Relief (Food and Shelter)……………………………………………….. 168
7.1.8 ESF 8 Equipment Support, Debris and Road Clearance………………...171
7.1.9 ESF 9 Help Lines, Warning Dissemination………………………………...…173
7.1.10 ESF10 Electricity…………………………………………………………………….174
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7.1.11 ESF 11Transportation………………………………………………………………175
7.2
SOP for Community Task Forces………………………………………….177
7.2.1 Community Task Forces…………………………………………………………..177
7.2.2 CTF 1 Warning and Communication Group………………………………..177
7.2.3 CTF 2 Evacuations & Temporary Shelter Management Group………177
7.2.4 CTF 3 Damage Assessment Group…………………………………………….179
7.2.5 CTF 4 Search and Rescue Group………………………………………………179
7.2.6 CTF 5 First Aid and Trauma Counseling Group…………………………..180
7.2.7 CTF 6 Relief Co-Ordination Group…………………………………………….180
7.2.8 CTF 7 Water And Sanitation Group…………………………………………..181
CHAPTER- 08 DISASTER MANAGEMENT OF DISTRICT AMRITSAR
183-205
8.1 Flood ……………………………………………………………………………..183
8.2 Earthquake……………………………………………………………………..198
8.3 Epidemics……………………………………………………………………….204
8.4 Cattle Epidemic………………………………………………………………..204
8.5 Village Fire
ANNEXURE A
ANNEXURE B
ANNEXURE C
ANNEXURE D
ANNEXURE E: Phone Numbers of Kanungo, Sarpanch and Administrative
Bodies
APPENDIX F: NGOs of Amritsar
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LIST OF TABLES
Table No.1 Block wise area, villages and towns in Amritsar district ............................
Table No.2 Assembly Constituencies........................................................................
Table No.3 Average Annual Rainfall .........................................................................
Table No.4 Area under different land use/land cover categories in Amritsar
district ....................................................................................................
Table No.5 Block wise Rural Population ...................................................................
Table No.6 Municipality wise Urban Population ........................................................
Table No.7 Population Growth ................................................................................
Table No.8 Sex Ratio in Amritsar .............................................................................
Table No.9 Total Migrants and Migrants in Last 10 Years by Place of Last
Residence to Amritsar city (2001) ...........................................................
Table No.10 Total Migrants by Place of Last Residence from different states to
Amritsar City (2001) ............................................................................
Table No.11Migration of Workers by Place of Last Residence to Amritsar city
(2001) ....................................................................................................
Table No.12 Industrial Classification of Main Workers in Amritsar City .......................
Table No.13 Details of livestock and poultry in the Amritsar district, 2007..................
Table No.14 Statement showing the details of Road Cross-Section and R/W of
Inter and Intra City Road Falling in Amritsar Local Planning Area ...........
Table No.15 List of Odr Falling in Amritsar along with cross sectional details..............
Table No.16 Length of Roads within Amritsar M. C. (in kms) .....................................
Table No.17 Level of Education Facilities in Amritsar – Schools, etc ...........................
Table No.18 Higher Level of Education Facilities in Amritsar......................................
Table No.19 Schools/Colleges per 10,000 Populations in Statutory Towns,
2001 ......................................................................................................
Table No.20 Population, Number of Villages and Towns, 2001 ..................................
Table No.21 Number and percentage of literates and illiterates by tehsils,
2001 ......................................................................................................
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Table No.22 Number and Percentage of Literates and Illiterates By Sex in
Urban Agglomerations / Towns, 2001 ...................................................
Table No.23 Distribution of Workers by Sex In Four Categories Of Economic
Activity In Tehsils, 2001.......................................................................
Table No.24 Medical Infrastructure in Amritsar ........................................................
Table No.25 Number of Beds In Medical Institutions In Towns, 2001 ........................
Table No.26 Veterinary Institutions in Amritsar ........................................................
Table No.27 Fire Stations of Amritsar District ...........................................................
Table No.28 Police Stations Falling in Amritsar .........................................................
Table No.29 Record to Previous Floods ....................................................................
Table No.30 Trend of Road Accidents in Amritsar city and village level, 19972010 ......................................................................................................
Table No.31 SPM, SO2, NOX Levels in industrial area of Amritsar at different
Air monitoring station from 1997 -2001 ................................................
Table No.32 Ground Water Quality at Five Sampling Stations of Amritsar city ............
Table No.33 Noise Level (dB) Monitoring during the year 2006 in Amritsar ................
Table No.34 Details of animals slaughtered in the Amritsar District, 2008 ..................
Table No.35 Pattern of Use of Census Houses Category wise in Municipal
Corporation, Amritsar (2001) ...............................................................
Table No.36 Distribution of Residential Houses by their Type of Structure in
Municipal Corporation, Amritsar: 2001 ..................................................
Table No.37 Distribution of Slum Population to Amritsar M.C. Population ...................
Table No.38 Slum Population Characteristics ............................................................
Table No.39 Ownership of Land under Slums in Amritsar .........................................
Table No.40 Basic Services & Amenities Existing in Slums of Amritsar .......................
Table No.41 Major Industrial Locations in Amritsar City ............................................
Table No.42 Comparison of Industrial Data at City and District Level, 2007 ...............
Table No.43 Total Number of Tube wells in Amritsar ................................................
Table No.44 Water Supply information in Amritsar (MC) ...........................................
Table No.45 Sewerage Details of Urban Settlements in Amritsar ..............................
Table No.46 Length of Drainage Network in Amritsar Municipal Corporation
Area .......................................................................................................
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Table No.47 Details of Landfill Sites in Amritsar Municipal Corporation Area ...............
Table No.48 Comparison of Industrial Data at City and District Level, 2007 ...............
LIST OF FIGURES
Fig.No.1 Disaster Management Cycle .....................................................................
Fig.No.2 Methodology of Plan Development ...........................................................
Fig.No.3 Classification of Hazards ..........................................................................
Fig.No.4 Monthly Average Rainfall .........................................................................
Fig.No.5 Population Growth of Municipal Corporation Amritsar ................................
Fig.No.6 Alpha One on GT road towards Jallandhar ................................................
Fig.No.7 Upcoming mega project Shubham Enclave ...............................................
Fig.No.8 Railway Station, Amritsar .........................................................................
Fig.No.9 Canal office Chowk..................................................................................
Fig.No.10 Rambagh Chowk .....................................................................................
Fig.No.11 Industry releasing plume without adopting pollution control devices ..........
Fig.No.12 UBDC (1) near Mehta road ......................................................................
Fig.No.13 UBDC (1) at Tarawala Pul ........................................................................
Fig.No.14 Untreated industrial effluents of Shankar Textile Mill drained out
into Nallah ..............................................................................................
Fig.No.15 Untreated industrial effluents of Khanna Paper Mill drain out into
Ganda Nallah ..........................................................................................
Fig.No.16 Groundwater Sample having objectionable colour, odour taste &
suspended solids.....................................................................................
Fig.No.17 Untreated industrial effluents pumped out near Verka Chowk create
unbearable odour ....................................................................................
Fig.No.18 Villagers using untreated effluents of the drain for irrigating fields .............
Fig.No.19 Upstream of Patti Drain near Malhian village (Jandiala) showing
excessive algae growth ...........................................................................
Fig.No.20 Kasur Nallah flowing near village Manawala shows excessive
eutrophication ........................................................................................
Fig.No.21 Gandha Nallah carrying untreated sewage, MSW, biomedical waste
etc .........................................................................................................
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Fig.No.22 High Traffic Volume and glaring horns by auto rickshaws cause
Noise Pollution ........................................................................................
Fig.No.23 Poor Housing Condition, Poor Mass Space Relationship, Mesh of
Wire and High Intensity of development in walled city Amritsar .................
Fig.No.24 View of planned housing area on Maqbool Road, Green Avenue and
Ranjit Avenue .........................................................................................
Fig.No.25 View of new upcoming residential projects along Bye- Pass .......................
Fig.No.26 Housing condition in slum areas of Amritsar .............................................
Fig.No.27 Infrastructure situation in slum areas of Amritsar ......................................
Fig.No.28 Industries at the Focal Point, Mehta Road.................................................
Fig.No.29 Poor road infrastructure, water logging and open dumping of
industrial waste in Focal Point, Amritsar ...................................................
Fig.No.30 View of Blocked Sewer at Mahan Singh Gate ............................................
Fig.No.31 Disposal Work, Fatehpur .........................................................................
Fig.No.32 View of Ganda Nallah used for Disposal ....................................................
Fig.No.33 Water Logging outside Bus Stand ............................................................
Fig.No.34 Garbage dumping along roadside .............................................................
Fig.No.35 Dumping of Garbage in open drain passing through Bangla Basti ...............
Fig.No.36 Open Dumping Ground at Fatehpur .........................................................
Fig.No.37 Wasting in Vacant Plots in litter city .........................................................
Fig.No.38 Dumping of waste along Bye-pass ...........................................................
Fig.No.39 Industries at the Focal Point, Mehta Road ................................................
Fig.No.40 Poor road infrastructure, water logging and open dumping of
industrial waste ......................................................................................
LIST OF MAPS
DISTRICT LOCATION MAP
TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION MAP
LOCATION OF FIRE STATION
DRAINAGE NETWORK
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CHAPTER 01
INRODUCTION
Disasters like flood whether natural or man-induced are creating a great loss to
all sorts of life- human beings, animals, plants and resources- buildings, and
infrastructure and above all cause psychological problems. Floods are
increasing with the move to material civilization, urbanization and
industrialization. With this new cult, even natural disasters are occurring
because of the disturbances in natural equilibrium caused by the greed and lust
of human beings to exploit natural resources to get rich quickly. World Bank in
India (January 2007) in its Article, “Two years after the tsunami, South Asia
Prepares against Future Disasters”, observes that across the world, natural
disasters are growing in number and destructiveness, and their human toll is
escalating. In the past 20 years alone, more than 4 billion people have been
affected by natural catastrophes from floods, cyclones, and tsunami,
earthquakes, landslides, and volcanic eruptions.
Response to Disaster, in the absence of a well-defined plan, would be arbitrary,
leading to overemphasis of actions of some actions and absence of other critical
actions. A formal plan for managing Disaster is, therefore, necessary. This
Disaster management plan has a strong preventive focus which aims at
reducing the frequency of occurrence of such Disaster while at the same time;
it includes a plan of action for earthquakes, floods, cyclones, epidemics,
industrial and chemical accidents, road accidents and fires. At the same time
disaster management plan has a strong mitigation aspect as well, which will
reduces the frequency of occurrence of such disasters.
1.1 DISASTER MANAGEMENT BASIC CONCEPTS
HAZARD: A potentially damaging physical event, natural phenomenon or
human activity that may adversely affect human life, property or social and
economic disruption or environmental damage.
VULNERABILITY: The conditions determined by physical, social, economic
and environmental factors which increase the damageability or proneness of an
individual or community/society to impact of hazards.
RISK: Expected or anticipated losses from impact of a hazard at a given
element over a specific period of time.
CAPACITY: The ability of stakeholders to cope with/resist/respond to the
effects of a hazard or a catastrophic event.
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Disaster Risk = H + V – C
Human vulnerability to disasters in inversely related to human capacity to
withstand the effects of disasters.
DISASTER: Disaster Management Act, 2005 defines Disaster as: “Disaster
means a catastrophe, mishap, calamity or grave occurrence in any area, arising
from natural or man-made causes, or by accident or negligence which results in
substantial loss of life or human suffering or damage to, and destruction of,
property, or damage to, or degradation of environment, and is of such a nature
or magnitude as to be beyond the coping capacity of the community of the
affected area.
DISASTER MANAGEMENT: Disaster Management Act, 2005 defines
Disaster Management as: “Disaster Management means a continuous and
integrated process of planning, organizing, coordinating and implementing
measures which are necessary for prevention of danger or threat of any
disaster; mitigation or reduction of risk of any disaster or its severity or
consequences; capacity building; preparedness to deal with any disaster;
prompt response to any threatening disaster situation or disaster; assessing the
severity or magnitude of effects of any disaster; evacuation, rescue and relief;
and rehabilitation and reconstruction.
1.2 DISASTER MANAGEMENT CYCLE
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
PRE-DISASTER
PHASE
Mitigation (Risk
Assessment/
Prevention)
Hazard Mapping
/Risk and Vulnerability
Assessment/Structural
and Non Structural
Measures
Preparedness
Contingency Planning/
Warning and
Evacuation/
Consolidated
Preparation for next
Disaster
EMERGENCY PHASE
Rescue Measures
Provision for Search,
Rescue and First Aid
POST- DISASTER
STAGE
Rehabilitation
Restoration of basic
services and functions
Immediate Relief
Food, Water & Cloth;
Shelter and Medical
Care
Assessment Survey
Economic damage,
Death toll, etc.
Reconstruction
Full resumption of
services plus all
preventive measures
Fig. No.1 Disaster Management Cycle
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1.3 NEED FOR PLANNING
Disasters are events that come unannounced and the main duty of district
administration then becomes the proper management of resources, be it
material, physical or manpower. As per the Government directions, in the state,
every district must have a District Disaster Management Plan. Accordingly, a
detailed District Disaster Management Plan has been prepared for the District
Amritsar. While preparing this document, an effort has been made to:
Identify probable Disaster situations in this district and nodal officers
for each such situation have been deputed. The duties of all the members
of District Disaster Management Committee have been clearly defined.
 Evolve a Standard Operative Procedure of a general nature keeping in
view the common requirements of various Disaster situations with
special emphasis on control room operation and seeking help from
outside the district.
 Touch upon in detail the inventory of resources at the disposal of the
Administration and the knowledge of experts for handling the situation.
 Project a detailed individual Disaster management plan for handling
important Disaster/Disaster situations.
Our main aim is to reduce vulnerability and also to minimize the destruction
caused by all of these types of Disaster, be it natural or manmade. This is not
an easy task and in order to achieve this target and also keeping in view the
population and the of multiplicity of the hazards and Disaster, which can occur,
we are of firm opinion that the government cannot resolve this issue and the
people are not prepared to pay the price in terms of massive casualties and
economic losses, the task, though difficult but is achievable
1.4 OBJECTIVES OF PLANNING
Every planning has its own aims and objectives. The planning of any activity in
the district shall be specific and down to earth. For a better development and
sustainability of growth a better planning is required.
The basic objective of the District Disaster Management Plan of Amritsar is to
protect all its residents and every kinds of wealth from all sorts of untoward
incident through the following sectoral objectives:1 Institutionalization of disaster management in district administration.
2 Encouraging a culture of disaster preparedness in the district.
3 Vulnerability reduction and disaster mitigation through better
planning process.
4 Creation of the best Government mechanism to handle any
unprecendent events.
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5 Instant response and effective decision making in disaster.
6 Better coordination of relief and rehabilitation aftermath of a
disaster.
7 Better coordination of all line departments in disaster management.
8 Encouraging and empowering the local community to own disaster
management.
9 Regular update of resources available in and around the district.
10 Mock drill to check the viability and feasibility of implementation
methodology.
METHODOLOGY OF PLAN
DEVELOPMENT
Data collection from all line departments
Data analysis
Discussion with experts
Referring national and international literatures
Preparation of action plans for departments
Preparing draft plan document
Mock drill to check the viability and feasibility of
implementation methodology
y
Vide circulation for public and departmental
Preparing
commentsdraft plan document,
Preparation of the final plan document
Fig. No. 2 Methodology of Plan Development
PUNJAB
Figure on next page shows the Digital Elevation Model of Punjab and the
elevation of Amritsar district also:
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1.5 CLASSIFICATION OF HAZARDS
The High Power Committee of Governmnet of India has classified the hazards
as follows:-
NATURAL CALAMITIES
1. Floods and Drainage Management
2. Earthquakes
3. Biological crisis or Epidemic of Human/livestock/crops
4. Fire
5. Locust attack
6. Hailstorm
MAN-MADE CALAMITIES
1. Industrial Disaster
2. Radiological Disaster
3. Accidents
 Railways
 Road
 Air
 Building Collapse
 Stampede at crowded religious functions/ melas/ processions.
 Food Poisoning
4. War
 Evacuation of civil population form a particular area
 Arrangement of transport for the Army
 Arrangement and supply of essential commodities for the Army
 Energizing civil defense organization
 First-Aid and Evacuation of injured people
 Shifting of casualities
 Emergency action in case of bomb hit of ordinary or of nuclear
nature
Fig. No. 3 Classification of Hazards
The various prevention and mitigation measures outlined below are aimed at
building up capabilities as also how to deal with Disaster. The objective of a
Disaster management plan is to localize a Disaster and contain its effect to the
greatest extent so as to minimize its impact on life, environment and property.
Response to Disaster, in the absence of a well-defined plan, would be arbitrary,
leading to overemphasis of actions of some actions and absence of other critical
actions. A formal plan for managing Disaster is, therefore, necessary. This
Disaster management plan has a strong preventive focus which aims at
reducing the frequency of occurrence of such Disaster while at the same time;
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it includes a plan of action for earthquakes, floods, cyclones, epidemics,
industrial and chemical accidents, road accidents and fires.
Keeping in view, all the possible aspects of the aforesaid problem in mind and
to keep the Administration prepared in all possible ways to respond properly to
various Disaster situations within shortest possible time, possible Disaster
situations/Disaster have been identified and the component plans have also
been identified & mentioned in detail in this document.
The mode, degree and extent of response to fight out any Disaster depend upon
the nature, degree and extent of Disaster, but some of the points are almost
common to all kinds of situations. For example, it is to be ensured in all types
of Disaster that first of all appropriate prevention steps are to be taken.
Secondly, preparedness is required to contain the damages and casualties
resulting from the Disaster. Thirdly, steps for reclamation and restoration of
community life within a reasonable time will have to be taken care of.
Similarly, it is common to all situations that: 1. Central Control Rooms are to be established.
2. District Disaster Management Committee is to come into action.
3. A general line of action and some special duties to various officers and
departments will have to be assigned.
4. Voluntary Organizations may have to be involved and their role will have to
be clearly specified and coordinated.
5. Media may have to be briefed to suppress all kinds of rumors.
6. Information regarding resource inventory of Health Services, Transport
Services, Evacuation & Rehabilitation Centers, and Food etc. may be needed.
Broad guidelines have been given in the following pages and "Standard
Procedure" has been formulated which is to be adhered to by all concerned.
Once the
Disaster takes place and the authorities are informed of the same, they will take
the necessary action with the help of the individual Disaster management plans
prepared for the respective Disaster/situations.
The main objectives of various preparedness measures are: i) Minimizing the loss of human lives.
ii) Minimizing the loss of livestock.
iii) Minimizing the loss to property and infrastructure.
iv) Minimizing ill effects on the health of affected population.
v) Bringing the human activities in the locality to normal condition soon after.
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To achieve the above objectives different tasks have to be performed by
different Government Departments and other agencies before, during and after
the Disaster. Each
Department's role and responsibilities have to be clearly identified and action
plan needs to be drawn up by each department. For close cooperation between
the various Department / Agencies, close coordination is required at the
District. Headquarter as well as at the Tehsil Headquarter. Deputy
Commissioner Amritsar will coordinate the work at the District. Headquarter.
SDM’s are to co-ordinate all activities at the Sub
The responsibility to manage all sorts of Disaster in the district rests with the
"District Disaster Management Committee" headed by the Deputy
Commissioner-cumDistrict Magistrate Amritsar, who may, depend upon the gravity of the
situation, seeks the help of "State Disaster Management Committee" and the
"National Disaster Management Committee".
For operational expediency, the concerned Sub Divisional Magistrate, Deputy
Superintendent of Police (DSP), Station House Officer and Tehsildar with their
subordinate staff will swing into action immediately after receipt of
information regarding any Disaster. The SDO/SDM will immediately take over
as in charge of the site.
They will try their best to contain the situation with the available local
resources.However, if they find that the situation is beyond their control and
the district level resource mobilization is required, they will seek the help of
their superiors or call the meeting of Disaster Management Committee.
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CHAPTER 02
DISTRICT PROFILE OF AMRITSAR
2.1 Brief History Of The District
Amritsar the most populous district in the state, is one of the border districts,
which share Common boundaries with Pakistan .It is situated in the
northwestern part of the state in the Bari Doab, a territory situated between
Beas and Ravi rivers. The district is the heart throb of Majha tract, now
forming the district of Amritsar and Gurdaspur, ruled by Manjh Rajputs.
The district takes its name from the city of the same name which is the seat of
district headquarters and best known as the home of Golden Temple, also
called “Hari Mandir” or “Darbar Sahib”. The city, however, derives its name
from the tank surrounding the Golden Temple. Literally speaking, Amritsar
means “The tank of nectar or the tank of immortality”. The shrine is considered
sacred and a bath (Ashnan) therein is considered as purifier. The shrine and the
tank were built by Guru Ram Das the fourth Sikh Guru, who is the founder of
Amritsar city. The fifth Sikh Guru Arjun Dev completed the project and built a
temple known as Hari Mandir, the foundation stone of which was laid by saint
Mian Mir a sufi saint who had good relation with Guru Arjun Dev.
The legend goes that after Sagar Manthan (Churmi of Sea), the pot containing
amrit ask (nectar), hidden here was forgotten. It so happened that a lady who
was married to a leper came hear along with her husband .She left her husband
near the place where present Sarovar is located, which was then only a small
pool. The leper saw a crow turned white after a deep in a pool, so he jumped in
the pool and was cured of the disease. Thereafter the miraculous powers of the
pool were recognised and a temple was built in the centre of the pool by Guru
Arjun Dev. The Sikhs were called upon to pay homage at the temple after a
bath in the Sarovar. Later Akal Takat was constructed near the temple complex
where Sikhs used to assemble twice a year on Basakhi and Diwali festivals to
discuss their common problems for unanimous and common actions.
The city became an important religious centre for the Sikhs. The Gurus invited
traders and others to settle at the place which became an important centre for
trade and commerce also. However the city owes much to Maharaja Ranjeet
Singh, who for the protection of the residents built a 14 feet high boundary
wall, with 12 gates. He also laid out a beautiful garden called Ram Bagh.
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Location
Amritsar district, part of Indo-Gangetic alluvial plain with conspicuously flat
terrain is located in the north-western part of the Punjab. It lies between latitude
of 31’ 28’ 49” & 32’ 03’ 26” N and longitude of 74’29’ 06” E & 75’ 24’ 24” E.
The district covering an area of 267700 hectares is bounded on north and west
by Pakistan, on the north-east by Gurdaspur district, on the south-east by
district Kapurthals and on the south by district Tarn Taran. There are nine
towns namely, Amritsar, Amritsar Cantt, Jandiala, Ajnala, Majitha, Rayya,
Rajasansi, Budha Theh and Ramdas and 766 inhabitated villages in the district
(Table 9). Amritsar district comprises of 4 tehsils namely Ajnala, Amritsar I,
Amritsar II and Baba Bakala. There are 8 blocks in the district. Block wise area
and distribution of villages and towns is given in Table 1.
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Table: 1 Block wise area, villages and towns in Amritsar district
S. No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Name of
No. of
the Block Towns
Ajnala
2
Harsha
1
Chinna
Choganwan
Majitha
1
Tarsikka
Verka
2
Jandiala
7
Rayya
8
Total Tehsils
1
2
9
Name of Towns
Ajnala, Ramdas
Raja Sansi
Majitha
Amritsar, Amritsar
Cantt
Jandiala
Rayya, Budha Theh
No. of
villages
171
59
Area
(ha)*
45621.32
23168.05
134
93
81
98
49008.97
26164.49
23582.28
42639.42
57
83
766
25259.96
32255.50
267700.00
* Block area is as per block boundaries demarcated from 1:1 lac scale tehsil maps with village
boundaries prepared by Director Land Records, Jalandhar. As the village boundaries are generalized,
there will be some variation in block area when compared to block area computed from reported
village area as per revenue records.
2.2 District Organizational Structure
Administrative set-up
The district has experienced jurisdictional changes after the 2005 census. Taran
Taran tehsil becomes a district and it is exempted from the district Amritsar. In
Amritsar district, with the addition of one newly created tahsils is Amritsar II
and the number of tahsils has gone four which is Amritsar I, Amritsar II, Baba
Bakala and Ajnala. Likewise the number of towns in the district has increased
from 10 to 13, except Budha Theh census town all of them have statutory
status. The newly added three towns were; Ajnala, Raja Sansi, and Budha
Theh.
Administrative Divisions
District Amritsar is divided into Four Tehsils (Amritsar I, Amritsar II, Ajnala
and Baba Bakala), Five Sub-Tehsils (Attari, Lopoke, Majitha, Ramdas and
Tarsika), Eight Blocks (Ajnala, Chogawan, Harsha Chinna, Jandiala, Majitha,
Rayya, Tarsika and Verka) and Eleven Assembly Constituencies which are as
following:
Table 2: Assembly Constituencies
Sr. No
1
2
3
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Name
Ajnala
Rajasansi
Majitha
Code
11
12
13
24
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Jandiala(SC)
Amritsar North
Amritsar West (SC)
Amritsar Central
Amritsar East
Amritsar South
Attari(SC)
Baba Bakala
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
25
2.3 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Physiography:
Amritsar district lies amidst River Beas (to the east) separating Amritsar from
Kapurthala and River Ravi (to the west). It is located in the lower part of Upper
Bari Doab Canal giving it a saucer like shape. It is interesting to note that river
Beas joins Satluj River at the confluence of Ferozepur, Tarn Taran and
Kapurthala districts. As Punjab Plain is a part of Indo-Gangetic system,
Amritsar also has alluvial deposits brought by Beas and Ravi Rivers. The soil
in Amritsar is a light reddish-yellow loam (colloquially called maira) that
becomes somewhat stiffer at the Doab, finally deteriorating into sandy and
slightly uneven soil (colloquially called tibba).
Amritsar has a levelled plain area situated at an elevation of about 200 meters
in the North East to about 175 meters in the South West. The terrain of
Amritsar can be put under three categories: The Upland Plain, Bluff along the
Beas and Floodplain of Satluj.
The Physiography of Amritsar district is the product of alleviation by the Beas
and Ravi rivers. There are no hills within the limits of the district and nothing
of the nature of work or stone is to be met. The formation is strictly alluvial
though apparently of a uniform level, the country falls away to the west from
the high right bank of the Beas to the left bank of Ravi and there is also a gentle
slope of perhaps one feet and a quarter in a kilometer down the doab which
slightly broaden out as the two rivers diverge after rising from the hills along
Gurdaspur. The district is devoid of impressive natural features except the
dhaya as the cliffs forming the right bank of the Beas are called the sandy ridge
running down the doab, the scarcely perceptible drainage lives which carry off
the surface water and the perennial stream known as the Sakki.
However, an interfluvial tract likes that of Amritsar district cannot be
homogeneous throughout, as the terrain of the flood plains must differ from
that of the upland plains situated away from the rivers. Indeed one can
distinguish the following terrain units in the district on close observation.
Amritsar district has two major landforms viz. alluvial plain and flood plain.
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(i) Alluvial Plains: Alluvial plain constitute the major part of the district. This
unit is formed by the alluvial deposits brought by Ravi and other rivers of Indus
system. The alluvial plain along the Beas river is dissected by the back erosion
and there is a chain of gullies or ravines along the river Beas. The upland plain
spreads almost the whole district, except the western half of Ajnala tahsil, the
eastern margins of Baba Bakala. This plain abruptly rises above the Beas river
in the east and slopes very gently towards the Ravi. It possesses a firm base of
alluvium and has an appearance of a vast stretch of level land. There are a few
sporadically distributed sand mounds and clay mounds, with a local land relief
of only 2 to 6 meters. Amritsar has an elevation of 192 meters above the main
sea level.
(ii) The flood plain of Ravi and Beas: The flood plain of Ravi and Beas rivers
is the other landform in the district. The flood plain of Ravi occupies the
western half of Ajnala tahsil and accounts for about 7 per cent of the total area
of the district. It is locally known as the sea Bet Ravi. It stretches between the
Ravi to the west and its tributary Sakki Nala to the east. The Ravi flood plain is
low lying and waterlogged tract due to flooding by both the Ravi and Sakki. Its
surface configuration is uneven and, at places, it contains abandoned courses of
the river, patches of marshy land and thickly growing grass. In contrast to Ravi,
which makes a wide floodplain, the Beas does not form any such feather along
its course in the Baba Bakala of the district. The origin of this bluff can be
ascribed probably to a tectonic uplift which affected the whole of the IndusYamuna divide during the Pleistocene Age.
2.4 CLIMATE
The climate of the area is sub Tropical Monsoon climate. The climate of the
area is characterized by general dryness except during the brief south-west
monsoon season, a hot summer is a bracing winter. The year may be divided
into four seasons. It comprises of the winter season (November to March) when
temperatures ranges from 16 °C (61 °F) to about 4 °C (39 °F), the hot season
(April to June) when temperatures can reach 45 °C (113 °F), monsoon season
(July to September) and post-monsoon (September to November). The lowest
recorded temperature since 1970 is −2.6 °C (27 °F) recorded on 21 Jan 2005.
The highest temperature recorded was 47.7 °C (117.9 °F) on 21 May 1978.
The climate is generally characterized by dry weather except the brief
southwest monsoon season, hot summer and bracing winter. Amritsar receives
on an average 601.5 mm of rainfall with around 33 rainy days. The wind
direction of Amritsar is from North-West to South-East.
2.5 RAINFALL
Rainfall in Amritsar varies from 12mm to 670mm per month. The average
annual rainfall in the district is 520.9 mm. The rainfall in the district increases
generally from the South-west towards the north-east and varies from 435.5
mm. About 75% of the rainfall in the district is received during the period from
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June to September and as much as about 18% rainfall occurs during the priod
from December to February.The following table shows the average annual
rainfall of Amritsar District:
Table 3: Average Annual Rainfall
Average Rainfall of
year 2005 (in mm)
80
100
90
40
60
180
520
500
210
60
70
400
Month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Source: Irrigation Department
Monthly Average Rainfall
600
500
400
Rainfall (in
300
mm)
200
100
0
Jan March May
July
Sep
Nov
Months
Fig : 4 Monthly Average Rainfall
Humidity
Relative humidity is generally high in the mornings, exceeding 70 per cent
except during the summer season when it is less than 50 per cent. The humidity
is comparatively less in the afternoons. The driest part of the year is the
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summer season when the relative humidity in the afternoons is about 25 per
cent or less.
Winds
Winds are generally light with some strengthening in the summer and early part
of the monsoon season. In the post-monsoon and cold season, winds are light
and variable in direction in the morning and mostly from the west or north-west
in the afternoons. In April and May, winds are mainly from direction between
north-west and north-east in the mornings and between west and north-east in
the afternoons. By June, easterlies and south –easterlies also blow and in the
south-west monsoon season. winds are more commonly from directions
between north-east and south-east.
Special weather phenomena
Western disturbances affect the weather over the district during the cold
season, causing widespread rain and gusty winds. Dust-storms and
thunderstorms occur in the summer season. Occasional fog occurs in the cold
season.
2.6 LAND HOLDING PATTERN
Cropping Pattern
Rice-wheat is the major crop rotation followed in the district. Other crops like
maize, barley, gram, mustard, cotton, etc. occupy negligible area as compared
to wheat and rice. Besides agriculture, the area has a good potential for
horticultural crops like grapes, pear, peach, guava, kinnow and ber.
LAND USE/LAND COVER MAPPING USING SATELLITE DATA
Multi-date satellite imageries of IRS-P6 LISS III acquired in February- March,
2004; June, 2004 and September, 2004 were used for land use mapping. The
IRS P6, FCC on 1:50,000 scale, generated from Green, Red and NIR bands
were visually interpreted to delineate various land use/ land cover categories. A
field survey was carried out to check the validity of various land use classes
and sub classes. Necessary corrections were incorporated after ground truth
verification. Final land use/land cover map for the district was prepared (Map
8). Land use/ land cover classes were digitized using Arc-Info GIS package and
area under various land use classes computed (Table 8). The detailed
discussion of each category is as follows:
Built-up Land
The built-up land includes residential, industrial, commercial, public, road
network etc. but with the 23.5 meter resolution data of IRS-P6 LISS III sensor
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it is not possible to segregate them. Therefore the present study was limited to
the identification of urban and rural built-up areas. The total area under built-up
land in the district was 22598.19 ha which is 8.44 per cent of TGA of the
district (Table 8). There is 10848.46 ha area under built-up and 433.15 ha area
under industrial built-up in the district which is 4.05 and 0.16 per cent of the
TGA of the district respectively. The rural built-up area in the district in
11316.58 ha (4.23 % of TGA of district).
The Urban (Towns/Cities) and Industrial built-up area is mainly concentrated
in Verka bock of the district comprising the city of Amritsar and industrial
establishments in and around the city. Block wise analysis of the data shows
that Verka block has maximum built-up area (11203.6 ha, 26.28 % of the TGA
of Block) including urban, industrial and rural built-up whereas Ajnala block
has minimum built-up area (3.35 % of TGA of blocks) closely followed by
Choganwan block 3.38 % of TGA.
Verka bock, located centrally in the district has nearly 21.8 per cent area of the
block (9298.48 ha) is under urban settlements/district administrative
establishments as Amritsar city and Amritsar cantonment fall in this block and
0.74 per cent of the TGA is under industrial establishments. The Rayya block
has largest area under rural settlements compared to other blocks which is
2170.36 hectare (6.73% of TGA).
Agricultural Land
The study revealed that total double cropped area in the district is 235002.21 ha
which is nearly 87.79 per cent of total geographical area (TGA) of the district
(Table 10). Rice-wheat is the major crop rotation followed in the district. Apart
from these two major crops, pulses, oilseeds, sugarcane and maize crops are
also grown. Among vegetable crops, potato and chillies are also grown. The
vegetable crops other than chillies are mainly grown around the city of
Amritsar. Nearly 2042.20 hectares area of the district is under agriculture and
horticulture plantations. The total land mass under agriculture comprising of
crop land and land under plantations is found to be 237044.21 ha which is
88.55 per cent of the TGA of the district. Across the blocks Tarsikka block has
the maximum per cent area under agriculture (94.51 % of its TGA) whereas the
Verka block has minimum per cent area under agriculture plantations (72.37 %
of its TGA). Rayya block of the district has the maximum per cent area under
agricultural plantations (1.58% of TGA) whereas the Tarsikka block has the
minimum per cent area under agricultural plantations (0.02 % of TGA).
Maximum per cent area under horticultural plantations (orchards) was mapped
in Harsha Chhina block (0.25% of TGA) whereas there asr no mappable
horticultural plantations in Ajnala, Majitha and Tarsikka blocks.
Table 4: Area under different land use/land cover categories in Amritsar
district
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Land use/land Blocks
cover categories Ajnala
Builtup
Land
Agricul
tural
Land
Forests
Distric
Chogwa
n
128.36
(0.26)
Majitha
Urban 253.77
(0.56)
Harha
Chhina
59.28
(0.26)
Indust -rial
Rural 1273.02
(2.79)
61.08
(0.26)
1436.64
(6.20)
--
Sub
total
(i)
Crop
Land
1526.78
(3.35)
40819.1
2
(89.47)
Planta 646.91
tions
(1.42)
Orcha -rd
Sub
41466.0
total
3
(ii)
(90.89)
Dense --
Sub
total
(iii)
Wastela Salt
nds
affect
ed
Minin
g/Indu
strial
Land
with/
witho
ut
scrub
Gullie
d/Rav
inous
Sub
Total
(iv)
Tarsikk
a
--
Verka
Jandiala
Rayya
9298.48
(21.81)
422.24
(1.67)
579.10
(1.79)
--
--
1208.81
(4.62)
1122.69
(4.76)
55.68
(0.22)
987.87
(3.91)
--
1528.45
(3.12)
316.39
(0.74)
1588.74
(3.73)
1557.00
(6.72)
1656.80
(3.38)
1316.05
(5.03)
1122.69
(4.76)
1465.79
(5.80)
2749.46
(8.52)
21199.8
9
(91.50)
48.24
(0.21)
59.07
(0.25)
21307.2
1
(91.97)
27.68
(0.12)
27.68
(0.12)
44980.4
1
(91.78)
172.27
(0.35)
42.73
(0.09)
45195.4
1
(92.22)
--
24250.9
2
(92.69)
112.33
(0.43)
--
22282.7
7
(94.49)
5.66
(0.02)
--
24363.2
5
(93.12)
--
22288.4
3
(94.51)
--
23343.8
5
(92.41)
186.60
(0.74)
24.64
(0.10)
23555.0
8
(93.25)
--
27481.8
9
(85.20)
511.15
(1.58)
18,58
(0.06)
28011.6
1
(86.84)
--
--
--
--
11203.6
0
(26.28)
30643.3
6
(71.87)
162.74
(0.38)
51.09
(0.12)
30857.1
9
(72.37)
2.63
(0.01)
2.63
(0.01)
--
--
96.09
(0.21)
3.94
(0.02)
80.49
(0.16)
34.74
(0.13)
28.74
(0.12)
15.99
(0.04)
13.82
(0.05)
35.56
(0.11)
309.38
(0.12)
156.14
(0.34)
102.46
(0.44)
74.33
(0.15)
93.20
(0.36)
3.18
(0.01)
167.76
(0.39)
25.91
(0.10)
110.69
(0.34)
733.66
(0.27)
351.57
(0.77)
34.57
(0.15)
195.75
(0.40)
142.29
(0.54)
3.49
(0.01)
96.20
(0.23)
38.34
(0.15)
79.09
(0.25)
941.29
(0.35)
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
356.11
(1.10)
356.11
(0.13)
603.80
(1.32)
140.97
(0.61)
350.57
(0.72)
270.23
(1.03)
35.41
(0.15)
279.95
(0.66)
78.07
(0.31)
581.46
(1.80)
2340.4
5 (0.87
--
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107.24
(0.41)
2170.36
(6.73)
30
10848.
46
(4.05)
433.15
(0.16)
11316.
58
(4.23)
22598.
19
(8.44)
235002
.21
(87.79)
1845.8
9 (0.69
196.11
(0.07)
237044
.21
(88.55)
30.31
(0.01)
30.31
(0.01)
Water
bodies
River/
drains
Canal
s
Ponds
897.72
(1.97)
-41.54
(0.09)
939.26
(2.06)
50.71
(0.22)
55.37
(0.24)
29.11
(0.13)
135.19
(0.58)
468.97
(0.96)
25.62
(0.05)
89.65
(0.18)
584.24
(1.19)
113.16
(0.43)
65.05
(0.25)
36.75
(0.14)
214.96
(0.82)
54.48
(0.23)
40.48
(0.17)
40.79
(0.17)
135.75
(0.58)
156.39
(0.37)
51.28
(0.12)
88.38
(0.21)
296.05
(0.69)
Sub
total
(v)
Wetlan Marsh 1085.45 -1221.95 ---ds
y/
(2.38)
(2.49)
Swam
py
Water ------logge
d
Sub
1085.45 -1221.95 ---Total (2.38)
(2.49)
(vi)
Grandtotal
45621.3 23168.0 49008.9 26164.4 23582.2 42639.9
(Sub
Total 2
5
7
9
8
6
i+ii+iii+iv+v+vi
)
Figures in parenthesis are the percentage of Total Geographical Area
(TGA) of the block/district
81.82
(0.32)
24.36
(0.10)
51.77
(0.20)
157.95
(0.63)
581.49
(1.80)
47.80
(0.15)
60.42
(0.19)
689.72
(2.14)
2404.7
6 (0.90
309.95
(0.12)
438.41
(0.16)
3153.1
2 (1.18
--
223.25
(0.69)
2530.6
6 (0.95
3.07
(0.01)
--
3.07
(0.001)
3.07
(0.01)
223.25
(0.69)
2533.7
3 (0.95
25259.9
6
32255.5
0
267700
.0
Forests
Forest cover in the district is very little; only 30.31 ha area which is 0.01 % of
the TGA of the district (Table 10) is under this category. This is negligible
when compared to 33 per cent required as per National Forest Policy. The
forest plantations along roads, railway lines and canals could not be mapped
due to coarser data resolution (23.5 m). The Harsha Chinna block has 27.68
hectares area (0.12 % of TGA of the block) followed by 2.63 ha in Verka block
under reserved/ protected forests whereas the Ajnala, Choganwan, Jandiala,
Majitha, Rayya and Tarsikka blocks have no mappable area under forests.
Small acreage under forest plantations emphasizes the need to bring additional
area under forest cover. It may be pointed out that area less than 2.25 ha under
forest cover or the strip plantations, along the roads, canals etc. could not be
mapped on 1:50,000 scale due to mapping limitations.
Wastelands
The total area under wastelands comes to be 2340.45 ha which is nearly 0.87
per cent of the TGA of the district (Table 10). The wastelands include
gullied/ravenous land, land with or without scrub, land under mining (Brick
Kilns) and salt affected land. The area under these classes is 356.1, 941.29,
733.66 and 309.38 ha respectively which is 0.13, 0.35, 0.27 and 0.12 per cent
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of the TGA of the district, respectively (Table 10). Across the blocks, Rayya
block has the maximum per cent area (1.80% of TGA of the block) whereas
Tarsikka block has the minimum per cent area (0.15% of TGA of the block)
under wastelands. Verka block of the district with its proximity to the city of
Amritsar has 167.76 ha of area under brick kilns and their mining fields and is
followed by Ajnala (156.14 ha block). Further, Ajnala block has maximum per
cent area under land with/without scrub (351.57 ha, 0.77% of TGA), and salt
affected land (96.09 ha, 0.21 % of TGA of block) in comparison to other
blocks.
The gullied/ravenous land in the district are found along the river Beas
bordering the district Kapurthala in Rayya block only occupying an area of
356.1 ha (1.10% of TGA of block). The wastelands with and without scrub are
spread over the entire district. Brick kilns with their mining areas are well
distributed in the district. Salt affected land parcels are found in the localized
pockets in the entire district but mainly concentrated in Ajnala and Choganwan
blocks. During field visit it was observed that small parcels of dunal land
(sandy areas) are scattered in Voltoha block of the district, but due to scale
limitations the area less than 2.25 ha under this category could not be
separately mapped and measured.
Water Bodies
The water bodies in the district occupy 3153.12 ha area which is 1.18 per cent
of the TGA of the district. Further, 309.95 and 438.41 ha area is under canals
and village ponds which is nearly 0.12 and 0.16 per cent of the geographical
area of the district. The area under river channels of the two rivers i.e. Ravi and
Beas flowing along the district boundary is 2404.76 ha (0.90% of TGA of the
district). Across the blocks, Rayya block has the maximum area (689.72 ha)
under water bodies which is 2.14% of TGA of this block. The Choganwan
block has 89.65 hectares area under village ponds/reservoirs in the block which
is closely followed by 88.38 ha in Verka block.
Wetlands
The wetlands in the district occupy 2533.73 ha area which was 0.95 per cent of
the TGA of the district. Marshes and swamps are mainly along the Ravi river in
Choganwan block of the district. Nearly 1221.95 ha area (3.03 % of TGA of
block) of Choganwan block is under wetland which is maximum among other
blocks of the district. In Ajnala block 1085.45 ha (2.38 % of TGA of block) is
under wetland. In addition, Rayya and Jandiala blocks have 223.25 ha and 3.07
ha area respectively under wetlands.
Agriculture:
Amritsar district is an important district for the production of vegetables in the
state. Amritsar City serves as good market for vegetables locally produced. In
addition to the use of composed, cattle dung and green manures are being
increasingly used in the district. The district was the top consumer of chemical
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fertilizer during 2000-2001 as it alone consumed 133,000 thousand tonnes of
chemical fertilizers (NPK).
Land Reclamation, Irrigation and Power Research Institute, Punjab, Amritsar
was established in 1924 and was reorganized in 1947. This institute deals with
research and design problems relating to irrigation and power projects.
Extensive soils, water and ground water surveys form its regular feature. For
devising suitable ante – water logging measure, a number of pilot schemes
have been taken up by the institute. Besides there are two fruit nurseries in the
district namely (1) The Khalsa College Nursery, Amritsar, (2) The Malak
Nursery, Court road, Amritsar. These nurseries rendered valuable assistance in
the propagation of horticulture in the district
2.7 Demographic Profile And Economic Base
2.7.1 Population: According to 2001 Census total population of District
Amritsar is 2152182. Rural population is 1050102 out of which schedule caste
population is 358580 .Urban population is 1102080 out of which 229418 is
schedule caste population.
Table 5: Blockwise Rural Population
Sr.No Name of Block
1 Ajnala
Population
130890
SC Population
27166
2
Chogawan
131278
35699
3
Gandiwind(38 Villages)
51733
19733
4
Harsha Chhina
85854
28802
5
Jandiala
124867
53627
6
Majitha
137204
54484
7
Rayya
159877
56380
8
Tarsika
115887
38915
9
Verka
112512
43774
Table 6: Municipalitywise Urban Population
Sr.No Name of Municipality
Population
1
Ajnala
18589
SC Population
2869
2
Amritsar
1016079
202875
3
Jandiala
23834
7768
4
Majitha
12992
5637
5
Rajasansi
12176
4558
6
Ramdas
5779
2592
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7
Rayya
12631
3119
2.7.1.1 Population Growth -Amritsar
Amritsar, the second metropolitan city of Punjab has a total population of 10,
16,079 persons (including out growth) and ranked 33rd in the list of 35
metropolitan cities as per census 2001 and ranks 274th in the world’s list of 1000
largest urban settlements (2005). The population growth rate of Amritsar M.C.
has been analyzed from time period of 1901 up to 2001 which is shown in the
figure below.
Table 7: Population Growth
Sr. No.
Year
Total
Males
Females
Growth Rate
1.
1971
454805
256142
204662
16.66
2.
1981
594844
321086
273758
30.79
3.
1991
708835
376478
332357
19.16
4.
2001
1000536
536833
46370
41.15
Source: District Census Amritsar
Fig No. 5 Population Growth of Municipal Corporation Amritsar
2.7.1.2 POPULATION DENSITY
The population density in Amritsar was of the order of 1,190 persons/square
kilometers in 2001 where as density in rural area stood at 481 persons/square
kilometer. In comparison to that, the population density of Amritsar city was
7,137 persons per sq.km. Among the 4 urban settlements, the density of Rayya
stands at 1,113 per sq.km which is highest with Rajasansi having the least
population density of the order of 785 per sq.km. Due to such high density,
prevailing in the city core poor quality of life and unhealthy living conditions
have been witnessed which requires special strategies.
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2.7.1.3 SEX RATIO
The over all sex ratio for the Amritsar stands at 865 which is less than the
district and state figure of 872 and 876 females/1000 males respectively.
Table 8: Sex Ratio in Amritsar
Category of Settlements
Amritsar (MC)
Majitha (M Cl)
Jandiala (M Cl)
Rayya (NP)
Raja Sansi (NP)
Villages
Sex Ratio (No. of Females/1000 Males)
1981
1991
2001
853
883
865
896
869
889
907
893
869
898
787
904
892
848
872
Source: Census of India 1981, 1991, 2001
There has been decrease in the sex ratio of M.C Amritsar from 883 in 1991 to
865 in 2001. It has been observed that Rayya has the highest sex ratio of 904
and Rajasansi has the lowest sex ratio of 848. (Refer table no.7 ). This decrease
in sex ratio could be due to increasing male migration in the city for work and
other reasons.
2.7.1.4 Migration
Migration forms an important component of process of urbanization. Census of
India defines the migration in two ways viz.
Migrants by Place of Birth: Migrants by place of birth are those who are
enumerated at a village/town at the time of census other than their place of
birth.
Migrants by Place of Last Residence: A person is considered as migrant by
the place of last residence, if the place in which he is enumerated during the
census is other than his place of immediate last residence.
Migration at Punjab Level: The migration data provided in the Migration
Tables of Primary Census Abstract by Place of Last Residence is of two types.
The first one is related to all types of migrants while the second one is
concerned with migrants seeking work/employment. The data available for
both categories are for in-migrants and are for urban population of Amritsar
district. To calculate the data for Amritsar city, the share of Amritsar city
population in the urban population of Amritsar district is considered i.e. 91.5%,
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and the same is applied to take out the number of in-migrants for Amritsar city
from the in-migrants in urban population of district. The migration data for all
types of in-migrants for Amritsar city is given in the table below:
Table 9: Total Migrants and Migrants in Last 10 Years by Place of Last
Residence to Amritsar city (2001)
Last Residence
Total
%age
Migran %age
Migrants of
ts
in of
(since
Total
Last 10 Total
55.13
30,097
38.25
Elsewhere in the district of 1,78,628
1971)
Migran Yrs
Migra
enumeration
57,716
17.81
16,702
21.22
In other districts of the state of
ts
nts
enumeration
22.10
30,644
38.94
States in India beyond the 71,596
state residence
of enumeration
16,086
4.96
1,245
1.58
Last
outside India
Total
3,24,026
100.00 78,688
100.00
Source: Census of India, 2001
Note: Here “district of enumeration” term includes Tarn Taran District too.
The total number of migrants since 1971 to Amritsar city is around 3.2 lakhs,
out of which more than half had the last residence within the Amritsar District
(includes Tarn Taran). Less than 1/5th of the migrants have moved from the
other districts of the state only while more than 1/5th come from the other
states of the country. Only 1/20th migrants have migrated from outside
countries. In case of migration occurred in the last 10 years, almost 2/5th of the
migration is of intra district type showing a decline in percentage share in
comparison to that of total data. Almost the same numbers i.e. 30,644 are
migrants from other states showing a substantial percentage rise. On the other
hand, the share of foreign in-migrants has fallen down drastically to 1.58%.
Table 10: Total Migrants by Place of Last Residence from different states
to Amritsar City (2001)
For All Years (since 1971)
For Last 10 Years
No. of
%age of
No. of
%age of
State
Migrants
Total
Migrants
Total
Migrants
Migrants
24,039
33.58
10,770
35.14
Uttar Pradesh
9,414
13.15
2,967
9.68
Himachal Pradesh
9,277
12.96
5,202
16.98
Bihar
4,657
6.50
1,710
5.58
Haryana
3,957
5.53
1,373
4.48
Delhi
3,282
4.58
1,288
4.20
Jammu & Kashmir
3,238
4.52
1,250
4.08
Rajasthan
2,502
3.49
1,036
3.38
West Bengal
2,234
3.12
981
3.20
Uttaranchal
8,992
12.56
4,067
13.27
Others
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TOTAL
71,596
100
30,644
100.00
Source: Census of India, 2001
While comparing the interstate migration, i.e. the migration happened within
the country but outside Punjab, the total number of migrants is 71,596. Out of
these, 1/3rd alone is from Uttar Pradesh while more than 1/10th is from
Himachal Pradesh and Bihar, each. The other important contributors with more
than 3% share are Haryana, Delhi, J & K, Rajasthan, West Bengal and
Uttaranchal. The other states constitute more than 1/10th of the migrants.
In case of migration happened between 1991 and 2001, almost 30 thousand
people are expected to have come up in the city for work and other reasons.
Out of these, again U. P. has the largest share with more than 1/3rd of the
migrant people. Bihar ranks second registering 1/6th migration, while H. P.
comes third with less than 1/10th migration to Amritsar city. The share of states
other than those listed above is again more than 1/10th of the migration
happened in the last 10 years.
Tabl 11: Migration of Workers by Place of Last Residence to Amritsar city
(2001)
Sr.
Place of Last Residence
No.
of %age of Total
No.
Migrant
Migrant
Workers
Workers
Elsewhere in the district of 60,925
50.87
1
enumeration
In other districts of the state of 18,819
15.71
2
enumeration
States in India beyond the state of 34,221
28.57
3
enumeration
Last residence outside India
5,806
4.85
4
Total
1,19,770
100.00
Source: Census of India, 2001
Note: Here “district of enumeration” term includes Tarn Taran District too.
The migration of people seeking work or employment is the most important
part of the total migrants, as it is considered as the prime factor responsible for
migration. The total number of migrant workers in Amritsar city since 1971is
more than 1lakh which forms 37% share of the total migrant population in the
city. More than half of the migrant workers are from within the Amritsar
District (including Tarn Taran District). Almost 1/6th have migrated from the
other districts of Punjab, while around 3/10th migrant workers have come from
other states in search of job. The rest 1/20th workers have migrated from the
other countries.
2.8 ECONOMY AND EMPLOYMENT
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OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE:
The occupational structure of Amritsar has been assessed by the number of
workers engaged in the four categories namely cultivators, agricultural
laborers, household industry and others as described in census 2001 is shown in
the table below.
Table 12: Industrial Classification of Main Workers in Amritsar City
Classi NIC
Type of worker
1991
2001
ficatio Code
Number %age Number
n
of
of
No.
Worker
Workers
s
(I) PRIMARYA & Cultivators
4,603
2.16
3,004
1
B
Agricultural laborers
12,405 5.81
6,213
2
Plantation,
Livestock, 1,398
0.65
3,023
3
Forestry, Fishing, Hunting
and allied activities
C
Mining and Quarrying
9
0.00
212
4
(II) SECONDARYD
Manufacturing
processing 483
0.23
12,317
5 (a)
and
repairs
industry
(Household industry)
Manufacturing
processing 60,678 28.43
67,632
5 (b)
and repairs industry (Other
than Household)
E
Electricity, Gas and Water
3,592
Supply
F
Constructions
6,957
3.26
20,989
6
(III) TERTIARYG
Whole sale and Retail trade 64,730 30.32
79,033
7
H
Hotels and Restaurants
4,073
I
Transport,
Storage
and 15,903 7.45
24,595
8
Communications
J & K Financial
Intermediation; 46,293 21.69
19,814
9
Real Estate Renting and
Business Activities.
L to Q Public Administration and
63,700
Defence; Compulsory Social
Security; Education; Health
and Social Work; Other
Community,
Social
and
Personal Service Activities;
Private Households with
Employed Persons; ExtraTerritorial Organisations and
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0.97
2.02
0.98
0.07
4.00
21.94
1.17
6.81
25.64
1.32
7.98
6.43
20.67
38
Bodies.
Total
2,13,459 100.00
3,08,197 100.00
Source: Census of India-2001
The table above shows that the main workers in Amritsar city, classified into 9
categories as per census 2001. It has been found that out of the total workers in
Amritsar city, 26.96% of the workers are engaged in Wholesale and Retail
Trade followed by 21.94% in manufacturing, processing &repairs industry and
20.67% in public administration and others since Amritsar is the district head
quarter. The increase in number of workers have been observed in the
construction, manufacturing processing and repair industry (household
industry) and in the ninth category which includes financial intermediaries, real
estate renting and business activities and public administration and defence
services (J&K and L to Q).
ECONOMY
Emerging Economic Drivers
Several economic drivers have been identified within the Amritsar. Recently,
booming real estate activities have been observed with the coming up of
several residential colonies such as Impact Gardens (a mega project), Garden
Enclave, Shubham Enclave, Ansal City, Heritage City etc and has played a
great role in both the physical and economic development of the city. Besides
this, several shopping malls and multiplexes, like Celebration Mall, Alpha One,
Trilium, etc. have come up or are under construction in the Amritsar city along
with commercial retail chains like Bharti Walmart’s Best price on GT road near
Manawala, Tata retail chain stores, reliance retail chain stores etc., which when
operational will contribute towards the economic development. Further, there is
proposal for establishment of World-Class Central University in the Amritsar,
which will give employment to large number of people.
 Amritsar is the second largest city of Punjab and a great centre of
learning and literature. It has number of educational institutions of
regional importance, such as Guru Nanak Dev University, Khalsa
College, ten Degree Colleges, two B. Ed. colleges, two Engineering
Colleges, nine Nursing Colleges, two Polytechnics/Industrial Training
Institutes, one Medical College, one Ayurvedic College, two Dental
Colleges and four distance education centers.
 It has emerged as a magnificent centre of trade and industry. There are
approximately 25,000 industrial units in the district Amritsar with major
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commodities of production and export being woolen blankets, shawls,
carpets, food items, such as papad, pickles, etc.
 At regional level, it has also emerged has a great centre of heritage and
historical significance. The history of Amritsar is more than 400 years
old and is intricately intertwined with the birth of Sikh religion.
 Presence of Rajasansi International Airport has also helped in giving it
due importance at regional level. At present, it handles approximately
150 commercial flights per week, both domestic and international.
Presence of strong regional linkages, two National Highways namely NH 1 and
NH 15, three State Highways, four M.D.R’s and twenty four O.D.R’s places it
at a very strategic position with respect to the other districts by providing
connectivity to the other parts of the state and country as well. Apart from the
extensive road network, it also enjoys good rail and air connectivity with the
other parts of the country.The Amritsar over the period of time has also
established its mark in the tourism industry due to the presence of Golden
Temple and other historical sites such as Ram Tirath, Wagah Border etc. The
city is witnessing boom in hotel and restaurant industry due to large influx of
tourists on daily basis. Several projects are being undertaken to conserve and
enhance the city heritage and to improve the city infrastructure to attract more
and more number of tourists. The booming tourism industry is bound to give
employment to large number of people in near future. Existing economic
drivers are studied in terms of Industry, trade/commerce, tourism and
agriculture/allied activities.
Fig no.6 Alpha One on GT road towards
Jalandhar
Fig no. 7 Upcoming mega project Shubham
Enclave
2.9 TRADE AND COMMERCE
Amritsar from the historical times has earned the image of being an important
commercial city as it is a gateway to Indo Pakistan. It is also an important
regional market center for agricultural goods, woolen, spices and dry fruits.
Today, it is India's important distribution centre of dry-fruits, tea (next only to
Kolkata), and is leading exporter of goods to the Middle East. woolen tweeds,
suiting’s, blankets, shawls in traditional weaves, ivory (now plastic) inlay
furniture, swords of all designs, oils, scents, jutties (traditional embroidered
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shoes), cut-glass crockery, selective musical instruments, carpets are
manufactured here. Its pickles, murabbas (Indian jams), papads, warian and
sweetmeats are exported to far off places, right into Punjabi Diaspora abroad.
With a population of more than 10 lakhs and a number of educational
institutions, wholesale markets, industrial focal points, banks, hotels and
restaurants, Amritsar has strengthened its base as second largest commercial
city of Punjab.
The importance of trade and commerce as an economic function of the
Amritsar city can be judged from the very fact that 92.28% of the total working
population of the city is involved into tertiary activities. The larger share of
working population in trade and commerce related to an activity reflects that it
is the mainstay of the people in the city.
2.9.1
Agriculture And Allied Activities
District Amritsar has 84% of its total geographical area as “Net Sown Area”
under various crops, which is 5.32% of the net sown area in the state. The total
cropped area in the district is 5.39% of the state and ranks 8th among other
districts. 100% of the gross cropped area in the district is irrigated. 75.67% of
the net sown area in the district is irrigated through tube wells and wells and
the remaining 24.33% of the area is irrigated through network of government
canals in the district i.e. Upper Bari Doab Canal.
Amritsar district is an important district for the production of vegetables in the
state. Amritsar City serves as good market for vegetables locally produced. In
addition to the use of composed, cattle dung and green manures are being
increasingly used in the district. The district was the top consumer of chemical
fertilizer during 2000-2001 as it alone consumed 133,000 thousand tonnes of
chemical fertilizers (NPK).
Land Reclamation, Irrigation and Power Research Institute, Punjab, Amritsar
was established in 1924 and was reorganized in 1947. This institute deals with
research and design problems relating to irrigation and power projects.
Extensive soils, water and ground water surveys form its regular feature. For
devising suitable ante – water logging measure, a number of pilot schemes
have been taken up by the institute. Besides there are two fruit nurseries in the
district namely (1) The Khalsa College Nursery, Amritsar, (2) The Malak
Nursery, Court road, Amritsar. These nurseries rendered valuable assistance in
the propagation of horticulture in the district.
PRINCIPAL CROPS
The principal crops in the Amritsar district are Wheat and Paddy as it ranks 8th
in rice production and 9th in wheat production among the districts of the state.
Both these crops have largest area under cultivation in the district, as yield per
hectare of land is highest.
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2.9.2 Allied Activities
Allied activities such as dairying, animal husbandry, fisheries etc also form a
strong economic base for the agriculture. Amritsar district has 2nd highest
number of livestock after Ludhiana in the state of Punjab. Amritsar district
holds 1.44% of the total poultry in the state of Punjab. The details of livestock
and poultry in the district are shown in the table no. 18.
Table 13: Details of livestock and poultry in the Amritsar district, 2007
Pigs
Total
Poultry
210.
61
8.18
286.
39
11.2
7
24.9
9
0.82
7365.
12
423.8
3
18899
.7
271.6
5
8.3
6.5
3.88
3.9
3.3
5.75
1.44
5035.
65
298.0
1
5.74
5.92
13.2
5
0.64
Goats
9.6
9
0.6
3
1760.
92
101.0
9
ponies
Sheep
Horses
&
Ponies
Mules &
29.8
2
2.47
Buffaloe
s
4.83
Cattle
Punja
b
Amrit
sar
Distric
t
%age
Donkeys
Livestock and Poultry in District Amritsar, 2007 (‘000)
Source: Statistical Abstract of Punjab, 2008
Amritsar district ranks 3rd in number of buffaloes in the Punjab State, hence is
rich in milk and milk products. Pertaining to higher number of livestock,
poultry and fish; the district ranks 1st in number of animals slaughtered. As
shown in table no.25, 96.72% of the animals slaughtered in the city are sheep
and goats. Average no. of animals slaughtered per day is 208. This reflects high
demand of animal skin for the leather factories and also the demand of meat for
consumption.
2.9.3 FISHERIES:
The district has natural resources of fishery within its boundaries. The natural
fisheries abound in the riverside complex consisting of approximately 128 kms
of Beas river, 40 km of Ravi river, 32 kms of Satluj river and 78 kms of Sakki
Nala. Besides, there are drains, canals and dhands to the extent of about 400
kms of water courses. The commercially important fish (local name) are:
Dhambra or Rohu, Thail, Morkah or Mrigal, Kalehan, Shingara, Saul, Mullec,
Paddi, Mahanseer, Kangra etc.
2.10 ROAD NETWORK AND MEANS OF TRANSPORATION
The road network of Amritsar is primarily “Ring Radial” with an intense
network of eleven radial roads leading to core city like spokes of a wheel.
There are 2 National Highways, 3 State Highways, 6 M.D.R’s and 24 O.D.R’s
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& number of other important roads passing through the city providing stronger
regional linkages (Refer map 8). N.H-1 acts as the central spine cutting the city
into two parts namely north and south. These eleven radials emerging out of the
city have acted as important nodes for the development.
The road network in the city has been studied in two parts: (i) walled city, (ii)
outside walled city (Refer map 9). Walled city carrying one-sixth of the city
population is heart of Amritsar city as it generated lot of trade activities, which
on other hand generates lot of traffic. A wall and a circular road that runs along
the wall both outside and inside the wall bound the old city. There are 14 entry
points/ gates of the walled city leading to the various residential areas,
specialized bazaars, Golden Temple and other activities within walled city. It
has a road network characteristic to a typical medieval town of North India.
Narrow winding streets characterize the road network, lanes and by-lanes laid
out into introvert planning units. This part of the city is built on human scale
with the major thoroughfares and surprising open spaces. The dense road
network with narrow width fails to meet the existing transit demands of multimodal transport with majority of motorized vehicles.
On the other hand, later development includes areas built outside the walled
city i.e. north side of the Amritsar – Jalandhar rail line which divides the city
into two halves. It is characterized by wide roads. The city does not have any
distinct ring although the Circular Road as well as bye pass exist in the
northern portion of the city but it is completely absent in the southern portion.
The table below lists the important roads passing through the city along with
details of road cross sections and right of way.
Table 14: Statement showing the details of Road Cross-Section and R/W of
Inter and Intra City Road Falling in Amritsar Local Planning Area
Sr Catego Name of Width of Road (Mtrs)
Remarks
.
ry of Road
R/W
L/B
C\W
R/B
N Road
o.
National Highways
1) 60
NA
NA
NA
*Near
1 R1(NH GT
-1)
Road(Lah 2) 62.7 17.35 10+8+10
17.35 village
ore
to
0
24.30 6.50+2+6.5 *
Dhodhiwi
Delhi)
3) 54.4 252.6 108.26F
15.30 nd
4) 613. 2F
*
*Dual
5F
252.6 carriage
2F
way Near
Kot
Khalsa
*Near
Doburji
Distributo
ry
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*Near
Mehraban
pur
2
R1(NH
-15)
AmritsarPathankot
AmritsarTarn
Taran
Road
State Highways
Amritsar4 R2
(SHAjnala25)
Dera Baba
Nanak
Amritsar5 R2
(SHBhikhiwin
21)
dKhemkara
n
6 R2(SH- AmritsarS
22)
ri
Hargobind
Pur
Major District Roads
7 R3(MD AmritsarR-65)
Chogawan
-Rania
Amritsar8 R3
(MDR- Fatehgarh
64)
Churian
3
R1
(NH15)
R3
(MDR63)
10 R3
(MDR61)
9
30.48M 8.74
13
8.74
32.56M 11.00
10.06
11.5
26.70
6.70
10.00
*Near
village
Nagal
27.95M 9.35
6.70
11.90
*Near
village
Bohru
25.80M 9.70
6.40
9.70
*Near
village
Chapu
Ramsingh
23.10
10.80
6.70
5.60
24.10
4.5
(6.70+1.4+6 4.8
.70)
11.15
9.70
26.40
26.40
Amritsar- 32
AjnalaChogawan
Attari0
JhabbalTarn
TaranGoindwal
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10.00
*Near
village
Alkare
*
Near
village
Chabba
*
Dual
carriage
way Near
MCA
*
Near
Tungawal
a
11. 15 *Near
UBDC
12
-
44
11 R3
(MDR66)
12 R3
Rayya
17.40
MoreBaba
Bakala/Ba
tala
Link Road 21.7
Between
GT Road
& Ajnala
Road
4.0
6.7
6.7
*
Near
Baba
Bakala
8.1
5.6
8.1
*Near
village
Chahia
Source: Master Plan, Amritsar
Table 15: List
sectional Details
S.No. Category
of Road
R4
1
R4
2
R4
3
of O.D.R’s falling in the Amritsar along with Cross-
4
5
6
7
R4
R4
R4
R4
Jandiala-Veroval
G.T Road to Gehri Mandi Railway Crossing
Gehri mandi Bazar
Chheharta Dhand Bir Road
21.62
3.10
0.50
17.15
8
9
R4
R4
4.58
2.41
10
11
12
13
R4
R4
R4
R4
1.80
0.96
4.34
0.13
18’
10’
48’
15’
14
15
16
R4
R4
R4
0.85
0.89
0.24
10’
22’
10’
17
R4
1.40
10’
18
R4
6.15
12’
19
20
21
R4
R4
R4
Rajatal-Naushera Dhalla road
Approach to Warrpal Rly Station from NH15
Approach to Attari Rly Station from NH-1
Majitha Bye pass
Mall Road Amritsar
Approach to Verka Railway station from
NH-15
GT Road to Govt. Polytechnic
Albert Road, Amritsar
Approach to Jaintipur Rly Station from NH15
Approach to Kathunangal Rly Station from
NH-15
G.T. Road to Khurmanian-Bopa Rai Baj
Singh
Rayya lidder jalalabad
Old GT road with in Amritsar MC
Mall Road Amritsar,
Metalled
Width (ft)
23
12
5.72-33’
9.60-18’
4.80-10’
18’
18’
23’
15.80-18’
1.35-22’
12’
12’
16.76
1.85
2.86
18’
22’
2x22’
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Name of Road
Length
(kms)
Jandiala to Tarn Taran
16.22
Harsa Chhina-Fatehgarh Churian
16.38
Beas-Dera Baba Jaimal Singh-Sathiala- N.A
Butala
45
Disst. Court to Lawerance Road Xing
Lawerance road Xing to PWD complex
R4
Amritsar Sohian Fatehgarh Churian road
22
R4
Fatehgarh Churian Ramdass road.
23
R4
Cheecha Hoshiar Nagar road.
24
Source: P.W.D Office, Amritsar
1.48
48’
23.05
15.42
6.52
18’
23’
12’
The total length of roads existing in the Amritsar M.C. area is 495.20 kms in
the year 2001, which has increased to 524.41 kms in 2004 and 611.13 kms in
2006. There has been an increase of 29.21 kms in the total road length in the
city in the last four years and an increase of 87 kms in past two years. This
increase has been observed in the category of surfaced roads. Almost 90% of
the city roads are surfaced (metalled) roads, among which, 98% are Black Top
roads with remaining 2% as cement concrete and water bond macadam roads.
The unsurfaced roads have been sub-divided into Motorable and Non
Motorable ones. Motorable roads have major share among the unsurfaced
roads, which is of the order of 95% in 2004.
Table 16: Length of Roads within Amritsar M. C. (in kms)
Yea Total Surfaced Roads (km)
Unsurfaced Roads (km)
r
Lengt Water
Blac Cemen Total Motorab Non
Tot
h
Bond
k
t
le
Motorab al
(km) Macada Top Concre
le
m
te
495.2
3.40
431.4
7.60
442.4 48.00
4.75
52.7
200
0
5
5
5
1
451.6 7.60
460.6 50.00
2.75
52.7
200 524.4 1.40
1
6
6
5
4
527.0 13.40
551.1 55
5
60
200 611.1 10.70
3
3
3
6
Source: Municipal Corporation, Amritsar, Municipal Year Book (06-07)
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2.11 RAILWAY STATION
The city of Amritsar is well connected by broad gauge rail
network with other parts of country and with the
neighboring country of Pakistan via Attari rail link. Major
links are from Amritsar to Pathankot, Amritsar to New
Delhi, Amritsar to Patti & Amritsar to Attari link lines.
There are total of 14 railway stations that are falling in
Amritsar. Out of this 10 railway stations fall outside the
municipal limit of Amritsar which are namely Beas,
Fig. No-8 Railway Station,
Amritsar
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Rayya, Butari, Tangra, Jandiala, Manawala, Khasa, Majitha, Jaintipura and
Attari. The remaining 4 railway stations exist within municipal limit of
Amritsar namely Verka, Chheharta, Bhagtanwala and Amritsar. It is managed
by Northern Railways and caters to approximately 28,000 passengers daily.
Approximately 40 passenger trains both local and express and 9 goods trains
originate or terminate at the Amritsar Railway Station. It is marked by the
presence of passenger’s facilities such as ramps and wheel chairs for
handicapped, stairs, tourist information centre and waiting halls etc.
2.12 AIRPORT
The city of Amritsar has an international airport, namely “Rajasansi
International Airport” also known as Guru Ram Das International Airport or
Amritsar International Airport. It is located 11 kms North-West of the city of
Amritsar on Ajnala Road near village Rajasansi. The international airport
serves not only the city of Amritsar but also the state of Punjab by extensive
network of highways. While private transport in form of automobiles is the
most popular way of reaching the airport, public transport infrastructure (with
the exception of taxis) has remained weak and needs to be strengthened.
The integrated terminal building at Amritsar have peak hour passenger
handling capacity of 1200 passengers and annual handling capacity of 14.6
lakh passengers. It handles around 150 flights a week to different locations
within India and abroad. The major destinations abroad include London,
Toronto, Abhu Dhabi, Dubai, Muscat, Sharjah, Doha, Tashkent, Ashgabat etc.
The apron area has been extended to cater to parking of total of 14 aircrafts
instead of ten earlier. Moreover, 44 acres of land area has been acquired by
AAI for construction of second runway. Keeping in view the international
status of Amritsar Airport there is need to think about its expansion keeping in
mind the State of Art Infrastructure to be developed.
2.13 SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Social infrastructure refers to the facilities and the process involved, which
ensures education, better health facilities and community development in any
town. The Social Infrastructure includes the education system, health care,
social and cultural facilities, parks and open spaces, etc. The different
components of social infrastructure will help to know how well a city or town
is equipped with facilities. The provision of education, health, etc. defines the
quality of life. As the city expands and population increases, the gap between
demand and supply of these essential services increases, which deteriorates the
quality of life in urban areas.
2.13.1 EDUCATION
Educational facilities define the level of development of a city. They are
criticial for growth of any settlement in terms of literacy rate, skill upgradation
and improving quality of human lives. Higher level of education facilities have
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been considered vital for economic growth and development of any community
or nation, besides improving the quality of life of human beings. Education is
found to be a major determinant and promoter of growth and development of
any settlement and nation. Accordingly, providing appropriate level of
education facilities is extremely important.
Institutional Network
The city of Amritsar has a well developed institutional network with one
university namely Guru Nanak Dev University, 10 colleges, 2 medical and
dental colleges, 9 nursing institutes and 4 engineering colleges, 2 B. Ed.
colleges and 2 polytechnics. Apart from higher level institutions, it is well
equipped with 258 primary schools, 36 middle schools, 41 secondary and 62
senior secondary schools. It strengthens the fact that Amritsar has developed its
importance as an educational centre in the region.
S.
No
.
1
Table 17: Level of Education Facilities in Amritsar – Schools, etc
Name Prima Middl Seconda Senior
Ang Indust Traini
ry
e
ry
Seconda anw rial
ng
Schoo Schoo Schools ry
ari
School School
ls
ls
Schools
s
Amri
tsar
258
36
41
62
191
-
Adult Total
Litera
cy
Cente
r
46
634
-
Source: District Education Office, Amritsar and Census 2001
Colleges
Medical
Dental
Nursing
Engineerin
g
B.Ed.
Colleges
Polytechni
cs
Distance
Education
Centers
Total
Amritsar
University
Table 18: Higher Level of Education Facilities in Amritsar
Name
1
10
2
2
9
4
2
2
4
36
Source: District Education Office, Amritsar and Census 2001
TABLE 18: Schools / Colleges Per 10,000 Population In Statutory Towns,
2001
Serial
Name and urban Type of educational institution
number status of Town
Primary Junior
Secondary / Senior
College
Secondary / Matriculation Secondary
Middle
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
1
Ajnala (NP)
2.7
5.9
3.2
1.6
0.0
2
Amritsar
2.8
2.5
2.0
0.9
0.3
(M.Corp.)
3
Amritsar Cantt.
4.1
2.5
1.6
0.8
0.0
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5
7
9
10
11
Jandiala (MCI)
Majitha (MCI)
Raja Sansi (NP)
Ramdas (MCI)
Rayya (NP)
4.2
3.1
2.5
5.2
4.0
4.6
3.1
1.6
3.5
1.6
0.8
1.5
0.8
1.7
3.2
1.3
1.5
0.8
1.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.8
2001- Census Findings - Population and its distribution:
Table 44 shows number of Schools / Colleges per 10,000 of population for
towns. In the district there are 1.5 Primary Schools, 1.3 Junior Secondary/
Middle Schools, 1.0 Secondary/ Matriculation Schools, 0.5 Senior Secondary
Schools and 0.2 College per 10,000 population. In other words there is a
Primary School for a population of 6667, Junior Secondary/ Middle School for
every 7692 persons, a Senior Secondary School for 20,000 persons and a
College for a population of 50,000. The following table shows distribution of
rural and urban population by tahsils in the district.
TABLE 20: Population, Number Of Villages And Towns, 2001
3
94,518
1,000,536
536,833
463,703
107
102
1
123,311
21,362
11,489
9,873
155
155
2
3
Inhabited
312
111,149
135,597
139
Total
341
16,820
205,667
258,908
23,207
19,724
F
558,221
29,162
36,544
M
133,184
52,369
162,711
P
647,982
110,056
348,022
F
147,086
233,612
179,531
M
1,206,203
133,263
205,035
P
280,270
152,718
384,566
F
AmritsarII
285,981
M
Urban
N
o.
of
T
o
w
n
s
Baba
Bakala
Amritsar
–I
Ajnala
P
Rural
185,311
Total
No. of
Village
s
142
Population
123,556
Name
of
Tehsil
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Total
DDMP-AMRITSAR
Total
Urban
65,716
108,119 114,562 307,397 98,144 405,541 18,157 104,203 122,360 14,008 185,650 199,658
50,524
57,595
67.3
73.4
60.8
12.6
6,443
2,950
3,493
79.4
84.4
73.5
10.9
51
6.8
12.0
54.9
7.7
71.8
79.5
12.2
68.3
80.5
12.9
58.2
71.1
12.9
60.0
72.9
66.9
11.5
65.1
76.6
71.3
12.9
48.6
61.5
55.4
12.8
50.2
63.0
57.0
Percentage of
literates
12.6
75.2
66.9
65.0
M
61.7
82.0
75.1
T
74.3
75.9
F
61.3
T
78.8
No. OF LITERATES AND
ILLITERATES
68.2
95,673 102,977
T
M
61,088 155,055 50,073 205,128 9,386 54,831 64,217 7,304
89,977 96,681
ILLITERATES
F
53,474 152,342 48,071 200,413 8,771 49,372 58,143 6,704
67,038 76,554
Total / Rural / Urban
Tehsil
LITERATES
M
72,096 308,648 44,445 353,093 13,821 55,225 69,046 9,516
93,612 384,491 63,078 447,569 20,391 74,184 94,575 13,020 95,334 108,354
6,380
Total
85,073
Rural
8,539
Urban Rural
150,789 165,708 693,139 107,523 800,662 34,212 129,409 163,621 22,536 162,372 184,908
Total
Amritsar –I
14,919
Rural
4
Urban
Ajnala
2
Rural
Amritsar- II
1
Urban
3
Baba Bakala
Sr. No.
TABLE 26: Number And Percentage Of Literates And Illiterates By
Tahsils, 2001
Gap in
malefemale
literacy
rate
F
Among the tahsils, Amritsar – II is the tahsil where literacy rate is the highest
with 75.9 per cent. Between the two sexes the literacy rate in the district varies
between 72.6 for males and 61.3 per cent for females exhibiting a gap of 11.3
percentage points. It is further educed that in literacy, Amritsar district is far
behind as compared to Hoshiarpur (81.0%), Rupnagar (78.1%) and Jalandhar
(78.0%) districts.
TABLE 22: Number And Percentage Of Literates And Illiterates By Sex
In Urban Agglomerations / Towns, 2001
DDMP-AMRITSAR
11.0
70.5
6.8
75.1
6.9
75.1
11.8
6.7
76.0
82.6
9.7
11.4
11.5
61.3
57.5
70.1
81.5
81.9
81.9
82.7
94.4
72.7
69.0
79.8
76.5
78.7
78.7
79.6
90.1
67.3
63.7
75.3
3,289
156,053
156,053
146,415
1,277
2,878
2,789
4,233
2,964
153,406
153,406
143,623
1,181
2,621
2,688
3,905
6,253
309,459
309,459
290,038
2,458
5,499
5,477
8,138
5,200
309,120
309,120
302,059
3,264
3,238
2,800
6,847
7,136
385,338
385,338
374,765
6,440
4,255
3,899
8,849
Percentage of Gap in
literates
malefemale
literacy
T
M F
rate
7,493
15,696
9,704
676,824
694,458
694,458
12,336
No. OF LITERATES AND
ILLITERATES
LITERATES
ILLITERATES
T
M
F
T
M
F
6,699
Jandiala Amritsar
(ii) (i) Amritsar * Amritsar
UA
(M Cl) Cantt. (CB) Amritsar
(M
(M Corp.) Corp+OG)
Ajnala
(NP)
NAME
Raja Sansi Majitha
(NP)
(M Cl)
6
5
4
3
2
1
Sr.
No.
52
12.4
64.2
7.9
76.6
82.3
74.4
70.7
78.5
1,226
1,052
1,888
2,082
2,278
3,970
1,516
3,915
3,501
8,661
1,985
Ramdas
(M Cl)
Rayya
(NP)
4,746
7
8
+ Towns arranged in alphabetical order.
* In case of towns having outgrowth an asterisk mark has been placed against their names to indicate
that they have outgrowths which are not separate towns.
It reveals that 77.9 per cent of the urban population in the district is literate.
The male literacy is 81.5 per cent while the female literacy is 73.8 per cent.
17,721
(21.8)
1,931
(2.4)
41,836
(51.5)
8,536
(37.6)
1,529
(6.7)
9,750
(43.0)
51,586
(49.6)
17,659
(50.9)
40,020
(36.8)
57,679
(40.2)
7,327
(5.1)
3,424
(3.1)
19,717
(24.3)
2,882
(12.7)
3,460
(3.3)
3,903
(11.3)
32,869
(22.9)
25,437
(23.4)
81,205
(53.2)
22,697
(17.0)
26,257
(25.3)
7,432
(21.4)
45,633
(31.8)
39,951
(36.7)
152,718
133,263
22,599
(21.3)
5,682
(16.4)
143,50
8
(37.3)
108,83
2 (53.1)
34,676
(19.3)
Males
103,90
2 (36.3)
179,531
205,035
384,566
Total
Total
Category of workers
Popula number
Cultiv Agricu Househol Other
tion
of
ators
ltural
d
worke
workers
Labour Industry rs
(Main +
ers
workers
Marginal)
Females
Persons
DDMP-AMRITSAR
Of Workers By Sex In Four Categories Of Economic
285,981
Males
Ajnala
Amritsar –I
Females
1
2
Persons
TABLE 23: Distribution
Activity In Tehsils, 2001
Sr.
TEHSIL
Perso
No.
ns /
Male
s
/
Fema
les
53
342,105
(84.5)
291,837
(86.0)
50,268
(76.6)
18,494
(4.6)
12,098
(3.6)
6,396
(9.7)
24,336
(6.0)
18,241
(5.4)
6,095
(9.3)
17,153
(5.1)
2,904
(4.4)
20,057
(5.0)
339,329
(52.4)
65,663
(11.8)
404,992
(33.6)
1,206,203
647,982
558,221
Persons
Males
Females
Amritsar- II
3
2.14 HEALTH
There is critical need of improving the health of poor as there is lack of
hygienic living conditions in the slum colonies because of the open drain
system, improper solid waste disposal mechanism. Besides, there is a need to
improve the basic human conditions in the entire Amritsar, where there is a
need of the health organizations for improving the existing conditions along
with the hospitals and dispensaries.
2.14.1 Institutional Network
Looking at the health institutional network in the city of Amritsar, it has been
observed that the city is served by 1 civil hospital, 154 other specialized
hospitals and nursing homes (govt. and private both), 8 Urban Family Welfare
Centers, 6 MCW Centres, 5 satellite hospitals and 6 govt. dispensaries. It
makes the city an emerging medical hub of the district Amritsar. It has number
of specialized hospitals such as Escorts for heart speciality, Ram Lal eye &
E.N.T Hospital, ESI Hospital, Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Guru Ram Dass
Dental Research Institute cum Hospital, etc. The table below gives details of
the various medical institutes located in city of Amritsar.
Table 24: Medical Infrastructure in Amritsar
Level
Medical Facility
Hospital
PHC
CHC/FWC / MCW Dispensaries
172
Amritsar
12
153
109
Source: Civil Surgeon Ofice, Amritsar
TABLE 25: Number Of Beds In Medical Institutions In Towns, 2001
Sr.
No.
1
Name and urban status Number of beds in
of the Town
institutions
per 10,000 population
Ajnala (NP)
35
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medical
54
2
3
5
7
9
10
11
Amritsar (M.Corp.)
Amritsar Cantt.(CB)
Jandiala(MCI)
Majitha (MCI)
Raja Sansi (NP)
Ramdas (MCI)
Rayya (NP)
27
1
0
23
30
52
3
Table 45 shows number of beds in medical institution in towns per 10,000 of
population. The district on an average has 14 beds per 10,000 of population.
Among the towns, Ramdas being the smallest town with 5,779 populations has
52 beds per 10,000 populations and this average is the highest among all the
towns in the district. Except Amritsar Cantt, Jandiala and Rayya all other towns
have more beds per 10,000 population than that of the district average.
Among the villages in Amritsar, only Baba Bakala is marked by the presence
of Civil Hospital while others have presence of either Dispensary or Family
Welfare Centre or Maternity and Child Welfare Centre or Maternity Home.
The civil hospital “Guru Nanak Dev Hospital” in Amritsar is located adjacent
to the Govt. Medical College on Majitha Road with easy accessibility from all
sides. The hospital (114 acres) together with Medical College is spread over an
area of 163 acres having total bed capacity of 1050 beds and serving 700
patients per day approximately. The institution apart from serving the whole
district’s population, has retained its eminence in providing medical facilities to
vast area of north India including Himachal Pradesh, J&K, Rajasthan, U.P., etc.
with its spacious OPD complex, emergency, surgery and super specialities viz.
nephrology, cardiology, plastic surgery, urology, neurology, cardiothoracic
surgery, etc. It also houses ultra modern operation theatre complex, ICU,
ICCU, clinical laboratory, radiology, sonography, de-addiction and mental
health facilities, and blood transfusion and blood component separation unit.
Since the hospital is attached to the Medical College, nearly 320 students are
trained every year in MBBS, BDS, nursing and MD/MS courses. The hospital
is observed to have sufficient medical, para medical and allied facilities. In
terms of disposal of bio-medical waste generated, the segregated waste is
collected by a private agency namely “Amritsar Health Care Systems” from
hospitals in the city. The waste collected is incinerated in an incinerator, which
is located at the village Iban Kalan on Jhabal Road.
Table 26: Veterinary Institutions in Amritsar
Veterinary Institutions
Level
Hospital
Dispensary
Amritsar
42
62
Total
100
Source: Civil Surgeon, Amritsar
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Besides this, there are 4 govt. veterinary hospitals and 4 govt. dispensaries
existing in the city of Amritsar.
2.15 Civic Amenities/Services
The other amenities of the city include Post Offices, Fire Stations, Cremation
Grounds, etc. Each urban area must have these amenities to serve its growing
population, as the requirement of these amenities increases with the increase of
city population and area.
2.15.1 Fire Station
The city of Amritsar at present has four fire stations located at Town Hall, Beri
Gate, Gilwali Gate and Civil Lines which are the following:
Table 27: Fire Stations of Amritsar District
Sr. No.
Name of the Fire stations
Telephone Numbers
1
Central Fire Station
101, 2541111, 2557366
2
Gilwali Gate
2527000
3
Berigate
2551699
4
Civil Line
2566212
As per the UDPFI standards of one fire station for 2 lakh population, the city
should have 5 fire stations to serve the population. Therefore, the city has a
backlog of one fire station. All the four fire stations are located on major city
roads, which are wide enough to allow free movement of these vehicles. The
vehicles at the time of disaster are available from these fire stations. The Civil
Lines fire station serves the northern portion of the city, while Town Hall, Beri
Gate and Gilwali Gate fire stations serve the walled city area and its
surrounding that is the southern half of the city. Hence, it can be said that
northern portion of the city is served with only 1 fire station, which is
insufficient and requires one more fire station. Besides, the existing backlog of
one fire station, there is also requirement of another 5 fire stations in the city to
cater the needs up to 2031.
Apart from four fire stations, city also has nearly 400 fire hydrants at different
locations to combat with the fire. The fire brigade wing in the city has total of 8
fire fighting vans and total staff strength of 126 out of which 51 posts at present
are vacant. This implies that the city does not have required number of
personnel, which needs to be taken care off. Moreover, the existing fire
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fighting infrastructure needs upgradation as new buildings of greater height are
being constructed.
There is no provision of separate fire station or fire fighting facilities in the
Taran taran district. They are dependant on Amritsar for fire fighting facilities
in case of any disaster. Therefore, it can be analysed that the existing fire
facilities in the city of Amritsar are over burdened that needs to be reduced.
2.15.2 POLICE STATIONS
The list of 28 police stations along with their location is given in the table
below:
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Table 28: Police Stations Falling in Amritsar
Sr.
No.
Police Station
Name & Rank
Phone No.
Mobile No.,
Residence No.
1 Bus stand
ASI Gurwinder Singh
97811-30225, 98144-72780
2 PP
Brahambuta SI Lakhbir Singh
(Galiara)
98157-66168, 97811-30219
3 PP Verka
SI Shamsher Singh
98765-70009, 97811-30217
4 PP Majitha Road
SI Harish Behal
5 PP Sultanwind
SI Amrik Singh
98720-11332, 97811-30229
6 Ranjit Avenue
SI Ashok Kumar
97811-30236, 94637-28360
7 PP Mohkam Pura
SI Parvesh Chopra
97811-30216, 99150-82889
8 Durgiana Mandir
ASI Harmanjit Singh
2557500
98729-00444, 97811-30227
9 Circuit House
ASI Harsandeep Singh
2566394
97797-00130, 97811-30239
2422975
99155-01818, 97811-30215
10 PP Lawrence Road ASI Mukhtiar Singh
98786-76899, 97811-30242
11 Shivala Mandir
ASI Sukhwant Singh
94631-70445, 97811-30243
12 Court Complex
ASI Tarsem Singh
92163-49078, 97811-30240
13 Faiz Pura
ASI Savinder Singh
98145-72100, 97811-30241
14 Vallah
ASI Kuldip Singh
97811-30251
15 Gumtala Bye Pass
SI Ramesh Chander
97811-30245, 94631-74427
16 Kot Khalsa
ASI Sukhwinder Singh
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17 Milk Plant Verka
SI Manoj Kumar
97811-00250, 97800-06420
18 Mahal Bye-Pass
ASI Rajinder Singh
97811-30244, 97797-01723
19 Majitha
Pass
Rd
Bye- ASI Panna Lal
97811-30249, 94638-28100
20 F.G. Churian Bye- ASI Sarwan Singh
Pass
97811-30247, 97793-03800
21 Taranwala Pul
ASI Shamsher Singh
97811-30230
22 India Gate
SI Mukhwinder Singh
97811-30255, 98144-09114
23 Hall Gate
ASI Subeg Singh
98152-95911, 97811-30228
24 Rani ka Bagh
ASI Parveen Kumar
97811-3238, 98728-68180
25 PP Sardar Cantt
ASI Ashwani Kumar
98155-33030
26 PP Kabir Park
ASI Jaspal Singh
97811-30233
27 PP Kot Mit Singh
ASI Jarnail Singh
97811-30220, 97797-03509
28 PP Fatah Pur
L/ASI Rajwinder Kaur
97811-30248, 94647-06473
Source: Police Dept. Amritsar
At present, there is backlog of 2 police stations within the city as per the UDFI
guidelines standard of one police station for 90,000 persons. Further, there is a
demand for 12 more police stations up to the year 2031 for the city of Amritsar.
2.16 DRAINAGE AND CANAL SYSTEM
The River System And Water Resources
(i) Main Rivers and Tributaries.-The Beas and the Ravi are the two
master streams of the district. The former forms its border with the Kapurthala
District of the Punjab State and the latter separates it from Pakistan. Both the
rivers originate near the Rohtang Pass in the Kullu District and traverse through
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the Himachal Pradesh and the Gurdaspur District before entering the Amritsar
District. In consonance with the slope of the land, both of them flow in the
north-east and south-west direction.
The Beas touches the Amritsar District in the vicinity of the village of Sheron.
It is adjoined by an abruptly rising bluff to its right throughout its course in the
Amritsar and Tarn Taran tahsils. It is joined by the River Satluj at Harike in the
Patti Tahsil.
The Ravi enters the district near the village of Ghoneywala and it moves into
Pakistan beyond the village of Ranian. In contrast to the Beas, this river makes
a wide floodplain in the Amritsar District. This floodplain has been highly
susceptible to floods, causing heavy damage to human settlements, crops and
the livestock. The construction of an embankment along the river has, however,
reduced the frequency and intensity of floods. The main significance of the
Ravi lies in its being the border between India and Pakistan.
The eastern limit of the floodplain of the Ravi corresponds with the Sakki Nala,
which is a tributary of the Ravi and flows parallel to it before meeting it near
the village of Kakkar in the Amritsar District. This nala is the continuation of
the Kiran Nala which originates from the Chhambs (marshy lands) lying to the
south-west of the Pathankot town in the Gurdaspur District. The course of the
nala is characteristically sinuous. It floods during the rainy season and this
factor has been partly responsible for keeping the western part of the Ajnala
Tahsil isolated from the rest of the district till recently. Ajnala is situated on the
left bank of this nala. A diversion for the nala near the village of Shahpur has
been constructed. It would secure the outfall of the Sakki Nala 96 km upstream
of its present outfall and this would save 741 sq. km. of the land around Ajnala
from damage owing to floods.
As in case of other rivers of the Punjab, the discharges of the Beas and the Ravi
are subject to wide fluctuations from season to season and from year to year.
These rivers contain a trickle of water during the dry winter with the approach
of the summer, snow melts in the source areas of these rivers and their waterlevel begins to rise. These rivers swell during the rainy season.
Upper Bari Doab Canal:- In addition to the Beas and the Ravi and the Sakki
Nala, another major source of water in the district is available from the various
branches and distributaries of the Upper Bari Doab Canal which runs through
the district. The canal had started operating in 1860. Its four main branches
passing through the district include from east to west the Sobraon Branch, the
Kasur Branch Lower, the Main Branch and the Lahore Branch. It is primarily
through this canal that about 90 per cent of the cultivated land in the Amritsar
District receives irrigation.
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However, the extensive canal irrigation, which has been there for more than a
century, has caused serious waterlogging conditions. It seems that the Amritsar
District is just floating on its subsurface water, which comes up to a metre or
two from the surface during the rainy season. Even in the driest month of June,
the water-table is only 1.5 to 3 metres below the surface. The wide-spread
waterlogging has given rise to kallar (concentration of harmful salts) over
extensive areas and some cultivable land has been lost to agriculture. Various
measures are being adopted to tackle this problem: the existing Patti and Kasur
drains have been deepened and some new drains have been constructed to
facilitate the run-off of the underground water. Wherever possible, canal
irrigation is being replaced by tube-well irrigation so as to reduce the quantity
of underground water and eucalyptus trees are being planted, particularly along
the canals, roads and railway lines, so as to soak the extra subsurface water.
These measures have already started giving good results.
Thus, the water resources of the Amritsar District are varied. The district is
bordered by two perennial streams on two sides; it contains a dense network of
canals, and its subsurface water reservoir is close to the surface. The
underground water is, however, brackish in parts of the Patti and Tarn Taran
tahsils. This brackishness discourages its use both for irrigation and drinking.
The two rivers which touch the district, viz. the Beas, Ravi and Satluj, and also
the Sakki Nala, are described below in greater detail:
River Beas.-The Beas River rises north of the Kullu Valley, and passing
through the Kangra District (Himachal Pradesh), and between Gurdaspur and
Hoshiarpur districts, enters the sandy valley which divides the Amritsar District
from the Kapurthala District. Here, its bank on the right, i.e., the Amritsar side,
is an abrupt cliff, the upper stratum of which is hard clay mixed with kankar
(lime concretions) and the lower usually, though not always, is fine river sand.
At the foot of this cliff, between it and the cold-weather bed of the river, lies a
strip of alluvial land, which at some points is as much as three kilometers
broad. At other points, the cold-weather stream flows close under the cliffs and
in the southern part of the district its set towards Amritsar entails some loss of
cultivation and damage to residential sites. At some places, there are
embayments caused by the river which cuts into the high cliff consisting of the
alluvial deposit of soil. The left bank, on the other hand, is uniformly low, and
on the Kapurthala side there is a stretch of moist alluvial land running back for
several kilometers into the interior, which is fertile, well-wooded and liable to
inundation. There is a tradition that over a century and a quarter ago, the river
ran on the site of the village of Mira in the Kapurthala territory, eleven
kilometers from its present course, and the depression is still clearly traceable
and is now part of the West Bein. In this district, whatever cultivation there is
in the valley is carried on between the foot of the cliff and the normal coldweather stream, or in the embayments caused by the erosion of the cliff. Back
from the river, the influence of the cliffs persists for considerable distances in
some places, because gullies make cultivation impossible and even spoil the
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fertility of the hinterland by accelerating the run-off of rain-water before it has
time to soak in the soil and benefit it.
River Ravi.-The Ravi is a river of a different character. The high bank of the
Beas affords a measure of security to cultivation in some part of almost every
low riverine estate. The rudiments of a dhaya or high bank appear on the left
bank of the Sakki Nala in its last 16-kilometre length but this is a long way
from the present river and does nothing to mitigate the defencelessness of the
villages between the two streams. The villages on the Amritsar side of the river
have no protection and the sixty estates officially recognized as liable to river
action do not exhaust the limit of the liability to trouble, if there is really a high
flood in the river. Every effort is, however, made to ensure that damage to
human life and to works of public utility does not occur. The tendency of the
river to swallow up the cultivated lands and damage the crops is checked by
constructing suitable protective works at vulnerable points, as the situation
warrants. In this way, the frequency of the floods is reduced. The Ravi carries
rather more fertilizing silt than the Beas (which from the comparative clearness
of its water is sometimes called nili or blue dhaar) and where this silt is thrown
up, bumper crops of wheat can be raised. But cultivation in the river-bed is
always precarious.
Saki Nala.-The only other perennial stream found in the district is the Sakki
Nala. The Sakki begins as the Kiran Nala in the Gurdaspur District where some
irrigation is done from an inundation canal taken out of it. This canal tails into
the Ajnala Tahsil in Ramdas. In the Amritsar District, the nala has the
appearance of a narrow river whose left bank is generally higher than the right
bank. Winter discharges are low, but the considerable summer stream is further
augmented by unwanted canal water sent down the Aliwal Escape from the
Main Branch Upper of the Upper Bari Doab Canal. The stream ends its
independent existence where it joins the Ravi at Kakkar. The sinuous course of
the Sakki Nala has not only done much to isolate the Sailab and Hithar Circles
from the rest of the tahsil and from the markets, but has also stood in the way
of the extension of regular canal irrigation to this tract. The stream is sluggish
and the erosion of the banks is almost unknown. Damage is done by floods,
however, to the spring crops sown on the shelving land sloping down to the
edges of the banks, and by spills into depressions leading from the Sakki
towards the Ravi. The Sakki is also called Ajal Nala, meaning the stream of
death on account of the considerable damage to life and property it causes
during the rainy season. A small canal has been taken out from it for irrigation
in the Gurdaspur and Amritsar districts.
(ii) Natural Drainage and Artificial Drains
Amritsar Tahsil.-In the Amritsar Tahsil, east of the Kasur Branch of
the Upper Bari Doab Canal, drainage causes no concern. The Patti Rohi often
evades the eye in its sandy course southwards and does no appreciable damage.
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A parallel depression nearer the river has in the past been known by the same
name. The Riarki Vang is, strictly speaking, a creek of the river and not a
drainage at all. Only the last 8 km of its course to the river is distinct and,
throughout this length, the creek runs in a broad deep bed, the banks of which
have much the same appearance as the dhaya. Erosion on the sides of this creek
has caused greater loss of cultivated land in the tahsil than the river. A short
artificial drain runs from the Riarki Vang to the river in Buddha Theh but has
never been used to divert water. Drainage does not become an important
problem until the Kasur Nala is reached well west of the Kasur Branch. Known
in this tahsil as the Hansli, the nala follows a well-defined course from the
point where it enters the tahsil from Bata until it passes out into Tarn Taran. On
its margins, the soil is stiff and often Kalrathi (salt-infested) and its presence is
a handicap to villages whose lands are divided by its passage. Surplus water
from the area between the nala and the Main Branch of the Upper Bari Doab
Canal is led into the Hansli north of the Grand Trunk Road by the
Makhanwindi and Valla drains. South of the road, the drainage is defective in
the basin of the Sultanwind Drain, otherwise known as the Mandiala Rohi,
where there is much of inferior land. West of the main Branch of the canal, the
drainage has always been a matter of serious concern. In the northern part of
this tract, surface water collects at many places in the form of chhambs or lakes
for which the least destructive outlets have to be found. The Hudiara Drain,
starting from the Majitha Fort, was made the central feature of the scheme. Its
natural bed was deepened and trained and, since 1927, it has been notified
under section 55 of the Northern India Canal and Drainage Act. From this
tahsil, it passes on through the Ajnala and Tarn Taran tahsils to the Lahore
District of Pakistan, collecting the dregs of the city sewage from the Ganda
nala on its way. Sixteen kilometers north of the Amritsar city, close to the
Gurdaspur road, the Gumtala Drain begins to carry away the surface water of
the north-western part of the tract and, after being joined by the Verka and
Tung Dhab drains just north of the city, turns west and ultimately joins the
Hudiara Drain in the Ajnala Tahsil. Though not intended to cope with
extraordinary conditions, this drainage system improved matters. North of the
Lahore Branch, the Vadala Viram chhamb covers sixty-five acres. An attempt
has been made without much success to drain it towards the west. Two short
drains-the Ghosal and Tarpai-pour surplus water in the same neighbourhood
into the Lahore Branch. The trouble here is saturation rather than the surface
drainage. The canal carrying a considerable volume of water runs above the
level of the surrounding country and there is every evidence of waterlogging.
The same is true to some extent of the northern reaches of the Main Branch
above the point where it crosses the Gurdaspur metalled road. This tahsil does
not show such progressive deterioration as is evident in Tarn Taran.
Improvements in drainage have apparently retarded the advance of kallar and,
apart from the elimination of local defects in drainage, the primary object of the
remedial measures must be the reclamation of the land which is still capable of
cultivation.
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Ajnala Tahsil.-The surface drainage of the Ajnala Tahsil finds its natural
outlet in the Sakki nala but is obstructed by the Lahore Branch of the Upper
Bari Doab Canal and its subsidiary channels. Water in the confined area to the
left of the Branch now finds its way by various routes into the Hudiara Drain.
On the right bank of the canal, the Lashkri nangal-bagga Drain collects water
from the area north of the Mananwala Distributary, siphons it under the
distributary and carries it along to the Mahalanwala Pond (chhamb) whence the
reinforced stream is carried under the arterial road past the Bagga to the Sakki
Nala at Saurian. This drain does its work efficiently enough, provided it is
regularly cleared and maintained.
(iii) Underground Water Resources.-The entire area in the district is
underlain by quaternary alluvium comprising fine to coarse sand, silt and clay,
with intercalations of pebbles and kankar. Bore holes drilled down to a depth of
about 100 metres have encountered 70-90 per cent of sand.
Groundwater occurs both under confined and unconfined conditions.
The depth of reach water in the area ranges from about 1 to 20 metres below
the land surfaces. The water-table is generally deep towards the high banks of
the Beas. However, in the vicinity of the canal-irrigated area and also in the
floodplains of the Beas, the water-table is very shallow. In many parts of the
canal-irrigated areas, waterlogged conditions prevail. Land salinization is also
observed in areas affected with waterlogging.
Groundwater is tapped by open wells, dug-cum-bore wells, and
tubewells. Open wells yield small to moderate quantities of water. Shallow
tube-wells constructed up to a depth of 35 metres yield 700 to 2000 litres of
water per minute, depending on the capacity of the pumping-sets. Some of
these tube-wells are of cavity type, whereas in others the indigenous strainer,
which consists of iron or bamboo strips laid over the iron rings of 7-10 cm
diameter and closely wrapped by ordinary coir rope, has been used. This type
of construction is quite effective and economical. Deep tube-wells constructed
up to depths of 65 to 105 metres below the land surface yield copious supplies
of water. Some such tube-wells have been found to yield over 4000 litres of
water per minute for drawdowns of less than 5 metres. A pump test conducted
on an 86.86-metre-deep tube-well at Dera Radhasoami, Beas, indicated that the
specific capacity of the tube-well was 757 litres of water per minute per metre.
The transmissibility of the sand which forms the waterbearing zone is of the
order of 1410 cubic metres per metre.
The groundwater available in the greater part of the district is generally
fresh but hard, except in the southern part of the district where it is of inferior
quality, being saline to bitter.
Hydrogeological studies carried out in the district in 1968 by the
Geological Survey of India have indicated the possibilities of a large-scale
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development of groundwater through heavy-duty tube-wells in most parts of
the district.
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CHAPTER 3
HAZARD AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
3.1 TYPES OF HAZARDS THE DISTRICT PRONE TO
Amritsar district is highly prone to multi hazards like earthquake, flood,
Pollution, Accidents and war. The low socio-economic development in the
district along with the high density of population is one of the most important
reasons for this menace. The history of disasters in the district will provide a
clear picture of the vulnerability to which the district is prone.
Probability Period/Seasonality Of Disasters
TYPE OF
HAZARDS
TIME OF
OCCURRENCE
POTENTIAL IMPACT
Flood
June –September
Loss of life,
infrastructure
Epidemics
Anytime
Loss to human life
Fire Accidents
March-May
Human Loss and house damage
Earth Quake
Anytime
Loss
of
Life,
Infrastructure
Drought
July-October
Damaged to crops
Landslides
June –October
Loss of human lives, livestock, paddy,
infrastructures, houses
livestock,
Livestock
The made degree and extent of Response to fight out any crisis depends upon
the nature, degree and extent of disaster, but some of the points are almost
common to all kinds of situations.
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and
and
PROBABILITY PERIOD / SEASONALITY OF DISASTERS
Name of
Disaster
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May June July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Flood
Landslides
Drought
Earthquake
For example it is to be ensured in all types of crisis that:1. Appropriate steps are to be taken.
2. Preparedness is required to contain the damages and casualties out of the
crisis.
3. Steps for recovery reclamation and restoration of community life within
the reasonable time will have to be taken care of.
3.2 EARTHQUAKE
The district Amritsar falls in zone IV on the seismic scale corresponding to
MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity).
The above map shows that Amritsar district comes under high damage risk
zone.
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Nov Dec
 Punjab lies in a geosynclines (down warp of the Himalayan foreland, of
variable depth, converted into flat plains by long vigorous
sedimentation)
 This has shown considerable amounts of flexure and dislocation at the
northern end and is bounded on the north by the Himalayan Frontal
Thrust.
 Much of Punjab lies in the Punjab Shelf, bounded on the east by the
Delhi-Haridwar Ridge and on the south by the Delhi-Lahore Ridge.
 Most earthquakes in this region are shallow though a few earthquake of
intermediate depth have been recorded in Punjab.
Largest Instrumented Earthquake In Punjab
The largest earthquake to hit Punjab is earthquake which occurred at north of
ferozpur (indo Pakistan border region) on 14th October 1970 it is of 5.2 mb
having depth of 44 km.
Significant Earthquakes In Punjab
 As far as earthquake history is concerned the last earthquake to hit Punjab
was in 1905 kangra (Himachal Pradesh). Its magnitude is 7.8 and it caused
damage in cities like Amritsar, Jalandhar, Tarantaran etc. Many famous
buildings sufer damages because of this highly intense earthquake.Tall
structures in amritsar such as minarets of the sheikh Din mosque, the Clock
Tower were badly damaged.
 The 1999 chamoli earthquake resulted in ane eath near Nakodar (SW of
Jalandhar)A number of houses in nnorthern Punjab have collapsed. Two
deaths were reported. One building collapses in Gurdaspur and six in
amritsar. Fires were also reported from Amritsar.
 April 1905- Kangra (Himachal Pradesh), Mw 7.8 IST/ 00:50 UTC, 3230 N
76.30 E. The feadliest earthquake to date in the Punjab Himalayas. Close to
30,000 were killed in the kangra Valley and the adjoining parts of northern
Indian and Pakistan. Shocks from the temblor were experienced as far as
Puri, on the Mahanadi Delta in Orissa. Damage from the quake extended
into many parts of the Punjab.
 14 October 1970- North of Ferozpur (Indo-Pakistan Border Region), 5.2
Mb (USCGS) 00:36:34.0 UTC, 31.26 N, 74.50 E, 44 kms depth.
 21 October 1991- Near Pilang (Uttarkashi district), Mw 6.8 (NEIC)
21:23:14 UTC/ 02:53:14 IST, 30.78 N, 78.77 E. Between 750 to 2000
people killed in the Gharwal region. It was also felt very strongly in Uttar
Pradesh, Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana and Punjab. Some minor damages
was reported in Chandigarh and New Delhi.
 17 October 1997- North of Jalandhar, Gurdaspur district (Punjab), 5.1 Ms
(EDIC) 17:36:31.0 UTC, 31.6167 N,, 75.7744 E, 38 kms depth
 29 March 1999- Near Gopeahwar (Chamoli District) Mw 6.5 (HRV)
19:05:11 UTc, 30.492 N, 79.288 E. 115 people killed in the Gharwal
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region. The quke was felt very strongly in Uttar Pradesh, Chandigarh, Delhi
and haryana. In Haryana, one person killed in the city of Ambala and 2 at
Nakodar in the neighbouring state of Punjab. Minor damage to buildings in
New Delhi, most significantly in Patparganj. Minor damage also reported
from Chandigarh.
The district Amritsar fall in Zone IV on the seismic scale corresponding the
MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensit) VIII making it prone to earthquake and it
may lead to, major, damage in the district. The possible percentage of buildings
likely to be damaged is 25-40 percent depending upon the number of stories.
The deaths are likely to occur can be in the range of 2000-5000 and number of
casualties can be 25000, even when estimated conservatively.
The earthquake may lead to:
 change of river course resulting to flood
 Fire followed by conflagration
 Contamination of potable water.
 Spread of epidemics.
3.3 FLOOD
The past record shows that District Amritsar is prone to flood and other
natural calamities.
As district Amritsar falls within the seismic Zone IV, therefore earthquake
disaster of high intensity, may occurred in this district and the possibility of
such disaster is rather remote in future. But at the same time, large scale
erosion by the rivers resulting into floods and collapsing of dilapidated building
especially during the rainy season cannot be ruled out.
Similarly, there is no record of Biological, chemical and Nuclear disaster in the
District. But the way the tension on the Indo-Pak Border is mounting up,
possibility of such a disaster also cannot be ruled out.
Keeping in view, all possible aspects of the aforesaid problem in mind and to
keep the Administration prepared in all possible ways to respond properly to
various disaster situations within shortest possible time, possible crisis
situations/ disasters have been identified and the component plans have also
been identified & mentioned in detailed in the document for the time being.
Flood may occur after an earthquake. Police stations/ Police out posts located
on or near the bank of river Brahmaputra may also keep in advance (before
earthquake) a list of boats with boat-men paddles and oars etc. in their own
stations for emergency use including flood rescue & relief operation.
3.3.1 RECORD TO PREVIOUS FLOODS
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In the district records, no major disaster has been mentioned for the last 25
years, except a war of 1971 with Pakistan and another flood occurred due to
overflow of river Ravi in the 1988s leading to massive loss of property.
Table 29: Record to Previous Floods
Year
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
No. of
Area Population Human Damage
% of Value of
villages/Tow Affected Affected Lives caused to damaged crop
ns Affected
in sq
Lost area under area to damages
kms
crop in
total
hectares cropped
area
9
914
0.12
65
7
6640
1
6917
0.89
474
755
400122
60
24714
3.17
256
467
150000
30
46449
5.56
256
467
150000
13
5892
0.73
227720
3
7
27335
3
7
22
21
7
2076
9408
1
3
108
6
2132
0.50
26300
8
Year
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
Houses
Damaged
No
Value
56
65
1950
3676 3
1101 30388
2
-
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Damage
to public
utility
-
Total
Damages
(in Rs)
-
Cattle
Heads lost
160185
263180
412
-
-
1
412
70
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
135
3
52
42
94
4105
173
68
807
34462
-
9408
173
68
27107
109165
11
11
-
Statistical Abstract of Punjab
2006-07
Area
Nature
& Date
of
occurren
ce
Amrits
ar-I
Amrits
ar-II
Baba
Bakala
Ajnala
02-0906
2627/7/06
14/3/07
-
4
No. of houses/huts damaged
Pukka
Houses Kachha Houses
Damaged
Damaged
Fully
Severel Fully
Severel
Damag y
Damag y
ed
Damag ed
Damag
ed
ed
7
-
6
1
4
2
28
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2007-08
Area
Nature
& Date
of
occurre
nce
Amrits 15-06ar
07
Villag
e
Affect
ed
Villag
e
Affect
ed
Dama
ge of
crops
(Area
Acres
)
Liv
e
Lo
st
108
5265
6
Marginal
ly
Damage
d
Houses
-
No. of houses/huts damaged
Pukka Houses Kachha Houses
Damaged
Damaged
Fully
Severel Fully
Severel
Damag y
Damag y
ed
Damag ed
Damag
ed
ed
18
43
29
4
2008-09
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Area
Nature & Date of occurrence Loss of Human Life
Amritsar-I
Amritsar-II
Ajnala
Heavy Rains & 25-3-2009
Heavy Rains & 2,3-4-2009
Heavy Rains & 18,19-2009
2
3
1
2009-10
FLOODS IN AMRITSAR DISTRICT
Name
of
Sub
Divisi
on
affect
ed
Ajnal
a
Loss of Crops due to Natural Calamities for the
2008
Year Na
Perio Nu
Nu
Cropp Sub
me
d of mbe mbe ed
Division
of
Occu r of r of area
Wise and
the
rrenc Hu
Catt dama crops wise
cala e
man le
ged
(in
Lakh
mity
live lost
Hectares)
lost
2004 -05
2005 -06
2006 Hea 2-9- 6
5256 5256 Acre
-07
vy
2006
Acre
(Wheat)
Rain 21-307
Crop
s
year 2004-2005 to 2007Value of
Crops
damaged
(in
Rupees)
Details of Measure
Houses,
undertaken &
Property,
assistance
Infrastructu provided to the
re damaged affected people
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,62,80,0
00
1
Hea 29-6- 14308 14308 Acre 1,43,08,0
vy
2007
Acre
(Rice)
00
Rain
3.4 Hazard/ Vulnerability Analysis
-
Rs. 5,50,800/(is going to
delivered)
Rs.
2,36,50,974/(has been given
&
Rs.
26,29,026/- has
been returned)
Rs. 1,43,08,000
(is going to
deliver shortly)
2007
-08
Punjab is basically an agriculture state with 83% of geographical area
cultivated with an average cropping intensity of 176%. Although the
Geographical area of Punjab is only about 1.5% of the total area of the country.
Yet Punjab is the main contributor of food grain to central pool. The water for
irrigation comes from River Ravi, Sutlej & Beas. Upper Bari Doab Canal
system from River Ravi covers whole of the agriculture area in Distt.
Gurdaspur & Distt Amritsar of Punjab and almost similar area is completely
drained by various drainage system. Hence, it is most important to save the
agriculture land, village abadies, cattle/live stocks and standing crops from the
river Ravi current during flood season.
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3.4.1 Problem
The main problem is the deteriorated condition of advance bandh connecting
various B.O.P’s of B.S.F, namely D.S.
3.4.2 AMRITSAR RIVERS
River Ravi starts from upper reaches of Chamba city in Himachal Pradesh and
enters in Punjab from Shahpur Kandi town (Ranjit Sagar Dam Project)
constructed on River Ravi. It runs in about 200 km. Length in zig-zag manner
along the Indo Pak International Border both in Gurdaspur and Amritsar
District of Punjab. About 208.32 km. Flood protection embankment
constructed on left side and 42.95 km on right side of river ravi in both districts
for protecting culturable land, public properties of the people from the furry of
floods. The vital defence installation such as Border Operational Posts, Border
fencing, flood lights etc. are also constructed on/near flood protection
embankments (Dhussies) along the river. Due to constant wear and tear by
weather effect and playing of vehicular traffic over it, the flood protection
embankment grown weak. Most of the reach of flood protection embankments
could not be got repaired during the past more than 30 years due to non
availability of funds. So the flood protection embankments are required
immediate strengthening. Also on left side of river Ravi D/s Madhopur and
upstream village kathlore, new proposal to construction of Flood protection
embankments in total length 25.00 km., to save village abadies from the furry
of floods has been made in this project.
3.4.3 FLOOD PRONE VILLAGES IN AMRITSAR DISTRICT
Names
of
Sub No.
Of No. Of villages likely to be affected
Divisions
villages
by the floods
High
Risk Low
Risk
villages
Villages
No. Of villages falling 149
0
0
in
Sub
Division,
Amritsar-I
No. Of villages falling 128
0
0
in
Sub
Division,
Amritsar-II
No. Of villages falling 347
41
06
in Sub Division, Ajnala
No. Of villages falling 157
10
0
in Sub Division, Baba
Bakala
Total
781
51
06
3.4.4 VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS OF RIVER RAVI
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Sr
No.
1.
VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS OF RIVER RAVI
Although the Ranjit Sagar Dam has been completed in 2001 and chances of flash floods in
River Ravi have been consequently reduced to some extent but the area downstream Madhopur
Head Works, where River Ujh and tributaries Jallalia, Khooni Nallah, Shingarwan and Tarnah,
joins River Ravi at confluence point near Makora Pattan, Bein River opposite Rosse complex
Gurdaspur and Naumani Nallah opposite near Kamalpur Jattan and Basanter Nallah opposite
Singhoke complex in Amritsar District will continue to cause flood damages as these rivulets
are naturals, high velocity and flashy torrents.
Due to floods in river Ravi since last so many years, the left bank of the river has been heavily
eroded away at many places which further endangers to the border fencing, flood lights, border
observatory posts, culturable land and village abadies. It is of utmost importance to River
Protection works at vulnerable sites so that the property and human lives besides water
installations viz. Full flood lights, border fencing etc. would be protected from the furry of
floods.
2.
Sakki/Kiran Nallah is a natural uncanalized Nallah in District Gurdaspur and Amritsar and outfalls into river Ravi near village Lodhi Gujjar in District Amritsar. It caters for the drainage
system of vast area between river Ravi on left side and Kasur Nallah in its right side. Total
length of this nallah is required to be canalized.
3..
Hudiara Nallah having length 39.94 km and falls into river Ravi after entering Pakistan
boundary. Due to continuous flow of sewage water in drains by adjacent towns and cities the
condition of Hudiara Nallah has been deteriorated and its rehabilitation/rejuvenation is
necessary.
4.
The flood protection embankments and shanks portion of spurs etc. constructed all along the
river Ravi from Rd 0 to 100000. The flood embankment was constructed during the year 1958.
Due to constant wear and tear by the vehicular traffic playing over it and weather effect all
these year, the F.P.E. and shank portions of spurs have damaged/ weakened considerably and at
certain places flood free board has reduced to 1 ft. From 4 ft. Thus there is every possibility of
breaches taking places in case a heavy flood 1 experienced in river Ravi, thereby causing
damage to lives and property of the people residing in village Jhonewal, Jattan, Pachhian,
Machhiwala, Singoke, Nisoke, Malikpur, Roorewal, Kot Rajada, Chaharpur, Galib, Dabian etc.
situated in District Amritsar all along the flood protection embankment.
It is of utmost importance to restore the embankment and shank portions etc of spurs
immediately so as to avoid any mishaps over these and to protect the lives and property of the
inhabitants of these villages from furry of floods.
5.
Due to floods in river Ravi since last so many years the flood water level rises during the flood
season every year & inundates the culturable land & abadies between left edge of river Ravi &
main FPE near villages Dharamkot Pattan, Gurchak, Ghonewal, Machhiwal, Saharan etc and
damages the standing crops and residences. The villagers of these villages requested to the
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Honourable Cm Punjab for the construction of a new F.P.E. between Dharamkot Pattan
Kasowal Road to Saharan Bandh on left side of river Ravi so that their cultivated standing
crops and residential abadies could be protected from the furry of floods. After the construction
of this new advance bandh approximately 5000 acre culturable land will be saved. The land
cost will be appreciated benefiting the farmers economically. Also, the forest growth of
plantation over the bandh will increase the state revenue.
6.
The river Ravi flows in a meandering pattern all along the Indo-Pak border in the jurisdiction of
Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar in Tehsil Ajnala District Amritsar in a close vicinity of
BOP Ranian, BOP Kakkar Manj, Sakki Chogawan link drain, BOP Tota and BOP Sherpur. The
entire surface run-off from catchments of river Ravi and its tributaries i.e, Ujh, Jallalia,
Basantar and flood water of Chanab through Moralla head flows down to the plains causing
heavy damage to lives and property of the inhabitants of the area every year. There remain
direct hit of fluctuating flood water on the flood protection works in Ranian, Kakkar Manj and
Sherpur Complexes. This portion of river Ravi from Sherpur to Ranian Complex is utilized by
Pakistan as carrier channel to regulate canal water released from Moralla Head in Pakistan
which damages flood protection works in Indian Territory and erode the river edge. So it is
quite necessary to provide river training works such spur, studs, reventment, X-studs and crate
bar etc. wherever required in the vulnerable reaches so as to protect defence instalments such as
bunkers, towers, Sakki Chogwan link defence drain, border fencing, flood lights etc.
7.
The river Ravi flows in a meandering pattern all along the Indo-Pak border in the jurisdiction of
Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar District and in a close vicinity of vill, chahar[ur, Balbay,
Sahuwal, Khanwal, Sarangdev, Hashampur, Dugtoot etc.
This is an old earth work embankment was constructed in year 1974 under the state assistance.
This bund acts as flood protection to the villages as well as operational purpose of B.S.F. Army
and also the people of village situated around this bund moves their vehicles from one point to
another through this bund.
Due to heavy rain and floods in river Ravi slopes and top width of this bund deteriorated very
badly, it is necessary to bring this bund in to the original design section so as to make it
effective for proper movement of vehicles of B.S.F. Army and inspection officers of the
drainage department. As no repair/ restoring has been carried out since last more than 25 years.
8.
B.O.P. of B.S.F. namely D.S. Pura, kalam Dogar, New Sundergarh, Bhainian, Majh Mian,
Sherpur, Gulgarh, Burj, etc, are situated on this bund B.S.F. move their vehicle from one B.O.P.
to another B.O.P. through this bund. No repair/maintenance has been carried out on this bund
since so many years. Due to heavy rain and flood in river Ravi slopes and top width of this
bund has been eroded/ deteriorated very badly. It is very necessary to bring this bund to its
original design section so as to make it effective for flood protection and proper movement of
cehicles of BSF, Army and inspecting officer of drainage department.
9.
An advance bund was constructed from funds allocated from central assistance connecting
BOP’s Kot raizada forward, BOP Wadhi Cheema and extended upto river edge on right side of
river Ravi opposite BOP shahpur and on L/s from BOP Shahpur to BOP D.S. Pura along border
fencing.
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This slopes and top of this bund has been erroted and deteriorated by heavy rain and passes of
vehicle of BSF/ Army since last so many years. It is quite necessary to restore these advance
bund’s to its original design for proper movement of vehicle of BSF/Army and inspecting
officers of Drainage Department as well as flood protection aspects.
10.
The river ravi flows in a meandering pattern all along the Indo-Pak border in the jurisdiction of
Amritsar Drainage Division, in District Amritsar and in close vicinity of main F.P.E. in
Chaharpur complex. Although controlled by construction of Ranjit sagar Dam but D/S of RSd
the entire flow of catchments water from tributaries from J & K/ Pakistan i.e. Ujh, Jallalia,
Basantar etc. flows down to the plains through river Ravi flood season causing heavy damage
to the life and property every year.
Due to heavy rain in the year of 2007 a huge quantity of water was accumulated in the low
lying area of village Rurewal and village Darya Musa situated on left side of river Ravi which
causes heavy damage to the crops as well as to the village abadies. District Administration of
District Amritsar pump sets for many days to pump out this floodwater. So to protect C-Land as
well as abadies of these villages. It is proposed to install the gate and gearing system at RD
62300 & 66900 of F.P.E. near village Rurewal & Darya Musa to immediate removal of rain
water.
11.
The flood protection embankment, advance bandh and earthen shank portions of armoured
spurs were constructed by local earth which contains large contents of sand. When river Ravi
flows with medium flood its water touches the embankment. The grushing flood water of river
Ravi causes erosion to the embankment and shank portion which can leave to mishap when
river Ravi is instate. It is utmost important to check the erosion action of river Ravi. So as to
avoid the breaches over it. It is proposed to lay 1’0” thich boulder stone pitching over the toe
wall of boulder stone filled in M.S. Annealed wire crates having 15cm* 15 cm mesh of 4’ * 4’
* 10’ size.
12.
Hudiara Nallah starts taking shape from HMT drain near Amritsar-Ajnala road and outfalls into
Pakistan near village Dauke in India. This Nallah is already canalized. The canalization was
done in the year 1966. During Canalization bank was constructed on left side only as per army
norms being followed in Border Area. In few reaches bank was constructed on both sides. The
total length of the Nallah is 39.94 km and 20 No. Drains/ Link drains outfall into this Nallah.
Due to continuous flow of sewage water in drains and nallah by the adjacent towns and cities,
the condition of drains and nallah has been deteriorated. Most of the drains/nallah has been
choked up with sliush, booti, jungle, jalla, nara etc. due to disposal of sewage water. In dry
reaches of drains and nallahs heavy jungle has grown on side slopes/bed.
3.4.5 WORK NEEDED
Sr. Sensitive Points
No.
1
Flood protection works by providing
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Brief
Unit
Description
of
work
needed
Feet
Length/Nos
8730
76
Approxi
mate
Amount
(Rs. In
Lacs)
1303.00
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
reventment, studs and spurs on left side
of River Ravi in Dharamkot, Saharan
Bundh, Singoke and Chaharpur complex
in district Amritsar.
Restoring and bringing to design section
of flood protection embankment from
RD 0 to 10000 Saharan bundh, Spill
bundh, Link bundh and Earthen bundh
on Left side of River Ravi in District
Gurdaspur and Amritsar.
Construction of advance bundh from
Dharamkot Kassowal Road to Saharan
Bundh for the safety of Agriculture land,
villages
Abadies
and
defence
installations etc. on left side of River
Ravi in Amritsar district.
Flood protection works by providing
reventments, studs, reclamation, spurs,
crate bars and X-studs on left side and
on right side of river ravi in Sherpur,
kakkar Manj and Ranain Complexes for
the protection of border fencing, flood
lights, bunkers and culturable land.
Restoring main flood protection
embankment from RD 100000 to RD
220000 on left side of River Ravi for the
protection of village abadies and
culturable land.
Advance and connecting B.O.Ps D.S
Pura, Kalan Dogar, New Sundergarh,
Bhaniyan, Majhi Mewan, Sherpur,
Gulgarh and Burj etc.
Restoring damaged flood protection
works in kakkar, Rania and Sherpur
comlex on left side of river Ravi and
bringing to design section of advance
bundh connecting B.O.P. Shahpur to
D.S. Pura and right Marginal Bund.
Construction of pantoon bridge over
River Ravi at RD 87000 of flood
protection embankment (Village kot
Raizada) District Amritsar
Construction of pantoon bridge over
River Ravi at RD 8400 of flood
protection
embankment
(Village
kamalpur) District Amritsar
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Reventment
9Studs
Spurs
No’s
No’s
30
4
Earth Work
Feet
177959
1454.20
Earth work
Feet
22500
731.36
Reclamatio
ns
Spur
Reventment
X-studs
Studs
Crstebar
Earth Work
No’s
Feet
No’s
No’s
No’s
4
3220
17
2
5
1476.00
Feet
120000
901.00
Earth Work
Feet
94500
771.00
Reventment
Spur
Studs
Earth work
Feet
No
No
Feet
1030
1
6
27600
551.00
Pantoon
Bridge
No
1
1224.00
Pantoon
Bridge
No
1
179.00
77
10
Fixing and gearing at RD 623000 and Gates
&
66900 of main F.P.E. on left side of river Gearing
Ravi to save C-Land and village abadies. System
11 Providing dry boulder pitching to flood Earth wprk/
protection embankment Advance bundh Boulder
and Earthen Shank of Armoured Spurs.
Stone work
DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION DIVISION, AMRITSAR
12 Canalization of Sakki/Kiran Nallah from Earth work
RD 18000-510000 in district Gurdaspur
and Amritsar.
13 Recondition of Hudiara Nallah from RD Earth work
0-131000
No.
2
86.00
Feet
420508
8174.17
Feet
492000
20507.00
Feet
131000
819.00
Amritsar Drainage Division, Amritsar
3.5 OTHER HAZARDS
3.5.1 Heat Wave and Cold Wave
As per the data available, temperature in this district during the month of May
and June goes as high as about 45 degree centigrade and during the months of
Dec. & January lowest temperature hovers around Zero degree centigrade. The
district has no houseless population and there having been no incident of any
death due to heat wave or due to cold waves reported even then the role of
Health Department is very crucial to tackle such kind of situation. In addition,
all Municipal Councils must keep check on the migrant population who are
prone to heat/ cold waves. The role of district Red Cross Society, Amritsar is
also very important. The Society provides blankets to the needy people.
3.5.2 Drought
Through most of the agriculture land in the District is under irrigation through
canal water and tube wells. In 2008, villages of Sub Division were affected the
drought as a result of which kharif crop got affected and a sum of Rs.
6,13,629/- has been sanctioned as relief to the farmers in the locality. Xen
Rural water supply shall ensure that there is no shortage of drinking water
supply in the affected areas.
3.5.3 Thunder, Lightening And Hailstorms
There have been occasional incidents of thunder, lightening and hailstorms
resulting in damages of property, crops, livestock and human lives. Most
important aspect for tacking this kind of disaster will be to ensure immediate
first aid to the affected population and then to shift them to the nearest
hospitals. In case of localized fire generally local people come to extend help to
immediately control it. However in case of major fire, fire tenders from
Municipal Corporation Amritsar/ Mpl. Councils can always be requisitioned.
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3.5.4 Epidemics
Through there is no history of any out break of epidemics in the recent past in
this district, yet contingent plan prepared by Civil Surgeon shall take care of
any out break of epidemics. District Amritsar five civil hospitals and 13 PHC's.
3.5.5 Pest Attack
There is hardly any previous incident of pest attacks. However, in the recent
years, because of shift in paddy wheat cycle, there can be possibility of pest
attacks. Chief Agriculture Officer has prepared a plan for control of any kind of
pest attacks. Chief Agriculture Officer, Amritsar has constituted team also.
These teams shall be responsible for tackling any anticipated disaster under
their respective jurisdiction. They will also be responsible for organizing
farmers training camps, supply of pesticides and green and dry fodder for the
animals during the disaster period.
3.5.6 Cattle Epidemic
Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry has prepared a contingent plan for taking
care of any cattle epidemics. The contingent plan is as under:Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry, Amritsar has constituted Block level
teams in order to tackle any cattle epidemics arising out of flood or any other
anticipated disaster in the distt. The control room at telephone No. 267478 is
working round the clock in order to convey message to the Block level teams.
3.5.7 Festival Related Disaster
In Indian culture, there are number of festivals which are celebrated by Hindu,
Muslims, Christians and Sikhs with lot of enthusiasm. Likewise in Amritsar
District, there are two main festivals which attract lot of crowds i.e. Baisakhi
which is celebrated every year from 13th April and the second festival is Diwali
which is celebrated in the month of October/November. So far as Baisakhi is
concerned, these are managed by a committee which takes care of every
possible disaster. During Diwali festival the district draws huge crowds in the
markets. There is considerable sale of the crackers by un authorized persons
other than the authorized licence holders. During the festival any small spark in
the busy market places can be a cause for major fire. Respective Assistant
Commissioner, Mpl. Corporation/ E.O MCs shall ensure that at suitable
locations sufficient number of fire fighting equipment (if available) sufficient
number of buckets filled with sand and sufficient amount of water is stored.
The whole town shall be divided into different sectors. Each sector is given
under the charge of a responsible officer along with representatives of
shopkeepers in the locality SDMs shall keep a constant vigil on the situation by
having frequent visits in the markets.
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3.5.8 Air, Rail And Road Accidents
There are three main Railways Stations i.e. at Amritsar, TarnTaran, Patti, and
Beas. In case of any rail accident the information shall be passed on to the
Divisional Railway Manager and the other concerned officers through police
control room. For other concerned officers through police control room. For
extrication of bodies/ injured persons from railway coaches, help shall be taken
from the near by villagers, the local residents in the nearby cities/ towns and
the local NGOs. One control room shall be set up by the Railway Authorities.
Respective SDMs shall be responsible for coordination between different
agencies working at the site. Medical services shall be mobilized by the District
Red Cross Society and the other NGOs, DTO in consultation with the officer in
charge of the relief operation shall arrange for transport within the state.
Railways shall provide for transportation facilities to the affected persons out
side the state. Local police shall maintain a record of all deaths occurring in the
incident. A district level officer shall be put on duty as in charge of
complaining information of the dead, injured and the survivors. Round the
clock medical serices shall ensured in the nearest hospitals, if need be, services
of private hospital can also be requisitioned. In case of road accident, the same
contingent plan shall be put in place except the role of Railways.
3.5.9 Road Accidents
Amritsar city is facing the problem of traffic so much that the ill effect of this is
relevant from the figures of Accidents. The unprecedented growth of vehicles
coupled with the large number of accidents may be seen in following table no.
Table 30: Trend of Road Accidents in Amritsar, 1997-2010
Details 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
125 118 146 105 149 143 128 114 126 131
Total
Case
72
61
89
71
80
75
69
76
79
101
Total
Fatal
Cases
53
57
57
34
69
68
59
38
47
30
Total
NonFatal
Cases
78
67
98
74
81
84
77
89
84
115
Total
Person
Killed
91
123 140 83
116 122 132 91
98
80
Total
Persons
Injured
2007 2008 2009 2010
166 190 199 129
103
99
100
65
63
91
99
64
119
115
119
69
123
161
123
88
Source: Amritsar Police Dept; 7/1/11
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Observing the accident statistics for Amritsar city from the year 1997-2010, it
has been concluded that the total number of registered accident cases have
increased from 2004 onwards and is highest in the year 2009 which is of the
order of 199. This figure is highest among the last twelve years, which implies
that Amritsar city is facing traffic problems acutely which has resulted into
large number of accidents in the city. On an average 60% to 70% of the total
cases registered are fatal in nature. The cause of accidents (other than
negligence of driver) is the blind curves, lack of signals/traffic lights/ road
Fig no.10: Rambagh Chowk
markings, encroachment reducing effective road
width, poor road condition or poor road geometry, these requires
Fig no.9: Canal office Chowk
improvements.
The black spots have been identified both in the city Amritsar and in Amritsar
by department of Punjab police based on the number of accidents occurred at
those junctions. The black spots in Amritsar have been identified at village
Chouhan, Manawala and canal bridge Rayya. The black spots within the city
includes Maqboolpura Chowk, 100ft Chowk, Ram Talai, Jahazgarh, Sangam
Chowk, Hussainpura Chowk, Ghee Mandi Chowk, Bhandari Bridge, Hall Gate
YEAR
TOTAL
CASE
TOTAL
FATAL CASE
TOTAL NON
FATAL CASE
TOTAL PERSON
KILLED
TOTAL PERSON
INJURED
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
72
79
90
92
79
75
89
92
89
86
118
87
100
51
60
69
71
60
64
66
68
63
65
62
67
81
21
19
21
21
19
11
23
24
26
21
56
20
19
52
62
72
70
61
64
67
69
63
65
63
67
83
45
49
53
49
53
54
60
59
58
49
38
48
85
2010
162
129
33
147
117
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Table.30.a- Trend of Road Accidents in Amritsar at Village level, 1997-2010
Source: Amritsar Police Dept, Mall Mandi; 7/1/11
near Peer Baba Dargah, Lohgarh Chowk, Sultanwind Gate Chowk, Ghee
Mandi Chowk, Sheranwala Gate, Mahan Singh Gate, Chita Gumbad, Rambagh
Chowk, Goal Hatti Chowk, Bharawan Da Dhaba, Sadar Chowk, Chowk Office
Neharwala, Ashoka Chowk, Mahal Chowk, Fatehgarh Churian Road Byepass,
Hukam Singh Road, Majitha Road Bye pass, Batala Road and GT Road
Daburji to Byepass India Gate via Taran-wala pul and Verka Chowk.
3.6 Environment
Today's environmental problems faced by the inhabitants of Punjab, its causes
and pressures can easily be traced back directly or indirectly from urban areas.
The forces and processes that constitute urban activity have far-reaching and
long-term effects not only on its immediate boundaries, but also on the entire
region in which it is positioned.
Environmental Pollution:
And Consequences
Generation
3.6.1 Air Pollution: - One of the major
areas of environmental concern in the
Amritsar city is that of rising air pollution
levels which are result of increasing
personalized modes of transport and
intermediate modes of transport such as
auto rickshaws in the absence of efficient
Fig 11 Industry releasing plume without
public transport system in the city. 60% of
adopting pollution control devices
goods vehicles are auto rickshaws (2.43% of
total registered vehicles). Most of them are using kerosene as the fuel thus
creating air pollution. The personalized vehicles (99.6% of passenger vehicles)
are 89.7% of total registered vehicles making congestion on roads and creating
pollution. Apart from this, narrow roads carrying high volume of traffic,
frequent jams, etc. have been observed creating air pollution along major roads
such as Lawrence Road, Cooper Road, Hall Bazaar and chowks such as
Bhandari Bridge Chowk, Hussainpura Chowk, O/s Bus Stand, O/s Hall Gate
etc.
Apart from the automobile pollution, the other major source of air pollution in
the city is industrial emission of gases. The various industrial units like rice
shellers situated on Tarn Taran Road, units in industrial focal points and other
scattered industries in the city releases intensive air pollutants into the
atmosphere, which affects the environment of the surrounding residential areas.
From planning point of view, neither any sufficient buffer zone nor any
landscape elements are provided there to reduce the impact of air pollutants.
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The other sources of air pollution in the city include pollution from
developmental activities, handling and burning of municipal and domestic
waste and from agriculture waste burning etc. With a view to clearly assess
and monitor the status & quality of ambient air in Amritsar, several monitoring
stations in different parts of the city i.e. industrial, residential and commercial
zones have been established by the Punjab Pollution Control Board. These
stations have been placed at the most vulnerable parts of the city, which not
only carry large volume of traffic but also have large number of
industrial/residential/commercial units. The data collected from these
monitoring stations with respect to SPM, SO2 and NOx in the year 2006
reflects higher SPM levels in the air in both residential and commercial areas
against the permissible limit of 140µg/m3 indicating deteriorating quality of air
in these areas. The higher SPM levels have also been recorded in the industrial
areas of the city then permissible level of 360µg/m3 with monitoring stations
located at Indian Textile - Amritsar, Mehta and Avan. With regard to the level
of SO2 and NOx, it has been found that the permissible limits are well below
the prescribed standards in all the areas.
Table 31: SPM, SO2 and NOx levels in Industrial Area of Amritsar at
different Air Monitoring Stations from 1997-2001 (Units: µg/m3)
Year
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Indian
Textile, Mehta
Amritsar
SPM SO2 NOx
SPM
440
17
44
447
16
42
439
20
43
389
396
17
20
361
373
Avan
SO2
18
13
11
NOx
40
18
16
SPM
446
371
443
SO2
20
18
12
NOx
40
21
18
Source: PPCB, Patiala
Although, the air monitoring stations have been established by PPCB but still
there is no continuous recording of database relating to air quality. Hence, it is
required that these monitoring stations should do monitoring on regular
intervals.
3.6.2 WATER POLLUTION
3.6.2.1 Surface Water Sources & Pollution
Rapidly increasing urbanization and industrialization of Amritsar has not only
adversely impacted the quality of ambient air in the city but also has affected
the city’s water resources.
There are two rivers, namely river Beas and Ravi, flowing in the catchment
area of Amritsar and delimiting it. While river Beas forms the eastern boundary
of the district, river Ravi bounds the district from the western side. The
upstream characteristics of the river Beas and Ravi have been studied by PPCB
in Dec 2000 under the Govt. of India scheme.
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MINAR (Monitoring of India National Aquatic Resources) and it has been
observed that all parameters of surface water characteristics are within the
permissible limits prescribed by BIS (ISI) except BOD and total coliforms.
3.6.2.2 Upper Bari Doab Canal
Apart from the two rivers, Upper Bari
Doab Canal (UBDC) flows in the form
of two branches, which can be termed
as
UBDC 1 flowing on the Eastern side
while UBDC 2 flows in the Western
part of the district and both these enters
into Tarn Taran district in the South of
the district. Apart from these, there are
two distributaries of UBDC flowing
through Amritsar namely Warpal
Distributory and Jhabal Distributory,
and other fresh water bodies such as Fig no 12:.110 UBDC (1) near Mehta road
Kasur Branch and Rajasansi Minor. All
these water bodies carry fresh water mainly to be used for irrigation purposes,
but the portion of these flowing from city area till downstream faces severe
impacts from solid waste and other domestic refuse disposal, causing
deterioration in water characteristics. On the basis of visual observation and
certain physical parameters, it has been
observed that the water characteristics
may be in the tolerant limit of the class A
to B of surface water. Similar
phenomena have also been observed in
all surface water sources.
Apart from
fresh water sources, there are four drains
namely, Patti Drain, Tungdhab Drain
Hudiara Drain and Kohali Drain and two
nallahs (Kasur Nallah and Ganda Nallah)
passing through Amritsar. All these
Fig no 13: .111 UBDC (1) at Tarawala Pul
drains are storm water drains but at
present are used for discharging untreated domestic and industrial effluents.
Among these, three drains namely Hudiara Drain, Tungdhab Drain and Ganda
Nallah, carry maximum quantity of dumped untreated sewage, industrial
effluents and solid waste generated from the city, thereby leading to
contamination of underground water. The level of pollution in these drains is
extremely high.
3.6.2.3 Ganda Nallah
Within Amritsar, Ganda Nallah, originating from
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North Eastern part and flows in two directions, one towards North West
covering villages of Nag Khurd, Nag (New Abadi), Bal Kalan, Pandori
Waraich, Naushehra, Nangli, Gumtala, Kherabad, Kala Ghanupur, Wadala
Bhitewadh, etc. The other flows towards the South of the city from North East.
Both of these ultimately drain out in the Hudiara
Fig no.14 Untreated industrial
Drain flowing from the north to west of the
effluents of Shankar Textile Mill
Amritsar district.
drained out into Nallah
3.6.2.4 Existing Status
Gandha Nallah at present not only carries
untreated industrial and domestic effluents, but
also dense weeds, shrubs, dumped industrial
ash/soils, polythene bags, plastics, other domestic
refuse, hazardous waste, biomedical waste, heavy
silts, mud, cow dung, etc. The numbers of
residential colonies developed along the nallah
face the problem of foul smell and have
developed mosquito zones upto 1000 meters
from it. Apart from these, there are number of
Fig no.15 Untreated industrial
industrial units such as Khanna Paper Mill,
effluents of Khanna Paper
Shankar Textile Mill, Kwality Pharmaceutical Pvt.
Mill drain out into Ganda
Ltd, etc., which are existing along the Gandha Nallah and discharging
their
Nallah
untreated industrial effluents into the nallah.
Due to discharge of untreated
domestic and industrial effluents,
the pollutants have leached to the
ground water table and have
deteriorated the quality of ground
water in the villages situated along
the nallah. The colour of water
found is deep yellow, odour is
strong and suspended particles can
be visualized by naked eyes,
rendering it unfit for potable use.
On the primary survey, the residents
of the colonies or villages situated
along the nallah have claimed to be
suffering from various diseases
Fig no.16 Groundwater Sample having objectionable
such as gastroenteritis, jaundice,
colour, odour taste & suspended solids
diarrohea/ dysentery due to
consumption of contaminated water and malaria due to breeding of mosquitoes
around the Gandha Nallah.
3.6.2.5 Tungdhab Drain
The Tungdhab Drain flowing in the northern side of Amritsar city along the
Northern Byepass is another important drain originating from north east of the
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city and finally merging into Hudiara Drain flowing in the west of Amritsar.
Along its course, it covers many areas/village abadis such as Pandori, Verka,
Othian, Khan Kot, Kot Mit Singh, Sultanwind etc.
3.6.2.6 Existing Status
Tungdhab Drain is also carrying untreated industrial and sewage effluents and
other waste materials, dense weeds, shrubs, silts & mud and is extremely
polluted. The flow of drain is moderately high in its downstream side and along
its course, spread strong odour and nuisance towards concerned residential
areas.
A high power pumping station have been installed near Verka Chowk to drain
out the untreated industrial and sewage effluents from upstream side of drain to
the adjoining nallah (drain) in the downstream side. This pumping station is a
collection point of untreated industrial and sewage effluents of the entire
industrial area (Focal Point) and after their collection into the sump
simultaneously pump out into adjoining drain, which finally joins to Ganda
Nallah towards downstream side. The physio-chemical characteristics of the
effluents pumped out into the drain are objectionable in various aspects such as
colour, odour, suspended solids, D.O., B.O.D., C.O.D. and microbial
contamination. As per visual observations, colour of the water is brick red
having strong odour with high turbidity level which is objectionable as per
prescribed standards by CPCB.
Fig no.17 Untreated industrial effluents pumped out near Verka Chowk create unbearable odour
3.6.2.7 Hudiara Drain
The Hudiara Drain entering into the Amritsar from North Eastern side crosses a
number of villages along its course in i.e. Nangal Pannuwan, Sohian Kalan,
Birbalpura, Loharka Kalan, Miran Kot Kalan, Sehchandar, Rudala, Kotla Dal
Singh, Dhaul Khurd, Kaler, Khiala Khurd, Khiala Kalan, Boparai Khurd,
Kaulowal, Nurpur, Chhiddan, Lohorimal, Gharinda, Achint Kot, Hoshiar
Nagar, Mahawa, etc. It leaves the Amritsar from the south western side and
enters into Tarn Taran district.
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Fig no.18 Villagers using untreated effluents of the drain for irrigating fields
3.6.2.8 Existing Status
The Hudiara Drain, which at once was fresh water drain used for irrigation
purpose, is now carrying disposed untreated industrial and sewage effluents of
the Amritsar. At many places, the water from the drain is used for irrigating the
fields, which is harmful for consumption.
3.6.2.9 Kasur Nallah and Patti Drain
Kasur Nallah and Patti Drain are the other two drains flowing through the
Amritsar. Both these drains enter Amritsar from North East direction and
leaves region from south side to enter into the Tarn Taran district.
Both the drains carry untreated sewage and domestic effluents and refuses
containing solid waste, mud, silts and other waste materials from the number of
villages from which it passes before it enters Tarn Taran district in the south.
Fig no.19 Upstream of Patti Drain near Malhian
village (Jandiala) showing excessive algae growth
Fig no.20 Kasur Nallah flowing near
village Manawala shows excessive
eutrophication
The nallah also carries storm water during rainy season and also becomes
eutrophic containing higher concentration of nutrients like NPK. High level of
eutrophication of nallah/drain favours the excessive breeding of mosquitoes,
which causes malaria and other water borne diseases.
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3.6.3 Ground Water Pollution
The ground water pollution in Amritsar is the
result of seepage of polluted water from the
drains (Tungdhab, Hudiara and Ganda
Nallah), release of industrial effluents
andheavy metals, leaching of gricultural
chemicals, pesticides and fertilizers to
groundwater aquifers.
Fig no. 21 Gandha Nallah carrying untreated
sewage, MSW, biomedical waste, etc.
Accordingly, the ground water characteristics within the city are also not good.
Ground water in most of the industrial estates and in few residential areas has
become unfit for drinking. In comparison to deep water aquifer, shallow water
is seriously affected. The city accordingly faces a severe water pollution
problem. In the process, majority of the residents of Amritsar city, especially
along the Nallah and drains and that of other adjoining villages are forced to
consume contaminated vegetables and drink unsafe water, thus exposing
themselves to the risk of water-borne diseases. Major issues emerging from the
ground water pollution have been listed below:
i) Excessive pumping has lead to contamination of ground water. Persons
residing in Abadies in close proximity to Ganda Nallah, Tungdhab and
Hudiara Drains and other adjoining villages have been found to be
exposed to water borne diseases due to polluted ground water.
ii) Considerable level of ground water pollution has been found to exist up
to a depth of 100 ft. along the 1000 meters belt on either side of Ganda
Nallah, Tungdhab and Hudiara Drains. The physico-chemical
characteristic of water has been found to be unsuitable for supporting
aquatic life.
iii) Hand pumps and shallow tube wells drawing water from first aquifers are
found susceptible to ground water pollution in areas close to industrial
units and Ganda Nallah, Tungdhab and Hudiara Drains.
iv) Pollution of the soil & ground water has also been caused by the
dumping of the industrial wastes (effluents and solid waste) into the open
ground leading to stagnation and the generation of the leachate.
v) The use of polluted ground water for agricultural purposes has also led to
the degradation of the soil and presence of heavy metals into soil and
vegetable crops grown in the area.
The study of ground water characteristics in the city has been done by Regional
Office (R. O.), PPCB Amritsar on 31.5.2005 at five different sampling stations
in the city i.e., H. P. (handpump) outside Dhabha of Sh. Ramesh Chand,
Fatehgarh Churian Road, H. P. near Scooter Stand of Sh. Darbar Sahib, H. P.
near Sangam Dhabha, Ajnala Road, H. P. near Sg. Babu Ram Tea Stall
opposite B. chemical and H. P. near Sacred Heart Day Boarding School.
The physico-chemical characteristics of ground water of all five different
sampling stations within the city areas were under permissible limit prescribed
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by IS 10500, 1991 (clause 3.1) except total hardness of water of H. P. near
Sacred Heart School, where it is of the order of 640 mg/l and exceeds the
standard of below 600 mg/l prescribed by IS 10500, 1991 (clause 3.1). The
colour of water at H. P. outside Dhabha of Sh. Ramesh Chand and H.P. near
Sg. Babu Ram Tea Stall is light yellow, which should be clear. The details are
summarized in the table no.37.
Table 32: Ground Water Quality at Five Sampling
city
S.
Parameter
Sampling Station
No.
H.P.*
H.P.
H.P. near
outside
near
Sangam
Dhabha of Scoter
Dhabha
Sh. Ramesh Stand of Ajnala
Chand,
Sh.
road,
Fatehgarh
Darbar
Amritsar
Churian
Sahib
Road
1
PH
7.2
7.4
7.3
2
Colour
Light
Clear
Clear
Yellow
3
Cond
200
840
714
(mho/cm
4
TSS mg/
ND
ND
ND
5
Cl mg/l
70
60
62
6
SO4 mg/l
30
24
26
7
TDS mg/l
846
533
536
8
F mg/l
0.4
0.6
0.3
9
T.Hardmg/l 530
440
420
10 Ca mg/l
160
160
136
11 Mg mg/l
31
10
19
12 Zn mg/l
ND
ND
ND
13 Ni mg/l
ND
ND
ND
14 T. Alk mg/l 170
160
130
15 Na mg/l
48
40
20
16 K mg/l
12
10
9
17 Fe mg/l
0.3
0.1
0.1
18 COD mg/l
ND
ND
ND
19 BOD mg/l
ND
ND
ND
20 T.Coli
ND
ND
ND
MPN//100
21 F.Coli
ND
ND
ND
MPN//100
Stations of Amritsar
H.P. Sg.
Babu
Ram Tea
Stall
opposite
B.
Chemical
H.P. near
Sacred
Heart
Day
Boarding
School
7.2
Light
Yellow
740
7.1
Clear
ND
70
29
658
0.4
510
156
29
ND
ND
140
28
10
0.2
ND
ND
ND
ND
40
32
820
0.2
640
200
96
ND
ND
160
52
14
0.1
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
130 0
Source: R.O., PPCB, Amritsar
*Handpump
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3.6.4 Rain Water Harvesting
Ground water is the major source of water supply in the Amritsar region apart
from the few surface water sources. Increased dependency on the ground water
due to rapid urbanization, for industrial needs and agricultural practices has
rendered its exploitation as inevitable in Amritsar. Accordingly, there is urgent
need for conserving and recharging the ground water table by using techniques
such as Rain water Harvesting. At present, the use of this technology is not
popular among the residents due to lack of awareness. On discussion with
officials of the authority such as Improvement Trust, it has been quoted that
rain water harvesting has been implemented only in few government buildings
and still not made mandatory as part of Building Bye Laws and Development
Control Regulations. This is necessary for effective implementation of the
technique that can help in longer run in recharging the ground water. Proper
guidance and financial assistance may be provided to the citizens in this regard.
3.6.5 Noise Pollution
Increasing
urbanization,
overcrowding, industrialization and
higher traffic volumes have resulted
in increased noise levels in Amritsar
city leading to noise pollution.
Construction work also plays an
important role in causing noise
pollution. The noise has already
reached a level, high enough to cause
annoyance capable of creating
Fig no.22 High Traffic Volume and glaring
temporary to permanent hearing
horns by auto rickshaws cause Noise Pollution
impairment, particularly to those
people who remain exposed to such noise level for longer duration of day. The
street venders and shopkeepers doing business along both sides of road have
been found to be most vulnerable to this hazard.
Ambient Noise level in Various Zones (2006)
The study of ambient noise levels in industrial and commercial zones of
Amritsar city have been done by Punjab Pollution Control Board, Amritsar
during the year 2006. The findings of the study states that the noise levels in all
the zones, residential, commercial and industrial, were greater than the
standards prescribed by the CPCB, New Delhi. The details of analyzed noise
level data are summarized in table no.38.
Table 33: Noise Level (dB) Monitoring during the year 2006 in Amritsar
Recording Zone
Day
Night
Standard
Recorded
Standard
Recorded
55
71
45
65
Residential
65
85
55
72
Commercial
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Industrial
75
88
70
75
Source: Pollution Control Board, Amritsar 2006
Further, it has been observed that the city lacks in computerized noise
monitoring stations. These stations are necessary to assess realistically the
problem of noise pollution in different areas of the city at different times of the
day and can plan for appropriate intervention to overcome the problem.
Table 34: Details of animals slaughtered in the Amritsar District, 2008
Slaughter Houses in Amritsar District (2008)
No. of Recognized Animals Slaughtered
Slaughter Houses Sheep, Goats Pigs
(2007) 87
3,37,922
26,023
Punjab
3
78,444
91
Amritsar District
1
75,878
0
Amritsar M.C
3.3
96.72
M.C as % of
DistrictStatistical Abstract of Punjab, 2008
Source:
Total
3,63,945
78,535
75,878
96.62
At present, there is only one slaughterhouse operational in the city located at
Gumanpura. The existing slaughterhouse is observed to be using old equipment
and outdated technology. As many activities causing environmental pollution
are carried out in the slaughterhouse, they need to be equipped with latest
equipments and modern technology so that meat supplied to the city is healthier
and is as per the requirement “Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Rules 2001”.
As Amritsar district is observed to rank 1st in number of animals slaughtered,
therefore it requires establishment of institutions such as Carcass Utilization
Centre and Leather Research Institute to utilize the left over from the animal
bodies for various other uses. Further, seeing the high number of animals
slaughtered in the city, an incineration plant is also required for disposal of
carcass of animals and birds due to infectious diseases like rabies and flu as per
“Animal Birth Control Rules-2000”.
3.7 HOUSING PATTERN
Housing Scenario
Existing Housing Stock
Looking at the growth of the occupied residential houses in the Amritsar city, it
has been observed that the number of occupied houses have grown by 13.74%
in the decade from 1981-1991 with highest growth observed in the decade from
1991-2001 which is of the order of 92.53%. The high growth rate of residential
houses can be attributed to the rural migration to the city of Amritsar for better
educational and other facilities and better quality of life, being the metropolitan
city and district headquarters.
Pattern Of Housing
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Further to this, housing pattern in Amritsar city has been studied in terms of
density pattern, plotted or flatted development and pattern of use of existing
housing stock. The pattern of housing within the different parts of the city has
been studied based on the visual survey of the city.
Looking at the pattern of housing, it has been analyzed that most of the housing
whether under various schemes or through private developers is in the form of
plotted development. Flatted development that exists in the city is majorly
govt. housing for its employees such as housing board colony, railway colony,
custom colony etc. A portion of the flatted housing in the city is created by the
way of development schemes prepared by Amritsar Improvement Trust, which
includes flatted development in Ranjit Avenue Block B, development scheme
of 340 acres and Mall Mandi Scheme. Further, Amritsar Improvement Trust is
considering two more proposals for flatted development in the city. One is the
extension of the existing Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar, where an additional area of
5.50 acres is to be added under flatted development while the other is covering
an area of 11.25 acres at Bhai Gurdass Ji Nagar.
Table 35: Pattern of Use of Census Houses Category wise in Municipal
Corporation, Amritsar (2001)
S. No. Category
No. of
% age of total
houses
houses
Residential
159395
1.
67.19
Residential cum other use
10348
2.
4.36
Shop cum office
37477
3.
15.79
School/College
718
4.
0.30
Hotel/Lodge/Guest House
289
5.
0.12
Hospital/Dispensary
585
6.
0.24
Factory/Workshop/Work shed
5528
7.
2.33
Place of Worship
944
8.
0.39
Other Non Residential uses
5998
9.
2.57
Vacant houses
15929
10.
6.71
Total census houses
237211
100
Source: Census of India, 2001
HOUSING CONDITION
As per census 2001, 86.5% of the total households live in permanent and
11.3% in semi permanent structures. Total 2.14% live in temporary structures
out of which only 0.35% are non-serviceable structures.
Table 36: Distribution of Residential Houses by their Type of Structure in
Municipal Corporation, Amritsar: 2001
Type of
Permane SemiTemporary
Unclassifia
Structure nt
permanent Total
ble
Service Nonable
Servicea
ble
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No.
houses
%age
total
Of 146805
19180
3642
3035
607
45
of 86.5
11.3
2.14
1.79
0.35
0.06
Source: Census of India, 2001
After the visual observation of Housing
condition in the city, it has been observed the housing existing in the walled
city area of Amritsar is in dilapidated or poor condition characterized by old
age buildings with an average building height of G+3, 100% ground coverage
with no setbacks and narrow access roads with poor mass space relationship.
These areas have high intensity of development. In case of urban settlements
within Amritsar, Rayya has maximum good condition housing stock where in
all the components i.e. roof, floor and walls are made up of pucca material
which is followed by Jandiala, Majitha and Rajasansi.
Fig No.23 Poor Housing Condition, Poor Mass Space Relationship, Mesh of Wire and High Intensity of
development in walled city Amritsar
On the contrary, the area outside the walled city and within the northern byepass is characterized as medium density built up area with medium to good
Fig no.24: View of planned housing area on Maqbool Road, Green Avenue and Ranjit Avenue
housing condition. The houses have 60 % -80 % ground coverage depending
on the plot size with mainly front and side setbacks and an average building
height is G+1. The Peri-urban area that is area outside the northern bye pass is
characterized with low-density development where in new approved housing
colonies are coming. Therefore, the increasing concentration of planned
housing efforts in the north of the city has been observed which has further
aggravated the difference in quality of life between the north of the city south
half of the city.
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FigAnd
no.25:Slums
View of new upcoming residential projects along Bye- Pass
3.8 Urban Poor
Urban poverty has emerged as one of the major challenges faced by policy
planners and urban planners in promoting the rational development of urban
areas. Poverty refers to not only deprivation of vital goods but also includes
services determining the quality of life. In fact, poverty amid plenty is the
world’s greatest challenge.
3.8.1
Demographic Profile
During the last 2 decades, number of slum dwellers in Amritsar has increased
from 32,632 (1981) to 3, 04,824 (2001) recording more than nine fold increase
in slum population. In 2001, 30% of the city population lives under slums i.e.
every fifth household is slum. This indicates fast deteriorating quality of life
and acute shortage of housing and basic infrastructure in most of the residential
area of the city in Amritsar.
Table 37: Distribution of Slum Population to Amritsar M.C. Population
Year
City population
Slum population
% to City
Population
589299
32632
5.53
1981
708835
123000
17.35
1991
1016079
304824
30.00
2001
Source: CDP Amritsar and Census of India 2001
Other than this the demographic characteristics of slum in Amritsar is shown in
table below. Table indicates that the schedule caste population is placed at
35.54% indicating that every third residence of the slum belongs to the
category of schedule caste. Number of workers living in slums constitute one
fifth of the total work force of the city. Number of agricultural labourers has
been found to be quite high i.e. 38.5%. Average household size in slum areas
has been found to be 5.47 whereas in case of Amritsar metropolis, the size is
5.45.
Table 38: Slum Population Characteristics
Sr.No. Item
Urban
1
2
Total households
Total Population (including
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1016079
Slum
41961
304824
%age to total
population
30.00
94
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
institutional and houseless
population)
Population in the age group
0-6
Schedule caste population
Schedule tribes population
Literates
Total workers
Main workers
Cultivators
Agricultural Labourers
Household industry workers
Other workers
Marginal workers
Cultivators
Agricultural Labourers
Household Industry workers
Other workers
Non workers
121369
31581
26.02
198595
693139
322214
301827
2900
5897
12260
280770
20387
283
1466
1992
16646
678322
70610
141771
72777
67220
796
2271
2613
61540
5557
20
525
594
4418
156826
35.54
20.45
22.58
22.27
27.44
38.51
21.31
21.91
27.25
07.06
35.81
29.81
26.54
23.11
Source: Census of India-2001
3.8.2 SLUM LOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION
At present, 64 slums exist in the city that has been notified by the Municipal
Corporation, Amritsar under the Punjab Slum Areas (Improvement and
Clearance) Act, 1961 covering a total area of 5.8 sq.kms constituting 4.26% of
the area of the city (as per the national urban information scheme for indicators
produced by Municipal Corporation, Amritsar). Largest number of slums was
notified in 1986/87 i.e 32 (24 to 54) localities were declared as slums.
Looking at the spatial distribution of slums, majority of slums are located in the
southern part of city in close vicinity of walled city, Amritsar. Concentration of
slums on the southern part was largely on account of haphazard and unplanned
development in the area besides absence of any major development scheme
taken up by the Improvement Trust and Municipal Corporation. On the other
hand Northern side of city is better placed due to lesser number of slums. This
is due to the fact that majority of development schemes and better quality of
development has taken place in this areas. Accordingly, it is appropriate to
rationalize the development of the Southern part of the city outside walled area
and particularly along the Tarn Taran railway line in order to minimize the
growth of slums.
Housing in Slums
Based on the visual survey of slums in Amritsar, it has been observed that
housing condition in these areas is poor. They are characterized as one-room
tenements housing 6-7 people on an average and are made up of semi
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permanent materials because of the cost factor as they do not have fixed
income and mainly work on daily wages.
Table 39: Ownership of Land under Slums in Amritsar
S. No. Ownership
of Housing
Slum Land
No.
of ofSlums
Fig no. 26:
condition in slum
areas
Amritsar
1
Public (MCA)
6
2
Private
56
3
Others
1
Total
63
%age
9.5
89
1.5
100
Source: Municipal Corporation-Amritsar, 2009
As per the information from Municipal Corporation Amritsar, 89% of the
slums in the city exist on the private land wherein some cases the land has been
either encroached or has been purchased from land owner and the remaining
11% of the slums exists on the M.C.A land which are mainly located on the
southern portion of the city.
3.8.3 Availability Of Urban Basic Services To Poor
Basic services and amenities available in the slums in Amritsar are given
below. It has been found that 71.87% of the slum population has access to safe
drinking water whereas 28.13% population is still depended upon make shift
arrangement.
Table 40: Basic Services & Amenities Existing in Slums of Amritsar
Facilities
No. of Slums Having Access to Basic Facilities
Yes
%age
No
%age
Total
46
71.87
18
28.13
64
Water Supply
44
68.75
20
31.25
64
Sewerage
15
24
49
76
64
Electricity
64
100
64
Education
54
84.38
10
15.62
64
Pavement
53
82.81
11
17.19
64
Street Lights
62
97.00
2
3.00
64
Medical
Source: Municipal Corporation, Amritsar -Survey on Slums
Further, in terms of sewerage, 68.75% population has access to this facility
whereas rests of the 31.25% are defecating in available open areas. In the
absence of regular electric connections, majority of population tap the
electricity illegally through kundi connections causing enormous loss to the
state. Moreover, in many of the slums areas such as Bangla Basti, Indira
Colony, the high tension lines and towers are existing in between the
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settlements having road underneath and houses by its side which is a threat to
human habitation.
3.9
3.10
Industrial Growth
Fig no.27: Infrastructure situation in slum areas of Amritsar
Amritsar before partition
was reknowned in terms of industries of
woolen tweeds, suiting’s, blankets,
shawls etc but got setback later.
Amritsar district in overall had 26, 080
numbers of small-scale industrial units
with 1, 15, 423 numbers of workers and
13 numbers of large/medium scale units
with 5,910 number of workers in
Fig no.28 Industries at the Focal Point, Mehta Road
2007. In existing status, it has been observed that 69% of the district’s smallscale industries are located within the Amritsar city employing approximately
71% of the workers engaged in SSI units. Nearly 61.5% of the medium and
large- scale units are located within the city which includes Khanna Paper Mill
on Fatehgarh Churian Road, Verka Milk Plant, Northern Railway Mechanical
Workshop, O.C.M Mill on Attari Road, Gopi Fabrics Pvt.Ltd etc.
Table 41: Major Industrial Locations in Amritsar City
Sr.No. Industrial locations
Sr.No. Industrial locations
Focal Point, along Vallah 6
Putlighar, Islamabad – Textile
1
Road
–
Mixed
(Engineering, Textile, etc.)
Focal Point Extension, 7
Chheharta Industrial Area, G.T.
2
along Vallah Road – Mixed
Road, towards Attari – Textile
(Engineering, Textile, etc.)
New Focal Point along 8
Verka Industrial Area, along
3
Mehta Road
Batala Road – Textile
Industries in East Mohan 9
Majitha Road – Textile
4
Nagar
Along G.T Road towards 10
Batala Road – Textile
5
Amritsar
Engineering
College
Source: District Industrial centre, Amritsar
The spatial analysis highlights that except industrial focal points which are
considered as planned schemes, industries are scattered all along the major
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corridors of development. Industries scattered all over in Amritsar city, which
creates problem of non-compatibility as well as pollution. There is an urgent
need to develop industries in a comprehensive manner, they should have
specific zone with all state of art infrastructure needs to be identified.
Industrial Employment And Production
Industrial employment from small scale/ medium/ large-scale industries in the
Amritsar city has been analysed from 2003 to 2007 in comparison to the
Amritsar
District,
which
is
shown
in
the
table
below:
Table 42: Comparison of Industrial Data at City and District Level, 2007
Area
Small Scale Industries
Medium/Large Scale Industries
No. of No.
of Fixed Producti No. of No.
of Fixed Produc
Units Employe Capit on
mediu Employe Capit tion
es
al
(Crores
m/
es
al
(Crores
(Crore Rs.)
large
(Crore Rs.)
s Rs.)
Units
s Rs.)
26,08
Amritsar
1,15,423 695.32 3,836.61
13
5,910
921.33 826.51
0
District
17,98
Amritsar City
81,772
8
4,091
5
% share of City 68.96
70.84%
61.5%
69.2%
%
to District
Source: District Industries Centre, Amritsar
The above table shows that the Amritsar city has the highest no. of small scale
units (17,985 units) as compared to medium and large scale units which are
only 8 in no. and also provides highest employment (81,772), the share of
employment in city comes to 70.84% of the district.
Keeping in view the positive contribution made by small-scale industrial units
in the employment generation, the similar contribution has been done in their
investment as well as production in the district. Looking at the fixed capital
investment in the year 2007, the total investment in case of small-scale
industries was of the order of Rs 695.32 crores while in case of large and
medium scale industries, it was of the order of Rs 921.33 crores. Similarly,
small-scale industries also stand highest in case of production, in the year 2007,
the production from small scale units stands at Rs 3,836.61 crores as against
the large / medium scale units Rs 826.51 crores.
Fig no.29 Poor road infrastructure, water logging and open dumping of industrial waste in Focal Point,
Amritsar
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Within Municipal Corporation, Amritsar, the three Focal Points cover a total
area of 359.52 acres with a total of 877 industrial sheds/ plots. A rural
industrial estate also exists at Kathu Nangal with an area of 3.30 acres. The
existing focal points although have provision of water supply, sewerage and
storm water drainage but they lack maintenance. The internal roads in the old
focal point are not well maintained. Open disposal of hazardous waste and
other industrial waste has been observed which needs to be regulated.
A Sector specific Special Economic Zone (SEZ) dedicated to Textiles is
coming up in Amritsar at Khasa village on GT Road towards Attari. The
Punjab-based Ishan Developers and Infrastructure Limited, is developing The
Integrated Textile Park on 100 hectares at village Khasa in Amritsar with the
investment of Rs 1,861 crores. The project is expected to provide employment
to 15,000 people.
3.10 Infrastructure And Service Delivery
The sustainability and quality of life in urban centers is closely linked to the
quality and efficiency of physical as well as social infrastructure. Accordingly,
providing better physical and social infrastructure assumes critical importance.
3.10.1 Physical Infrastrucutre
Water Supply
Sources of Water Supply
All the urban and rural settlements falling in the Amritsar are dependent on the
ground water as the source for meeting their daily needs of water supply. The
system of water supply in Amritsar and settlements is entirely based on ground
water, which is extracted through tube wells and supplied to the residents
through a system of OHRs. Initially, water supply in the walled city was based
on a network of 40 khuhs (wells) located outside the city through which water
was extracted and supplied through a well designed and properly laid down
network. Over a period of time, numbers of tube wells have been installed to
extract ground water and meet the increased needs of its residents. This has
resulted to rapidly falling water table in the range of 180 to 460 feet. With the
fast depletion of ground water, shallow tube wells used for water extraction
have to be abandoned.
In addition to piped water supply, the hand pumps, stand posts and wells are
also used for extracting the ground water essentially in the slum areas and the
areas not covered by the water supply network.
Table 43: Total Number of Tube wells in Amritsar
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Amritsar
300
Jandiala
4
Majitha
3
Rayya
3
Rajasansi
3
Villages
196
Source: Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Circle, Amritsar, 2008
In order to improve the status of ground water, it is important to consider other
options of water supply, including canal water and rejuvenation of 40 wells
area that was earlier used for city’s supply. In addition, the option of rainwater
harvesting, recycling of the waste water, minimizing the wastage in the water
supply system and creating awareness among community for water
conservation needs to be explored to minimize the pressure on ground water
and recharge the ground water. At present, rainwater harvesting is practiced
neither at city level nor at individual house level as there are no guidelines for
making this as mandatory provision. So a minimum size of plot should be fixed
for water harvesting and it should be included in the building byelaws too.
Area and Population Coverage
Municipal Corporation Area
Looking at the existing status of water supply within the corporation area, it has
been observed that out of the 142.37 sq. kms, which falls under the jurisdiction
of local body, only 80% of the area is presently covered by water supply (Refer
map 10). In terms of population coverage, the network is serving 80% of total
city population.
The population served by piped water supply includes service through the
house connections, stand posts and independent institutional set ups. Despite
the fact, the water extracted is higher (240 MLD) than the actual consumption
(137.6 MLD), but the water available to the residents is of much lower order
due to high wastage (about 43%) of the water supply. Major reason for wastage
of water is leakage in the network, which is more than 50 years old, poor
maintenance and lack of awareness on the part of the community.
Table 44: Water Supply information in Amritsar (MC)
Items
Percentage/No.
Remarks
Area Covered (MCA)
80%
Population served (MCA)
80%
Total No. of Wards Fully Covered
51
Total number of
wards taken are 60
Total No. of Wards Partially Covered
9
Total amount of ground water extracted
240 MLD
Total
Average
Daily
Water
137.6 MLD
Consumption
Water Supplied per capita per day (By
135 LPCD
M. C.)
%age of water unaccounted
43
Total No. of Tube Wells
300
Depth varying
between 180-460
feet
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No. of O.H.S.R.
Average running hours of water supply
Population served by House Connection
Population served by Stand Post
Population served by Independent
Institutional Set up
29
Capacity:23.15
MLD
12
856512
31622
36750
Source: Municipal Corporation Amritsar, 2007 Punjab; Water Supply and Sewerage Circle,
Amritsar (2008)
Water Treatment
No formal system of water treatment is in operation in all the settlements due to
the absence of water treatment plant. Water is treated through a system of
chlorination or bleaching powder, which is added at the level of water
extraction. No scientific system is available in all the settlements to check the
quality of water supplied. The practice of water sampling to determine the
quality of water is not practiced in any of the settlement.
However, in case of Amritsar, bacteriological test is carried out occasionally to
determine the level of bacterial contamination and bleaching powder is used for
the disinfection of water. However, this practice is also not carried out in
accordance to the BIS, {ISI-10500, 1991(clause 3.1)}.
Distribution System
At present 91% of water supply in the city is made through tube wells under
direct supply system and 9% is through 29 over head reservoirs (OHSR). Out
of the total 29 OHSRs, only 19 are operational with total capacity of 17 MLD,
whereas rest of 10 OHSRs are not working due to problems related to leakage,
structure, etc. On an average, each over head tank has a capacity of 9 lakh
liters. In the walled city, 4 OHSRs and 8 tube wells are in operation. Rest of
the tube wells and 25 OHSRs serve the population outside the walled city.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
The disposal of sewage generated by industrial, commercial, domestic and
institutions is also one of the basic function of the local bodies. Providing
sewage disposal network is mandated due to its impact on the quality of life
and quality of environment. Accordingly, sewage disposal has also been
considered as one of the critical component of urban infrastructure determining
the quality of life in urban sector. In this context, while preparing the future
planning framework for the city, it is important to examine the issues and status
related to sewerage in Amritsar.
Area and Population Coverage
Table 45: Sewerage Details of Urban Settlements in Amritsar
Name of Total
Average
%age pop Population Population
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Settlement Population Daily
(31.03.08) Sewage
Flow
(MLD)
192
Amritsar 1159795
served
64.06%
Served by Served by
sewerage
soakage
System
pits/septic
tanks
743000
356500
Source: Punjab Water Supply & Sewerage Circle, Amritsar
Amritsar Municipal Corporation
Nearly 70% of the area of Amritsar Municipal
Corporation is covered by sewerage network
serving 64% of the city population (Refer map 11
and table no.61). The remaining 30% of area and
36% of the population is still devoid of the
provision of formal network. At present, 192 MLD
of sewage is generated on daily basis. The
Fig no.30: View of Blocked
total length of sewerage network in the city is
Sewer at Mahan Singh Gate
of the order of 569kms.
However, in the absence of the formal network,
the remaining population is dependent on the system of septic tanks/soak pits
and independent institutional set ups. Moreover, the people living in slums and
population below poverty line, who have no access to these facilities, either use
the community toilets created by local bodies or defecate in open fields.
Sewerage Treatment and Disposal
Sewerage Treatment
The total quantity of daily sewage generated in the Amritsar city is of the order
of 192 MLD, whereas in the case of Rayya it is 2.90 MLD. The quantum of
sullage generated in Majitha is 2.10 MLD, whereas in case of Jandiala Guru
and Rajasansi, there is no sullage collected due to absence of sewerage system.
Unfortunately, none of the urban settlements including Amritsar, has a system
of sullage treatment, hence untreated sullage is pumped into the nearby drains
or water bodies.
Seweage Disposal
In case of Amritsar, the entire city is divided into
three catchment zones for collecting the sullage. It
includes North Zone, South Zone and West Zone
(Chheharta). The North Zone includes the portion of
the city falling on the North of the Amritsar-Jalandhar
Railway Line. The sullage of this area is collected at
Mahlan, from where it is pumped for disposal. About
Fig no.31: Disposal Work, Fatehpur
1/3rd (32%) of the sullage is collected at this station.
The South Zone includes most of the area falling on the southern side of the
railway line. The sullage collected in this zone is collected at the pumping
station located at Fatehpur, from where it is pumped
into the Gandha Nallah. This zone generates the
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largest sullage, which is of the order of 63%. The remaining 5% of the sullage
is generated in Chheharta, which is the west zone of the city. The sullage
generated in this area is collected at the pumping station located at Gumanpura,
from where it is pumped into the Ganda Nallah.
In all, there are 20 pumping stations in Amritsar serving the system of disposal.
11 of these stations have been designated as Temporary Sewage Disposal Sites
by the Municipal Corporation Amritsar, which pumps
sewage directly into the nearby water course/storm Fig no.32: View of Ganda Nallah
used for Disposal
water drainage or nallahs. Ganda
Nallah, Hudiara Drain and Tung Dhab Drain, which ultimately meets the
Hudiara Drain, are the three major drains where the city’s sullage is disposed
off. Remaining 9 pumping stations pump sewage into other manholes. These
pumping stations were primarily constructed during the last 15 years in order to
overcome the problem of sewage outflow. All these pumping stations are
manually operated working on three shifts a day.
All other settlements falling in district follow the system of pumping the
untreated sullage into the nearby water bodies/drains. In the absence of
sewerage treatment plant in the Amritsar city, all the sewage collected i.e.
domestic and industrial, is being disposed off into the Gandha Nallah without
any treatment, which has caused high degree of soil and ground water pollution
in the city. In addition, large number of industrial units operating within and
outside walled city also discharge their effluents directly into the network
without making any initial treatment. All industries are required to treat their
effluents to neutralize the chemicals before discharging into the network.
Presence of chemicals and toxins not only damages the network but also
creates numerous problems in treatment of sullage. All these industrial units
need to be brought under stringent controls as far as the discharge of their
sullage/effluent into the network is concerned.
Accordingly, it is important that sewerage treatment plants are installed on
priority to treat the sullage generated in order to minimize the pollution.
However, three sewerage treatment plants are proposed to be installed in
Amritsar with a total capacity of 200 MLD. With the construction and
operationalisation of these plants, Amritsar will become one of the few towns
of the state having capacity of treating majority of the sullage generated. The
total installed capacity of these 3 plants is equal to the average daily sewerage
flow. Therefore, in order to serve the future population, the need will be to
enhance the installed capacity or setting up of new treatment plants.
STORM WATER DRAINAGE NETWORK
With the creation of large area of hard surface by bringing agricultural land
into urbanization, large volume of storm water drainage is generated in urban
areas. Draining the rain water assumes importance
because of the numerous problems created due to
inefficient disposal of storm water. Due to
inefficient or non-existence of storm water drainage
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network, most of the city now face a problem of water logging and flooding
causing heavy loss to property and human lives.
Area and Population Coverage
The city of Amritsar has high degree of deficiency
Fig no. 33: Water Logging
outside Bus Stand
in the storm water network. Considering the existing
status of storm water network, it appears that this critical network has low
priority on the agenda of Municipal Corporation. At present only 20% of the
city area and population is covered under the storm water network. This means
that remaining 80% of the city
and population remains outside the purview of the storm water network. The
walled city, Amritsar has system of open drains while for the areas outside it,
the disposal of storm water is combined with sewerage network leading to
choking of the pipes, overflow of the sullage and backflow of the sewerage
water. Storm water also gets into low lying areas flooding them in the process.
The problem of acute water logging during heavy rains has been experienced in
the entire city of Amritsar. This is mainly due to the trough or saucer shape of
the city, which requires adoption of specialized approach to drain off the
rainwater due to its typical topography. The network available is hardly 10
Kms in length, which is highly inadequate considering the size of city. The
details of population and area coverage in Amritsar are given in table below:
Table 46: Length of Drainage Network in Amritsar Municipal
Corporation Area
Item
Length (km) Area
under Population under
Coverage (%)
Coverage (%)
20%
20%
Storm
Water 10
Line
Source: Municipal Corporation Amritsar, 2006-07.
Drainage Network
Amritsar M. C.
Amritsar has the advantage of having a network of both natural and manmade
open drains/nallahs, which have a general slope of East to West. The gradient
of these drains is shallow due to its flat topography. There are two major
nallahs serving the city, namely Ganda Nallah, located on the south of the city,
whereas Tung Dhab is located on the northern side of the city. Both these
nallahs ultimately discharge into the Hudiara Drain, which is located west to
the city. Further, Hudiara Drain joins the river Ravi over the international
border with Pakistan and accordingly, storm water is released into the river
Ravi. Thus, Hudiara Drain remains most critical for discharging the storm
water as well as sewage.
Despite the fact that there is a network of drains and nallahs available in
Amritsar, most of them are unfortunately used for carrying the untreated
sullage and domestic refuse. Since the area close to these nallahs/drains has
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been urbanized by mushrooming of residential colonies including slums, most
of the household waste and sullage is dumped into these nallahs/drains. In the
absence of any sewerage treatment plant in the Amritsar urban area, 20
temporary and permanent pumping stations discharge the untreated sullage into
these drains. This practice has led to not only high degree of health hazard to
the adjoining communities, but has emerged as the major threat to environment
and quality of life. These nallahs have become a major eyesore and has led to
high degree of pollution of ground water resource making it unfit at most of the
places for human consumption.
In view of the existing scenario, it becomes critical that practice of discharging
untreated sullage into the drains/nallahs should be immediately stopped and
these drains/nallahs are restored to their lost glory. The precious storm water
should be harvested to be used as alternative source of water supply reducing
pressure on the vital ground water resources. The institutions having large area
like Guru Nanak Dev University, Khalsa College, Verka Milk Plant, Grain
Market and Defence area, which have large open land available with them
should be involved in the system of rain water harvesting. In addition, building
byelaws of the Municipal Corporation, Amritsar Development Authority and
Improvement Trust, should include rainwater harvesting as integral part of
development of buildings and it should be enforced strictly. Further individual
households, industries and Development Authorities should be actively
involved in the rain water harvesting, so as to reduce/minimize the amount of
rain water generated, which require disposal and which can be used for
different activities reducing the quantum of water supply required to serve the
city. The percolation wells for rainwater harvesting could be considered along
with the option of open trenches for improving rainwater harvesting. In
addition, existing drainage network should be preserved as an integral part of
development process by declaring them as protected areas. This would help in
preserving these natural resources besides helping in better management of
storm water drainage.
Despite the fact that city is facing acute problem of flooding and water logging,
still there is no proposal for creating/augmenting storm water drainage network
to solve the existing problem of the city. In this context, it will be important to
consider the option of making all new development coming up within the urban
settlements to provide for storm water drainage network as integral part of
urban development process. In addition, all Development Authorities should be
mandated to provide storm water drainage network in the area undertaken by
them as development projects. The rainwater harvesting at the community/local
level or at the scheme level should also be included for conserving water and
reducing the outflow of storm water. In the old areas, it will be appropriate to
consider levy of a cess on water/sewerage bills, so as to generate resources for
improving the area and population coverage under the drainage network.
Efficient drainage of storm water would also require the designing of road
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network in a manner that for shorter distances, roads should act as drains and
the slope provided should be able to drain off the water quickly.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Solid waste management is the prime responsibility of the Municipal
Corporation Amritsar involving collection, storage, segregation, transportation
and disposal. Health Officer of the Corporation has been vested with the
overall responsibility for management of the solid waste. He is assisted by
Assistant Medical Officer of Health and other support staff. Corporation
organizes the collection and transportation of the solid waste through its own
conservancy workers and a fleet of vehicles deployed. In Amritsar urban
limits, house to house collection of the solid waste is carried out through a
number of sanitary workers deployed by the Municipal Corporation, payment
of which is made on shared basis by Corporation and Mohalla Sudhar
Committee, which are constituted at Mohalla level and support the system
through household contributions. In all, there are more than 2406 sanitary
workers deployed, which include 1443 by the Corporation and 963 through
Mohalla Sudhar Committees. In addition, there are 51 drivers and 24 Sanitary
Inspectors, besides 20 Sanitary Jamadaars (Head of Sanitary workers), 7 Naib
Darogas (Supervisors looking over the work of Jamadaars and sanitary
workers) and 4 Chief Sanitary Inspectors.
Generation
The total generation of solid waste in the city of Amritsar is estimated to be
600 tons per day (TPD). This large amount of solid waste generated is
disposed off on the landfill site located outside Bhagtanwala. Seeing the large
amount of generation of solid waste in the city, Municipal Corporation of
Amritsar has undertaken the project of Integrated Solid Waste Management
Project under JNNURM to scientifically dispose off the solid waste. This MSW
project is divided into two phases. The first phase of the project includes
collection, segregation, storage and transportation of the municipal solid waste,
which has been accorded to M/S Antony Waste Handling Cell, and the second
phase of the project includes processing and disposal of solid waste, which has
been allotted to M/S AKC Developer Limited, Noida. The first phase has been
in operation since Feb ’09.
Composition
Solid waste comprises of waste generated from different sources. Major
sources of generation are individuals, households, industries, trade and
commerce, hotels and restaurants, healthcare
institutions including
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dispensaries and hospitals, animals and floating populations in terms of
tourists, hawkers, etc. Solid waste generated can be broadly classified into four
categories i.e Organic Waste, which includes kitchen waste (food items),
leaves, remains of animals slaughtered, etc., Recyclable Waste, which includes
paper, plastic, glass, metal, rags, packing materials, twigs, bark, etc., Inert
Waste including bricks, cement, building debris, furniture waste, etc. and
Industrial Waste, which includes the byproducts. In addition, large amount of
waste is also generated by number of hospitals, dispensaries and other health
care institutions, which are operational in the city. The current addition is EWaste generated from electronic products whose quantity is alarmingly
increasing in the city.
In terms of waste generated, organic waste comprises
of more than half of the total waste whereas inert waste
is more than 1/4 of the total waste generated. Industrial
waste as well as recyclable waste comprises of approx
1/10th each of waste generated. There is no segregation
of waste at the point of generation.
:
Composition of Municipal Solid
Waste
Fig no. 34: Garbage dumping
along roadside
Fig no 35: Dumping of Garbage in open
drain passing through Bangla Basti
Disposal
Amritsar Municipal Corporation practices open
disposal of waste without undertaking any pretreatment of the waste. MCA has identified
three landfill sites for open disposal of waste
located outside Bhagtanwala Gate, village
Fatehpur and village Bharariwal. At present,
waste is dumped at the Bhagtanwala Gate site
with occasional odour control treatment.
Fig no.36: Open Dumping
Ground at Fatehpur
Table 47: Details of Landfill Sites in Amritsar Municipal Corporation
Area
Sr Name
Area Location
Distance (km) Age
Present
No.
(ha)
from city
(Years) Status
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centre
1
Landfill
Site
No.1
8.1
Outside Gate
Bhagtanwala
2 km
2
Landfill
Site
No.2
Landfill
Site
No.3
5.8
Fatehpur
6 km
2.65
Bharariwal
5 km
3
25 years
Could
be
used
for
next
15
years
Recently Under
acquired development
Recently Under
acquired development
Source: Amritsar Municipal Corporation
In addition, informal dumping of the waste has been
witnessed in nallahs, open spaces, vacant plots, along
bye pass, etc. This informal dumping of garbage
along bye-pass, nallah, etc. has lead to the creation of
unhygienic environment in the areas of the city.
Moreover, there is no formal system of solid wast
Fig no.37 Waste ing in Vacant Plots in
litter city
e management operating in 26 villages, which have
been included within the urban limits from time to time. Large amount of
industrial waste has been found to be dumped along the roads and outside the
industrial areas. Fruit and vegetable markets and food grain markets located
outside Bhagtanwala Gate and in Vallah
have also been found to generate
considerable agricultural waste, which
needs proper collection, transportation and
management. Accordingly, it will be
critical to involve Punjab Small Industries
& Export Corporation and Punjab State
Agricultural Marketing Board to take care
of waste generated in their respective
areas.
With regard to the generation of
Fig no. 38: Dumping of waste
bio-medical waste in huge quantities in
along Bye-pass
the city due to large number of health
institutions in operation, a separate system of disposal is involved, which is
being privately managed. The disposal of hospital waste, including its
collection and transportation, etc., is being carried out by two agencies namely
Medicare Incinerators Private Limited, Ludhiana and Health Care Systems,
Jhabal Road, Amritsar. These agencies are being paid by the health institutions
based on the amount of waste generated. Herein, the MCA plays the role of a
regulator.
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Presently, none of the other urban settlements in the Amritsar has waste
processing facility. The entire municipal solid wastes collected from the towns
are disposed at the landfill site. In case of Rajasansi, the municipal council has
done an agreement with the Ajnala Municipal Council for the disposal of the
town waste at their site located on Dera Baba Nanak Road at an annual cost of
Rs. 20,000. This has been done because of the guidelines of the Airport
Authority of India as per which there should not be any waste disposal site in
10 kms radius of the Rajasansi Airport.
In order to effectively manage the solid waste, it will be important to involve
all the stakeholders and creating awareness among the masses to manage the
waste and keep the city clean. The best approach will be to ask people to
generate as little waste as possible and to segregate the waste at the household
level itself. Critical points generating large volume of waste should be
identified and a separate strategy for collection and disposal of waste should be
formulated in consultation with the local community. Industrial Associations
should also be made partner in disposal and management of industrial waste.
Further there should be strategies to deal with generation of E-waste in the city
with the coming up of IT/ITES parks as envisioned.
INDUSTRIAL GROWTH
Amritsar before partition was re-knowned in terms of industries of woolen
tweeds, suiting’s, blankets, shawls etc but got setback later. Amritsar
district in overall had 26, 080 numbers of
small-scale industrial units with 1, 15, 423
numbers of workers and 13 numbers of
large/medium
number of
scale
units
with
5,910
workers in 2007. In existing status, it has
been observed that 69% of the district’s
small-scale industries are located within the
Amritsar city employing approximately 71%
of the workers engaged in SSI units.
Fig no.39 Industries at the
Focal Point, Mehta Road
Nearly 61.5% of the medium and large- scale units are located within the
city which includes Khanna Paper Mill on Fatehgarh Churian Road, Verka
Milk Plant, Northern Railway Mechanical Workshop, O.C.M Mill on Attari
Road, Gopi Fabrics Pvt.Ltd etc.
The spatial analysis highlights that except industrial focal points which are
considered as planned schemes, industries are scattered all along the major
corridors of development. Industries scattered all over in Amritsar city, which
creates problem of non-compatibility as well as pollution. There is an urgent
need to develop industries in a comprehensive manner, they should have
specific zone with all state of art infrastructure needs to be identified.
INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUCTION
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Industrial employment from small scale/ medium/ large-scale industries in the
Amritsar city has been analysed from 2003 to 2007 in comparison to the
Amritsar District, which is shown in the table below:
Table 48: Comparison of Industrial Data at City and District Level, 2007
Area
Small Scale Industries
Medium/Large Scale Industries
No.
No. of Fixe Produc No. of No. of Fixe Produc
of
Emplo d
tion
medi Emplo d
tion
Unit yees
Capi (Crores um/
yees
Capi (Crores
s
tal
Rs.)
large
tal
Rs.)
(Cro
Units
(Cro
res
res
Rs.)
Rs.)
Amrit
26,0 1,15,42 695.3 3,836.6
921.3
sar
13
5,910
826.51
3
2
1
3
Distri 80
ct
Amrit
17,9
81,772 8
4,091
sar
85
City
%
share
of
68.9
70.84% 61.5% 69.2% City
6%
to
Distri
ct
Source: District Industries Centre, Amritsar
The table no 18 shows that the Amritsar city has the highest no. of small scale
units (17,985 units) as compared to medium and large scale units which are
only 8 in no. and also provides highest employment (81,772), the share of
employment in city comes to 70.84% of the district.
Keeping in view the positive contribution made by small-scale industrial units
in the employment generation, the similar contribution has been done in their
investment as well as production in the district. Looking at the fixed capital
investment in the year 2007, the total investment in case of small-scale
industries was of the order of Rs 695.32 crores while in case of large and
medium scale industries, it was of the order of Rs 921.33 crores. Similarly,
small-scale industries also stand highest in case of production, in the year 2007,
the production from small scale units stands at Rs 3,836.61 crores as against
the large / medium scale units Rs 826.51 crores.
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Fig no.40 Poor road infrastructure, water logging and open dumping of industrial waste in Focal Point,
Amritsar
Within Municipal Corporation, Amritsar, the three Focal Points cover a total
area of 359.52 acres with a total of 877 industrial sheds/ plots. A rural
industrial estate also exists at Kathu Nangal with an area of 3.30 acres. The
existing focal points although have provision of water supply, sewerage and
storm water drainage but they lack maintenance. The internal roads in the old
focal point are not well maintained. Open disposal of hazardous waste and
other industrial waste has been observed which needs to be regulated.
A Sector specific Special Economic Zone (SEZ) dedicated to Textiles is
coming up in Amritsar at Khasa village on GT Road towards Attari. The
Punjab-based Ishan Developers and Infrastructure Limited, is developing The
Integrated Textile Park on 100 hectares at village Khasa in Amritsar with the
investment.
CHAPTER 4
INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISM FOR DISASTER
MANAGEMENT
Although the primary responsibility of disaster management is of the State
Governments, the Central Government plays a key role in providing financial
and logistic help to the states in tackling both natural and human induced
disasters. Till the recent past, India had an entirely different mechanism for
disaster management.
4.1 NATIONAL LEVEL MECHANISM
The administration of natural disaster management is the responsibility of the
Ministry of Home Affairs, where as certain disasters such as chemical and
biological disasters as well as aviation disasters are dealt by the concerned
Ministries. The elaborate structural framework in national level is given
broadly for understanding.
41.1 National Crisis Management Committee
Cabinet Secretary, who is the highest executive officer, heads the National
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Crisis Management Committee (NCMC). Secretaries of all concerned
Ministries/ Departments as well as Organizations are members of the
Committee. The NCMC gives direction to the Crisis Management Group as
deemed necessary. The NCMC gives directions to any Ministries/Departments/
Organizations for specific action needed for meeting the Crisis situation.
4.1.2 National Crisis Management Group
The Central Relief Commissioner in the Ministry of home Affairs is the
Chairman of the Crisis management Group, which consist of nodal officers
from concerned Ministries. The CMGs function includes reviewing every year
contingency plans formulated by various Ministries/Departments/ Organizations
in their respective sectors. The other functions include:
1. To review measures required dealing with natural disaster.
2. Coordinate activities of Central Ministries and state Governments in relation
to disaster preparedness and relief
3. To obtain information from the nodal officers on measures relating to the
above.
4.1.3 National Disaster Management Authority
For better coordination of disaster management in national level, National
Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is being constituted. This is a multi
disciplinary body with nodal officers from all concerned departments/ministries/
organizations.
Apart from these developments, the government of India has its national
Contingency Action Plan prepared by the nodal ministry of disaster
management. Also a National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) has been
started functioning in the Ministry of Home Affairs with all sophisticated
equipments and most modern technologies for disaster management.
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Management of disasters at
various levels in India
National
Nodal Ministries
State
Relief & Rehabilitation Department/
Department of Disaster Management
District
Office of the District Magistrate
Block
Office of the panchayat samiti
Village
Village Disaster Management
Committee
4.2 STATE LEVEL MECHANISM
Similar to the mechanism in national level, disaster management has been
institutionalized in state level also. In the state of Punjab, the Lieutenant
Governor is the chairman of Disaster Management Authority and the Chief
Minister and the concerned ministers are members.
4.2.1 State Disaster Management Authority
Along with other 10 states in India, Punjab has constituted the Amritsar District
Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) under the chairmanship of Lt.
Governor of Amritsar and the Chief Minister and Ministers of relevant
Departments as members. For Amritsar, the
Department of Revenue has been identifies as nodal department to tackle
disasters, being the Divisional Commissioner as its nodal officer and convener
of the DDMA.
4.2.2 State Crisis Management Group
The State Crisis Management Group’s function includes reviewing every year
contingency plans formulated by various Ministries/Departments/ Organizations
in their respective sectors. The other functions include:
1. To review measures required dealing with natural disaster.
2. Coordinate activities of state Governments and districts in relation to disaster
preparedness and relief
3. To obtain information from the nodal officers on measures relating to the
above.
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4.2.3 State Steering Committee
In the special set up of Amritsar, a State Steering Committee has been
constituted under the chairman ship of the Chief Secretary of Amritsar with
nodal officers from the government departments. This committee is responsible
for implementation of Disaster Management Programmes in the NCT of
Amritsar. The state steering committee has the following members:
1. Commissioner of Police, Amritsar
2. Vice Chairman, DDA
3. Principal Secretary, Home
4. Principal Secretary, PWD
5. Principal Secretary, Urban Development
6. Commissioner, MCD
7. Chairman, NDMC
8. Chairman of Amritsar Vidyut Board
9. Director General, Amritsar CD & HG
10. Chief Executive Officer, Amritsar Jal Board
11. Divisional Commissioner
12. Chief Fire Officer, Amritsar Fire Service
4.2.4 State Working Groups
A couple of working groups are constituted in state level in line with the
national set up. These working groups are given with particular responsibilities
and they are the core group of such factions. Besides, there is an Emergency
operation Centre at the state level to coordinate and perform disaster
management activities in a disaster situation as well as in the preparatory stage.
In state level the divisional commissioner act as the Incident Commander for the
entire National Capital Territory of Amritsar.
STATE GOVERNMENT CHIEF SECRETARY
REVENUE
AGRICULTURE
TRANSPORT
EMERGENCY
OPERATION
CENTRE
RELIEF
COMMISSIONER
STATE CRISIS
MANAGEMENT GROUP
FOREST
HEALTH
DIVISIONAL
COMMISSIONER
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DIVISIONAL
MAGISTRATS
POWER
OTHER
DEPARTMENT
S
EDUCATION
HOME
NGOs POLICE
HOME
GUARD
S
CIVIL
DEFENSE
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4.3district Level Mechanism In Amritsar
So far the Deputy Commissioner (Amritsar), with help of Additional District
Magistrate under the Department of Relief and Rehabilitation, was looking after
the entire disaster management activities in District Amritsar. But as Amritsar
Disaster Management Authority (ADMA) has been set up and the proposed Bill
for changing name of Relief and Rehabilitation Department as “Department of
Disaster Management” is under preparation, the structure of district level
disaster management took a new form. Apart from this, GOI- UNDP Disaster
Risk Management Programme has been started with the support of United
Nations Development Programme.
4.3.1 District Disaster Management Committee-Amritsar
District Disaster Management Committee is the high-powered committee at
District level to look after disaster management and emergency response. This
high- powered committee is chaired by the Deputy Commissioner (Amritsar)
with all Policy Makers from the District/Nodal Officer of each line
department/ADM (Amritsar)/SDMs and nodal officers from various
Organizations as its members. ADM (Amritsar) is the convener of District
Disaster Management Committee (DDMC).
Inclusion of new members and removal of existing members of the DDMC, as it
is required, is under the discretion of the DDMC. But this shall be discussed in
the Meeting prior to action. Also members from RWA, MTA, MCD councilors
etc shall be nominated on rotation basis, so that maximum stakeholder ship can
be assured.
A District Project Officer (DPO-Amritsar) has been appointed in the district
directly under the Deputy Commissioner to look after the day-to-day affairs of
disaster management in the district.
The DDMC members have to meet at least once in two months in normal
situation and once in month or more in case of crisis situation. Minutes of
DDMC meeting shall be circulated among the members. Also the roles and
responsibilities of each member differ each other depends up on the department;
there are some common responsibilities. Also each of the DDMC members is
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member of the Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) in the district.
4.3.2 Duties of DDMC Members-Amritsar
The major functions and responsibilities of the District Disaster Management
Committee members are given below. Besides these functions as DDMC
member, each nodal officer will be accountable to his own department in terms
of the disaster management. District Disaster Management Committee (DDMCAmritsar) is an apex planning body and will play a major role in preparedness
and mitigation. The detailed account of the functions of the DDMC has been
given in table 4.1
DISTRICT DISASTER MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (DDMC)
This is headed by the Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar.
Following the list of activities to be taken up by the DDMC: Act as a source of information for earthquake safety as well as
earthquake loss reduction measures.
 Review earthquake related hazards and risks in the city.
 Prepare recommendations to identify and mitigate the risks.
 Help in co-ordination of the activities at all levels.
 Priortize recommendations and adoptions of suitable policies as part of
loss-reduction measures, enforce legislations for registration and
regulation of builders, promoters and real estate developers for creation
of safe habitat.
 Review the progress (as per the work plan) in implementing the
programme and mainstreaming various initiatives on earthquake
vulnerability reduction project in the city.
 The DDMc will call in the working groups every quarter to review the
progress of the project. The quarterly update will be shared with the
chief secretary of Punjab, who in turn will share it with the joint
secretary, Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs.
PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR DDMC, TASKFORCE & ESF
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DC
District DMC
District DM Cell
District ESF
District Task Force
District EOC
TL 1
C-1
TL 2
C-2
TL 3
TL 4
DC
DMC
DM
EOC
ESF
TL
C
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
C-3
C-4
Deputy Commissioner
Disaster Management Cell
Disaster Management
Emergency Operation Center
Emergency Support Function
Team Leader, ESF
Convener, Task Force
The Chairperson- DDMC will call the conveners of each task force and the
team leaders of each emergency support function every quarter to review the
progress of the project. The quarterly update will be shared with the chief
secretary and the relief commissioner of the state who in turn will share it with
joint Secretary Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs.
Following are the member of the DDMC:
1.
Chairperson as Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar, Head of
emergency Operation Center. Team Leader—ESF 12
(COORDINATION) Convener Task force 1--(EARTHQUAKE
PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE PLAN)
2.
S.P.
Police,
Amritsar,
Team
Leader—ESF
1
(COMMUNICATION)
3.
District Fire Officer, Amritsar, Team Leader—ESF 2
(EVACUATION-SEARCH AND RESCUE)
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4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
Civil surgeon, Amritsar Team Leader--ESF 3 (EMERGENCY
MEDICAL RESPONSE)
ADM (Food and civic supplies) Team Leader--ESF 4 (RELIEFWATER-FOOD-SHELTER)
ADM (Law and Order), Amritsar Team Leader--ESF 5
(LOGISTIC-ELECTRICITY-WATER) --ESF 12 (LAW &
ORDER)
District Transport Officer, Amritsar Team Leader--ESF 6
(TRANSPORT)
Deputy collector, Land Reform Team Leader--ESF 7
(DAMAGE)
Secretary, Rotary Club Team Leader--ESF 8 (VOLUNTEERS
AND DONATIONS)
Superintending Engineer, PWD (ROAD) Team Leader-- ESF 9
(PUBLIC WORKS)
Special Officer, Municipality Team Leader--ESF 10 (ROADDEBRIS CLEARANCE)
District public relation Officer, amritsar Convener Task Force 2
(AWARENESS GENERATION before Earthquake) Team
Leader--ESF 11 (AWARENESS GENERATION, PUBLIC
INFORMATION AND HELP LINES during earthquake)
MD, MEDIA Convener task force 3 (TECHNO LEGAL
EVALUATION AND AMENDMENT)
Chairperson, Institute of engineers, India (IEI), Local Chapter,
Amritsar convener Task Force 4 (TRAINING AND CAPACITY
BUILDING)
Aditional Collector
Nodal Officer
Representative, UNDP, India
The DDMC came into currency because of the frequent occurrence of
disasters in the district. The primary aim of the committee is to have proper
coordination among all the line departments. The Deputy Commissioner is
the chairman of the DDMC and the district level response is coordinated
under his guidance.
The DDMC exists to assist the Deputy Commissioner: Reviewing the threats of disaster.
 Analyzing the vulnerability of the district to such disasters.
 Evaluating the preparedness.
 Considering suggestions for the improvement of the District
Disaster Management Plan.
Disaster Management
 Range of activities designed to maintain control over
disasters/emergency situations and to provide a framework for helping
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at-risk people to avoid or recover from impact of a disaster viz. deal
with situations prior to, during and after a disaster.
 Disaster Risk Management- A systematic process of using
administrative decisions, organizations, operational capacities to
implement policies, strategies, coping capacities to lessen impacts of
hazards- it comprises prevention (structural and non-structural
measures) & mitigation (to limit the risk/vulnerability) and
preparedness. E.g. Floods: physical measures like dams, embankments,
channeling of streams, relocating communities or capacity development.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMITTEE
 To educate the public on different hazards and what protective
steps should be taken.
 To make arrangements for emergency action.
 To effect evacuation from ward community when necessary.
 Rescue and Rehabilitation.
 Post Earthquake/Flood/Cyclone action/other calamity and review.
District Disaster Management Committee
There shall be a core committee which is constituted as under:
Sr.
No
1.
2
3.
4.
5
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
Regional R27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
Name of D.M.C
Designation
Phone No
( R)
Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar
Commissioner of Police ,Amritsar (City)
Civil Surgeon,Amritsar
S.E.Public Health/XEM
S.E.PWD B&R,Division No1
S.E.PWD B&R Division No.2
Chief Engineer,PSEB,Amritsar
District Commandant Home Guard & Civil Defense, Amritsar
Add.Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar (G)
Addl. Deputy Commissioner,Amritsar (Dev)
Sub Divisional Magistrate, Amritsar-I
Sub Divisional Magistrate, Amritsar-II
Sub Divisional Magistrate, Ajanla .
Sub Divisional Magistrate, Baba Bakala .
Divisional Town Planner, Amritsar
District Transport Officer,Amritsar
Xen, Drainage Division Amritsar
Xen, Amritsar Bari Doab Division
MTP , Municipal Corporation , Amritsar
District Food &Supply Controller, Amritsar.
Deputy Director Animal Husbandry, Amritsar.
S.E.P.S.E.B Amritsar city / Rural
District Education Officer,Amritsar Elementary
District Education Officer,Amritsar Secondary
General Manager, Telephone, Amritsar.
Squadron Leader, Air Force , Raja Sansi.
Regional Coordinator, Nehru Yuva Kender, Amritsar .
Divisional Fire Officer, Municipal Corporation, Amritsar.
Major General, Division Head Quarter 15 Infantry C/O 56 APO
Secy Red Cross Society ,Amritsar Member
Shri Surjit Sharma, Chief Wardren,Civil Defence .
President Amritsar Rotary Club,Amritsar Central .
President Amritsar Rotary Club,Amritsar Civil Lines
President Amritsar Rotary Club,Amritsar North
President Amritsar Rotary Club, Amritsar Cantt.
President Amritsar Rotary Club,Amritsar Mid Town
Head,Deptt of Physics,GNDU,Amritsar
Chairman
Nodal Officer
Vice Chairman
Vice Chairman
Vice Chairman
Vice Chairman
Vice Chairman
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
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38.
39.
Head, Deptt of Physics, Saint Frances School, Amritsar.
Head,DepttofPhysics,Khalsa College,Amritsar
Head,Deptt of Physics,Khalsa
40.
College for Women,Amritsar Member
Sh.
41.Rajbeer Singh Alluwaliya, Amritsar
M M mmm; 42.
Mr. Prashant Gautam
43.
Miss. Rinkal Mahajan
Member
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Distt Coordinator
Project Officer
Project Officer
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DUTIES OF MEMBERS OF CORE COMMITTEE
Deputy commissioner/chairman shall:
1.
Summon a meeting of the district Crisis Management Committee if
required & Assistant commissioner (Gen) shall ensure attendance of
all members by informing them well in advance.
2.
Implement the concerned contingency plan.
3.
Coordinate the activities of various agencies/ organization.
4.
If necessary invoke, help from the local Army Unit, the state
Government and even from the Central Government (Format for
requisitioning the help from the Army is enclosed as Annexure-“A”)
Senior Superintendent of Police amritsar/ajnala/baba bakala, vice
chairman/vice chair person shall:
1.
Arrange to give initial information to the DM and SDMs though
Police Control rooms.
2.
Maintain Law and Order after such an incident. He will take all steps
to ensure safety of life and property of every citizen in consultation
with the district Magistrate. He will also take steps to cordon off the
hospital area from the mob.
3.
Establish nakas after the incident to apprehend the culprits.
4.
Assist the rescue teams in shifting the injured to the hospital.
5.
Conduct traffic control operation at the site of the emergency.
6.
Control entry to the emergency area by establishing various naka
points.
7.
Protect the vital installation and the religious institutions during
sensitive situations
8.
Provide assistance in arranging for evacuation and shelter points for
the evacuees.
9.
Provide the wireless communication facility where ever required
urgently by the DM.
10.
Take effective steps to make necessary security arrangements to
guard the evacuated residential areas round the clock and protect
property and belongings left behind by the evacuees even in war
situations. Carry out other function as laid down in the Internal
security scheme.
11.
Provide flood lights where ever possible.
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER/ MEMBER SHALL
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1.
Mobilize and coordinate the emergency medical and Health Service
consisting of:
a) Emergency treatment in the Hospital and ambulance service to
the injured and needy.
b) Casualty service including managing of first Aid posts in the
affected areas.
c) Transporting the seriously injured persons to the bigger &
specialized hospitals with adequate facilities equipment 7
specialist doctors.
d) Health and OPD service in the community shelters in case of
evacuation.
e) Setting up mobile medical teams to visit the affected areas to
provide health services, especially to the handicapped, children,
old age persons and women.
f) Ensure adequate supply of medical drugs and services.
2.
Ensure postmortem of the dead bodies getting conducted
expeditiously.
Provide chlorine tablets or other water purifier medicines required.
Provide inoculation/vaccination against various epidemic diseases
especially to the children & women.
a) To keep a check on the quality hygiene of food being served in
the relief centers and the area around it.
b) To provide veterinary services in the affected areas centers in
consultation with DDAH.
Co-opt & coordinate the activities of various voluntary organizations
such as Red Cross and others.
3.
4.
5.
SE/EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, PUBLIC HEALTH SHALL:
1.
Ensure sufficient supply of clean and potable drinking water during
the crisis at the site and at the evacuation and relief centers.
2.
Ensure availability of sufficient number of water tankers for supply
of the drinking water.
3.
Supply sufficient number of pipes for barricading wherever required
by the Deputy Commissioner.
4.
Establish temporary latrines/urinals/evacuation centers.
EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, PWD, PROVL. DIVISION SHALL
1.
Extend necessary help in construction of road diversions and other
civil works during crisis situations.
2.
Help in arranging the mechanical equipment whenever required.
3.
Carry out rescue operation during a building collapse.
SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER PSEB, AMRITSAR SHALL
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1.
2.
3.
4.
Ensure uninterrupted electricity supply to all important installations
specially the relief centers, district administration officials and
hospitals.
Isolate the affected/damaged area in case of fire floods and
earthquake etc.
Ensure restoration of electricity supply to the affected areas as soon
as possible.
Make provision of flood lights, search lights, emergency lights, etc.
during the right operations. He shall also ensure availability of
electric generators if necessary.
ADDITIONAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, AMRITSAR SHALL
1.
Assist the District Magistrate in discharging his functions as required
by him, from time to time.
2.
He is also the Officer In Charge, Police Control Room for handling
Law and Order situations.
COMMANDANT HOME GAURDS AMRITSAR SHALL ENSURE
AVAILABILITY OF HOME GUARDS AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE
DISTRICT CORE COMMITTEE
1.
For fire fighting operations.
2.
Rescue operations during natural calamities like floods.
3.
To provide Assistance for setting up relief & evacuation centers.
4.
For other kinds of medical assistance required for shifting injured to
the hospitals etc.
5.
To provide assistance to police forces for maintaining proper
security and law and order duties.
DISTRICT TRANSPORT OFFICER SHALL:
1.
Provide transport mechanism for evacuation in the form of private
buses, trucks, tempos, taxies etc.
2.
Requisition the Government vehicles for evacuation and relief
operations (Format for the requisition the transport devices is
appended as annexure-“B”).
3.
Make arrangements for trucks/tempos for transportation of flood
stocks, essential commodities/persons/live stocks etc.
4.
Arrange private buses for transportation of persons etc, and taxis for
transportation of injured.
GENERAL MANAGER, PUNJAB ROADWAYS AMRITSAR I AND II,
AJNALA AND BABA BAKALA SHALL:
1.
Ensure availability of government buses for the relief operation.
2.
Ensure availability of sufficient number of drivers and conductors
during roadways strikes and Bundh call given by various
organization.
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3.
ensure parking of buses at safe places like police lines and police
stations during emergencies/Bundh calls.\/strikes etc.
CONCEPT OF OPERATION
The responsibility to manage all sorts of disasters in the district rests with the
District Disaster Management Committee” headed by
 THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER-CUM-DISTRICT MAGISTRATE:Amritsar, who may depending upon the gravity of the situation, seek the
help of the ‘State Crisis Management Committee” and the “National
Crisis Management Committee”.
FOR OPERATIONAL EXPEDIENCY THE CONCERNED
 SUB DIVISIONAL MAGISTRATE, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT
OF POLICE (D.S.P),
 STATION HOUSE OFFICER AND TEHSILDAR with their
subordinate staff will swing into action immediately after receipt of
information regarding any disaster.
 THE S.D.O/S.D.M will immediately take over as site emergency
Director (SED) and D.P. as Additional Site Emergency Director
(ASED)
 They will be at their best to contain the situation with the available local
resources. However, if they find that the situation is beyond their control
and the district level response mobilization is required. They will seek
the help of their superior or call the meeting of disaster /management
Committee.
4.3.3 District Crisis Management Group
In District Amritsar a Crisis Management Group (CMG) has been functioning
as core group to take emergency decisions in disaster situations. This group
convenes emergency meetings only and when there is an emergency situation in
the district. In
normal condition the District Crisis Management Group (CMG) is expected to
meet biannually to assess the situation where as in case of disasters it has to
meet frequently with the following functions:
1. To take stoke of the situation
2. Assist the Deputy Commissioner cum Incident Commander to take
appropriate decision in managing the disaster
3. Deciding the way of immediate operation in disaster relief and rehabilitation
works
4. Any other as per the need of the time.
This is a core group with confidential in nature. It is not mandatory to share eth
decisions taken in the Crisis Management Group to share with others. The
members of the CMG in District Amritsar are:
Sr.No. Original Member
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Deputy Commissioner
Additional
District
Magistrate
Member of Parliament
form Amritsar District
Chairman of the District
Development Committee
Deputy Commissioner of
Police
District Project Officer
(DPO)-
1
2
3
4
5
6
on
Chairman
Convener
No’s (O)
Member
Member
Member
Reporting
Secretary
Designation
Responsibilities
Deputy

Over all planning coordination and supervision of the Disaster Management
Commissioner
initiatives including Disaster Risk Management Programme
Incident
Commander

Act as Incident Commander during disaster
Chairman

To implementing District Disaster Risk Management Programme in consultation
of DDMC at district level

To direct and coordinate district administration through various departments and
Add. District
line agencies for the disaster Management
Magistrate
Convener

To set up the District Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) and facilitate setting up
of mobile coordination

To constitution of DMCs and DMTs at Sub-division, wards and Committee level.

To ensure preparedness among communities by generating awareness and
building capacities.

To ensure community participation in all the stages of disaster operation in order
to maintain community morale an confidence, maximize the use of local resource,
reduce the cost of operation and promote a faster recovery.

To coordinate activities of voluntary organization and NGOs to ensure
community participation.

To facilitate DMTs for preparing Community Disaster Management plans.

To procure/ hire/ purchase/ pre-contract material for the DRM

To coordinate with all fields of responses including transit camps, relief camps,
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feeding centers and cattle camps in an emergency.

To facilitate updating of the IDRN and other DRM web site

To chair the DDMC meeting in a regular period of time.

To supervise and monitoring of disaster management and relief activities within
the district.

To report to the Divisional Commissioner officer as per notification.

To implement district level mock drills at least biannually.

Any either as per the need and direction of the Divisional Commissioner or the
higher authority.

To convene DDMC meeting in regular period of times and circulate minutes of
the meeting among the members.

To coordinate with the Chairman of DDMC and assist to carry out any DRM
activities in the District.

To officiate the DDMC meeting and other proceedings in the absence of DC/
Chairman of DDMC.

To prepare and send timely report of the DRM as well as the minutes of the to the
Div Com office.

To facilitate coordination of all line departments in the Dt. For the disaster
management.

Any other responsibility as the Incident Commander cum Chairman of DDMC
allocated, as per the Disaster Management Act.
MP, MLAs

To ensure that the stakeholders and line departments are carrying out the roles and
responsibilities properly
MCD
Councilors

To lobby for disaster management in the policy formulation meetings


To oversee and endorse community based Disaster Management Plan
To assist the implementation of District Disaster Risk Management Plan

To assist in mass mobilization/ campaigns for community awareness.

To help the Deputy Commissioner during emergency and providing appropriate
Members
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Sub
Divisional
Magistrates



Members


ALL
other
members of 
DDMC


(Amritsar)















help especially in the area of warning dissemination, search and rescue, distributing
relief material and damage assessment etc.
Responsible for disaster management in their sub-divisions.
To coordinate with Deputy Commissioner in all the activities of the DRM
carrying out in their own sub division.
To facilitate and coordinate preparation of sub-division Disaster Management
Plans.
To constitute and coordinate Sub-Division Disaster Management Committee
To facilitate preparation of Community/ School/ hospital disaster management
plans in their own sub divisions.
To exercise Sub-Divisional mock drills at least biannually
To report to Deputy Commissioner periodically on progress in the DRM
To head the Onsite EOC and its team in rapid assessment and follow up action in
time of Emergency.
Any other responsibility as the Incident Commander cum Chairman of DDMC
allocates, as per the Disaster Management Act.
To assist the Deputy Commissioner in preparation of District Disaster
Management Plan.
To prepare Disaster Management Plan for his/ her own Department (DMPD) and
the subordinate units of the department like police stations, duty stations, vital
installations, schools, hospitals etc.
To convey such (DMPDs) to the Emergency operation Centre (EOC Amritsar).
To provide desirable staff for disasters preparedness among communities by
generating awareness and building capacities
To assist in preparation of Community Based Disaster Management plan (CBDM)
and training to the DMTs for various operations of disasters.
To organize regular sensitization cum training on disaster management for their
own departmental staff.
To constitute/update and train Quick Response Teams (QRTs) and Field Response
Teams (FRTs) at their department level
To coordinate the Support Agencies of the Emergency Support Functions(ESFs)
and organize periodic meetings
To organize Mock Drills in their own departments level and the subordinate units
level biannually in coordination with the DC (Amritsar)
To assist the functioning of District emergency Operation Centre
To coordinate with the Dy. Commissioner during emergency and providing
appropriate help
To report to the Chairman of DDMC periodically on progress on disaster
preparedness in their department
To provide all possible human resource/equipment resources/communication
resources available in the department to the Incident Commander in a disaster
situation
To provide all possible human resource/equipment resources to the deputy
commissioner for organizing training programmes on disaster management.
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


District
Information
Officer



(Amritsar)

Member





District
Project
Officer

(Amritsar)


Ex-Officio
Member



To promote the disaster resistant technologies and seismic engineering in
construction pertaining to the department.
To negotiate/implement retrofitting methods for the existing vital/lifeline
installations under the department
Any other responsibility as the Incident Commander cum Chairman of DDMC
allocates, as per the Disaster Management Act.
To assist the Dy. Commissioner in preparation of District Disaster Management Plan
(DDMP)
To update the India Disaster Resource Network (www.idrn.gov.nic.in) web site and
other such web portals launched by the government and the district.
To prepare Disaster Management Plan for his/her own Department (DMPD) and
convey the same to the Emergency operation Centre (EOC Amritsar).
To constitute/update and train Quick Response Teams (QRTs) and Field Response
Teams (FRTs) at their department level
To coordinate the Support Agencies of the Emergency Support Functions(ESFs) and
organize periodic meetings
To organize Mock Drills in their own departments level and the subordinate units
level biannually in coordination with the DC (Amritsar).
To assist the functioning of District emergency Operation Centre
To provide all possible human resource/equipment resources/communication
resources available in the department to the Incident Commander in a disaster
situation and for training
Any other responsibility as the Incident Commander cum Chairman of DDMC
allocates, as per the Disaster Management Act.
To assist the Convener of the DDMC in organizing the its meeting/reporting and
circulating minutes of the meeting
To assist the DDMC Chairman in exercising the day to day affairs of the Emergency
Operation Centre
To assist the Chairman in implementing the DRM programme in the district.
To assist the Convener of the DDMC in preparing periodic reports of DRM
programme in the District and any other documents/reports pertaining to disaster
management.
To negotiate with UNDP/NGOs/INGOs/and other bilateral agencies in
implementation of the DRM Programme.
Any other responsibility as the Incident Commander cum Chairman of DDMC
allocates, as per the Disaster Management Act.
4.3.4 District Working Groups
District Disaster Management Committee is a multi-disciplinary committee for
disaster management activities in the district. It is broad in nature. The major
functions of this committee are related to preparedness, mitigation and
planning of disaster management. In order to simplify the functions of the
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DDMC, three working groups are constituted in Amritsar with certain focused
functions. These are:1. Working group for preparedness and mitigation
2. Working group for relief and rehabilitation
3. Working group for district plan review and updation
Working Group for Preparedness and Mitigation will be responsible for all
disaster management preparedness and mitigation activities in the district. They
may direct and review the preparedness measures in the district. Also they
assist the DDMC in coordinating preparedness activities in line departments
and organizations. The major preparedness measures are:
 Overlooking and monitoring awareness programmes of the public
and government departments
 Organizing/ overlooking training and capacity building
programmes for the task forces, various committees and staff of line
departments
 Facilitate
preparation
of
disaster
management
in
schools/hospitals/Territory of Resident Welfare Associations and
institutions.
 Initate and monitor mock drills in various levels.
 Lobbyimg for policy formulation for disaster management
It is mandatory for all institutions in District Amritsar- viz. schools, colleges,
hospitals, cinema halls, any other big institution where more than 50 people
gather ata a time or different times in a day- to prepare their own disaster
management plans based on the guidelines issued time to time by the district
administration and to share a copy of the same with this working group. Also
they may execute the modifications provided by this group and intimate
changes they made in the plan document.
Working Group for Relief and Rehabilitation is to assist the Incident
Commander particularly in a disaster situation. They will be responsible for all
relief and rehabilitation related activities in the district, in case of a disaster. It is
their responsibility to prepare code of rehabilitation and updating it early in
advance of a disaster. Other functions of the group are:
• Preparation and updation of necessary formats and Performa for disaster
assessment, monitoring, relief distribution and situation reports
• Identifying storage spaces and go downs for collecting relief materials.
• Engaging in to pre-contract well in advance
• Fair and transparent distribution of relief materials
• Prepare strategy for rehabilitation
This working group under the direction of the Incident Commander Amritsar
has full power to occupy/take over any vital installations - viz. schools, collages,
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hospitals, Cinema Halls, underground godowns, or any other big institution
where they feel that sufficient storage facility is there – for storage of relief
materials or any other thing during or immediately after a disaster.
Working Group for District Plan Review and Updation is exclusively for the
disaster management plan updation. They have to review the existing district
plan biannually and suggest amendments in it. Each revised version of the
District plan shall be circulated to each member of the DDMC and ESF timely.
Similarly they will look after plan documents of all line
Departments/Organizations and suggest modifications as well as monitor
progress of Community/school/Hospital disaster management plan preparation.
It is mandatory for all institutions in District Amritsar - viz. schools, collages,
hospitals, cinema halls, any other big institution where more than 50 people
gather at a time or different times in a day - to prepare their own disaster
management plans based on the guidelines issued time to time by the district
administration and to share a copy of the same with this working group. Also
they may execute the modifications provided by this group and intimate changes
they made in the plan document.
4.3.5 Block Disaster Management Committee (BDMC)
BDMC includes panchayati raj institutions, municipalities, a district board,
cantonment board, town planning authority or Zila Parishad or any other body
or authority, by whatever name called, for the time being invested by law, for
rendering essential services or, with the control and management of civic
services, within a specified local area. BDMC will make block disaster
preparedness and mitigation plan.
4.3.6 Village Disaster Management Committee (VDMC)
VDMC taking into consideration disaster at grass root level would act locally
supposed to report and take assistance with Block DM Committee.
Consequently Block DM Committee would acknowledge to District DM
Committee. District DM Committee will facilitate to react accordingly below
level committee and share the experiences and demand fund with State
Disaster Management Committee. VDMC will make block disaster
preparedness and mitigation plan.
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District Disaster
Management
Committee
Block Disaster
Management
Committee
BDO
VAS
CDPO
MO, PHC
RWSS
GP DISASTER
MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE
VILLAGE TASK
FORCE
4.3.7 Emergency Operation Centre
District Amritsar shall have an exclusive Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) at
District Head Quarter other than the revenue control room. This shall be round
the clock set up with sufficient manpower and most modern equipments.
Considering the unique responsibility of the district Emergency Operation
Centre, the equipments provided to it shall not be taken to any purpose other
than disaster management. This centre is intended to coordinate all disaster
related activities in the district starting from preparedness to rehabilitation and
reconstruction.
There shall be permanent sitting place for each emergency Support Functions
(ESFs) in the EOC and they shall be provided with sufficient telephone
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connections. Only the Nodal ESFs are to sit in the EOC and coordinate the
disaster management activities in the district with their support agencies. There
shall be dedicated telephone lines and other communication facilities.
Available Equipments For Strengthening Of Eoc In District Amritsar
Sr. No. Name of the Official
No of Items
Megaphones
1
22
VHF sets
2
11
Fire Extinguisher (3kg)
3
20
Search Lights
4
50
Torch(Four cells)
5
50
Helmet
with
torch
fitted
imp.with
battery
and
6
50
chargen
Petro–max
7
50
(2kg capacity)
Electric drills
8
10
Electric drill bit set ( complete sets of 19 bits)
9
10
Screw driver set (taparia set of 6
10
10
Aluminums collapsible ladder (30 feet)
11
10
Rope ladder (30 feet)
12
Life Jackets
13
10
Face shield / visor
14
50
Latexgloves
15
50
(12”)
Dust masks (3”)
16
50
Safety Gloves lens
17
50
Safety vest (florescent and waterproof)
18
50
Heavy duty work gloves
19
50
Sleeping bag
20
50
Blanket (wool mark)- 5*8 feet
21
50
Umbrella
Raincoat
22
100
Water cooler with purifier
23
10
Room Heater
24
20
Fuel container-20 ltr capacity
25
20
First aid Box (complete with accessories
26
20
Oxygen cylinder
27
10
28
Folding stretcher
20
4.3.8 Role of Emergency Operation Centre in Normal Time
The Deputy Commissioner of District Amritsar is empowered to appoint an
Administrative Officer as Officer-in-charge of EOC. He will be responsible for
the effective functioning of the EOC. Responsibilities of the EOC in charge in
normal time
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Include
1. Ensure that all equipments in the EOC are in working condition;
2. Collection data on routine basis from line departments for disaster
management
3. Develop status reports of preparedness and mitigation activities in the
district;
4. Ensure appropriate implementation of District Disaster Management Plan
5. Maintenance of data bank with regular updating
6. Activate the trigger mechanism on receipt of disaster warning/occurrence of
disaster
4.3.9 Role of Emergency Operation Centre during Disaster
On the basis of the message received from the forecasting agencies, warning has
to be issued for the general public and the departments, which play a vital role
during emergencies. Issuing correct and timely warning would be one of the
prime responsibilities of EOC. For effective dissemination of warning EOC
should have a well- planned line of communication. The DC shall be the
competent authority to disseminate a disaster warning. The warning on
occurrence of a disaster will also be communicated to:
1. All Emergency Support Functions
2. Members of DDMC-Amritsar
3. Hospitals in the disaster area/CAT etc
4. Office of Divisional Commissioner
5. State Relief Commissioner
6. Emergency Operation Centre in the neighboring districts
7. National/State Emergency Operation Centre
8. People’s representatives from the district
Apart from this the District Emergency Operation Centre must arrange desks for
the Emergency Support Function in its complex for better coordination and
help. Simultaneously the onsite EOCs are to be set up with the help of the
district EOC.
Constant communication between the State EOC, District EOC and Onsite EOC
is mandatory for updates on the disaster, which happened.
4.4 Incident Command System In Amritsar
The Amritsar District Collector is the Incidental Commander to activate the
command system and to control and coordinate the resources required at the site
of disaster. The ICS is a model tool to command, coordinate and use of
resources at the site of the incident. It is based on the management and direction
tools that experts and managers are already aware to. It is very flexible, cost
effective and efficient management system.
In Incident Command System under the Deputy Commissioner Amritsar, there
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shall be an operation section with a chief and associates, planning section with a
leader and associates, logistic section with a leader and section chief and finance
section with a leader and associates. All team leaders will be in the rank of
ADM/Line Department Heads in the district who are senior level officer.
Tree Diagram 4.1 The Incident Command System
Incident Commander
Information Officer
(DIO-Amritsar)
Liaison Officer (DPOAmritsar)
Safety Officer
(BDO-Amritsar)
Operations
Section
Chief
(ADM)
Planning
Section
Chief (DCSDM-HQ)
Logistic
Section
Chief (DCMCD)
Finance/Adm
n Section
Chief (DCJAO)
4.4.1 Major Functions of Incident Commander
The general functions of the Incident Commander are as follows:
• To create and integrate communication flow during emergency period
• To manage incident scene, and report through integrated and coordinated
command plan
• To facilitate procedures and protocols according to ESF Departments within
District as well as State and Central Government.
• To put the communication system in place to receive, record, acknowledge
incoming and outgoing information of any form during the disaster
• To mange resources as per their availability such as– distribution of relief
material with ESF agencies required during emergency etc
• Monitoring functional areas during and post disaster phase
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Besides these general functions, the Incident Commander has to perform certain
specific functions. They are:
1. Size up the situation
2. Determine if human life is at immediate risk
3. Establish immediate objectives
4. Determine if there are enough and right kind of resources on site and/or
ordered
5. Develop immediate action plan
6. Establish an initial organization
7. Review and modify objectives and adjust the action plan as necessary
4.4.2 Major Functions of Operation Section Chief
 Responsible for management of all operations directly applicable to
primary mission
 Activates and supervises organization elements in accordance with the
Incident Action Plan and directs its execution
 Determine need and request additional resources
 Review suggested list of resources to be rebased and initiate
recommendation for release of resources
 Report Information about special activities, events or occurrences to
Incident Commander
 Maintain Unit / Activity details
4.4.3 Major Functions of Planning Section Chief
 Collection, evaluation, dissemination and use of information about the
development of incident and status of resources. Information is needed
to
o Understand the current situation
o Supervise preparation of Immediate Action Plan (IAP)
 Provide input to IC and Operation Chief in preparation of IAP
 Reassign of service personnel already on site to other positions as
appropriate
 Determine need for any specialized resources in support of the incident
Establish information requirements and reporting schedules for Planning
Section
4.4.4 Major Functions of Logistic Section Chief
The logistic section chief is responsible for providing facilities, services and
4.4.5 Major Functions of Finance Section Chief
The Finance section is basically of the administration and managing finance.
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The major roles of this section includes managing
1. Incident Command Post
2. Staging Areas
3. Base
4. Camps
The Finance /Administration Section Chief has to be given the incident facilities
as
Staging Areas: i.e. temporary location where personnel and equipment are kept
while waiting assignment
 Shall be located within 5 min travel time to the area of incident.
 To be set up to meet specific functional needs
 Shall include temporary feeling and sanitation facilities
Advantage of using staging areas:
• Provide locations for immediately available resources to await assignment
• Provide for greater accountability by having available personnel and resources
in one safe location
4.4.6 Onsite Emergency Operation Centers
Onsite Emergency Operation Centers (OEOC) are complimentary units to
District Emergency Operation Center in the district (EOC), which will operate
close to the disaster sites and will be linked directly with the District Emergency
Operations Centre.
District Amritsar has designated three OEOCs, which are located in Ajnala Fire
Station Complex, Baba Bakala SDM Office Complex and Baba Bakala Police
Station Complex. These strategic locations will help to cover operations in a
calamity in the district in maximum five minutes time.
The concerned SDM will be the Commander-in-chief at this level and would be
responsible of coordinating its functions as per the direction of the Incident
Commander with the help of the Incident Management Teams (IMT) with
him/her. The OEOCs are physically activated only in time of a disaster. The
concerned SDM of the OEOC unit would be responsible to execute activities at
disaster site; however the tasks would be controlled and coordinated from EOC
through nodal desk officers.
4.5 EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
This is an additional feature in the new mechanism of disaster management. A
concerted effort of various agencies is required to manage a disaster. Usually
the agencies are able to perform the required function, but lack of proper
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coordination leaves them under-utilized. To avoid this type of problem, a new
mechanism called Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) are formulated in
Amritsar District.
EARLY WARNING DISSEMINATION
4.6 DISASTER MANAGEMENT TEAMS
Each ESF should be well prepared to set up its coordination desks in all three
Onsite EOCs as well as in the District EOC at the time of disaster. With this
intention, they have to designate a nodal officer and an alternate nodal officer
with specific responsibility. Besides they have to constitute a Head Quarter
Team as well as Quick Response Teams (QRTs) and minimum three Field
Response Teams (FRTs) with at least five members each.
The name and address of the team members shall be updated time to time with a
test contact number. It is the function of the Working Group - III for plan
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review and updation, to coordinate the disaster management teams. The
supporting agencies will directly report to the nodal agency and the nodal
agency will report to the Incident Commander regarding its functions.
4.7 CONTROL ROOM
During any crisis, all activities of crisis management shall be conducted
from the Central Control Room. From this centre, the necessary command shall
be issued, action thereon shall be coordinated and the information shall flow
down the line.
Two traditional Control Room for facing Law and Order problems are
located in Police lines of Amritsar with telephone number and function round
the clock. These are equipped with wireless/ R.T. Sets and telephone sets (Both
P & T and Hot lines).
In case of emergency, if required by grave situations, Deputy
Commissioner's Committee Room which is connected with the Court Room of
the Deputy Commissioner and is rquipped with telephone no. 2226161 as well
as Hot line and Intercom facilities, connecting all important Revenue and
Development Officers of the District headquarters, will be converted into
"Emergency Control Room".
Generally, this control room functions from 9.00 AM to 5.00 PM during
working hours/ days, but if emergent situation arises, this will function round
the clock and Executive Magistrate or an ADC nominated by the District
Magistrate/ Chairman, District Disaster Management Committee shall be
available here round the clock. Considering the local circumstances of the
district. Round the clock running of this Control Room is not required
throughout the year.
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PHAS
E
PreDisaster
ACTIVITIES
Preparedness Before the Disaster:
 Reviewing and analyzing the calamity situation in the
district over the next one-year through a meeting at
the District level involving all the departments of the
district as well as block and GP levels and the locally
active NGOs/CBOs
 Identifying disaster prone zones and strategies to stay
prepared for the worst.
 Ensure IEC through Emergency section/BDO’s
/COs/NGO’s /AW centers
/Street plays/
Workshops / Wallings.
 Reviewing the DCR and making it functional as per
SOP fixed by him (SOP to be prepared earlier)
 Making the DCR well equipped and depute senior
officers from time to time to review the receipt of
information and dissemination.
 Calling a meeting for NGO/CBO co-ordination. And
discuss issues such as Capacity assessment of
different NGOs/CBOs and ask them to adopt certain
vulnerable areas to avoid overlapping and duplicity.
 Preparing a checklist (containing the dos and don’ts)
and pass that on to the NGOs/CBOs
 Ensuring/installing communication system to the
inaccessible villages.
 Checking stock of the Public distribution system and
arrangement of the temporary godwons.
 Checking the Resources with other department such
as Police, Fire, Civil Defense and of
NSS/NCC/NYKS.
 Keeping stock of road cleaning equipments
and
vehicles for relief operation.
 Assigning specific duties to different officers/Sr.
Officers at Headquarters.
 Staying in constant touch with other line departments.
 Ensuring proper functioning of warning systems
& communication systems.
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All BDOs
POLICE
DIPRO
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Information and Public
Relation Officer.)
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BDOs, CDPOs
DIPR,
Director
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DRRO/DFCSO
RR&D
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
Ensuring Mock drill of the rescue and relief
teams.
 Preparing a map showing the location of
temporary shelter camps and cyclone shelters with
accessibility.
 Identifying flood/cyclone Shelter/Temporary
shelter in high elevated places and arrangement of
tents etc
 Identifying and mapping of Disaster (of all kinds)
Prone areas
 Ensuring formation of village level Disaster
Management Committee through Block Development
officers.
All
District
level
officials.
All EACs.
Dissemination of Warning:
All COs.
 Receiving Warning from reliable sources and All BDOs
crosschecking them for authenticity.
DIPRO.
 Disseminating warning to District level officials Dist. Fisheries Officer.
/Revenue field functionaries /PRIs & coordination Leading NGOs.
with the Revenue control room
Police.
 Keeping the Control Room active round the clock.
 Distributing duties to the District level officials, Subcollectors, Tahasildars and BDOs.
 Arranging vehicles and public address systems for
information dissemination.
 Establishing coordination with the NGOs/CBOs and
the village communities and assigning them duties.
 Issuing
warning
to
fisherman
through
Tahasildars/Dist. Fisheries officer/Asst. Director
fisheries, well in advance
 Asking the people in the vulnerable areas to move to
the shelters and to move their domesticated animals
to safer places and to cooperate with the volunteers
and other officials engaged in similar activities
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from
Dept o
RR&D
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ators
availabl
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district
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DIPRO/
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Private
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requisiti
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Disaster
Police
Fire Brigade.
Leading NGO.
Search, Rescue and Evacuation:
 To co-ordinate with Civil defense, NGOs/CBOs. COs.
BDOs.
/Police for support.
Co Arrangement & Deployment of boats/vehicles etc. Programme
coordinators of
for evacuation
NSS/NCC/Defense
 Evacuating people from marooned areas and
units.
administer emergent relief.
 Organizing trained task force members and deputing
to be marooned & Cut-off areas for evacuation.
 Deployment of police for maintaining discipline and
peace keeping during evacuation
 Mobilizing people to move to flood/cyclone shelters.
 Deployment
of
Power
Boat/Country
Boat
(Govt./Private) for evacuation wherever necessary.
 Deployment of Police/Fire Brigade for search and
rescue.
 Co-ordination
with
the
NCC/NSS/Civil
Defense/Rajya Sainik Board etc. for rescue operation
 Ensuring proper utilization of the rescue materials.
 Providing Rescue kits at the affected areas
Distribution of Relief Materials:
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1.Power
Boats
/Countr
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Boats/v
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kit
and
trained
resource
personn
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Dept o
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Defense
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parties
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require
 Keeping a record of the affected area and people so as
to account for the relief materials needed.
 Procurement and transportation of relief materials to
affected areas
 Arrangement of free kitchen in the shelter camps &
affected areas and assigning the responsibilities to
officials for proper distribution
 Coordinating with the NGOs/CBOs
 Encouraging other voluntary organizations from
outside for rescue and relief operation.
 Distribution of basic medicines and disinfectants to
prevent epidemic
 Ensuring Health care activities by the CDMO in the
shelter camps & through mobile Units/Temporary
Health in regular intervals
 Ensuring Cattle health activities by the
 DMO through Mobile units/Temporary Health camps
in the affected areas
 Ensuring that there is enough storage of food and
pure water in the shelters.
 Monitoring all the activities in the affected areas.
Short-term Measures:
 Formation of special task force with
equipments.
 Assigning responsibilities for specific areas.
 Emergency cleaning of debris to
reconnaissance.
 Clearing fallen trees and branches from the
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DC,
DRRO, FO
SP
DMO,
DVO,
COs
BDOs
Medical Officers
Paramilitary Forces
Police.
PHED/IFCD.
/MVI/other
line
departments
Leading NGO
FCI,
Private
stockies
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Directo
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Health
services
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Directo
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Animal
Husban
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PSUs/U
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UNDP/
Other
NGOs/I
NGOs
Cranes,
Road
All the district level cleaning
required officials /officers at equipme
district
nts,
Headquarters/BDOs./D
Water
enable UDA/POLICE/PARAM tankers,
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PostDisaster
facilitate local relief work.
 Forming a work team carrying emergency tool kits.
 Deployment of towing vehicles, earth moving
equipments, cranes,
 Construction of temporary roads.
 Keeping National & other Highways clear from
disaster effects
 Assessment of damage.
 Temporary supply of food, drinking water and
medicines to the shelters and affected areas
 Arrangement for safe shelter for animals.
 Providing the lighting facilities for shelter places.
 Deployment of home guards and constables to
maintain law and order
 Providing temporary arrangements for income
generation for the affected people
 Drought resistance short duration paddy seeds to be
made available to farmers.
 Encouraging NGOs/INGOs from outside to carry out
restoration and reconstruction works
 Ensuring crop insurance
 Supervising all the activities
Long Term Measures
DDMC & Action groups
 Immediate restoration of Road communication,.
Irrigation system, Educational institutions, Govt.
Institutions, Electrical installation, Drinking water
supply, Construction of IAY houses for the BPL
families and massive costal area plantation to
maintain ecological balance.
Gen
sets,
Earth
moving
equipme
nts,
seeds,
fertilize
s, pum
sets,
/Militar
y
cantonm
ent /
PHD,
IFCD,
District
Horticu
ture an
Agricul
ure
Office
 Meeting with district level officials /Officials at Head
quarter and chalk out emergency plan with vulnerable
areas and resource list
 Co-ordination meeting of NGOs /PRIs. &Assignment
of duties.
Funds
from al
possible
Sources
Materia
 Pre-positioning of staff in the likely cut off areas
All
District
level s
fo
 Arrange food and other basic requirement for officials/NGOs/CBOs/
tempora
emergency response.
SDOs/
COs/ EACs/ ry
 Collect information from different areas and to act Officials of the District shelter
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accordingly.
office/RR&DM
Co-ordination meeting with officials at Headquarters
by 12 hours intervals and 24 hours intervals with the
field officials.
Regular collection of situation report of the risk and
vulnerable areas from the officers assign for the
purpose.
Provision for administering emergent relief and the
other basic needs
Contact with SRC for supply of Temporary shelter
materials.
Keeping in touch with CSO for supply of food
articles procuring from FCI/Whole sellers.
Deputation of
Volunteers to different probable
affected areas.
Helping the evacuees for returning to their houses.
Immediate arrangement of free kitchen in the cut-off
and inaccessible areas
Relief distribution.
Monitoring of Relief distribution.
Provision of drinking water
Provision of Medical facilities.
Repair/Restoration of Roads.
Transportation of Relief and Human Resources
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procure
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DFO/SR
C/OSD
MA/UN
DP/NG
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etc.
Vehicle
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Medica
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DMO
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feed
from
DVO
Volunte
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CHAPTER 5
DISASTER MITIGATION PLAN
A better disaster management with minimum vulnerability is possible only by
means of preparedness and mitigation measures. Maximum the disaster
preparedness, minimum the vulnerability. Neither a disaster can be prevented
nor diverted to any other place. The only possible thing is to minimize the
effect.
The changing concept of disaster management has taken its birth in mere
hypothesis. Today there is a paradigm shift in the approach to disaster
management from a culture of relief and rehabilitation to that of preparedness
and mitigation. In District
Amritsar, there shall be two approaches in disaster mitigation viz. structural
mitigation and non-structural mitigation.
5.1 NON-STRUCTURAL MITIGATION PLAN
Amritsar lies in the Gangetic Plain and de facto the eastern part of Amritsar is
considered as the worst for disasters like earthquake, flood and fire. If the entire
city falls in Zone IV, informally we can say that the East Amritsar is in Zone V,
which indicates the District, as at high risk to earthquake. The state is prone to
flood from river Yamuna and the consequence of flood becomes misery to the
eastern population especially. In addition to this, fire is a major concern for the
District as fire incidents have risen steeply in the last couple of decades. The
vulnerability of the district increases in fire accidents since most of the JJ
colonies and slums are thickly populated.
The non structural mitigation is basically framed in such a way that the whole
population of the district will be sensitized on disaster management and their
capacity is developed to cope up with a hazardous situation. District Amritsar
has specific plan for non-structural mitigation measures which is an ongoing
process in various spheres of life.
5.1.1 Preparedness Methodology
Instead of waiting for a disaster to occur and then to manage it, this concept
envisages to make people part of the management process. The plan contains a
series of measures for preparedness in schools, colleges, hospitals, and all other
vital institutions and ultimately the community itself. In a disaster management
cycle, preparedness shall be the first step. People of a given area have to be
guided to prepare their own coping mechanism. For this the district shall plan
various activities and reach out to the local level. The DDMC shall suggest apt
and proper methodology for preparedness on regular basis.
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5.1.2 Sensitization/Awareness Campaigns
The District administration must reach out to the local residents and general
public of the district with various level sensitization programmes. Sensitization
programmes shall be conducted for schools, hospitals, colleges, communities,
policy makers and all other specific sectors including rickshaw pullers.
Awareness on multi hazards and dos and don’ts to solve it are most import and
basic for a human being to save him/herself. Disaster strikes everywhere
everyone irrespective of land, caste, creed, color, people, and gender. The basic
information shall be given in forms of booklets reading materials, audiovisual
material etc. The broad objectives of such programmes shall be as follows:
1. To bring awareness about disasters among the inmates of all institutions and
residents of all communities in Amritsar.
2. To pave way for strict enforcement of building rules in construction
departments and contractors.
3. Preparation of Building Evacuation Plans and training the general public on
basics of self defence thereby building capacities of school authorities and
saving lives in the event of an Earthquake or Fire accidents or any other
disaster.
4. To sensitize officers from the District Administration, Ministry of Education,
Ministry of Disaster Management, Amritsar Police, GTB Hospital, Amritsar
Fire Service and all other parallel agencies.
Different methods and techniques shall be utilized to spread awareness on
disaster in the district. Some sample techniques and methods are listed below:
• Public meetings and loud speaker announcements
• Group meetings of RWAs and other logical units
• Wall painting in the communities
• Distribution of reading materials to the general public
• Distribution of posters and other Information Education and Communication
(IEC) materials to children and community people
• Street plays, documentaries and films on the subject
• Use of electronic media, especially cable channels
• Quiz-painting competitions, special types of books, etc for students
• Any other means the DDMC feels apt and proper
5.1.3 Training and Capacity Building
A series of training programmes shall be organized for specialized groups like,
district DMTs, sub division and community level office bearers, teachers and
principals, doctors and engineers, architects and masons and builders and
contractors etc. All walks of people shall be trained. This can even be on
construction of buildings and other structures earth quake resistant.
• District northeast shall identify sensitization as one of the best tools to create
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awareness programme and preparation of Community Based Disaster
Management planning. In this respect the DC NE shall organize a series of
programmes for the community people, Resident Welfare Organizations and
NGOs.
• There are organizations like Civil Defence, NYK, NCC, NSS etc, which have
thousands of volunteers from each nook and corners of the distinct. The district
must train their volunteers and the wardens of these bodies in the district, thus
people from various corners will be trained and sensitized in disaster
management and this can make a magnifying result.
• For better sustainability of disaster management, the DDMC shall think of
training CD & HG, NYK, NCC and NSS volunteers at the cost of the district
administration and they shall be given certificate of training, identity cards as
disaster managers. The DDMC can take appropriate decision for paying any
honorariums for their services.
• Training programmes shall be organized with RWAs and NGOs in the district
or they shall be funded for organizing such programmes. Corporate sponsors
shall be contacted to hold such massive training programmes.
5.1.4 Disaster Management Planning
It is a known fact that the entire state of Amritsar falls under Zone IV; in which
the East Amritsar is highly prone to multi hazards like earthquake. In addition,
fire is a major concern for the District as fire incidents have risen steeply in the
last couple of decades. The vulnerability of the district increases in fire
accidents since most of the JJ clusters and slums are thickly populated
The first responder of any disaster anywhere is none other than the local people
who are the victims too. Once a disaster has been occurred, many agencies like
NGOs, Military and Para Military Agencies as well as the Government
Agencies approach the area. But it takes time to start rescue and relief
operations by these agencies due to poor accessibility and approachability to the
disaster site and ignorance to the geographical situation of the affected area.
Taking all these in to stoke, the district shall organize various planning exercises
with the local bodies. In Amritsar District, RWAs are the prominent civil
society organizations under the Bhagidhari scheme. Each pocket and block has
at least one RWA or Community Development Organizations. The strategy of
planning shall be as follows:
1. The territory of each RWA can be taken as logical unit for planning
2. Where there is no RWA, similar local bodies or NGOs can be taken as
logical units
3. Where there is more than one RWA the Registered RWA/first formed
RWA/that, which has more public coverage and support, shall be taken in to
consideration.
4. Every school in the district, irrespective of size, shall be a logical unit
5. Every Hospital with more than 10 bed shall have Disaster management plans
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6. All Cinema Halls, Clubs, religious centers etc where gatherings are possible,
shall have Disaster management plans
7. Every Government office/building/department shall have separate disaster
management plans
8. Every Merchant Traders Associations (MTA), shopping centers and district
centers
9. All industries in the district, irrespective of size and nature.
The predominant objectives of the initiative shall be:
1. To create awareness on disasters and disaster management among
community leaders and general public.
2. To prepare Disaster Management plan for each logical unit with Hazard and
Resource Maps.
3. To form Disaster Management Committees (DMC) and Task Forces within
the logical unit, to manage disasters and train them specifically.
4. To exercise Mock Drills in each Community in a regular interval of time
including evacuation exercises.
Each logical unit shall collect the template/modal plan document from the EOC
at the district administration and after preparation a copy of the same shall be
submitted to the EOC and the other shall be with the logical unit. This plan
document shall be updated at least bi annually and the update information shall
be given to the EOC in writing. The district EOC shall help the logical unit in
conducting the planning exercises as and when they request the same.
5.1.5 Disaster Resource Inventory
In a scenario of total damage due to disasters like earthquake or tornado, all
communication system disrupts and disaster managers become armless in
fighting the calamity. To overcome such obstacle, Government of India has
developed disaster management portals which facilitate the disaster managers
and administrates to track down resource stocks in the country or at least in the
neighboring area. This Website, called www.idrn.gov.nic.in, basically intended
to gather data from the government resources. Data are collected from local
units and line departments and uploaded by the District Administration after
verification and scrutiny.
Each government department in the district shall take part in updating this portal
regularly. They shall give information on fresh procurement of equipments,
manpower and technologies to the Emergency Operation Centre, Amritsar in the
prescribed format at least biannually.
5.1.6 Enforcing Existing Codes and Laws
Lists of codes are already in place to monitor the construction practices in the
district. Bureau of India Standards, national Building codes of India and
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subsequent amendments in various acts provides sufficient legal protection to
the enforcing agencies for safe construction practices. In District Amritsar, the
major government bodies undertaking construction and grant permission to the
private players’ viz. MCA, PWD, DDA and Irrigation and Flood Control
Department shall ensure that structural safety measures are followed well. In
District Amritsar the following general structural safety codes shall be followed
strictly:
1. IS: 456:2000 “Code of Practice for Plain and Reinforce Concrete”
2. IS: 800-1984 “Code of Practice for General Construction in Steel”
3. IS: 801-1975 “Code of Practice for Use of Cold Formal Light Gauge Steel
Structural members in General Building Construction”
4. IS: 875 (Part-2): 1987- “Design Loads (other than Earth Quake) for Building
and Structures, Part 2 Imposed Loads.
5. IS: 875 (Part-3): 1987- “Design Loads (other than Earth Quake) for Building
and Structures, Part 3 Wind Loads.
6. IS: 875 (Part-4): 1987- “Design Loads (other than Earth Quake) for Building
and Structures, Part 4 Snow Loads.
7. IS: 875 (Part-5): 1987- “Design Loads (other than Earth Quake) for Building
and Structures, Part 5 Special Loads and Load Combination.
8. IS: 883:1966 “Code of Practice for Design of Structural Timber in Building”
9. IS 1904:1987 “Code of Practice for Structural Safety of Buildings:
Foundation”
10. IS: 1905:1987 “Code of Practice for Structural Safety of Buildings:
Masonry Walls
11. IS: 2911 (Part 1) section 1: 1979 “Code of Practice for Design and
Construction of Pile Foundation Section 1
Part 1: Section 2 Based Cast-in-situ Piles
Part 1: Section 3 Driven Pre Cast Concrete Piles
Part 1: Section 4 Based Pre Cast Concrete Piles
Part 2: Timber Piles
Part 3: Under Reamed Piles
Part 4: Load Test on Piles
Besides the DDMC shall take appropriate decisions to enforce Codes for Earth
Quake Protection, Wind Storm protection, etc
5.2 STRUCTURAL MITIGATION MEASURES
It is immensely pivotal for the planning community to respond towards disaster
management positively. The Third Master Plan for Amritsar – 2021, which is
under preparation, should clearly come out with provisions prescribed in the
amended legislations related to disaster management. Urban disaster
management is intimately connected to the wholesome process of urban
development and therefore needs a sincere incorporation in the development
planning itself.
The industrial relocation/location, unauthorized-regularization issue, slumming,
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over densification and continuous influx of population to Amritsar are some of
the open concerns and that besides a planning challenge it is a concern for
disaster management.
The district shall take steps for structural mitigation of disaster management.
The departments that are associated with development of residential and
commercial plots shall strict the NOC norms. The Building codes shall be
strictly enforced in the district. Only seismically oriented engineers, contractors
and masons shall be given certificates for multi story constructions and real
estates. Simultaneously retrofitting is to be promoted with the expert advice.
The possible two structural measures for disaster protection are Retrofitting of
the existing building and Earth Quake Resistant new construction.
5.2.1 Retrofitting
For an existing building, Retrofitting or Seismic Strengthening is the only
solution to make it disaster resistant. In district Amritsar, all lifeline buildings
such as major hospitals, Schools with large space for storage, district
administration offices and other vital installations shall be retrofitted in the first
phase. In the second phase all other significant buildings shall be given priority
for seismic strengthening. Before carrying retrofitting, a panel of experts shall
be approached for assessing the structure and to suggest the type of retrofitting
required.
5.2.2 Earth Quake Resistant Construction
Promotion of Earth quake Resistant construction mainly includes construction
safety, quality control and inspection. In the previous decades, there were no
specific guidelines on EQ resistant constructions and seismic strengthening.
Due to the very fact, most of the buildings till 1990s were built without any
safety measures. But in the present scenario, there are building byelaws and
guidelines. Civic Bodies like MCD, DDA, and PWD in the district shall try to
enforce these laws.
All construction except load bearing buildings up to 3 storeys shall be carried
out under the supervision of the Construction Engineer on Record or
Construction Management Agency on Record for various seismic zones. They
shall be given a certificate based on the norms on completion of the
construction.
All the constructions for high-rise buildings higher than seven story’s, public
buildings, and special structures shall be carried out under quality inspection
programme prepared and implemented under the Quality Auditor on Record or
Quality auditor agency on Record in Seismic Zones IV and V. DDMC Amritsar
shall look in to this aspect and ensure that such prerequisites are completed and
observed by the concerned agencies and construction engineers.
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Illegal constructions, Encroachments, unapproved additions, alterations etc of
residential buildings and conversion of residential building in to commercial
purpose etc shall be checked by the District Administration with strict measures.
These unauthorized activities may lead to disasters in that particular area.
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CHAPTER 06
ACTION (RESPONSE) PLAN FOR EMERGENCY SUPPORT
FUNCTIONS
“The disaster scenario offers a range of opportunities for affected communities
to respond to the crisis, how community responds to a disaster and post disaster
aid sets the tone for the transition from disaster to development”. After
earthquake in Latur, people of that area started to monitor construction works,
retrofitting of houses and behave like “community construction watch dogs”
(IDR, Oxford, 2000).
Disaster management is a multi faceted discipline that needs different
mechanisms with diverse methodology. The action plan contains two
approaches;
1) short term plan and
2) long term response plans.
The district administration- DDMC Amritsar- has to take pre-action on these
two approaches to tackle a disaster scenario.
6.1 SHORT TERM RESPONSE PLAN
Short-term response plan contains the actions to be taken immediately after a
disaster. Once an information has been reached the district EOC or any of the
Disaster Managers in the district either from authentic or unauthentic sources, it
has to be verified soon for authenticity. Once the information is found correct,
it has to be reported to the Incident Commander via fast communication
system. The Incident Commander shall take the following actions:1. Disseminate warning/ alert to the potential victims.
2. Disseminate information to vertical and horizontal EOCs.
3. Disseminate information to vertical and horizontal Administrators
and DMTs.
4. Declare Disaster based on the severity/vulnerability.
61.1 Rescue Operations
Immediately after a disaster the Deputy Commissioner Amritsar shall act as the
District magistrate and incident commander and take over disaster
management. He/ She shall coordinate the rescue operations with the help of
the Working Group for relief and rehabilitation and the Emergency Support
Functions. Along with the rescue operations the Incident Commander shall do
the following measures:
1. Activate the Incident Command System.
2. Call meeting of Crisis Management Group
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3.
4.
5.
6.
Coordinate the ESFs in disaster management
Set up Site/ Onsite Operation Centers and activate relief camps.
Collect preliminary assessment report from the onsite EOCs.
Activate the pre-contract vendors and collect relief materials for
distribution
7. Brief the situation to the higher authority as well as to the
press/media people.
8. Ensure basic logistic arrangements for disaster managers and the
Operation Centers.
9. Mobilize resources/ call assistance from various stakeholders.
Besides there are large number of activities to be under taken by the Incident
Commander in consultation with the Crisis Management Group which are
listed in the Disaster Management Act.
6.1.2 Relief Operations
Once the rescue phase is over, the district administration shall provide
immediate relief assistance either in cash or in kind to the victims of the
disaster. The DDMC Amritsar shall enter in to pre-contract well in advance and
procure materials required for life saving. The office of Deputy Commissioner
is responsible for providing relief to the victims of natural and man made
disasters like fire, flood, drought, earthquakes, riots, terrorist attacks, accidents
etc.
The relief is provided as per the following scale fixed by the government:
Communal Riots
Death Case
Permanent Incapacitation
Rs. 1 lakh
Rs. 50,000/-
Bomb Blasts and Riots
Death
Permanent Incapacitation
Serious Injury
Minor Injury
Rs. 1 lakh in each case
Rs. 50,000/- each case
Rs. 10,000/- each case
Rs. 3,000/- each case
Fire and Other Accidents
Death (Major)
Death (Minor)
Serious Injury
Minor Injury
Rs. 50,000/- each case
Rs. 25,000/- each case
Rs. 20,000/- each case
Rs. 500/- each case
Loss of property
Animals
Rickshaw etc.
Rs. 1,000/- each
Rs. 500/- each
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Damage to residential unit (in riots)
Total damage
Substantial damage
Minor damage
Rs. 20,000/Rs. 10,000/Rs. 2000/-
Uninsured commercial property/commercial articles
50 % of the loss – up to a maximum of Rs. 50,000/Total damage to the Jhuggis – Rs. 1,000/6.1.3 Rehabilitation
In short term response rehabilitation is the final step. The incident Command
System shall be deactivated as the rehabilitation phase is over. Thereafter the
normal administration shall take up the remaining reconstruction works in the
disaster-affected areas. These activities shall be performed by the Working
Group for relief and rehabilitation under the direction of the DDMC.
6.2 LONG TERM RESPONSE PLAN
The long-term response plans are related with the Recovery and reconstruction
activities on one side and institutionalizing disaster management in district
administration on the other side. The former one is given in detail in the
coming chapter. There are Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) for the
Emergency Support Functions. In long term measures the following action
shall be undertaken dully.
1. Constitution of Emergency Support Functions, Disaster
Management Teams, Quick Response Teams, Field Response
Teams.
2. Refresher trainings for all such teams in a regular interval of time
and exercise of mock drills.
3. Continuous
awareness/sensitization
programmes
for
the
stakeholders and the general Public.
4. Getting pre-contract with venders and merchant establishments to
procure relief materials in times of disaster.
Most of the Line departments in the District, Autonomous Bodies and
Organizations are part of the Emergency Support Functions. The action
plans for ESFs for disaster management are discussed below. The
DDMC shall ensure that these actions plans are updated bi annually and
practiced through mock drills in the district.
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6 Action Plan for Amritsar Fire Service
Response Activation:
1. As soon as the Nodal Officer gets information about the disaster, he
should reach the EOC.
2. The Quick Response teams will be deployed at the Onsite EOCs.
3. As per the information from IMT, more officers may be sent at site.
Actions to be taken:
1. At the site, QRTs should contact the local volunteers and local people to
gather information about vulnerable areas so that search and rescue
operations can take place through a proper channel in heavily dense
areas, large buildings, community centers, hotels, hospitals, public
buildings and any other area having large gathering.
2. Locate the damaged and collapsed structures and rescue the population
buried and trapped in rubble.
3. The injured people should be taken out of damaged buildings etc with
utmost care.
4. Special care to women and children groups should be given as they are
expected to be more affected and helpless incase of any emergency
situation.
5. Coordinate with the Transportation ESF if a large number of medical
professionals need to be sent to the affected sites and/or a large number
of victims need to be transported to health facilities.
Equipments to be brought:
1. Water Tenders
2. Ladder Platforms
3. Haz Mat Van
4. Concrete Cutter
5. Other equipments necessary for Search and Rescue Operations, depends
upon need.
Resources Required
 Acoustic listening devices
 Search Cams
 Thermal Imaging Cameras
 Rescue gears
 Canines
 Hydraulic platform 60 mts. Telescopic cum Articulating
 Hydraulic platform 54 mts. Telescopic cum Articulating tip boom.
 Hydraulic platform 45 mts. Telescopic cum Articulating tip boom and
rotating cage
 Hydraulic Telescopic crane (45 mts. 100 tom capacity)
 Hydraulic/ pneumatic rescue tools (Heavy duty industrial type) Concrete
saws, portables, gasoline operated with diamond chains
 12” & 14” with water pump & hose/ connectors.
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Concrete breakers (28 kgs)
Concrete breakers (10 kgs)
Pneumatic High-pressure lifting bags 12 to 132 tons.
Life detector compact system
Helmets with head mounted strap lights/ battery
& Wireless/ walkie-talkie adapters
Mechanical jack supports
Hydraulic jacking system
Front End Loader (JCB Type)
• Bucket cap 1.0 cu.mt/Back hoe cap. 0.2/0.3 cu.mt. HP
• Bucket cap 2.0 cu.mt. HP
• Bucket cap. 1.0 cu.mt. HP
Excavator , Bucket Cap 0.3 cu m.wt. @ 7/8 ton, HP @ 50/60 HP
Bucket cap 1.0 cu.mt. wt. @ 20/25 ton HP @ 120/135
Wheel Dozer G14 D type, Bulldozer D80 A12, Tipper truck, Tractors,
Lifting crane cap. 25 ton.
Mobile medical van, Tata Sumo
Dead animal van/Animal ambulance
De watering pump heavy duty mounted on a LCV
Towing crane, Trailer 25 ton to transfer the machinery
Mobile Breakdown Unit
Other Resources
 emergency lights, torches
 public Address Systems (battery operated)
 Stretchers, Covered dustbins
 Earth digging equipment
 Polythene sheets, Firefighting equipment
 Bleaching Powder, First aid kits
 Protective shoes/gloves, Causality bags
Composition of search and rescue team
The Typical Search & Rescue Team should consist of:
 Rescue and evacuation team
 Relief team, Medical unit, Technical support team
 Damage & need Assessment team
Requirements of Fire Stations in Amritsar
1. There are 10 drivers in the four fire stations of Amritsar and their
requirement is of 17 drivers. So, 7 drivers are needed.
2. 8 water vouchers are needed.
3. There is only one generator and water filling center and its capacity
is of 4500 liter which is in fire head quarter. More generators and
water filling centers are needed.
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4. There is lack of staff in these fire stations and 40 manpower is
needed.
5. 17 staff members are needed in each fire station.
6. NOC is not there in new constructed buildings like malls etc.
7. Ladder is of 42 feet only and buildings are of 130 feet.
Sr.
No.
ACTION
PLAN
RESPONSE
ACTIVATION:
ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN:
1.
Police
1. The Nodal Officer
from
Amritsar
Police will activate
the
Quick
Response teams.
2. The
Quick
Response
teams
will be deployed at
the onsite EOCs.
3. As
per
the
information from
IMTs,
more
officers may be
sent at site.
2.
Civil Defence 1. As soon as the
Nodal Officer gets
&
Home
information about
Guards
the disaster, reach
the EOC.
2. The
Quick
Response
teams
will be deployed at
the three sites.
1. If felt, cordoning of area to restrict
movement of onlookers, vehicular
and pedestrian traffic should be
done.
2. Quick assessment of law and order
situation in affected areas.
3. Prepare updates on the law and
order situation every 2-3 hours and
brief the Incident Commander.
4. Arrangements
for
controlling
situations like rioting and looting.
5. QRTs will guard property and
valuables in affected areas.
6. Control and monitor traffic
movement.
7. QRTs will provide diversion of
traffic on alternate routes as and
when it is necessary.
8. The QRTs will also provide
information about traffic flow
along various corridors, especially
heavy traffic or congested roads.
9. QRTS will communicate to police
control rooms, details on the field
activities including deployment
and reinforcement of staff and
resources and communicate nature
of additional requirements.
1. Support and coordinate with the
Incident Command System of
Amritsar for Law and Order,
Search and Rescue and Medical
Response and Trauma Counselling
functions.
2. Locate the damaged and collapsed
structures
and
rescue
the
population buried and trapped in
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EQUIPMENTS
TO
BE
BROUGHT:
1. Search lights
2. Electric
Generators
3. Crane-Heavy
Duty,
Fork
Type
4. Recovery Van
5. Stretchers
6. First Aid Kits
7. Vehicles:
Mini Buses,
heavy trucks,
light
ambulance
vans,
mobilization
trucks
8. Water tanker
9. Any other
1. Extension
Ladders
2. Sledge
Hammers
3. Lifting
Tackles
4. Stretchers
5. Tarpaulins
6. Any other
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3. As
per
the
rubble.
information
3. The injured people should be taken
received
from
out of damaged buildings etc with
IMT, more officers
utmost care.
may be sent at site. 4. Special care to women and
children groups should be given as
they are expected to be more
affected and helpless incase of any
emergency situation.
5. In case of fire, the CD team
members should do fire fighting.
6. First Aid should be provided along
with the members of ESF on
Medical Response.
7. Demonstrate Search and Rescue.
3.
4.
1. Team Leader will
activate
ESF
on
receiving information
of the disaster from
State EOC
2. Team leader will
inform Nodal Officers
of support agencies
about the event and
ESF activation.
after
MTNL/BSNL 1. Soon
receiving
information about
disaster (from any
source),
Nodal
Officer
will
contact
State/
District
Emergency
Operations Center.
2. The Nodal Officer
from Landline will
activate the Quick
Response Teams.
3. As
per
the
information from
Incident
Management
Team, more teams
may be deployed
Transport
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Team leader communicates
situation to support agencies and
requests for detailed information on
the
status
of
transportation
infrastructure in the affected area(s)
1. Communicate situation to support 1. Emergency
agencies (Tata, Airtel, Vodafone,
Communicati
Idea, NIC, and HAM etc.) and
on Van with
request for detailed information on
GSM
and
the status of equipment and
CDMA
infrastructure damage in the
services.
affected areas.
2. Other
2. Launch assessment mission to
necessary
understand better the nature of
equipments to
damage to telecom services and
restore
network.
communicatio
3. Ensure possible arrangements for
n
network/
establishing
reliable
and
set-up
appropriate network.
alternative
4. Work out a plan of action for
emergency
private telecom companies and
communicatio
convene a meeting to discuss and
n.
finalize the modalities.
5. Compile and communicate Action
taken Report to District and State
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at affected sites.
5.
Private
Mobile
Operators
1. Soon
after
receiving
information about
the calamity (from
any source), Nodal
Officer
will
contact
Team
Leader
from
Landline.
2. The Nodal Officer
will activate the
Quick Response
Teams.
3. The
Quick
Response Teams
will be deployed at
the three incident
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Authorities.
6. New number and details of contact
persons to be communicated to
Emergency Operations Center
(District/ State).
7. Mobile exchanges should be
deployed as alternative mode of
communication for authorities and
general public.
8. Establish telephone facilities for
the public and information on this
should be announced through
media.
9. Monitor the situation and arrange
for emergency staff required to
operate systems established.
10. Inform district/ state authorities on
debris clearance of the work
required.
11. Initiate temporary rehabilitation
work required.
12. Launch rehabilitation work and
arrange for repairs and relocation,
if required.
13. Make available various types of
equipment/ material/ technical
manpower and services, if
requested.
1. Communicate situation to Landline 1. Emergency
and
arrange
for
detailed
Communicati
information on the status of
on Van with
equipment
and
infrastructure
GSM
and
damage in the affected area(s).
CDMA
2. Launch assessment mission to
services.
understand better the nature of 2. Other
damage to telecom services and
necessary
network.
equipments to
3. Ensure possible arrangements for
restore
establishing
reliable
and
communicatio
appropriate network.
n
network/
4. Work out a plan of action for
set-up
restoration and convene a meeting
alternative
to discuss and finalize the
emergency
modalities.
communicatio
5. Compile and communicate Action
n.
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sites.
Taken Report to MTNL.
4. As
per
the 6. New numbers and details of
information from
contact
persons
to
be
Incident
communicated
to
Emergency
Management
Operations Centre (District/ State).
Team, more teams 7. Mobile exchanges should be
may be deployed
deployed as alternative mode of
at affected sites.
communication for authorities and
general public.
8. Establish telephone facilities for
the public and information on this
should be announced through
media.
9. Monitor the situation and arrange
for emergency staff required to
operate systems established.
10. Inform district/ state authorities on
debris clearance of the work
required.
11. Initiate temporary rehabilitation
work required.
12. Launch rehabilitation work and
arrange for repairs and relocation,
if required.
13. Make available various type of
equipment/ material/ technical
manpower and services, if
requested.
6.
HAM radio 1. Inform other Ham
clubs, individuals
operators
from other parts of
Amritsar.
2. HAM
radio
operators, through
their association,
call
active
members to set up
a
HAM
communication
system.
3. Coordination
mechanisms to be
shared with critical
authorities.
4. Setup alternative
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communication
network till the
main
communication
linkages restored.
7.
MCA
1. MCA will bring debris of heavy RCC structures (having
beams/ columns) and put dummies beneath the debris. This
will facilitate demonstration of search and rescue
operations. Soon after search and rescue team leave the site,
MCA will mobilize equipments for debris clearance.
2. MCA will assume main role in Equipment support, debris
and road clearance, on receiving the intimation of the
disaster from State EOC.
3. MCA will coordinate with the supporting agency’s officers
to mobilize equipments from the ware houses.
4. The respective supporting agencies will contact their
respective personal to move the equipments to central
warehouse.
5. The equipments like JCB, concrete cutters identified as per
the need will be transported to the site.
6. On receiving intimation on the intensity of the damages of
structure, the nodal officer will make an assessment on of
the damages of roads and structures reported at the site and
surrounding areas.
7. The Supporting Agencies nodal officers will call for
personal to immediately start debris clearance operation to
enable movement of the affected site.
8. A review of the current situation is taken up by the nodal
agency to update the support agencies to delegate their
respective personnel to take precautionary measure to plan
de-routes for the transportation ESF’s to be operational.
9. All supporting agencies will inspect the road/ rail network
and structures within the disaster site and surrounding.
10. MCA will also ensure proper corpse disposal and post
mortem by coordinating with ESF on medical response.
11. Assessment of damage (locations, no. of structures
damaged, severity of damage).
12. The QRTs will be deployed at the affected site.
13. Enlisting the types of equipment as compiled from resource
inventory required for conducting the debris clearance.
14. The QRTs will report the situation and the progress in
response activities to the respective EOCs.
15. Undertake construction of temporary roads to serve as
access to temporary transit and relief camps, and medical
facilities for disaster victims.
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1. JCB, concrete
breakers,
cranes,
Grader,
Bulldozers,
Gas
Cutter,
Jack Hammer,
Tipper,
Folkanes,
Dumper,
Aeromatic
Hammer for
debris/ road
clearance,
supporting
rescue
operations.
2. Vehicles
(Trucks).
3. Earth movers,
rescue
equipments.
4. Mobile
medical vans.
5. Other disaster
management
related
equipments.
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16. Undertake repair of all paved and unpaved road surfaces
including edge metalling, pothole patching and any failure
of surface, foundations in the affected areas by maintenance
engineer’s staff and keep monitoring their conditions.
17. Ensure a critical number of medical professionals to reach
the site including specialists from outside the state.
18. If temporary living arrangements are being made from the
affected populace, the MCA must ensure high standards of
sanitation in settlements in order to prevent the multiplicity
of the disaster.
19. It should also ensure the provision of medicine and other
medical facilities required at the disaster site and the
hospital health centers catering to disaster victims.
20. In case of orthopedic care required in disasters like
earthquakes the immediate response would have to be
complimented by a follow up treatment schedule for a
majority of the patients in/ near their place of residence.
21. MCA should ensure setting up of temporary information
centers at MCA hospitals with the help of ESF on help lines
and warning dissemination.
22. MCA will coordinate, direct, and integrate state level
response to provide Equipments support, relief camps
establishment, and sanitation health assistances.
23. Mobilize different modes of transportation e.g. trucks, etc to
be put on stand-by.
24. Assist timely re-establishment of the critical transportation
links.
25. Establish temporary electricity supplies for relief material
go downs and relief camps.
26. Compile an itemized assessment of damage, from reports
made by various receiving centers and sub-centers.
8.
PWD
1. The above agencies will bring debris of heavy RCC 1. JCB, concrete
structures (having beams/columns) and put dummies
breakers,
beneath the debris. This will facilitate demonstration of
cranes, Grader
search and rescue operations. Soon after search and rescue
Bulldozers,
leave the site, will mobilize equipments for debris
Gas
Cutter,
clearance.
Jack Hammer,
2. Assume role in Equipment support, debris and road
Tipper,
clearance, on receiving the intimation of the disaster from
Folkanes,
State EOC/ Nodal Officer of MCA.
Dumper,
3. Coordinate with the MCA officers to mobilize equipments
Aeromatic
from the ware houses.
Hammer for
4. Contact respective personal to move the equipments to
debris/ road
central warehouses.
clearance,
5. The equipments like JCB, concrete cutters identified as per
supporting
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the need will be transported to the site.
rescue
6. On receiving intimation on the intensity of the damages of
operations.
structures, the nodal officer will make an assessment on of 2. Vehicles
the damages of roads and structures reported at the site and
(Trucks),
surrounding areas.
Earth movers,
7. The nodal officer will call for personal to immediately start
rescue
debris clearance operation to enable movement to the
equipments,
affected site.
Mobile
8. A review of the current situation should be taken up by the
medical vans.
nodal agency to update the support agencies to delegate 3. Other disaster
their respective personnel to take precautionary measure to
management
plan de-routes for the transportation ESF’s to be
related
operational.
equipments.
9. All supporting agencies will inspect the road/rail network
and structures within the disaster site and surrounding.
10. Ensure proper corpse disposal and post mortem by
coordinating with ESF on medical response.
11. Assessment of damage (locations, no. of structures
damaged, severity of damage).
12. The QRTs will be deployed at the affected site.
13. Enlisting the types of equipment as compiled from resource
inventory required for conducting the debris clearance.
14. The QRTs will report the situation and the progress in
response activities to the respective EOCs.
15. Undertake construction of temporary roads to serve as
access to temporary transit ans relief camps, and medical
facilities for disaster victims.
16. Undertake repair of all paved and unpaved road surfaces
including edge metalling, pothole patching and any failure
of surface, foundations in the affected areas by maintenance
engineer’s staff and keep monitoring their conditions.
17. Ensure a critical number of medical professionals to reach
the site including specialists from outside the state
18. If temporary living arrangements are being made from the
affected populace, the agencies must ensure high standards
of sanitation in settlements in order to prevent the
multiplicity of the disaster.
19. Coordinate, direct, and integrate response equipments
support, relief camps establishment, and sanitation health
assistances.
20. Mobilizes different modes of transportation e.g. Trucks, etc
to be put on stand-by.
21. Assist timely re-establishment of the critical transportation
links.
22. Establish temporary electricity supplies for relief material do
downs and relief camps.
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23. Compile an itemized assessment of damage, from reports
made by various receiving centers and sub-centers.
9.
Health
Services
 Nodal Officer will
call nodal officers
of
supporting
agencies
 In
coordination
with
the
transportation ESF,
it will ensure a
critical number of
medical
professionals
to
reach the sites
including
specialists
 If temporary living
arrangements are
being made from
the
affected
populace,
must
ensure
high
standards
of
sanitation
in
settlements
in
order to prevent
the multiplicity of
the disaster.
 Also ensure the
provision
of
medicine and other
medical facilities
required at the
disaster site and
the hospital health
centers catering to
disaster victims
 In
case
of
orthopedic
care
required,
immediate
response
would
have
to
be
complimented by a
follow
up
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1.
Readying all hospitals
(including private hospitals) for
managing large no. of causalities
and severely injured populations.
2.
Sufficient
stock
of
required medicines, vaccines,
drugs, plasters, syringes, etc.
3.
Provide
systematic
approach to patient care (Mass
Casuality Management).
 Triage done to determine who
needs to be taken to a medical
facility on a priority basis and
who can be treated on-site.
(CATS, DHS, CGHS).
 First-aid provided as required
(CATS, DFS, CD, Red Cross.
St. Johns).
 Patient
Stabilized
before
transport (CATS, DHS).
 Patients transported to nearest
available
medical
facility
having the required facilities
(CATS, CD, St. Johns).
 Trauma counseling provided to
the victims and their relatives at
the site and in the hospital.
 In the hospital emergency
department, triage carried out
again to prioritize treatment,
and appropriate care provided.
 Maintain
patient
tracking
system to keep record of all
patients treated.
 Deploy mobile hospitals as
needed.
1) Mobile
medical vans
(Clinics) with
paramedical
staff as well.
2) Mobile
radiology
units,
pathology test
arrangements.
3) Vehicles for
carrying
severely
injured.
4) Stretchers, life
saving drugs,
blood etc.
5) Other
resources
required
during
emergency for
setting
up
medical
camps.
4.
Arrange for additional
blood supply, organize blood
donation camp for additional blood
requirement.
5.
Provide for sending
additional
medical
personnel
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treatment schedule
for a majority of
the patients’ in/
near their place of
residence
 Trained
professionals
should
be
mobilized
by
psychosocial
support
 Ensure setting up
of
temporary
information centers
at hospitals with
the help of ESF on
help lines and
warning
dissemination
 Coordinate, direct,
and integrate state
level response to
provide
medical
and
sanitation
health assistances.
equipped with food, bedding, and
tents.
6.
Send vehicles and any
additional medical equipment.
7.
QRTs will report the
situation and the progress on action
taken by the team to the respective
EOCs.
 QRTs Quickly assess type of
injuries, no. of people affected,
and possible medical needs.
 QRTs will ensure timely
response to the needs of the
affected victims.
Red
Cross 1) Upon receipt of
notification about
Society
disaster,
nodal
officer
will
activate
quick
response teams.
2) The quick response
teams will be
1) Establish camps to provide first aid
and minor medical services to
affected populace.
2) Mobilize stretchers
3) Organize blood donation camps
and encourage people to donate
blood.
4) Arrange for safe collection,
Establish health facility
and treatment centers at disaster
sites.
9.
The district civil surgeon
with district/state control room
should coordinate the provision of
medical services.
10.
Procedures ahould be
clarified between
 Peripheral hospitals
 Private hospitals
 Blood banks
 General hospitals and
 Health services established
at transit camps, relief
camps and affected villages.
11.
QRTs should maintain
check posts and surveillance at each
railway junctions, ST depots and all entry
and exit points from the affected area,
especially during the threat or existence of
an epidemic.
10.
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deployed at
three sites
the
storage, testing and supply of blood
to needy populace.
5) Provide ambulance service
11.
1. Team leader of ESF
Irrigation
and
Flood will activate Quick
Response Team
Control
2. QRTs will be
deployed at all three
sites
1.
QRT to report situation and
progress of action to the EOC
2. Coordinate will Team leader for
water supply
3.
Provide arrangements for
transportation means across river
Yamuna in case bridge network fails
12.
Food
and 1. Team Leader will
ESF
on
Civil Supplies activate
receiving information
of the disaster from
State EOC
2. Team leader will
inform Nodal Officers
of support agencies
about the event and
ESF activation
1. Coordinate with ESFs related to 1. Food packets
transportation, debris and road
clearance to ensure quality supply
chain management and relief materials
2. QRTs to report to site of relief
camps
3. QRTs responsible for management
and distribution of food and relief
items to affected victims
4. QRTs responsible for reporting
progress of action taken to EOC
5. Preparing take-home food packets
for families
6.
Ensuring support to local
administration
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CHAPTER 07
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES
Emergency Support functions (ESFs) are intended to help the Incident
Commander, Amritsar District at the time of emergency for restoring normal
life. The ESF is an organized system of District level departments and agencies,
which are to be worked under a structured pattern for response and recovery in
accordance with the National Disaster Management Guidelines.
The Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) for ESFs explains about the
operations and responsibilities of the leading and supporting agencies that are to
be involved in the ESF system. The document also outlines the purpose and
scope for each function of operation that is to be followed by the respective ESF
agencies when the Incident Commander activates the response plan during the
emergency period.
The head of each primary department who is the Team Leader of each ESF and
the nodal officers of the supporting agencies are responsible to be prepared for
potential hazards that might impact the district severely. These
departments/agencies have clearly identified roles and functions in accordance
with the National Response Plan (NRP). They have been grouped in as ESFs as
per their nature and type of assistance they can provide. When the team leaders
of these ESFs are located in the EOC, they would function for the overall
district response.
7.1 SOP FOR EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
The major functions of the incident command system are summarized as
follows. Nevertheless, they are to be released in cooperation of all the ESFs and
participating agencies in disaster management. The Incident commander is
given with full control and command over the entire teams in district level.
7.1.1.
EMERGENCY
SUPPORT
NODAL
SUPPORTING
SCOPE
FUNCTION
AGENCY
AGENCIES
(ESF)
ESF 1
Deputy
Police,
Municipal  Coordination among all the
COORDINATION Commissioner cooperation,
PWD,
ESFs.
& Additional Health
Department,  Incident
Commander-has
District
Electricity Bard, Fire
overall responsibility at the
Magistrate
Service, Public Relation
incident.
Determines
Officer and any other
objectives and Establishes
relevant
departments
priorities based on the nature
requiredduring
of the incident, available
emergency.
resources and agency police.
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ACTION AREAS/RESPONSIBILITIES
SOPs FOR NODAL AGENCY
 Operations- Develops tactical organization and directs all resources to
carry out the Incident Action Plan.
 Incident commander (IC) will call nodal officer of each ESF on the status
of disaster.
 IC will coordinate, direct and integrate ESF and quick response team
(QRT) for effective response to disaster.
 Planning- Develops the Incident Action Plan to accomplish the
objectives, collect and evaluates information, and maintains status of
assigned resources.
 IC will coordinate, provide situation/progress reports on the action taken
by the ESF too respective state and national level response to provide
medical health, relief material, personnel and equipment and expert
assistance.
 Consult experts for effective response.
 Conduct brainstorming of consultants/experts officials to resolve
complicated issues formed in field like evacuation of people from
incident area.
 Logistic- Provide resources and all other services needed to support the
organization.
 Finance/Administration- Monitors costs related to the incident, provides
accounting, procurement, time recording, cost analysis, and overall fiscal
guidance.
SOP’s FOR INCIDENT COMMANDER ON CO-ORDINATION
All supporting Nodal Officers of emergency support Functions will provide
updates of the field situation to incident Commander: All ESF’s will supervise and direct the QRTs on respective movement
for disaster management.
 Nodal Officer will provide data on damage assessment in coordination
with relevant departments on the
 Number of lives lost
 Number of people affected
 Number of houses, hospitals, schools and other public buildings
damages (category wise)
 Area wise loss of electricity and water supply has happened etc.
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NODAL OFFICER
Name
Designation
Kahan singh Pannu, Deputy
Commissioner
I.A.S
Commissioner
Kharbanda, I.A.S.
M.C.
Paramjit
P.C.S.
Singh, ADC (G)
ALTERNATE
NODAL OFFICER
Subash
Chander,
P.C.S
Monish
Kumar,
P.C.S.
Bhupinder
Singh,
P.C.S.
Gian Singh
P.C.S.
Bal,
S.P. Garg, P.R.S.
Manpreet
P.C.S.
Singh,
Gurwaryam
P.C.S.
singh,
Kawaljit
P.R.S.
Singh,
Maninder Singh
Bakshish Singh
DDMP-AMRITSAR
Phones
Name
with STd
code
Singh,
P.C.S.
Kulwant
Singh,
P.C.S.
Mukhtiar
Singh
Harpreet
Singh
Designation Phone
with STD
code
ADC (D)
Add.
Comm.
M.C.
V.K. Setia
Reader NT
V.K. Setia
PCS
Nirmal
singh PRS
Jagmohan
singh
SDM
Ajnala
Tehsildar,
Ajnala
Naib
Tehsildar,
Ajnala
Major
Naib
Singh
Tehsildar,
Ajnala
Deewan
Naib
Singh
Tehsildar,
Ajnala
Rajinder
SDM-Baba
Pal singh, Bakala
P.C.S.
Hansa
Tehsildar,
singh
Baba
Bakala
Parampreet Naib
singh
Tehsildar,
Goraya
Baba
Bakala
Tarsem
Naib
singh
Tehsildar,
Tarsika
Parkash
Naib
Singh
Tehsildar,
Mahal
Khadoor
168
Rajesh
P.R.S.
Sahib
Naib
Tehsildar,
Goindwal
Sahib
Flood
Control
Room
Balwinder
Singh
sharma,
Joginder Pal Salwan Naib Tehsildar
II
Surinder
singh
XEN
Dainage
List of Government Officers Telephone Number and Mobile Number
Sr.
No.
Designation of the
Officers
1
2
Commissioner of
Police
I.G.P/Border
3
4
DIG/ Border Range
D.C.P., Amritsar City
5
A/DCP City-I
6
A/ DCP/ Hq.
7
A/DCP/City-II
8
A/DCP/Crime
9
A/DCP/Traffic
10
A/DCP/Special
11
ACP Central
12
ACP/East
13
ACP/South
14
ACP/North
15
ACP/West
16
ACP/Crime
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Name of the Officers
Mobile No.
Sh. Parampal Singh
97811-30101
Office No.
Sh. I.P.S. Sahota
98140-48900
98140-49908
Sh. Ram Singh IPS
98159-75100
Sh. Amar Singh Chahal 98767-00251
PPS
Mrs. Dhanpreet Kaur 97811-10931
IPS
Sh. Harinderjit Singh 97811-30102
PPS
81460-73333
Sh. Makhan Singh, PPS 98729-00015
97811-30104
Sh. Shamsher Jang 98723-00067
Bahadur, PPS
97811-30105
Sh. Satpal Joshi
97801-00060
97813-30103
Sh.
Baljit
Singh 97811-30103
Randhawa
Sh. Inderbir Singh, IPS
97799-01498
97811-30106
Sh. Rahul.S, IPS
97811-30113
80546-47484
Sh. Rajbir Singh, PPS
98727-40316
97811-30107
Sh. Kirpal Singh, PPS
98554-35751
97811-30112
Sh. Kuljit Singh, PPS
97811-30109
99157-16013
Sh. Manminder Singh, 98762-00662
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Reader
Mobile
No.
17
18
19
20
ACP/Special
D.A. Legal
A.O.
SP/Jail Amritsar DSP/
Jail Patti
7.1.2
ESF 2
COMMUNI
CATION
PPS
Sh. Avtar Singh, PPS
Sh. Surjit Singh Thind
Sh. Gurdeep Singh
Sh. G.S. Sidhu
Sh. R.K. Sharma
Senior
Superintendent
of Police
97811-30110
97811-30114
93561-33040
95929-14199
98760-05901
98760-05933
NIC,
 Should ensure the smooth
EXISTING
flow of information
WIRELESS
 For establishing, using,
OPERATOR
maintaining, augmenting,
(POLICE,
and providing backup for
FIRE,
all of the type of
REVENUE),
communications devices
Government
needed during emergency
and
Private
response operations.
Telecommuni
cation, Radio
Operator
Clubs,
Doordarshan,
Media,
NGO’s,
BSNL,
Mobile Phone
Operators
Situation Assumptions
1. There would be a congestion in the network because of increased calls to
control rooms due to panic created in the community.
2. The initial reports on damage may not give a clear picture of the extent of
damage to communication network.
3. The affected site may cut off from the state control rooms and the officials
on site and find difficulty in communicating to the District/State EOC.
4. Police wireless network will only be the reliable communication network
till the other communication networks are fully restored.
ACTION AREAS/RESPONSIBILITY
INITIAL ACTION
 Prepare and implement incident wireless communication plan
 Ensure that incident communication center and message center are
established.
 Establish appropriate communication distribution/maintenance locations
within base/ camps
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 Ensure equipment accountability system is established
 Ensure personal potable wireless sets cache is distributed as for incident
wireless communication plan
Provide technical information required
1.
adequacy of communication system currently in operation
2.
Geographic limitation on communication system
3.
Equipment capabilities/limitations
4.
Number and types of equipment available
5.
Anticipated problems is the use of communication equipments
 Ensure equipments are tested and repaired
 Recover equipments from released units
 Responsible to receive and transmit wireless and telephone messages
among to between personnel to provide dispatch services at the incident
 Set up message center location as required
 Receive and transmit messages within and external to incident
 Maintain files of general messages.
 Maintain a record of unusual incident occurrences.
SOPs for Nodal Agency:
 Team leader (TL) of Communication ESF will activate the ESF on
receiving the intimation of occurrence of the disaster from the District
EOC.
 TL would inform Nodal Officers (NOs) of support agencies about the
event and ESF activation.
 TL would establish contact with the district EOC for First Information
Report
 TL requests for reports from local ESF contact persons (this would be the
local office of ESF Nodal Agency) to understand the current situation
and action taken Based on information given by the supporting agencies,
TL decides on the need to launch an assessment mission to estimate the
extent of damage to telecom services and network as well as to come up
with possible arrangements to establishing reliable and appropriate
network.
 TL communicates situation to supporting agencies and also requests to
provide details on the status of equipment and infrastructure in the
affected area(s).
 TL informs the Incident Commander on the status of telecom services.
 TL works out a plan of action for private telecom companies and
convenes a meeting of all ESF members to discuss and finalize the
modalities.
 TL issues orders to establish systems and reports to District EOCs on the
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



action taken. New phone numbers and details of contact persons would
also be communicated. If required mobile exchanges would be
deployed.(need explanation---mobile exchanges)
TL gets the temporary telephone facilities established for the public.
Prior information on this would be announced through media
HAM radio operators would be informed about the current requirements
and coordination mechanisms shared.
TL monitors the situation and arranges emergency staff required to
operate established systems.
TL sends the District Quick Response team at the affected site with the
required equipments and other resources.
SOPs for Quick Response Team on Communication
 The QRT (Quick Response Team) members will reach to the nodal
office as soon as they will get instructions from the TL.
 Once the QRTs receive any intimation from the nodal officer to reach at
the site they would rush to the site.
 At the emergency site QRT members will take stock of the situation from
the IC and would also know about their counter parts.
 QRTs would assess the ground situation and would send sectoral report
to the District ESF agency.
 A sectoral report would contain following:
• An assessment of overall damage, listing specifically:
• Overhead route damage (in miles/kilometers).
• Cable damage (in yards/meters).
• Specific equipment damaged.
• Establish a temporary communication facility for use by the public
 Identify requirements of manpower, vehicles and other materials and
equipments Give priority and concentrate on repairs and normalization of
communication system at disaster-affected areas.
 Begin restoration by removing and salvaging wires and poles from the
roadways with the help of casual laborers.
 Carry out temporary building repairs to establish a secured storage area
for the s equipments and salvaged materials.
 Report all activities to head office
 Begin restoration by removing and salvaging wires and poles from the
roadways through recruited casual laborers.
 Establish a secure storage area for incoming equipments and salvaged
materials.
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NODAL OFFICER
Designation
Name
Phone
with
STD
code
P.K. Rai, Sen.
Superintendent
I.P.S.,
of Police
Amritsar
SUPPORTING OFFICERS
Name
Designation
Phone
with
STD
code
ESF 3
EVACUATION
SEARCH AND
RESCUE
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Municipal
Cooperation,
P.W.D. (B & R)
Civil
defense
and homeguard,
police,
fire
Brigade,
Education
Department
Name
Designation
Vibhuraj,
I.P.S.
majitha
Sen.
Superintendent
of Police
Name
Designation
Phone
with
STD
code
Phone
with
STD
code
Civil
Defense,  Identification
ire
Services,
of evacuation
police,
Health
and
Department,
 Alternative
Army,
NCC,
routes
and
NSS, Red Cross
coordinating
volunteers, etc.
search and
 Rescue during
field
operation
 Army assured
the
full
cooperation as
earthmoving
equipment
and medical
were
concerned
ROLE
OF
ARMY
 Search
and
rescue
operations
 Evacuation
 Traffic
management
and security
of properties
 Medical Aid
PWD
173
 Search
and
rescue
operations
 Provide
temporary
shelters
 Construction
materials
 Restoration of
infrastructure
7.1.3 ESF 3 EVACUATION
Situation Assumptions
Local community task forces will initiate search and rescue at residential level
Volunteers and QRT will require coordination
Access to affected area will be limited
Some site may be accessible only through air route
• Most of the buildings would be damaged and would not remain safe for
citizens.
• Many structures would be damaged and there would be an urgent need to
evacuate.
SOPs for Nodal Agency:
 Team leader (TL) of Evacuation ESF would activate the ESF on
receiving the warning of the disaster from District EOC.
 TL would inform Nodal Officers (NOs) of supporting agencies about the
event and ESF activation.
 TL will direct the QRTs to be deployed at the affected site.
 TL will gather information on availability of predefined evacuation
routes.
 Where the predefined evacuation routes are not available, the nodal
officer would coordinate through District EOC with other ESFs nodal
officers and the support agencies about clearing of routes and identifying
alternate routes.
SOPs for Quick Response Team on evacuation
o The QRT members will reach the nodal office as soon as they get instructions
to do so from the TL.
o Once the quick response teams receive an order from the nodal officer for
reaching the site they would rush to the site.
o On reaching at the site the QRT members will take stock of the situation from
the Incident Management Team at the site and their counter parts.
o The quick response teams with the help of local task forces will start
evacuating peoples to safe shelters or open areas.
o The QRT members should concentrate more on evacuation in areas that have
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been worst affected by the disasters.
o Reporting about all the activities to head office.
ESF 3 Search and Rescue
Background: Search and Rescue operations are one of the primary activities
taken up in a post disaster situation. The promptness in these operations can
make a remarkable difference in the amount of loss of life and property.
Situation Assumptions
• Local community task forces will initiate search and rescue at residential level
• Spontaneous volunteers will require coordination
• Access to affected areas will be limited.
• Some sites may be accessible only through air routes only
SOPs for Nodal Agency
• IC will call the TL of Primary Agency and get the ESF activated.
• TL of primary agency will call nodal officers of supporting agencies.
• TL would activate the District Quick Response Team.
• Quick Assessment of the S& R operations through Aerial surveys
• Assessments of the specific skill sets and the other equipments required.
• Using IDRN network to check and map the availability of resources in and
round the disaster site.
SOP for Quick Response Team on Search & Rescue
Assessment of damage (locations, number. of structures damaged, severity of
damage)
The QRTs will be deployed at the affected site.
Enlisting the types of equipment required for conducting the S&R
QRTs will report the situation and the progress in response activities to the
respective EOCs.
PHONE NUMBERS OF FIRE BRIGADE OFFICERS/ WORKERS IN
DISTRICT AMRITSAR
SR.
NO.
1
2
3
4
NAME
Sh. Gurveer Singh
Sh. K.K. Rana
Sh. Madan Lal
Sh.
Tarlochan
Singh
DDMP-AMRITSAR
DESIGNATION
PHONE NUMBERS
A.D.F.O
S.F.O
9216157810
9216157811, 9417357386,
5060711
9216157812
9216157813, 9417108360,
2506676
S.F.O
S.F.O
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5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
Sh. Shamaun Gill
S. Anup Singh
S. Lovepreet Singh
Sh. Rishu Bhatti
S. Ajaib Singh
S. Swaran Singh
Sh. Varinder Kumar
S. Joginder Singh
Sh. Ashok Kumar
S. Avtar Singh
Sh. Deepak Sharma
S. Nishaan Singh
S. Amreek Singh
S. Dilbaag Singh
S.
Sawinderpal
Singh
S. Jaspal Singh
S. Harwinder Singh
Sadeek Masih
Sh. Raj Anthony
Sh. Anil Luthra
Sh. Janak Raj
Sh. Sarfraz
Sh. Vinod Kumar
Sh. Surinder Singh
Sh. Sukhwant Singh
Sh. Satpal Sharma
Sh. Satish Kumar
Sh.
Ravinder
Kumar
Sh. Krishan Kumar
S.F.O
S.F.O
S.F.O
Sewadar
D.O.
Chief Fireman
Fireman
Chief Fireman
D.O.
Fireman
D.O.
Fireman
Chief Fireman
Fireman
Chief Fireman
9216157814
9216157816
9216157817, 9216157818
9216157819, 9216157818
9216157820, 9216157824
9216157822
9216157824, 9216157825
9216157826, 9216157828
9216157827
9216157829
9216157830
9216157831
9216157832
9216157833
9216157836
S.F.O
Fireman
S.F.O
S.F.O
S.F.O
S.F.O
S.F.O
S.F.O
S.F.O
Driver Operator
Chief Fireman
S.F.O
Fireman
9216157837
9216157838
9876026172
9815842173
9888342818
9888287848
9417336459
0183-2402528
9815882847
9417319259
0183-5545270
9316938621
9417394387
Fireman
9417393713
7.1.4 ESF 4: Law and Order
ESF 4
LAW
ORDER
S.S.P.,
Police
AND Department
(Police
and
Traffic Police)
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Civil
Defense,  Maintain law
Home
Guard,
and order
Military,
BSF,  Protects the
Paramilitary
property
forces
valuable
commodities
 Control
crowd
 Avoid
riots
situations
176
 Wireless
communicatio
n should be in
good working
condition
Situation Assumptions
• There would be panic and people will gather at a place.
• The crowds may go out of control.
• Riots may also take place.
SOPs for Nodal Agency
• IC will call the TL of Primary Agency and get the ESF activated.
• TL of primary agency will call nodal officers of supporting agencies.
• TL would activate the District Quick Response Team.
• The QRTs will be deployed at the affected site.
• Cordoning of area to restrict movement of onlookers, vehicular and pedestrian
traffic should be done.
• Any additional requirements at site to be taken care of.
SOP for Quick Response Team on Law and order
• Quick assessment of law and order situation in affected areas
• Support and coordinate with Local Administration
• Prepare updates on the law and order situation every 4-6 hours and brief the
authorities
• Controlling situations like rioting and looting, and cordon off sensitive areas
• QRTs will guide property and valuables in affected areas.
• Control and monitor traffic movement.
• QRTs will provide diversion of traffic on alternate routes as and when it is
necessary.
• The QRTs will also provide information about traffic flow along various
corridors, especially heavy traffic or congested roads.
• QRTs will communicate to police control rooms, details on the field activities
including deployment and reinforcement of staff and resources and
communicate nature of additional requirements.
7.1.5 ESF 5 Medical Response and Trauma Counseling
ESF5
Civil
surgeon,
EMERGENCY
Department of
MEDICAL
Health
RESPONSE AND
TRAUMA
COUNCELLING
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Dispensaries,
 look
after
Mobile
emergency
dispensaries,
treatment for
Hospitals,
the injured
Ambulance
people
Service,
Blood
immediate
Bank,
Red
after
the
177
Cross,
NSS,
NCC,
Rotary
club, Lions Club,
IMA., Medicine
Stockiest, NGOs
disaster take
place
Situation Assumptions
• Emergency Medical services will be required by affected population
• Likely outbreaks of epidemic diseases after the disaster.
• Hospital services would be affected
ACTION AREA/RESPOSIBILITIES
INITIAL ACTIONS
 Development of Medical response plan
 Respond to requests for medical side and transportation for injured and ill.
 Ensure adequate number of medical professional to reach at site.
 Ensure setting up of temporary information centers at hospitals.
Amitsar

Dhab Wasti Ram Amritsar Contact: 0183-2544440

Guru Ram Das Hospital
Near Chattiwind Gate, Amritsar
Contact: 0183-2553667, 2553668

Kakkar Hospital
Green Avenue, Amritsar
Contact: 0183-2210964, 2562018
ESTABLISHMENT OF TRIAGE STATION
 Mass casualty situation will require establishment of field hospitals to
take care for the injured and to identify stabilize and transport more
serious cases to the hospitals.
 Codes should be used to recognize serious and stable cases such as red
critical yellow stable and green wounded.
 Treatment should be provided according to the casualty victim.
 Medical coordinators should propose rehabilitation centers as per the
type of casualities.
MEDICAL SUPPORT FOR RESPONSE PERSONNEL
 Properly equipped medical personnel and ambulances should be made
available to check and treat injured personnel.
MEDICAL SUPPORT AT TEMPORARY SHELTERS
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 A team will take care of people who become ill during evacuation or
later.
 Special facility to be given for care of handicapped and elderly.
SOPs for Nodal Agency
• IC will call the TL of Primary Agency and get the ESF activated.
• Team leader (TL) of primary agency will call nodal officers of supporting
agencies.
• In coordination with the transportation ESF, it will ensure a critical number of
medical professionals to be reached at the site including specialists from other
Districts.
• If temporary housing arrangements are being made for the affected
population, the ESF must ensure high standards of sanitation in settlements in
order to reduce epidemic outbreak.
• Ensuring the provision and continuous supply of medical facilities
(medicines, equipments, ambulances, doctors and manpower etc) required at the
disaster affected site and the hospital health centers catering to disaster victims.
• In case of orthopedic care required in disasters like earthquakes the immediate
response would have to be complimented by a follow up treatment schedule for
a majority of the patients in/ near their place of residence.
• Trained professionals should be mobilized by psychosocial support.
• Ensuring setting up of temporary information centers at hospitals with the
help of ESF through help lines and warning dissemination system.
• TL will coordinate, direct, and integrate state level response to provide
medical and sanitation health assistances.
• On the recommendations of the EOC, the TL also responsible to :
• Send required medicines, vaccines, drugs, plasters, syringes, etc.
• Arrange for additional blood supply. Send additional medical
personnel equipped with food, bedding and tents etc.
• Send vehicles and any additional medical equipment.
SOP for Quick Response Team (QRT) on Medical Response and Trauma
Counseling
o QRTs will provide situation and progress report s on the action taken by the
team to the respective EOCs
o QRT’s will assess type of injuries, number of people affected and possible
medical assistance needs
o QRTs will ensure timely response to the needs of the affected victims such
as:
• Establishing health facility and treatment centers at disaster sites.
• Providing medical services as reported by the District Civil Surgeon with
District EOC and State EOCs.
• Procedures should be clarified in between
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• Peripheral hospitals
• Private hospitals
• Blood banks
• General hospitals and
• Health services established at transit camps, relief camps and affected
villages.
• QRTs should maintain check posts and surveillance at each railway junction,
ST depots and all entry and exit points from the affected area, especially during
the threat or existence of an epidemic.
7.1.6 ESF 6 Water Supply
ESF6
WATER
SUPPLY
SE, Municipal Irrigation,
 Water supply will ensure
corporation
Railways,
provision
of
basic
NGOs and Fire
quantity
of
clean
Control
drinking water
 water for other purposes
in a manner that does not
allow the spread of
diseases through the
contamination of water.
Situation Assumptions:
• Existing water storage bodies will be damaged and unusable.
• There would be an urgent need of water to assist victims in rescue operation.
• Break down of sanitation system.
• Contamination of water due to outflow from sewers or due to breakage of
water pipelines.
ACTION AREAS/RESPONSIBILITIES
INITIAL ACTION
 water at temporary shelters
 ensure restoration of potable water as per standards
 Plan for emergency accommodation of water supply in or near
temporary shelters.
 Ensure cleanliness of sanitation facilities, relief shelters etc.
SOPs for Nodal Agency
• Team leader (TL) of ESF on Water Supply will activate the ESF on receiving
the intimation of the disaster from District EOC.
• TL would inform Nodal Officers (NOs) of support agencies about the event
and ESF activation.
• TL will ensure special care for women with infants and pregnant women.
• Provide for sending additional support along with food, bedding, tents
• Send vehicles and any additional tools and equipments needed.
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SOP for Quick Response Team (QRT) on Water Supply
• QRTs will ensure that supply of drinking water is made available at the
affected site and relief camps
• QRT’s will ensure the temporary sewerage lines and drainage lines are kept
separate.
• QRTs will report the situation and the progress on action taken by the team to
the EOC.
• QRTs will intimate their TL of the additional resources needed.
• Carry out emergency repairs of all damages to water supply systems.
• Assist health authorities to identify appropriate sources of potable water.
• Identify unacceptable water sources and take necessary precautions to ensure
that no water is accessed from such sources, either by sealing such arrangements
or by posting the department guards.
• Arrange for alternate water supply and storage in all transit camps, feeding
centers, relief camps, cattle camps, and also the affected areas, till normal water
supply is restored.
• Ensure that potable water supply is restored as per the standards and
procedures laid down in “Standards for Potable Water”.
• Plan for emergency accommodations for staff from outside the area
• QRTs will ensure timely response to the needs of the affected victims.
• QRTs will set up temporary sanitation facilities at the relief camps.
7.1.7 ESF 7 Relief (Food and Shelter)
ESF7
FOOD Department of
AND SHELTER Food and Civil
Supplies, PUDA,
Improvement
trust
(Punjab
Urban
Development
Authority)
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Department of  Should
Revenue, Indian
ensure
Red
Cross,
coordination
NGOs,
of activities
Department of
involving
Relief, FCI,DEO
with
the
School,
emergency
NCC,NSS,
provisions of
Water
supply,
temporary
PUNSUP,
shelters,
MARKFED,
emergency
PWD, Housing
mass feeding
Board, Builder
and
bulk
Association,
distribution
Association
of
of
relief
structural
supplies
to
engineers
and
the disaster
architects,
victims
Private
 Need
of
Contractors.
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relief
materials
 Arrange food,
fuel in the
form
of
Kerosene,
diesel etc and
tarpaulins.
 Meet
the
physical
needs
of
individuals,
families and
communities
for
safe,
secure
and
comfortable
living.
Situation Assumptions
• Probability of shortage of a critical resources
• Immediate assistance to the community at the time of resource shortage
particularly when affected area is larger.
ACTION AREAS/ RESPONSIBILITIES
INITIAL ACTION
 Responsible for supply needs for the entire incident including camps,
staging areas.
 Determine food and water requirement.
 Determine method of feeding to best fit each facility or situation.
 Obtain necessary equipments and supplies and establish working
facilities.
 Order sufficient food and potable water from the supply unit.
 Maintain an inventory of food and potable water.
 Maintain food service areas and ensure that all appropriate health and
safety measures are being followed
 Supply unit Leader
 Primarily responsible for ordering personnel, equipment and supplies
receiving and storing all supplies for the incident maintaining an
inventory of supplies servicing non expendable supplies to equipment.
 Determine, receive, distribute and store supplies and equipment.
 Receive and respond to requests for personnel, supplies and equipment.
 Maintain inventory of supplies and equipment.
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Sr. No.
1.
2.
3.
Name
of
the Address
Department/ Officers
PUDA/ADA Bhawan Housing
Board
Colony,
Green
Avenue.
District
Food
& Controller, Rani Ka
Supply Controller
Bagh, G T Road
Punjab
Food 31, Krishna Square
Inspector
Cadre
Association
Phone No.
0183-2508989
0183-2501339
0183-2503276
0183 2564966
09888080486
SOPs for nodal agency
• TL will activate the ESF on receiving the information of the disaster from
District EOC
• TL would inform Nodal Officers (NOs) of support agencies about the event
and ESF activation.
• TL will coordinate with all state and district level suppliers as identified with
under IDRN.
• TL with coordinate with other ESFs related to transportation, debris and road
clearance to ensure quality supply chain management of relief materials.
• Ensuring composite relief with availability of complimentary relief material.
SOP for Quick Response Team (QRT) on Relief
• QRTs will report to site of the relief camps
• QRTs will be responsible to management and distribute relief items to the
affected victims
• QRT’s will be responsible for reporting the progress on action taken by the
team to the EOC
• QRTs will provide information to their TL about the need of additional
resources.
• Clearing of the areas to establish relief camps
• Setting up relief camps and tents using innovative methods that can save time
• Assist local authorities to set up important telecom and other service related
facilities
• Initiate, direct and market procurement of food available from different
inventories and ensuring food supplies to the affected population
• Preparing take-home food packets for the families
• Ensuring distribution of relief material to the all the people including
vulnerable groups of the target area such as women with infants, pregnant
women, children, aged people and handicapped.
• Ensuring support to Local Administration
• Locating adequate relief camps based on damage survey
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• Develop alternative arrangements for population living in structures that
might be affected even after the disaster
7.1.8 ESF 8 Equipment Support, Debris and Road Clearance
ESF8
Municipal
EQUIPMENT
Corporation
SUPPORT,
DEBRIS
AND
ROAD
CLEARANCE
PWD, Civil  The
identification,
Defence,
removal, and disposal
Private
of rubble, wreckage.
Contractors,  Other material which
Industries
block or hamper the
performance
of
emergency response
functions
 Procure
needed
equipments
from
Support agencies
 ESF originates from
the fact that most
large scale hazards
like
earthquake,
cyclone and floods
primarily will affect
the
building
structures,
trees,
poles etc.
Situation Assumptions
• Access to disaster-affected area would depend upon the re-establishment of
ground and water routes.
• Early damage assessment may be incomplete, inaccurate and general. A rapid
assessment may be required to determine response time.
• Engineers and masons may be required in large scale for the inspection of
present buildings
ACTION AREAS/ RESPONSIBILITIES
INITIAL ACTION
 Damage assessment including locations, number of structures damaged
and severity of damage.
 The QRTs will be deployed as compiled from IDRN resource inventory
for conducting the debris clearance.
 The QRTs will report the situation and the progress in response activities
ro the representative EOCs.
 Undertake construction of temporary roads to serve as access to
temporary transit and relief camps, and medical facilities for disaster
victims.
 Repairing of all paved and unpaved road surfaces including edge
metalling, pothole patching and any failure of surface, foundations in the
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affected areas by maintenance engineer’s staff and keep monitoring their
conditions.
SOPs for Nodal Agency:
• Team leader (TL) will activate the ESF on receiving the information of the
disaster from District EOC.
• TL would inform Nodal Officers (NOs) of support agencies about the event
and ESF activation.
• TL will coordinate with the supporting agency to mobilize equipments from
the ware houses through IDRN database
• The respective supporting agencies will contact their respective personal to
move the equipments to central warehouse
• The equipments like JCB, concrete cutters identified as per the need will be
transported to the site.
• As per the information the nodal officer of Debris road clearance will make an
assessment on of the damages of roads and built structures at the site and
surrounding areas
• The nodal officers of Supporting Agencies will immediately start debris
clearance operation to enable movement to the affected site.
• Review of the current situation is taken up by the nodal agency to update the
support agencies and to delegate their respective personnel to take precautionary
measure to plan de-routes for the transportation ESF’s to be operational
• All supporting agencies will inspect the road and rail network and structures
within the disaster site and surrounding.
• TL will also ensure proper corpse disposal and post mortem by coordinating
with ESF on medical response.
SOP FOR QUICK RESPONSE TEAM ON EQUIPMENT SUPPORT,
DEBRIS AND ROAD CLEARANCE
 Damage assessment including locations, number of structures damaged
and severity of damage
 The QRTs will be deployed at the affected site.
 Enlisting the types of equipment as compiled from IDRN resource
inventory required for conducting the debris clearance
 The QRTs will report the situation and the progress in response activities
to the respective EOCs.
 Undertake construction of temporary roads to serve as access to
temporary transit and relief camps, and medical facilities for disaster
victims.
 Repairing of all paved and unpaved road surfaces including edge
metalling, pothole patching and any failure of surface, foundations in the
affected areas by maintenance engineer's staff and keep monitoring their
conditions.
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7.1.9 ESF 9 Help Lines, Warning Dissemination
ESF-9
HELP Department NIC/NGO
LINES,
of Revenue Reps
WARNING
DISSEMINATION
 process and circulate
information
about
the
welfare
of
citizens of affected
area and managing
the tremendous flow
of information.
 The help lines will be
responsible
for
providing, directing
and
coordinating
logistical operations
Situation Assumptions
• There may be a flood of information and confusion about the injured
population.
• The communication with affected area may be partially impaired.
SOPs for Nodal Agency:
• IC will call the TL of Primary Agency and get the ESF activated.
• TL of primary agency will call nodal officers of supporting agencies.
• TL would activate the District Quick response Team.
• The QRTs will be deployed at the affected site.
• QRTs will report the situation and the progress in response activities to the
respective EOCs.
• Sending flash news of latest updates/donation requirements for disaster area
all over the state
• Assisting the EOC in providing updated information to national as well as at
the District level.
• Setting up of toll free numbers for emergency information assistance.
SOP for Quick Response Team on Help Lines, Warning Dissemination
o The QRT members will reach to the nodal office as soon as they will get
instructions.
o QRT teams would reach to the site immediately after receiving instructions
from the nodal officer
o On the site QRT members will take stock of the situation from the IC at the
site and their counter parts.
o The QRTs will coordinate, collect, process, report and display essential
elements of information and facilitate support for planning efforts in response
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operations.
7.1.10 ESF 10 Electricity
ESF-10
ELECTRICITY
State
Eletcricity
Board,
SE
(Municipal
Corporation)
and
SE
(Public
Health)
Sources
of  facilitate restoration
Private
of
electricity
Generators
distribution systems
Operators,
DFSC for the
supply of fuel
Situation assumptions
• Prolonged electricity failure.
• The affected victims may be panicked
• Halt of all activities specially jamming communication-networking systems in
the affected site.
ACTION AREA/ RESPONSIBILITIES
INITIAL ACTION
 Electric fitting of the affected areas may get damaged and may need to be
repaired.
 There may be a requirement of temporary lightening arrangements and
provisioning of back up power during emergency.
 Carry out task of repairing all damages to water supply system.
PUNJAB STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD (PSEB)
Designation
Office Phone No.
Chief Engineer
2455001
SE-Civil Lines
2455000
XEN- Civil Lines
2448349
SDO-Civil Lines
2448347
SE-East
-
SE- H.Q.
-
SOPs for Nodal Agency:
• IC will call the TL of Primary Agency and get the ESF activated.
• TL of primary agency will call nodal officers of supporting agencies.
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• TL would activate the District Quick response Team.
• The QRTs will be deployed at the affected site.
• TL will dispatch emergency repair teams equipped with tools, tents and food.
SOP for Quick Response Team on electricity
o The QRT members will reach the nodal office as soon as they get instructions
to do so from the TL.
o QRT members would reach to the site immediately after receiving
instructions from the nodal officer
o On the site QRT members will take stock of the situation from the IC at the
site and their counter parts.
o The QRTs will coordinate, collect, process, report and display essential
elements of information and facilitate support for planning efforts in response
operations.
• Begin repairing and reconstruction work
• Assisting hospitals in establishing an emergency supply by assembling
generators and other emergency equipments, if necessary.
• The members of QRTs will establish temporary electricity supplies for other
key public and private water systems.
• The members of QRTs will establish temporary electricity supplies for transit
camps, feeding centers, relief camps, District Control Room and on access roads
to the same.
• The members of QRTs will establish temporary electricity supplies for relief
material go downs.
• Compile an itemized assessment of damage, from reports made by various
electrical receiving centers and sub-centers.
• Report about all the activities to the head office.
7.1.11 ESF 11
ESF-11
DTO(District Railway,
 smooth
TRANSPORTATION Transport
PWD, Civil
transportation
Officer)
Defense,
links at state and
Scout, NCC,
district level
Airport,
 quick and safe
Municipal
movement
of
Corporation,
material
and
City
Bus,
humans are a
Minibus, and
priority
Truck
 coordinate the
association,
use
of
Taxi
and
transportation
auto
resources
to
associations,
support
the
private
needs
of
ambulances
emergency
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etc.
support forces
 requiring
transport
capacity
to
perform
their
emergency
response,
recovery
and
assistance
missions
Situation assumptions
• The state civil transportation infrastructure will sustain damage, limiting
access to the disaster area.
• Access will improve as routes are cleared and repaired.
• The movement of relief supplies will create congestion in the transportation
services.
ACTION AREA/ RESPONSIBILITIES
INITIAL ACTION
 Transportation of personnel, supplies, food and equipment.
 Fuelling, service, maintenance and repair of vehicles and other ground
support equipment.
 Implementing traffic plan for the incident.
Amritsar District Transportation Officer
0183-2565244
SOPs for Nodal Agency:
 TL of Transportation ESF will activate the ESF on receiving the intimation
of the disaster from District EOC.
 TL would inform Nodal Officers (NOs) of support agencies about the event
and ESF activation.
 TL establishes contact with the district EOC for FIR
 TL requests for reports from local Transportation ESF contact person
 TL communicates situation to support agencies and requests for detailed
information on the status of transportation infrastructure in the affected
area(s).
SOP for Quick Response Team on transport
o The QRT members will reach to the nodal office as soon as they will get
instructions to do so from the TL.
o As quick response teams will receive instructions from the nodal officer they
would reach to the site immediately.
o QRTs would report the situation and the progress on action taken by the team
to the respective EOCs
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o QRT will send a requirement schedule for the different modes of
transportation e.g. trucks, boats, helicopters to be put on stand-by.
o QRTs will ensure timely re-establishment of the critical transportation links.
• The members of QRTs will establish temporary electricity supplies for relief
material
go downs.
• Compile an itemized assessment of damage, from reports made by various
electrical receiving centers and sub-centers.
• Reporting about all activities to the head office.
7.2 SOP FOR COMMUNITY TASK FORCES
Community or the local functionary is the most important mechanism in disaster
management. Community Based Disaster Management (CBDM) is the latest
methodology that is successfully experimented in India. CBDM is basically
concerned all about with community disaster awareness initiatives, which is a
comprehensive method to inform and train the local residents about how to
prepare to cope up with natural as well as human induced disasters.
7.2.1 Community Task Forces
A perfect community based disaster management will be possible only with the
help of community task forces. Community Task Forces (CTF) are the
voluntary service group constituted out of the local able-bodies males and
females for community disaster management through preparedness, mitigation
and relief0resuce as well. The CTFs will help in preparation of plan documents,
which is a must in CBDM. These CTFs will be trained by the DDMC of District
Amritsar in such a way that they could be volunteers incase of any emergency,
other wise catalyst in creating awareness among the public in disaster
management. The CBDM Plan shall be prepared through Participatory Learning
Appraisal (PLA) methods. Each Community Task Force member has to
perform his or her own duties and responsibilities. They are as follows:
7.2.2 CTF 1 Warning and Communication Group
Pre-Disaster
1. Ensure that communication equipments are in working order
2. Ensure an emergency contact directory with all relevant numbers
3. Carry a hazard map demarcating the most vulnerable/safe areas and
households
On receipt of warning
1. Assemble in a central location and listen to radio together to determine the
situation
2. Pay attention to local warnings and their interpretation
3. Crosscheck the warning received on radio, with the nearest control room
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4. Disseminate the warning using megaphones/mikes sirens etc., door-to-door
During disaster
1. Remain in the safe shelters and provide the evacuees with regular updates
After a Disaster
1. Get the de-warning from District Control Room and announce the same
2. Disseminate precautionary information on post disaster health hazards and
remedies
3. Give immediate assessment to the authority on damage, massive casualty etc
4. Guide the search and rescue team with geographic information and high
damage
7.2.3 CTF 2 Evacuation and Temporary Shelter Management Group
Pre-Disaster
1. Monitor the infrastructure needs of the Community such as roads, school etc.
2. Co-ordinate with the local authority to identify/location for setting relief
camps.
3. Check for plaster cracks and damp patches in safe shelters that require
repairs
4. Stock dry food and other safe food stocks, fuels, etc.
5. Ensure that the shelters are easily approachable.
6. Ensure that the shelters are cleaned regularly
On Receipt of Warning
1. Evacuate people from their homes and clear the area as soon as possible
2. Move stocks of dry food, fuel and medicines to the shelters
3. Organize space to house evacuee families
4. Help the old, disabled, pregnant women, children etc to settle in the shelter
5. Ensure that strict sanitary practices are adhered to in the shelter
6. Register the evacuees and give them identification slips/cards
During disaster
1. If caught inside withstand with their backs against a strong indoor wall
2. If outside during disaster, run to an open space away from trees, buildings etc
3. If in a moving vehicle, stop and stay inside
Post Disaster
1. To ensure that evacuees are fed and housed until the de-warning is received
2. Organize tents and materials for construction of temporary shelters
3. Collect stocks of food, clothing, and fuel etc.
4. Clean and disinfect the shelter all throughout the stay and before leaving
5. Help NGOs and their engineers in conducting meeting and rehabilitation
activity
6. Monitor the rehabilitation and reconstruction process of the community
7.2.4 CTF 3 Damage Assessment Group
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Pre-Disaster
1. Carry a hazard map demarcating the most vulnerable/safe areas and
households
2. Prepare and store sufficient number of assessment formats required
During disaster
1. Remain in the safe shelters and provide the evacuees with regular updates
2. Call emergency meeting of the group and assign duties and area of
assessment
After a Disaster
1. Give immediate assessment to the authorities on damage, missing, casualty
etc
2. Give detailed report of assessment to the authority.
3. Guide the search and rescue team with geographic information
7.2.5 CTF 4 Search And Rescue Group
Pre-Disaster
1.
Familiarize themselves with existing response mechanisms of the
government
2. Arrange for the necessary S&R equipment from Govt and Pvt Agencies
3. Use the equipment properly and maintain it well
4. Have a detailed map of the Community indicating vulnerable areas/safe areas
5. Organize themselves into pairs (buddy system)
6. Prepare back up teams ready for rotation of personnel
On Receipt Warning
1. Organize a meeting of the S&R members
2. Contact the administration for detailed information
3. Identify the vulnerable areas in which their help is required and decide the
action plan
4. Gather the equipments required
5. Assist the evacuation team in moving people to the safe shelter
6. Co-ordinate with the First Aid team to provide primary health care
7. Shift the seriously injured persons to hospital/PHC
Post Disaster
1. Conduct a general hazard assessment to determine the possible hazards
2. Make a quick head count and maintain a list of missing persons
3. Clear debris and fallen trees in order to reach trapped victim.
4. Communicate with the sub-division and District levels on additional
assistance
5. Coordinate closely with the first aid team for primary health care to rescued
victims
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6. Coordinate with the evacuation team to shift rescued persons to open
space/tents
7.2.6 CTF 5 First Aid and Trauma Counseling Group
Pre-Disaster
1. Maintain a list of pregnant women, infants, disabled, sick, old etc
2. Keep First Aid kits ready and ensure that expired drugs are replaced with
new ones
3. Distribute basic medicines and demonstrate their use
4. To keep stretchers/local alternative ready to carry injured people
On receipt of Warning
1. Ensure that contents of all First Aid kits are satisfactory.
2. Move into the safe shelter.
3. If caught inside, stand with their backs against a strong in door wall (in EQ)
4. If outside during the earthquake, run to an open space (in EQ)
5. If in a moving vehicle, will stop and stay inside (in EQ)
Post-Disaster
1. Attend to the injured people
2. Counsel the traumatized people
3. Listen to and calm the victims affectionately and patiently
4. Help doctors and paramedics shift the ill and the injured to hospitals
5. Isolate the cases with infectious diseases and prevent them from spreading
6. Provide preventive medication if there is danger of cholera, dysentery etc
7. Inform the relief group about medical supplies that are running low.
7.2.7 CTF 6 Relief Co-Ordination Group
Pre-disaster
1. Familiarize with damage and needs assessment formats
2. Assess the estimated need of relief materials
3. Mobilize stocks of food grains and medicines from government, NGOs, etc.
4. Stocks materials like ropes, bamboos, tarpaulin etc in the safe shelter
identified
5. Keep a record of the stock available and maintain and dispatch them as
required
6. Always be impartial and sincere to the duty the victims
7. Be transparent in the accounting and stocks by giving timely correct
information.
On receipt of Warning
1. Coordinate with the evacuation and temporary shelter management team to
move stocks of food, water and so on to the safe shelter
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2. Move to the safe shelter
3. If caught inside, will stand with their backs against a strong indoor wall (in
EQ)
4. If outside, run to an open space away from trees, buildings and electric lines
(in EQ)
5. In a moving vehicle, will stop and stay inside (in EQ)
Post Disaster
1. Conduct a complete damage and need assessment
2. Based on a preliminary need assessment as follows, communicate
preferences to the District Control Room
The size, scope of the relief items required
Likely duration of the distribution of relief material
The estimated number of people affected
Local capacity, resources and external help
The immediate needs of the victims
3. Communicate the assessment findings to other Task Force groups and local
authorities
4. Establish a distribution centre or community kitchen begin distribution
5. Ensure that food and other materials are distributed in an equitable manner
6. Prioritizes the elderly persons, pregnant women, children etc.
7. Maintain a list of the households receiving assistance
8. Make a physical inventory of stocks when external assistance arrives
9. Work closely with the communication group to stay in touch with control
room
10. Organize a meeting to evaluate the experience, internalize learning
11. Keep the undistributed relief material in a safe place/go down and preserve
it
7.2.8 CTF 7 Water And Sanitation Group
Pre-Disaster Preparedness Activities
1. Ensure sufficient supplies of chlorine tablets etc. for disinfecting drinking
water
2. Ensure sufficient stocks of lime powder for disinfecting large water bodies
3. Ensure that sufficient water is stored in proper tanks and jerry cans in safe
shelters
4. Ensure that there is list of contact persons at Distcom and Jal Board for
assistance
5. Raise prior awareness amongst the community about how to treat water
sources
6. Set a minimum standard in advance for distribution of water in emergency
7. Ensure sufficient number of raised platforms, deep tube wells etc constructed
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8. Stock long steel rods, kerosene and fuel wood to dispose corpus and
carcasses
9. Help of the local administration to construct temporary sanitary facilities
10. Identify the tractors and lab ours required for sanitation purposes
11. Contact Jal Board for assistance in acquiring diesel engines and generators
On Receipt of Warning
1.
2.
3.
4.
Assess the drinking water supply and available water resources
Organize for alternate power supply by procuring generators/diesel engines
Ensure that the sanitation facilities at the safe shelter are in working order
Move into the safe shelter for ones own safety
Post Disaster
1. Make immediate repairs of broken or burst pipes
2. Coordinate with AJB/MCA/NDMC for procurement of water tankers if
required
3. Disinfect large water bodies with lime powder
4. Coordinate with the Sanitary Inspectors for taking drinking water samples
5. Ensure that water is distributed in an equitable manner
6. Ensure that sufficient water is available in bathing units and toilets at relief
camps
7. Demarcate areas for safe excreta disposal around the relief camp
8. Guide the local authorities to construct latrines away from groundwater
sources.
9. Coordinate with the local authority to construct sufficient bathing cubicles
for females
10. Spray bleaching powder and other disinfectants to prevent infectious disease
11. Ensure that solid waste is put in refuse containers or buried in a refuse pit
12. Ensure that there are no medical wastes such as needles, drugs etc. lying
around
13. Co-ordinate with the first aid team to inoculate against water borne diseases
14. Construct temporary soak pits for onsite disposal of wastewater
15. Co-ordinate with the search and rescue team for disposal of carcasses
16. Ensure that dead bodies are registered and cremated after legal/religious
formalities
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CHAPTER 08
DISASTER MANAGEMENT OF DISTRICT AMRITSAR
8.1. FLOOD
Introduction
In Amritsar District, particularly in Ajanala Tehsil, the villages along
and across Dhussi Bandh have received heavy Loss of standing crops,
damaging to the houses, Loss of cattles heads and human lives on account of
heavy floods in River Ravi and over-flowing of various Nallahs like Sakhi,
Hansli, Patti Rohi, Kasur, Hudiara Drain etc. also caused damage in other part
of the distt. There is recorded history of various floods in the year 1947, 1950,
1954-55, 1976, 1988, 1993 and 1995.
In order to face any eventuality on account of floods in river Ravi, Beas
and area along river Sutlaj and the various drains, the following contingency
plan is prepared to provide immediate relief to the flood effected persons and to
take possible steps to control the situation at the lowest level.
STEPS REQUIRED TO BE TAKEN BEFORE THE ONSET OF
MONSOON
1.
Identification of flood prone areas.
2.
Monitoring of flow of water in rivers.
3.
Warning system from River Sutlej Beas and Ravi River in case of floods
/ rains.
4.
Flood Signals
5.
Setting up of Flood Control Rooms.
6.
Inspection of flood protection works.
7.
Role of irrigation/ Drainage Deptt and their requirement of additional
funds for flood protection and drainage works
8.
Repair/ Inspection of flood equipments.
9.
Sites for Relief camps.
10.
Personnel for relief camps.
11.
Arrangement for food and other essential commodities.
12.
Medical Facilities.
13.
Veterinary Care.
14.
Drinking Water
15.
Transport
16.
Community preparedness.
17.
Assistance for Punjab Police/ PAP
18.
Help from Army authorities.
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STEPS TO BE TAKEN DURING FLOODS
1.
Immediate evacuation.
2.
Setting up of Relief camps.
3.
Handling of Relief.
4.
Reports to the state Headquarters.
5.
Monitoring of flow of water at critical points.
6.
Funds for relief camps.
7.
Management of VIP visits.
STEPS TO BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER FLOODS
1.
Disposal of dead bodies and carcasses.
2.
Pumping out of water from low lying inhabited areas.
3.
Special Girdawari
4.
Funds of Relief.
5.
Disbursement of Relief.
STEPS TO BE TAKEN AFTER RECONSTRUCTION
1.
Closure of Relief Camps.
2.
Restoration of infrastructure.
3.
Reorganization for good work.
4.
Feed back for future.
MAIN OBJECTS OF FLOOD PREPAREDNESS
The main objectives of various flood preparedness measures are:1)
Minimizing the loss of human lives in floods.
2)
Minimizing the loss of live stack.
3)
Minimizing the loss of property and infrastructure
4)
Minimizing ill effects on the health of effected population.
5)
Bringing the human activities in the locality to normal condition soon
after the floods.
To achieve the above objectives different tasks have to be performed by
different Government Departments and other agencies before, during and after
the floods. Each department's role and responsibilities have to be clearly
identified and action plan needs to be drawn up by each department. For close
cooperation between the various department and Agencies, close coordination is
required at the district. Headquarter as well as at the Tehsil Headquarter. Deputy
Commissioner will co-ordinate the work at the Distt. Headquarter. SDMs are to
co-ordinate all activities at the Sub Divisional HQ's.
FLOOD RONE AREA OF AMRITSAR DISTRICT
i)
Area between River Ravi and Sakki Nallah of Ajnala Tehsil and village
across
Dhussi Bundh.
ii)
Bet area of River Beas and Sutlej lying in the Tehsil Baba Bakala.The
village
falling very vunlnerable area are given Annexure `B`
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VULNERABLE AREA
The list of very vulnerable villages shall be a maintained in the Tehsil
Flood Control Room/ District Flood Control Room. These villages shall also be
shown in the map which shall be placed in the Tehsil Flood Control Room/
District Flood Control Room.
No. Of villages
falling in Sub
Division,
Amritsar-I
No. Of villages
falling in Sub
Division,
Amritsar-II
No. Of villages
falling in Sub
Division, Ajnala
No. Of villages
falling in Sub
Division, Baba
Bakala
Total
149
High
villages
0
Risk Low
Villages
0
128
0
0
347
41
06
157
10
0
781
51
06
Risk
II- ORGANISATIONAL FEATURES
The District Flood Control Room has been set up in the office of the District
Revenue Officer, Amritsar This is situated in the District Courts. The
Telephone No. of the control room is 2229125. The District Revenue Officer,
Amritsar will be incharge of the Flood Control Room and will be designated as
District Food Control Officer. The Flood Control Room will be manned by the
following staff:a) Reader to D.R.O./ Flood Clerk from 9.00 AM to 5.00 PM
b) Duty Clerk along with one peon from 4.00 PM to 10.00 PM by one party
and from 10.00 PM to 8.00 AM
Next morning by the other party.
c) On holidays three duty clerks & three peons will be put on duty one from
8.00 AM to 4.00 PM, second from 4.00 PM to 10.00 PM, third 10.00 PM to
9.00 AM. All message in connection with the flood situation will be recorded
by clerk incharge of the Flood Control Room/ Duty clerk in a register and the
copies thereof will be sent to the District Flood Control Officer or Deputy
Commissioner, for his order immediately on the receipt of the message
similarly on the lines of District Flood Control Room, Tehsil Flood Control
Rooms will be set up as under:-
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Amritsar-2
2
Kuthchery
Compound
---do----
Baba Bakala
S.D.M. Office
Ajnala
----do----
1
Amritsar-1
3
Tehsildar,
Amritsar-1
Tehsildar,
Amritsar-2
Tehsildar, Baba
Bakala
S.D.M, Ajnala
4
2562663
2562663
245510
221037
FUNCTION OF THE FLOOD CONTROL ROOM.
The District Flood Control Officer and the incharge of the Tehsil Flood
Control Room shall take the following steps to meet with the any eventuality
arising on account of floods in their respective juridctions:a) The District Flood Control Officer will obtain information regarding the
discharges of River Ravi and Beas at Madhopur and Dera Gopipur from the
Exective Engineer, Amritsar Drainge Division, and Amritsar and shall
communicate the same to the incharge of the Tehsil Flood Control Room.
b) The Incharge of the Tehsil Flood Control Room will transmit the
information relating to the discharges in River Ravi and Beas to the sector
officers for information to the inhabitants of the villages situated alongwith
these rivers and likely to be affected on account of heavy discharge of water in
these rivers. The incharge of Flood Tehsil Control Rooms will be informed by
the sector officers about the action/ steps taken receipt of information.
c) The Incharge of the Tehsil Flood Control Room will transmit the
information in respect of any loss of property/ human lives etc. to the District
Flood Control Room over the Telephone/ T.P.M and the District Flood Control
Officer, Amritsar after obtaining the approval of the Deputy Commissioner, will
transmit the same to the Commissioner, Jalandhar Division, Jalandhar and under
Secretary to Govt. of Punjab, Revenue Deptt, Chandigarh/ State Flood Control
Room at Punjab, Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh. The Telephone of State Control
Room at Chandigarh is 2741762 or 2747798.
d) The District Flood Control Officer will act as liasion officer between the
Military and the Civil Authorities for obtaining army assistance, if needed. He
shall establish contact with the Army liasion officer deputed by the Station
Commander, Amritsar. Army help would be sought ordinarily as the last resort
after fully utilising assistance that can be secured from Police/ Home Guards in
flood relief and rescue operation where the District Authorities feel it would
necessitate requisitioning of Army, it will inveriably be sent the G.O.C.PH & H
Ambala. Home Secretary, Punjab and of course to the Flood Control Room of
FCR Punjab, Chandigarh.
e) All demands relating to the supply of boats, tents and other relief shall be
placed by the incharge of the Tehsil Flood Control Office .The District Flood
Control Officer will immediately obtain the order the Deputy Commissioner and
make all necessary arrangements for the supply of various articles to the S.D.M
concerned.
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The Telephone Numbers of the Officer connected with the Flood are at
Annexure `A`, ‘B’,’C’,’D’ and ‘E’.
In order to keep proper liaison between the Tehsil Flood Control Room
and the villages likely to be affected with Floods/over flowing sector shall
function in the District.
The Sector officers will be the incharges of the area allocated to them
and will keep the Tehsil Flood Control Room in touch with regard to the action
of the floods in the area
Name of Tehsil Name of sector
Jandiala
Amritsar-I
Amritsar-II
Attari
Baba Bakala
Rayya
Tarsika
Jurisdiction
Jandaila Block
Manjitha Block
P.S.Kathunagal
Field
Kanungo
Cricle Attari
Rayya Block
Tarsika Block
Ajanla
Ajnala
Chogawan
Ramdas
Ajnala Block
Chogawan Block
P.S. Ramdas
Incharge of Sector
B.D.P.O.Jandaila
B.D.P.O Manjitha
B.D.P.O. Verka
Field
Kanungo
Cricle Attari
B.D.P.O.Rayya
B.D.P.O Tarsika
B.D.P.O.Ajnala
B.D.P.O Chogawan
Field
Kanungo
Ramdas
Besides this the DC's office has the following telephone numbers:Sr.No. Officer
Mobile No.
Tel.No. (Off.)
Tel.No.(Resi)
1
2
A.C (General)
A.C (Grievances)
2226767
2225722
2225535
3
4
5
D.R.O
S.D.M Amritsar
D.T.O
2229125
2226928
2565244
2401103
2562245
2507560
These telephones can also be used as Control Room telephone incase of
emergency. Generally the phone No. 2229125 (DRO) is earmarked as Control
Room for flood situation. At the time of crisis a Senior Gazetted Officer is
deputed to man the Control Room. The telephone of Deputy Commissioner's
office is 2226161 and shall be attended by Supdt. to D.C and helped by E.A
and L.F.A during emergencies.
The system of Control Room in Police lines (for law and Order) and in
DC office (for Natural and other Disasters) at the district level is for a situation
of large scale and wide spread crisis in the district. In case of localized Law and
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Order problems or Natural and other disasters, Control Rooms are generally
established at the concerned Police Stations or SDM" Office respectively or at
any other strategic place nearer to the site of disaster. For operational
expediency, this system shall be continued and their telephone numbers are as
under:Sr.No. Officer
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
S.D.M Amritsar-1
S.D.M Amritsar-2
S.D.M Baba Bakala
DSP Amritsar city
DSP (Rural) Asr.
DSP Ajnala
DSP Baba Bakala
Tel.No. (O.) Tel.No.(Res)
2226928
2228303
245570
2555400
2220671
221023
245717
2562245
2229093
2501993
2560296
221023
245718
Control Room will be equipped with detailed location maps of the
district, towns & tehsils showing locations of Fire Stations, P.H.Cs, Veterinary
Hospitals, Roads, Index drainage plan, Rail lines etc. A detailed list of the
officers posted in the district with their residential address and telephone
numbers shall also be readily available there.
MAINTAING OF CONTROL ROOM
Police Control Rooms located in the police lines are manned round the clock
by a person of the rank of ASI/Head Constable. Generally, he receives the
information/ messages and sends the same to the concerned authorities. Like
wise, the DC office room is normally manned by the office Superintendent
emergent situations the control room is normally manned by the office
Superintendent emergent situations the control rooms shall be manned as
detailed below:Level-I-Operation
When the emergency can be managed with the resources available within the
district.
1) Police Control Room with E.M and Dy. S.P nominated by DM and SSP
respectively.
2) DC office control room with an E.M or Senior Gazetted officer
nominated by the Deputy Commissioner.
Level-II-Operation
When sources from the state/Central Government and required to manage the
emergency.
1) Police control room with an ADM or EM nominated by the DM and
DSP/SSP nominated by SSP.
2) DC office control room with ADC (D).
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Normally ADC Amritsar and SP (HQ) concerned district wise Amritsar will be
known as officers-in-charge, police control rooms. When information of any
crisis situation if received at the control room the person on the duty will pass
on the information not only to DM and SSP concerned but also to ADC, SDM
and SP (HQ) in the concerned police district in cases of Law and Order
problem/ crisis and to ADC (D), SDM and SP (HQ) in the concerned police
district in case of natural and other calamities/ disasters.
Subject:- constitution of the city disaster management committee CIMC for
Amritsar, under the urban earthquake vulnerability reduction project (UEVRP).
Municipal Corporation, Amritsar has planned to setup 7 control rooms at
different areas of Amritsar city. The detail is as under:1. Zone No. 2, O/S Lahori Gate (Ph. No. 0183-2557587)
It is a Zonal office of the Municipal Corporation, Amritsar, situated on
outer Circular Road between Lohgarh gate to Lahori Gate, very opposite
to D-Division Police Station, Executive Engineer, Division No. 1 of
Municipal Corporation, Amritsar will be the incharge of this control
room. Assistant Engineer (2) Civil & Assistant Engineer (2) O & M will
assist XEN (civil)-1 along with their J.E.’s & One A.T.P. with building
inspector & one Sanitary Inspector. Apart from above 25 Beldar, 10
Mali’s, 50 Safai Sewak, 25 Sewerman, 2 Masons, 1 Fitter, 1 Electrician
& 2 worker Mistry/Mates will also present in control room to assist the
above officials.
One Ditch Machine, 1 Tipper, 5 (Health) Trolleys, 1 Fire Tender & 1
Car will also be allocated to above staff. This control room to cover the
area of ward no. 3,4,5,6,7,8,45 (part),27,28,30,31 & 32 i.e. Abadi Kot
Atma Ram, Bus Stand and within walled city from Hathi Gate to Lahori
Gate upto Kt. Karam Singh to chowk Namak Mandi to darbar SahibBazar Jhatkayian guru ka Mahal- Chaurasti attari-Khoo Bombay wala
up to Hathi Gate, Haripura, Khai Mohalla, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar,
Nawankot, Chotta Haripura, Daim Ganj, Gurbax Nagar, Mehar Pura,
Bhutan Pura, Islamabad up to Kot Khalsa and adjoining areas.
2. Zone No. 3, O/S Bhagtan wala Gate (Ph. No. 0183-2521155)
This is also & Zonal office of Municipal Corporation, Amritsar situated
on outer circular Road between Bhagtan Wala Gate to Hakiman Gate
near housing board colony namely Roop Nagar, Xen Division No. 3 will
be the incharge of this control room. Assistant Engineer (Civil) 3 &
assistant Engineer (O & M)-3 along with them JE’s one ATP with
Building Inspector will assist incharge control room. However 25
Beldars, 10 Mali’s, 35 Chowkidars, 50 Safai sewak, 2 Masons, 1 Fiter, 1
Electrician, 2 Work Mistry/Mate, will also be on duty & present in the
control room to assist the above officials.
3. Guru Nanak Bhawan (Ph. No. 0183-2545480)
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Guru Nanak Bhavan is also the property of Municipal Corporation,
Amritsar, situated O/s. Ghee Mandi Gate near Akal Phula Singh Burj,
City center scheme, Amritsar. Executive engineer (Elect) will be the
incharge of this control room. Assistant Engineer (Civil)-1 & Assistant
Engineer (O-M)-1 will assist the incharge along with the JE’s, one ATP
with the building inspector will also assist the incharge of control room.
However 24 Beldars, 10 Mail’s, 25 Chowkidars, 50 Safai sewak, 2
Masons, 1 Fiter, 1 Electrician, 2 Work Mistry/Mate, will also be on duty
& present in the control room to assist the above officials.
One Ditch Machine, 1 Tipper, 5 (Health) Trolleys, 1 Fire Tender & 1
Car will also be allocated to above staff.
This control room to cover the whole area of Ward No.
1,2,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,46,57,58 & 60 i.e. inner area sikandri
gate, hall gate, ram bagh gate, maha singh gate, sheranwala gate, ghee
mandi up to S.W. gate, abadi bhushan pura, bagh ramanand, kt.
Ahluwalia, jallian wala bagh, kt. Kanahia, hall bazaar, gagar mall road,
kt. Sher singh, Bazar Ram Bagh, Kt. Bagian, Kt. Jaimal singh, karmo
deori, telephone exchange. Area bounded by G.T. Road starting from
Hussianpura chowk to shivala bhayian railway X-ing to upto sunder
nagar bazaar R.S.H., judge nagar, joura phatak, rasoolpura,
mohakmpura, golden avenue- new golden avenue, maqboolpura, rana
garden upto Daburji then road to S.W. village, Partap Nagar, Kapoor
Nagar, tej nagar, s.U.S. nagar area between T.T. Road-S.W. Road. o/c
road & U.B.D.C. & village verka.
4. Zone No. 6, Ram Bagh Garden (Ph. No. 0183-2562965)
Zone no. 6 is also zonal office of Municipal Corporation, Amritsar
situated in ram bagh garden on madan mohan malviya road, civil line
area, Amritsar executive engineer, division no. 2 will be the incharge of
this control room. Assistant Engineer (Civil 6,8) & Assistant Engineer
(O & M)-6 will assist the incharge control room along with their JE’s,
one ATP with his building inspector will also assist the incharge.
However, 25 Beldars, 10 Mali’s, 25 Chowkidars, 50 Safai Sewak, 2
Masons, 1 Fiter, 1 Electrician, 2 Work Mistry/Mate, will also be on duty
& present in the control room to assist the above officials.
One Ditch Machine, 1 Tipper, 5 (Health) Trolleys, 1 Fire Tender & 1
Car will also be allocated to above staff.
This control room to cover the whole area of Ward No. 42,44,45 (part),
47,48,53,55 & 55 i.e. area between Fatehgarh Churrian Road upto M.C.
Road, Race Course Road, Race Course Road upto M.C. Limit,
Lawerence Road, M.M. Malvia Road, Race Course Road, Maqbool
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Road, Mall Road, Nehra Colony, Paris Town, Jawahar Nagar, Batala
Road, Tung Pai, Sandhu Colony, dhupsari Area, Rajesh Nagar, Preet
Nagar and adjoining areas.
5. Zone No. 7, Opposite Government Dental College (Ph. No. 01832566608)
Zone No. 7 is also a zonal office of MunicipalCorporation, Amritsar
situated on Hukum Singh Road leads to Majitha opposite Government
Dental College, ZEN (Civil)-4 will be the incharge of this Control room
& Assistant Engineer (civil)-7 & assistant Engineer (O & M)-7 along
with JE’s will assist the XEN (Civil)-4 and one ATP with his building
inspector will also assist the incharge. However 25 Beldars, 10 Mali’s,
25 chowkidars, 50 Safai sewak, 2 Masons, 1 Fiterr, 1 Electrician, 2
Work Mistry/Mate, will also be on duty & present in the control room to
assist the above officials.
One Ditch Machine, 1 Tipper, 5 (Health) Trolleys, 1 Fire Tender & 1 car
will also be allocated to above team.
This control room to cover the whole area of Ward No. 49,50,51,52,54
& 59 i.e. area bounded by R.H.S. Majitha road upto Sacred Heart
School upto Nehru colony, sandhu Colony, Gail Banke Bihari adjoining
Batala Road near Joura Kothian to Shivala Road upto Shivala Railway
X-ing adjoining Railway X-ing upto Sundar Nagar Bazaar L.H.S. area
and village Vallah & some portion of village verka.
6. Zone No. 5, Putlighar (Ph. No. 0183-6564918)
This is also a zonal office of Municipal corporation, Amritsar in Gali
No. 2, sewa Nagar, Putlighar chowk, Amritsar executive Engineer (O &
M)-6 will be the incharge of this control Room & Assistant Engineer
(civil)-5 & assistant engineer (O & M)-5 along with JE’s will assist the
incharge. However 25 Beldars, 10 Mali’s, 25 Chowkidars, 50 Safai
Sewak, 2 Masons, 1 Fiter, 1 Electrician, 2 work Mistry/Mate, will also
be on duty & present in the control room to assist the above officials.
One ditch Machine, 1 Tipper, 5 (Health) Trolleys, 1 Fire Tender & 1 Car
will also be allocated the above officials.
This control room to cover the whole area of Ward No. 29,39,40,41 &
42 i.e. area of Islamabad, Chowk Rajputan near Pipli Sahib Gurdwara,
Bara Makhan, Rani Ka Bagh, Khalsa College, G.N.D.U., Guru Nanak
Wara, Sewa Nagar, gowal Mandi, Green avenue, White Avenue, area
bounded by Maqbool Road, Mall Road & Fatehgarh Churrian Road.
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7. Zone No. 8, Chheharta (Ph. No. 0183-2450535)
It is also a zonal office of Municipal corporation, Amritsar situated on
G.T. road, Chheharta near OCM Mills, XEN (O & M)-5 will be the
incharge of the control room. Assistant Engineer (civil)-8 & Assistant
Engineer (O & M)-8 along with JE’s will assist the incharge control
room. One ATP with his building inspector will alsi assist the incharge.
However 25 Beldars, 10 Mali’s, 25 Chowkidars, 50 Safai Sewak, 2
Maasons, 1 Fiter, 1 Electrician, 2 Work Mistry/Mate, will also be on
duty & present in the control room to assist the above officials.
One ditch Machine, 1 Tipper, 5 (Health) Trolleys, 1 Fire Tender & 1 Car
will also be allocated to above team.
This control room to cover the whole area of Ward No. 33,34,35,36,37
& 38 i.e. whole Chheharta area bounded by government Polytechnic
Road upto village Kale Bye-Pass upto Gate Way of India place upto
M.c. Limit via village Guru ki Wadali, bothside of G.T. road upto M.C.
Limit.
Superintendent Engineer (Civil)
Municipal Corporation, Amritsar
DUTIES OF SECTOR OFFICERS
The Duties of the sector officer will be as follows:1.. To set up his camp at a control place in the sector.
2. To strat additional relief centres and appoints officers who will be
incharge of these centres.
3. To evacute persons whenerver needed.
4. To get supply of necessary articles from the Tehsil HQ of the District
HQ.
5. To arrange medical relief parties locally and put demand for such
parties form the HQs, if needed.
6. To take affective measures with the help of veterinary assistance to
prevent out break of cattle diseases.
7. To arrange cheap grain depot at place other than relief centers, if so
warranted by the situation.
8. To have affective liason with the Tehsil Control Room and District
Control Room, and;
9. To make adequate arrangement for the proper maintenance of boats.
RESCUE PLANS
During flood and natural calamities rescue and relief operations are carried out
by the Block Development Officers and their relief team with cooperation of
Panchayat functionaries and volunteer organizations operating in their localities.
A number of flood/rescue shelters have been identified by them.
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LOCATION OF BOATS
The Boats and moter Engines (O.B.M) have been kept at the following
places to meet the situation by the respective Tehsil Flood Control Office.
1
Amritsar1
Amritsar2
Ajnala
Baba
Bakala
2
6
3
-
4
-
5
1
6
-
7
-
8
-
9
50
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
16
180
65
400
130
6
3
3
-
-
-
95
5
The List Of Trained Moter Boats Driver Is As Under
Sr. No. Name of the Official
Address
Sh. Baldev Singh
1
Clerk Office of the S.D.M,
Amritsar-I
Sh. Narinder Singh
2
Sr. Asstt, Tehsil, Baba Bakala
Sh.
Jasbir
Singh
3
Tehsil Office, Amritsar-I
Sh. Rachhpal Singh
4
Tehsil Office, Amritsar-2
Sh. Sukhwinder Singh
5
Clerk, Tehsil Office, Amritsar-2
Sh.Onkar Singh
6
Clerk, Tehsil Office, Patti
Sh. Surinder Kumar
7
Sr. Asstt % the Deputy
Commissioner, Amritsar
Sh.
Manjit
Singh
8
Clerk, Sadar Office, Amritsar
Sh. Balwinder Singh
9
Clerk, Sadar Office, Amritsar
Sh. Ashok Kumar
10
Clerk, Sadar Office, Amritsar
Sh. Gora Singh
11
Clerk, S.D.M, Amritsar-1
12
Sh. Mohinder pal
Clerk, S.D.M, Amritsar-2
All the Sub Divisional Magistrates in the District shall maintain a list of
5 more officials of their Sub Divisions who know swimming and can drive the
boats/ Moter Engines. The list should be sent to the District Flood Control
Officer, Amritsar for record.
Vehicles
The Past experience shows that the Govt. vehicles are not made
available by the Departmental Officer immediately when these are needed in
connection with the Flood Relief Measures. In order to meet the demand of
vehicles the following jeeps shall be ready for attending Flood Relief Duty on
one hour notice. All the Departmental Officers of these jeeps should ensure that
a hook should be provided with the jeep so that the trailor alongwith boat be sent
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
Jeep from Jandiala Division, U.B.D.C, Amrtisar.
Jeep from Manjitha Division, U.B.D.C, Amrtisar.
Jeep from Asstt Registrar, Cooperative Socities, Tarn Taran
Jeep from Asstt Registrar, Cooperative Socities, Amrtisar
Jeep from Asstt Registrar, Cooperative Socities, Ajnala
Jeep from P.W.D, National Highway Circle, Amrtisar.
Jeep from Public Health Division, Amrtisar.
Jeep from P.W.D, (B & R) Amrtisar.
Jeep from Distt welfare Officer, Amrtisar.
Jeep from Distt Food Supply & Controller, Amrtisar.
Jeep from Asstt. Excise & Taxtation Officer , Amrtisar-1 & 2
Jeep from Distt Social Welfare Officer, Amrtisar.
Jeep from C.D.P.O. Verka
Jeep from C.D.P.O. Tarn Taran
Jeep from C.D.P.O. Amrtisar
The Sub Divisional Magistrate will also be competent to utilize the
Blocks Jeeps in their respective Sub Division for Flood Relief Measures.
Relief Centres
The Sub Divisional Magistrate will set up relief camp at the following
places to shift the persons of the marooned villages. The relief centre will be
looked after by the officer noted against each.
Ajnala
Ramdass,
Chogawan,
Ajnala
Baba Bakala
Rayya
NT, Circle Ramdas.
S.E.P.O. Chogawan
Asstt Food & Supply
Officer, Ajnala.
B.D.P.O. Rayya.
Supply of essential commodities and service.
Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar will co-ordinate relief operation from
all voluntary organizations including the Red Cross for provisions of flood
grains and other essential commodities to the flood affected villagers.
All demands with regard to the supply of Tarpals, Gunny Bags, Food
and other essential commodities will be met by the Distt. Administration
through Food Corporation of India, Amritsar and Distt. Food & Supply
Controller, Amritsar and Distt Manager, Markfed, ASR. Officer Incharge of the
Flood Control Room should contact them.
The medical aid and medicine required for the flood affected persons
will be made available by the nearest Incharge Civil Dispensaries. The Sub
Divisional Magistrates should contract the Civil Surgeon, Amritsar in case the
medical aid/ medicine are not available in the concerned Civil Dispensaries.
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The Veterinary Civil Surgeon of the nearest veterinary Hospital
will provide medicines in case of any epidemic diseases amongst the cattle
heads. The sector Officer- Incharge of the Relief Centres should contract at
Incharge of veterinary Hospital for this purpose. The sub Divisional officer (c)
/ Distt. Flood control officer will bring all cases where the problem is serious to
the notice of Deputy Director, animal Husbandry, Amritsar for suitable action.
Cooperation With Police And Defence Services
In economy like floods, the police assistance can also be obtained;
similarly the assistance of the border security force can also be secured. The
S.S.P Amritsar and Ajnala khom karan can be contact for providing necessary
assistance into this behalf.
In case of grave emergency help of the defence forces is allowed for providing
temporary bridges and restoring essential services, repairing branches in the
flood areas, work of dropping of air supply become necessary, the same be
done and authority of the aerodrome of Raja sansi can be approached for two
purpose.
Maintainenance Of Essential Services
In case of serious damage of any crow/ bridge matter should be reported
immediately by the incharge of Tehsil Flood control Room to the concerned
Executive Engineer, P.W.D (B&R) Amritsar.
A similar intimation should also be given to distt. Flood control officer will
take up this matter with higher officers of the department concerned. The
matter regarding the supply of electricity should be reported to the officer
concerned.
Breaches In Drains And Canals
All cases of breaches in canals / drains should immediately be reported
to executive Engineer of canal & Drainage Departments by the respective tehsil
Flood control officer.
The distt. Flood control officer on receipt of the information relating to any
breach in any drain / canal should take up the matter with the higher officers of
the concerned Departments.
Help From Voluntary Social Orgnisations
The SDM shall encourage the voluntary social organizations for
extending their help to flood affected people for clothing and other food
requirements. They will also be motivated to organize temporary relief camps
and medicines. The honorary Secretary Distt. Red Cross Society and the Distt.
Mandi Officer shall procure whart from the commission agents which shall be
given to the flood affected people as and when required.
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JEs/ SDOs On Duty At Vulnerable Points
The Drainage Department will pitch tents near vulnerable points on the
drains and officials from their department will remain present round the clock.
Executive Engineer, Public Health and Xen, Water Supply and
Sewerage Board will be overall in charge of the Distt. and they will be
responsible to drain out water from the village in cases of flood and heavy
rains.
Flood Fighting Equipmenty And Its Placement
The officer in charge of the Flood Control Room shall have a list of
flood relief equipments available in the District. He shall also physically
inspect all equipments available in the District. He shall also physically inspect
all equipments before 30th June and certify that all relief equipments are in
working order.
Stocks Of Tarpaulines To Be Maintained
The Tarpaulins cover will be supplied by the Food Corporation of India,
Mark fed and PUNSUP. The DFSC, Amritsar will coordinate with such
agencies in the district for supply of such material and shall store 5000
Tarpaulines in this office in this office for catering to the emergent situation.
The DFSC will be Nodal officer for this purpose
E.C Bags
Executive Engineer, Drainage, Amritsar shall make arrangements for
sufficient no. of E.C. bags so that it could be readily available at the time of
emergencies.
Relief Camps
The Distt. Food and Supply Controller, Amritsar and chief Agriculture
Officer, Amritsar will be overall in charge of these camps. The Distt. Food and
Supply Controller will ensure proper supply of essential commodities and will
keep ready the availability of 1000 bags of atta, 15 gtls of Dal and sufficient
stock of vegetable oils and kerosene oil etc at call
Medical Facilities
Civil Surgeon, Amritsar will be responsible to supply all kind of
medicines in the relief camps and other affected areas in Amritsar District.
He will ensure the availability of sufficient quantity of medicines
including the medicines used for the care of the snake-bite, during the flood
seasons with all the medical teams constituted by him.
He will also ensure that the medical teams will be operational and
moving in the towns and village during the flood seasons and emergency team
will be available in the hospital round the clock.
The SMO posted in the Sub Divisions will submit daily progress report
to the SDMs concerned.
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He will also ensure that proper arrangements for medical treatment if
available in the relief camps. He will further ensure that adequate steps are
taken to prevent any scope of out break of any epidermis like situation during
and after the floods
Drinking Water Supply
The Xen. Public health, Amritsar E.O.M.Cs district Amritsar and
secretaries in Market Committees will make all necessary arrangements ensure
supply of clean and potable drinking water in relief camps in Distt. Amritsar
Fodder And Medicines For The Live Stock
The Deputy Director Animal Husbandry, Amritsar and Chief
Agriculture Officer, Amritsar will ensure that the cattle in food prone village
are vaccinated well in time and also maintain stock of medicine at their own
level. The arrangements for fodder will also be made with the help of Distt.
Mandi Officer, Asr. The teams constituted for the purpose, are to be sent to all
blocks and other flood prone areas. The Tehsildar have been specifically
directed to make a survey of total number of houses and cattle in different
villages prior of flood season so that bogus claims can be avoided. Such
information is to be sent before 1.7.2002 positively. Dry fodder should also be
kept in sufficient stock.
Arrangement Of Telephone Facilities Separate Line To Army
SDO, Telephone, Asr. shall maintain regular check of the working of the
telephones and list of all important numbers shall be sent to him by the DRO,
Asr.
Communication
The police wireless system shall function as an alternative mode of
communication in case of floods. The SSP Asr. will set up wireless sets in DCs
office and in vehicles of all SDMs, Tehsildar and DRO. One high powered set
shall be installed in District Flood Control Room with effect from 1.7.02 to
30.9.02
Assistance From Army/ Bsf And Punjab Home Gouard
The ADC, Asr. shall requisition Army help if situation so warrants. The
concerned SDM shall inform when ever the help of army is required. The ADC
is also requested to call a meeting with the Army Officers and get their contact
numbers.
Electricity
The DFO, Asr. will cut the top branches of tress so that the flow of
electricity is not hampered during floods. Electricity Department shall ensure
regular supply of electricity. The DFO shall be responsible for ensuring
immediate removal of fallen tress during the floods/ heavy rains.
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Disposal Of Dead Bodies And Cara Cases
The Executive officer of Municipal Councils and Deputy Director,
Animal Husbandry shall be responsible for the removal of dead bodies and the
carcasses during the flood/ heavy rains.
8.2.Earthquake
Prevention
EARTHQUAKES - Do's and Dont's
Do’s and Don’ts
What to Do Before an Earthquake
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Repair deep plaster cracks in ceilings and foundations. Get expert advice if
there are signs of structural defects.
Anchor overhead lighting fixtures to the ceiling.
Follow BIS codes relevant to your area for building standards
Fasten shelves securely to walls.
Place large or heavy objects on lower shelves.
Store breakable items such as bottled foods, glass, and china in low, closed
cabinets with latches.
Hang heavy items such as pictures and mirrors away from beds, settees, and
anywhere people sit.
Brace overhead light and fan fixtures.
Repair defective electrical wiring and leaky gas connections. These are
potential fire risks.
Secure a water heater, LPG cylinder etc., by strapping it to the wall studs and
bolting it to the floor.
Store weed killers, pesticides, and flammable products securely in closed
cabinets with latches and on bottom shelves.
Identify safe places indoors and outdoors.
1. Under strong dining table, bed
2. Against an inside wall
3. Away from where glass could shatter around windows, mirrors,
pictures, or where heavy bookcases or other heavy furniture could fall
over
4. In the open, away from buildings, trees, telephone and electrical lines,
flyovers, bridges
Educate yourself and family members
Know emergency telephone numbers (doctor, hospital, police, etc)
Have a disaster emergency kit ready
1. Battery operated torch
2. Extra batteries
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3. Battery operated radio
4. First aid kit and manual
5. Emergency food (dry items) and water (packed and sealed)
6. Candles and matches in a waterproof container
7. Knife
8. Chlorine tablets or powdered water purifiers
9. Can opener.
10. Essential medicines
11. Cash and credit cards
12. Thick ropes and cords
13. Sturdy shoes
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Develop an emergency communication plan
1. In case family members are separated from one another during an
earthquake (a real possibility during the day when adults are at work
and children are at school), develop a plan for reuniting after the
disaster.
2. Ask an out-of-state relative or friend to serve as the 'family contact'
After a disaster, it's often easier to call long distance. Make sure
everyone in the family knows the name, address, and phone number of
the contact person.
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Help your community get ready
1. Publish a special section in your local newspaper with emergency
information on earthquakes. Localize the information by printing the
phone numbers of local emergency services offices and hospitals.
2. Conduct a week-long series on locating hazards in the home.
3. Work with local emergency services and officials to prepare special
reports for people with mobility impairments on what to do during an
earthquake.
4. Provide tips on conducting earthquake drills in the home.
5. Interview representatives of the gas, electric, and water companies about
shutting off utilities.
Work together in your community to apply your knowledge to building codes,
retrofitting programmes, hazard hunts, and neighborhood and family emergency
plans.
What to Do during an Earthquake
Stay as safe as possible during an earthquake. Be aware that some earthquakes are
actually foreshocks and a larger earthquake might occur. Minimize your movements
to a few steps to a nearby safe place and stay indoors until the shaking has stopped
and you are sure exiting is safe.
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If indoors
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DROP to the ground; take COVER by getting under a sturdy table or other
piece of furniture; and HOLD ON until the shaking stops. If there isn’t a table
or desk near you, cover your face and head with your arms and crouch in an
inside corner of the building.
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Protect yourself by staying under the lintel of an inner door, in the corner of a
room, under a table or even under a bed.
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Stay away from glass, windows, outside doors and walls, and anything that
could fall, such as lighting fixtures or furniture.
Stay in bed if you are there when the earthquake strikes. Hold on and protect
your head with a pillow, unless you are under a heavy light fixture that could
fall. In that case, move to the nearest safe place.
Use a doorway for shelter only if it is in close proximity to you and if you
know it is a strongly supported, loadbearing doorway.
Stay inside until the shaking stops and it is safe to go outside. Research has
shown that most injuries occur when people inside buildings attempt to move
to a different location inside the building or try to leave.
Be aware that the electricity may go out or the sprinkler systems or fire alarms
may turn on.
DO NOT use the elevators.
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Stay there.
Move away from buildings, trees, streetlights, and utility wires.
Once in the open, stay there until the shaking stops. The greatest danger exists
directly outside buildings, at exits, and alongside exterior walls. Most
earthquake-related casualties result from collapsing walls, flying glass, and
falling objects.
If in a moving vehicle
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Stop as quickly as safety permits and stay in the vehicle. Avoid stopping near
or under buildings, trees, overpasses, and utility wires.
Proceed cautiously once the earthquake has stopped. Avoid roads, bridges, or
ramps that might have been damaged by the earthquake.
If trapped under debris
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Do not light a match.
Do not move about or kick up dust.
Cover your mouth with a handkerchief or clothing.
Tap on a pipe or wall so rescuers can locate you. Use a whistle if one is
available. Shout only as a last resort. Shouting can cause you to inhale
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dangerous amounts of dust.
After an earthquake
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Keep calm, switch on the radio/TV and obey any instructions you hear on it.
Keep away from beaches and low banks of rivers. Huge waves may sweep in.
Expect aftershocks. Be prepared.
Turn off the water, gas and electricity.
Do not smoke and do not light matches or use a cigarette lighter. Do not turn
on switches. There may be gas leaks or short-circuits.
Use a torch.
If there is a fire, try to put it out. If you cannot, call the fire brigade.
If people are seriously injured, do not move them unless they are in danger.
Immediately clean up any inflammable products that may have spilled
(alcohol, paint, etc).
If you know that people have been buried, tell the rescue teams. Do not rush
and do not worsen the situation of injured persons or your own situation.
Avoid places where there are loose electric wires and do not touch any metal
object in contact with them.
Do not drink water from open containers without having examined it and
filtered it through a sieve, a filter or an ordinary clean cloth.
If your home is badly damaged, you will have to leave it. Collect water
containers, food, and ordinary and special medicines (for persons with heart
complaints, diabetes, etc.)
Do not re-enter badly damaged buildings and do not go near damaged
structures.
Preparation
1. Hazard prone area Micre zoning. Drawing of detailed maps of hazard
prone area with special in sights keeping in mind evacuation and relief
processes.
2. Authorization Plan- As earthquake is a sudden phenomenon, the
Organizational command structure is likely to be affected and can be
thrown out of gear. To carry relief and rescue work in the event of a
major earthquake, the following levels of command structure may be
followed and simulated so that in the absence of one level, the next level
may assume the responsibility.
a. Deputy Commissioner
b. Municipal Commissioner
c. Additional Deputy Commissioner (General)
d. Civil Defense Coordinator
3. Similarly other important organizations like Health, PWD etc. will be
asked to formulate and submit their authorization plan.
4. An earthquake resistant control room structure should be created.
Provision shall also be made to designate an alternate site for the control
room in case damage to the control room center.
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5. To avoid problem of coordination and different perspectives and
capabilities of different agencies (which may in turn be detrimental to
the plan effectiveness), the disaster related needs and equipped with the
resources detailed.
EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT GUIDELINES
Guidelines for Earthquake Resistant Buildings
Earthquake Resistant Provisions in Masonry Buildings with Strip Foundation
Zone Max.
Mortar Bands
VerticalDiameter
of Mortar
Height Mix
Reinforcement Vertical
Mix for
Reinforcement Band/Ver
tical
Reinforce
ment
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Four
1:6
1. Lintel
For
Rock/ For
Rock/ 1:3
storey Cement
band
Hard/Medium Hard/Medium Cement
(Less
sand or 2. Roof
soil-not
soil-not
Sand or
than
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band/G mandotry for mandotry
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20
15 m) cementable
soft soil at For soft single Concrete
lime3. Plinth
joint
and bar
sand
Band
corners
12mm (TOR)
or 16mm(MS)
IV
Four
1:6
1. Lintel
At joints and Single bar
1:3
storey Cement
band
corners
for 12mm (TOR) Cement
(Less
sand or 2. Roof
Rock/
or 16mm(MS) Sand or
than
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15 m) cementable
soft soil
Concrete
lime3. Plinth
At jambs and
sand
Band
openings
of
soft soil
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At Joint and Single bar
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band
corners.
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(Less
sand or 2. Roof
At jambs of or 25mm(MS) Sand or
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ACTION PLAN FOR EARTHQUAKE
Action Points
EARTHQUAKE
PLANNING AND Identification of earthquake prone areas
PREPARATION
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IDENTIFICATION  Loss of humen life
 Casualities buried under fallen debris
OF PROBLEMS
 Destruction and damage to buildings
 Disruption of communication by land, sea and air
 Disruption of civic amenities e.g. electricity, water,
transport, medical, telephones
 Civil supplies etc.
 Large scale fires
 Floods in certain areas.
 Landslide in hilly areas.
 Disposal of human bodies and animals.
 Exposure to disease and danger of epidemics.
 Breakdown of law and order.
 Breakdown of normal Government machinery in
affected areas due to Government servants
themselves being affected by earthquake.
 Loss of morale.
 Movement of population.
 Preoaration of Plans and skeleton organization in
ADVANCE
advance.
PREPARATORY
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Training of personnel.
ACTION PLAN
 Establishment of alternative means of mobile
communications.
 Mobilization of Fire Services including auxiliary
firemen.
 Plans of rescue of casualities trapped under-debris.
 Provision of hospital, medical and nursing staff.
 Medical plans for improvised first aid posts and
emergency hospitals.
 Removal of Debris.
 Emergency sanitation, alternative supplies of water,
salvage and custody of valuables, procurement,
distribution accounting of gift stores, care of animals
etc.
 Provision of welfare facilities
AFTER
AN  Instant reaction
 Establishment of Control
EARTHQUAKE
 Military Assistance
 Corpse Disposal
 Medical
 Epidemics
 Salvage
 Deployment of Resources
 Outsides Relief
 Camp-work and Employment
 Information
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REHABILITATION
1. Damege Assessment.
2. Restoration of personal belongings, vehicles/other resources
requisitioned etc.
3. Repair of damaged roads/bridges/buildings any other etc.
4. Control of spread diseses any epidemic.
5. Provision of safe drinking water.
6. Checking of public buildings from safety point of view.
7. Restoration of normal community functions.
8. Dispelling any rumors as to the safety of the area affected.
8.3 EPIDEMICS
Through there is no history of any out break of epidemics in the recent
past in this district, yet contingent plan prepared by Civil Surgeon shall take
care of any out break of epidemics. District Amritsar five civil hospitals and 13
PHC's. The list of Medical Officers along with their place of posting and
telephone Number is being given here under:Sr.No. Designation of officer
Place of posting
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Civil Surgeon
Asstt.Civil Surgeon
SMO Amritsar
SMO Baba Bakala
SMO Ajnala
SMO TarnTaran
SMO Patti
MO Chabhal
MO Gharyala
MO Lopoke
MO Verka
MO KhemKaran
MO Kairon
MO Manawala
MO Majitha
Telephone No.
(O)
2211864
2211864
255264
245548
221105
222755
244949
277343
225227
244852
2263095
2422946
226537
2440136
2533866
(R)
2583680
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Amritsar
-do-doBaba Bakala
Ajnala
TarnTaran
Patti
Chabhal
Gharyala
Lopoke
Verka
KhemKaran
Kairon
Manawala
Majitha
8.4 CATTLE EPIDEMIC
Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry has prepared a contingent plan for
taking care of any cattle epidemics. The contingent plan is as under:Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry, Amritsar has constituted Block
level teams in order to tackle any cattle epidemics arising out of flood or any
other anticipated disaster in the distt. The control room at telephone No.
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267478 is working round the clock in order to convey message to the Block
level teams. The Block level teams are as under:Sr.No. Designation of officer
Mobile
Telephone No.
(O)
(R)
1
Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry
267428
2
Veterinary Officer, Amritasr
267428
9814403137
4
Veterinary Officer, Ajnal
2505616
5
Veterinary Officer, Baba Bakala
2229738
The District has 132 veterinary hospital and 189 dispensaries.
8.5 VILLAGE FIRES
As already described there is one fire station available in this district
with Municipal Corporation, Amritsar. In case of major fire, fire tenders can be
requisitioned from the nearby Station. There have been incidents of fire to the
standing/ harvested/ wheat/ paddy crop. In most of the cases, the cause of fire is
due to short circuiting, because of loose electricity cables and touching of
combine harvesters with the overhead electric wires. To avoid such incidents,
harvesting of wheat/ paddy crop at night has been prohibited by the District
Magistrate. As already explained, in case of any disaster information about the
same shall be conveyed to the affected population through civil and police
control rooms. Mobilization of people shall be effected through Government
and Non Government Organizations. At the District level DDPO Amritsar shall
mobilize the village panchayats through respective BDPOs
Assistant Director, Youth service and co-ordination Nehru Yuvak
Kendra shall mobilize the Youth Clubs in the real areas. NGos are mostly
active in the Municipal towns. These NGOs shall be mobilized through
respective SDMs. The National Reconstruction Crops Volunteers in the district
shall also be pressed into service by the District Youth Coordinator.
CAPABILITY ANALYSIS
Inventory and Evalution of the resources and opportunities from the stepping
stone in the preparatory stage. Authentic assessments can make the planner
awater of their tenacity and wants, so that they can equip themselves with all
the required items and materials well in advance. The resources necessary for
disaster preparedness and during and after disasters are listed below:
1) Imporatnat Telephone Numbers (AMRITSAR) District which are
listed in the Annexure.
2) Nursing Home.
3) Clinical Laboratory.
4) Ambulance
5) Blood Bank
6) Pharmaceutical Shops
7) Night Chemist.
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8) Oxygen Bank
9) Tent House
10) Search & Rescue equipments
ANNEXURE-A
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, AMRITSAR
ORDER
Whereas, the various parts of the district viz ---------------------in Tehsil ------------------have got flooded and the situation in the area has taken the
shape of natural disaster. Thus there is a serious apprehension of loss of human
lives and damage to the public property at a large scale.
Whereas, it has been made to appear to me that with such kind of
situation arising there is possibility of getting the persons trapped in certain
packets. At places, they may get washed away by the water current. This Amy
also causes a panic situation in the entire locality. With this, there is every
likelihood that the people may assemble at one place and with this any kind of
nun toward incident may take place which may cause serious breach of peace
causing injury to persons and properties. So at certain places, evacuation of the
population at a safer point shall also be involved.
I -------------------------, District Magistrate, Amritsar therefore, while
exercising the powers vested in me under section 130 CRPC, requesting the
armed force under your command with the following equipment so as to bring
the exiting situation to normal.
1)
Major Boats -------------------------2)
Life jackets -------------------------3)
Rope
-------------------------4)
Chapoos
-------------------------The officers reporting against this requisition may contact the concerned
S.D.M Shri ---------------------------- for getting the other details to assist the
Civil Administration.
District
Magistrate
Seal
Amritsar
To
The G.O.C.
Or
The Brigade Commander
-----------------------------C/O 56 APO.
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ANNEXURE-B
ORDER
Whereas, it appears to me that the vehicle detailed below is to be needed
for the purpose of evacuation and transport of flood affected families to the
safer places. And, whereas it appears necessary to make an order to
requisitioning the vehicle detailed below:Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers confirmed on me under
section 3 of the Punjab Requisitioning and Acquisition of Moveable Property
Act, 1978.
I -------------------------IAS, District Magistrate Amritsar, therefore,
hereby requisition Vehicle No -----------------------and further order that driver
concerned along with aforesaid Vehicle with petrol/ diesel should report for
suty immediately to ------------------------------------on--------------------------------------- at ----------------------------------District
Magistrate
Amritsar
Endst No. -----------------------------
dated ---------------------
Note :In case of non compliance of the order attention is invited to section 16
of the Act which read as under :"Whosoever contravenes any provision of this Act, or any rule made
these inder, or any order made, or director given under this act or obstructs the
lawful exercise of any power conferred by or under this Act shall be punishable
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine or
with both
To
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ANNEXURE-C
INSTITUTION WISE BEDS POSITION IN DISTRICT, AMRITSAR
Sr.No. Name of institution
No. of beds Phone No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
150
50
50
50
50
30
30
30
25
30
30
25
25
25
25
8
Civil Hospital, Amritsar
Civil Hospital, Patti
Civil Hospital, Ajnala
Civil Hospital, Baba Bakala
Civil Hospital, TarnTaran
P.H.C Chabhal
P.H.C Gharyala
P.H.C Lopoke
P.H.C Verka
P.H.C Khemkaran
P.H.C Kairon
P.H.C Manawala
P.H.C Tarsikka
P.H.C Majitha
P.H.C Chawinda Devi
P.H.C Threawal
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255264
244949
221105
245548
222755
277343
225227
244852
2263095
2422946
226537
2440136
267738
2533866
2423311
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ANNEXURE D
Telephone List of Main office/officers of Amritsar
Officer
Name
/Designation
A.D.C.(G)Amritsar.
A.D.C.(D)Amritsar
AETC-1
AETC-11
Air Port
B
Banks
C
AC(Grivences)
AC(G)
A.D.A.Legal
Mr.Dhanawali
A,T.M.Railway Station
Asr
Attari border.
Army
B.D.P.O.Verka
B.D.P.O.Jandiala
B.D.P.O.Majitha
B.D.P.O.Tarsika
B.D.P.O.Rayya
B.D.P.O.Ajnala
B.D.P.O.Harsha chhina
B.D.P.O.Chogawan
B.D.P.O.Gandiwind
B.S.F.Wahga Border
Bachet Bhawan
Syndicate Bank
O.B.C.Queens Rd.
O.B.C.Majitha Rd.
Canera Bank
Majitha Rd.
Pb&Sind Bank Rly Rd.
O.B.C.Vallah
Union Bank Lawranse
Rd.
S.B.I.City
S.B.I.Cantt.
Commissioner MC ASR
CJM
Control Room ASR
DDMP-AMRITSAR
Office
Residence
2226363
2226868
2210038
2212388
2592166,2804526,
2565081
2225722
2226767
2228798
2226464
2229622
2225224
2213994
2590025
2213171
2566887
2382610, 2231741
2226678-83
30998043
2432156
2773326
01853-267726
01853-222080
01858-221062
01858-264107
01858-244401
01852-260117
2476230,2476369
2501358
2565118
2564682
2555157
2223972
2226768
2520953
2565521
2565163
2555748
2565179
2261124
2220087
2547780,2548188
2565319
2545155
2225110
2228185
2222111
2225251
222
100
Civil Surgeon
2211864
Custom Officer
2507436
Colleg Shazada Nand College
2210828
es
2222273
D.A.V. College for boys 2553377
2551872
Khalsa College
2258418,2258852
Shazada Nand Collage 2544645, 2210828
for women
Govt College for women 2225818
D.A.V.College
for 2221757, 2221009
women
Clubs Amritsar Club
2223669
A.G.A
2223306
Serivce Club
2227068
Cinem Annam Cinemas
2210949
as
Adrash
2565249
Suraj Chanda
2557393
Sangam
2545500
Gagan
2271020
New Rialto
2566101
Health Civil Surgeon
2211864
Distri D.H.O
2566271
ct
Office
s
Cantonment Board
2563967
Circuit House
2566319
Chif Agi Office
2502527
C.J.M
2225110
Custom
2210377, 2565469
Custom Attari Rd.
2292630
Coca Cola Factory
2258397
Depo
2225749
C.D.P.O.Jandiala
2320071
Computer Section
2220899, 2400364
Commissioner Provident 2500471, 2501064
Funds
D
Distt & Session Judge
2225124
Deputy Commisseioner 2226161
Asr
DIG Border Range
2223238
DIG BSF Border Range
2258705, 2258275
DDMP-AMRITSAR
2583630
2504636
2540222
2274564
2562351
2210053
2225122
2226162,6
262
2210966
2258520
223
Distt Mandi Officer
D.M.Punsup
D.R.O.
Distt Social Security
Officer
Dy.Dir. Sanik Welfare
Distt Attorny
Distt Sports Officer
D.E.O.(S)
D.E.O.(P)
D.D.P.O.
D.T.O.
D.W.O.
D.D.L.G.
D.F.S.C.
Dy.Director Horticulture
Dy.Ecnomical
&
Statistical Advisor
Distt
Small
Savings
Officer
Distt.Treasury Officer
Dy. E.S.A.
D.M. Agro
D.M.Ware House
D.M.Markfed
D.O.R.G.
Durgina Mandir
Docto
rs
2527459
2506119
2229125
2571934
2563102
2400193
2557693
2225896
2228979
2226980
2565244
2534944
2557689
2564966
2502476
2565999
DDMP-AMRITSAR
2565518
2562222
2500923
2227080
2401804
2507560
2566012
2229882
2225699
2223340
2503184
2222587
2565999
2505531
2401060
2500372
2225722
2550700
2550800
Divisional Forest Officer 2231480
D.M.S.C.C.
2556667
D.T.P.
2220406
Deputy
Dir.Public 2210235
Relation.
D.P.R.O.
2210235
D.M.F.C.I.
2226257
Dr.Daljit Singh Eyes
2551600
Dr.Adarsh.Heart.G.Nana
k Hospital
Dr.Davinder
Sharma.Heart
Dr.A.S.Randhawa Brain
Dr.Mrs.Khanna.
Dr.Jadish
Gargi.Post
Mortem
2257444
2221878
2401103
2500137
2506669
2226440
2275071
2229899
2223093
2223870
2500012
2500709
2505122
2545945
2503624
2220805
2226900
224
E
G
Gas
Agnec
y
Dr.Sujan Singh Eyes
Dr.Sandhu
Election Tehsildar.
Employment officer
E.O.I.T.O.
Essma Mill
2256636
2504333
2227118
2552379
2557618,2557617
2226252,2564921,256
6882
E.O.M.C.O. Asr
2545538
E.O.M.C.Jandiala
2432122,2432405
E.O.M.C.Majitha
2773347
EOMC Ajnala
951858-221438
EOMC Rayya
951853-222286
EOMC Raja Sansi
951858-233712
EO Improvement trust
2500555,2501666
G.M.Rd.ways-1
2551735
2551741
G.M.Rd.ways-11
2551776,2551744
G.A.to D.C
2226767
G.M.D.I.C.
2584804
G.M.Telephones
2563566
Gurdwara
judicial 2502398
Commission
Guru Nanak Bhavan
2545480
Amritsar Gas Agency
2556456
Amrohi
Arora
Dee.Ess.
Bajwa
Chopra
Jagdav Chheharta
Shivam Gas
Ganpati
Hotels Ritz Hotel
Mohan International
Sun&Shine
Kumar International
Royal Castel
M.K.
Amritsar International
Hospit Guru Ramdas Dental
als
College&Hospital
Dental College Mall
Mandi
DDMP-AMRITSAR
2566496,2564040
2548110
2542508
2282602
2555770
2258200
2521380
2541588
2562836
2227801to08
2563876
2500171
2556264
2504610,504611
2555991-92
2585656
2258873
2710475
2484635
2228292
2484991
2484991
5095421
2212641
2226768
2586696
2563500
2566314
2553668
225
I
J
K
L
M
Mills
N
O
S
Sani Hospital
Kakkar
Dental Hospital Majitha
rd.
Mundh.
Income Tax Officer.
Improvement trust
I.T.I.Centre
Indian Oil
Jail
Jalliana Wala Bagh
Kabul Trading Company
Labour Officer
LIC Asr
2221121
2506053
2566674
Medical
Supdtt.Guru
Nanak Hospital.
Sawadesi mill
Sugar Mill Ajnala
N.T.Colonization
Nowelty Sweets
Nizzar Agro
Nehru Juva Kender
Odeon
OCM
S.E.Irrigation
2220460,2222173
2220805
2564841, 2222777
246652
2556461
2223197
2321704
2210870
2565074
2258712,2258713
566252
566246
274203
2220764
2503336
2503346
2225675, 2225876
2500555, 2501666
2503399
2553431
2503419
2228110
2542245
2564789, 2222215
2564602
2557830,
2557392,
2555517
LBO
2566089
Market Committee Asr
2543264
185222426
2542956
M.C.Gehri
2432027
M.C. Rayya
01853-222319
2273356
M.C. Chhabal
01852-277255
52-222015
M.C.Ajnala
01858-221051
2504778
M.C.Chogawan
01858-244761
2227505
M.C.Attari
2382605
01852222426
M.C.Mehta
01853-256725
2273356
M.C.Jandiala.
2322027
2236264
M.C.Majitha.
2773353
2581064
Municipal
Corporation 2545155
2222111
Commissioner.
S.E.N/H
DDMP-AMRITSAR
2226761
474513
226
S.E.Sewrage Board
S.E.PSEB City Circle
S.E.Public Health
S.E.Mandi Board
S.E.PWD
S.E.Drains
S.E.Chief Engineer PSEB
S.E.Pheruman PSEB
Sant Singh Sukha Singh
553916
553607, 545882
543391
500731, 556461
274285
229954
263915, 263948
2504669
Schoo
2223878,2565799,
ls
2565699
SSP
Amritsar
2227779
SSP
Majitha
2584369
B.R.Modern Sch.
2224603
G.S.S.S.Mall Rd.
2220682
D.A.V.Public Sch.
2224603
P.B.N.Hall Gate
2551995
Kotla Sultan Singh
2236550
Holly
Heart
Green 2563935
Avenue
Holly Heart Rani Ka 2564441
Bagh
Holly Heart G.T.Rd.
246903
D.A.V.Sch. hathi Gate
2548465
St.Frances.
2226285
Harkrishan Public Sch.
2562649
Khalsa College Public 2258337
Sch.
S.D.M S.D.M.Asr-I
2226928
’s
S.D.M.Asr-II
2228303
S.D.M.Baba Bakala
01853-245510
S.D.M.Ajnala
01858-221037
Supdtt.Medical.S.G.T.B. 2222173
Hospital
T
Tehsildar Asr-I
2562663
Tehsildar Asr-II
2544695
Tehsildar Ajnala
01858-221102
Tehsildar Baba Bakala
01853-225511
U
Guru
Nanak
Dev 2258802 to 09
University.
G.N.D.U.V.C
2258811
Pro V.C
2258880
G.N.D.U
2258855
G.N.D.U History Deptt
2258802
V
Verka Milk Plant
2263072, 2263026
DDMP-AMRITSAR
401999
504087
223446
226975
2502521
2231040
2258267
2226307
2227098
245511
221054
2229646
2213030
2421656
227
W
X
Working Women Hostal
Asr
Xen Mandi Board
Xen P.S.E.B.Hall Gate
Xen Drainage
Xen Drainage Mechinical
Xen P.W.D.Electercity
Xen P.S.E.B.
Xen Rural Rd.Division-1
Xen Rural Rd. Division 2
Xen Building Prov.Div.2
Xen Public Health Div.1
Xen Public Health Div.2
Xen P.W.D.Electrcity
Xen Rural Works P.W.D.
Xen National Highways
Xen Panchyat Raj
Xen P.S.E.B.(SHARMA)
Xen Palution Board
Xen Galiara
Xen Panchayat Raj
Xen UBDC
Xen Irregation
DDMP-AMRITSAR
2234411
2526451
2548156
2566097
2566278
2274384
2274362
2564793
2274285
2500731
266343
2274881
2554281
2562911
2274284
2274285
2566551
2234637
2544458
226079
2293081
225398
2566423
2566246
2228860
2212456
2222672
2277609
2275181
2222672
2275601
2225398
2548156
425856
228
ANNEXURE E
PHONE NUMBERS OF KANUNGO, SARPANCH AND
ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES
ADMINISTRATIVE BODY, AMRITSAR
Sr. No.
Name
Designation
Nirmaljit Singh Bajwa
Punjab
1
Representative
Lakhwinder singh Kohli
President
2
Sukhchain singh
General Secretary
3
Rupinder
Singh
Randhawa
Cashier
4
Balbir Singh Cheema
Vice-Senior
5
President
Mukhwinder Singh Khera Vice President
6
Karan Singh Nangli
Vice President
7
Gurmez Singh
Vice President
8
Sant Dalbir Singh
Vice President
9
Maninder singh Bhagat
Vice President
10
Kulwant Singh Dehriwal
Assistant
11
Secretary
Ranjit Singh
Propaganda
12
Secretary
Tejinder
singh
Legal Advisor
13
Rajesh Kumar Bitto
Press Secretary
14
Jaswant Singh Aulakh
Press Secretary
15
Jaspal Singh Banot
Assistant Cashier
16
Master Jagjeer singh
Editor
17
Rachpal Singh Jalala
Propaganda
18
Secretary
Phone Number
98154-13003
98728-48687
98760-43774
98156-57012
98724-11170
99153-57410
98727-46833
98727-58499
98140-39816
98152-13679
98153-50458
98888-73546
97802-03409
98145-13870
98158-33166
94644-38799
98722-77485
98728-64729
TEHSIL BODY AMRITSAR-I
Sr. No.
Name
Sant Prem Singh Sidhu
1
Harminder Singh
2
Sukhwinder Singh
3
Designation
President
General Secretary
Cashier
Phone Number
98146-83806
94644-34669
98721-22381
TEHSIL BODY AMRITSAR-II
Sr. No.
Name
Gurikbal Singh
1
Kulwinder Singh
2
Sampuran Singh
3
Designation
President
General Secretary
Cashier
Phone Number
98156-41047
98153-58851
94636-49401
TEHSIL BODY AJNALA
Sr. No.
Name
Gurinderbeer Singh Gill
1
Designation
President
Phone Number
98555-07709
DDMP-AMRITSAR
229
2
3
Daljit Singh
Mewa Lal Bhagat
TEHSIL BODY BABA BAKALA
Sr. No.
Name
Harjit Singh
1
Tarsem Singh
2
Amit Kumar
3
General Secretary
Cashier
98143-31403
94635-89760
Designation
President
General Secretary
Cashier
Phone Number
98761-10322
98558-19301
99159-30494
SADAR KANUNGO OFFICE
Sr.
Name
Designation
No.
Jagsheer Singh
Sadar Kanungo
1
Narinder Singh
Naib Kanungo, Asr
2
Sukhdev Singh
Kanungo
3
Sukhdev Singh
Kanungo
4
Joginder Singh
Naib Kanungo
5
KANUNGO OFFICE
Sr.
Name
No.
1
Surinder Singh
Jagteshwar Singh
2
Designation
Kanungo
Amritsar
A.O.K.
Phone Number
98727-55862
98559-98974
98761-54270
98143-15179
Phone Number
office, 98151-52355
0183-2220637
KANUNGO AMRITSAR-I
Sr. No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Name
Joginder Singh
Gurmez Singh
Mehal
Singh
Sandhu
Susheel Handa
Manjit Singh
Nachatar Singh
Harwinder Bitto
Gian Singh
Hardev Singh
Kartar Singh
Sarbjit
DDMP-AMRITSAR
Area
Amritsar-I
Sultanwind side
Sultanwind Urban
Mahal-I
Mahal-II
Bhradiwal
Sultanwind Chikani
Asr-107
Asr-108
Asr-109
Asr-110
Phone Number
98763-18318
98727-58499
98888-74188
98156-10276
98157-56637
98722-77629
98144-56925
99151-68003
94638-29873
99158-72934
99880-60088
230
KANUNGO AMRITSAR-II
Sr.
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Name
Designation
Hirdepal Singh
Gurikbal Singh
Ranjit Singh
Gurjit Singh
Chiman Mehar
Tejwant Singh
Harpal Singh
Mandeep Singh
Jalwinder Singh
Thaman Singh
Sukhjinder Singh
Kanungo
Kanungo
Kanungo
Kanungo
Kanungo
Kanungo
Kanungo
Kanungo
Kanungo
Kanungo
Kanungo
Ph No.
9815630949
9815641047
9855294943
9780527805
9814426042
9878017153
9887274177
9872345555
98721154
98151126
985516416
KANUNGO WADALA BHITEWADH
Sr.
No.
1
Name
Designation
Navinder Singh
Kanungo
President
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Mangwinder Singh
Ranjit Singh
Kuldeep Singh
Ratanjeet Singh
Ashok Kumar
Prithipal Singh
Surinder Kumar
Jaswinder
Singh
Bedi
Rajeev Kumar
Rajesh Kumar
10
11
Village
Phone Number
98149-53265
Miran Kot
Heir
Kambo
Basarke
Basarke Gillan
Loharka
Gaunsabad
Wadala
Bhitewadh
Khapar Kheri
Hamidpura
99153-57410
98158-61206
98154-68560
94174-17635
99887-76029
98729-61313
98552-68610
98148-13815
97804-12272
97793-03762
KANUNGO VERKA
Sr.
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Name
Designation
Village
Archana Madam
Lakhwinder Singh
Harwinder Singh
Bhupinder Singh
Surjeet Singh
Jagjit Singh
Jagjit Singh
Kanungo
Verka
Pandori Waraich
Bal Kalan
Bal Khurd
Jethuwal
Mudhal
Verka-1
DDMP-AMRITSAR
Phone
Number
98784-95394
98728-48687
98728-95795
98156-22223
99145-79919
98152-81534
98722-72480
231
8
9
10
Ranjit Singh
Balkar Singh
Harbans Singh
11
Bhagwan Singh
Verka-2
Muradpura
Fatehgarh
Shukarchak
Jagatpur Bajaj
98155-67744
94642-29191
98782-40732
99144-07240
KANUNGO CHABBA
Sr.
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Name
Designation
Village
Phone Number
Narinder Singh
Harjinder Singh
Pardeep Kumar
Paras Nath
Paramjeet Singh
Balwinder
Sharma
Rajpal
Bachitar Singh
Darshan singh
Gurikbal Singh
Rajesh Kumar
Kanungo
Chabba
Mananwala
Iban
Rakh Jhita
Mandiala
Sangna
98723-55358
98156-26080
98144-53121
98143-91044
98888-47524
98554-24669
Chicha
Chabba
Chatiwind
Wanchari
Warpal
94636-50414
98768-02052
94646-26312
97797-01294
98146-54855
Village
Phone Number
KANUNGO ATTARI
Sr.
No.
Name
1
2
Raj Kumar
Kanungo
Sant
Sukhwinder
Singh
Attari
Attari
98723-58360
98781-35939
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Harish Chander
Balkar Singh
Subash Chander
Jobanjeet Singh
Bhupinder Singh
Sanjeev Kumar
Ravi Devgan
Balwinder Singh
Balraj Singh
Neshta
Dhanoia Kalan
Mode
Kaunke
Ranike
Mahawa
Rajatal
Daoke
Gharinda
99144-40472
98553-55337
98558-28229
98141-27536
98146-02362
98150-10897
97804-68685
94640-02312
98153-67497
DDMP-AMRITSAR
Designation
232
KANUNGO KHASA
Sr.
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Name
Designation
Village
Phone Number
Keval Krishan
Sampuran Singh
Dr. Narinder Pal
Gurdeep Singh
Ravinder Kumar
Sawan Singh
Major Singh
Savinder Singh
Ram Ji Das
Sukhwinder
Singh
Raman Kumar
Kanungo
Cashier
Khasa
Khasa
Gumanpura
Dhatal
Khathanian
Chakmukand
Hoshiar Nagar
Bhakna Khurd
Chicha
Bhakna Kalan
98159-67500
94636-49401
98729-58899
Lahorimal
98153-67497
98150-07875
97801-16151
98888-41842
97798-84945
94635-13181
98721-22381
KANUNGO NAWAN PIND
Sr.
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Name
Designation
Vipan Kumar
Kanungo
Sant Prem Singh President
Sidhu
Karam singh Nangli
Jaspal singh
Sukhdeep singh
Paramjeet singh
Narvail singh
Rabinder Nath
Sukbeer singh bedi
Ratan Singh
Virender Singh
KANUNGO JANDIALA GURU
Sr. No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Name
Kuldeep Singh
Ashu kumar
Harinder Singh
Ranjeet Singh
Rasal singh
Amrik Singh
Navdeep Singh
Rajiv kumar
DDMP-AMRITSAR
Designation
Kanungo
Kanungo
Kanungo
Kanungo
Kanungo
Kanungo
Kanungo
Kanungo
Village
Phone Number
Nawan Pind
Nawan Pind
9815418018
9814688808
Talwandi Dogran
98152677
98151132
98720312
98153022
98158472
Makhan Windi
Fatehpur
Rajputan
Wadala Johal
Rasulpur
Village
Jandiala
Jandiala-I
Jandiala-II
Bundala-I
Bundala-II
Jania
Gahri
Mallian
981571044
987246488
985560777
Ph No.
9878469373
9779692292
9872745597
9915241014
9417949136
9888751212
9915502120
9915955027
233
9
10
11
Balwinder Singh
Jaspal Singh
Darbar Singh
Kanungo
Kanungo
Kanungo
Devi Dasspura
Bhangwan
Ballian
Majpura
9855714164
9815623124
9898872400
KANUNGO PAKHARPURA
Sr. No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Name
Designation
Bhupedra Singh Kanungo
Satnam Singh
Kanungo
Devi Parkash
Kanungo
Balveer Singh
Kanungo
Kawal singh
Kanungo
Ravindar Singh Kanungo
Surindr Singh
Kanungo
Balwinder Singh Kanungo
Avtar Singh
Kanungo
Parveen Kumar Kanungo
Rajesh kumar
Kanungo
Village
Pakharpura
Terpai
Mardikalan
Sanewal
Babowal
Abdal
Bhangali
shamnagar
Fatubillewal
KOtli
Ph No.
9855447775
9872582117
9872554295
9815858554
9417427087
987281
9872356
9465273
9814094
9855462
99880843
KANUNGO KATHUANGAL
Sr
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Names
Designation
Jabardutt Singh
Rajinder Singh
Ajit Singh
Narinder Kumar
Kanungo
Parsan Singh
Balwinder Singh
Inderjeet Singh
Palwinder Singh
Joginder Pal Pande
Harjit Singh
DDMP-AMRITSAR
Villages
Phone
Numbers
9855309271
9855478526
9915508787
9815935041
9779387464
9872048903
9217710102
9815880281
9814738158
9872613187
234
KANUNGO MAJITHA
Sr
No.
1
2
Names
Designation
3
Satnam Singh
Kanungo
Kulwinder Singh Kanungo
Khera
Rajesh Kumar
Kanungo
4
Harminder Singh
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Narinder Singh
Ravinder Kumar
Rakesh Kumar
Gurdasmal
Sukhbir Singh
Vinod Kumar
Sukhwinder Singh
Gursharan Singh
General
Secretary
Villages
Majitha
Sohian Kalan
Phone
Numbers
9417921590
9815358851
Kotla Sultan 9814513870
singh
Umar pura
9464434669
Majitha
Nag-1
Nag-2
Jheto Nangal
Bhagwa
Mahdipura
Wadalviram
Bhuma
9465564414
9779616683
9417977248
9118557719
9915316666
9914252446
9815229483
9815995653
IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS OF TEHSIL AJNALA
Sr
No.
1
2
3
Names
Designation
Villages
S. Inderjeet Singh
Kanungo
Office
Sh. Harbhajan Singh A.O.K.
Sh. Avtar Singh
A.O.K.
Phone
Numbers
9872005186
9888306421
9872545830
TEHSIL OFFICE AJNALA
Sr
No.
1
2
3
Names
Designation
Villages
S. Ravinder Singh
Sh. Rohit Gupta
Sh. Parmanand
Ajnala
Ajnala
Ajnala
4
S. Bawa Singh
Ramdas
9815812730
5
S. Bakshish Singh
SDM
Tehsildar
NaibTehsildar
NaibTehsildar
NaibTehsildar
Phone
Numbers
9855108091
9815006658
9872322932
Lopoke
9878680783
DDMP-AMRITSAR
235
KANUNGO AJNALA
Sr
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Names
Designation
Harmesh Lal
Kanungo
Ripudaman Singh
Kaptan Singh
Mangat Maseer
Sukhdev Raj
Mahesh Kumar
Ramesh Pal
Sanjeev Kumar
Karaj Singh
Manjinder Singh
Baldev
Singh
Mattu
Amanjit Singh
Villages
Phone
Numbers
Ajnala
9872643581
Ajnala
9464743232
Guralal
9914272877
Nangal
9855455842
Dayalbhati 9815272651
Gujarpura 9872968410
Gagumahal 9855791496
Rair
9815877737
Panchgaria 9888170401
Rajia
9815912012
AbNanagal 9914450486
Ugaraulaka 9814007666
KANUNGO CHAMEARI
Sr
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Names
Designation
Villages
Paramjit Singh
Mewa Lal Bhagat
Garnek Singh
Surjit Singh
Ramesh Kumar
Atma Singh
Harish Kumar
Harbhajan Singh
Harjinder Kumar
Harjinder Singh
Kuldeep Singh
Rajesh Kumar
Kanungo
Patwari
Chameri
Chameri
Hardpatli
Names
Designation
Villages
Kashmeer Singh
Harpreet Singh
Keval Singh
Sukhjinder Singh
Deva Singh
Bikramjit Singh
Kanungo
Phone
Numbers
9815765909
9463589760
9872454130
9815565
9815520
9872330
9814312
9888306
9815668
98782552
94655655
98155209
KANUNGO SARANGDEV
Sr
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
DDMP-AMRITSAR
Phone
Numbers
9815504016
9914315486
9815688473
9814057357
9815301209
9815698938
236
7
8
9
10
11
Dalbeer Singh
Jagir Singh
Jaswinder Singh
Manohar Lal
Sukhchain Singh
Bikraur
Chakdogra
Jafarkot
Ballabedarya
Shekhpati
9465496091
9872277485
9815244435
9872692610
9876043774
Villages
Gurukabagh
Sansera
Dodraya
Phone
Numbers
9815202585
9814039816
9888682336
Tedakalan
Bhowali
Ballawind
Khtrakallan
Sangatpura
Chander
Laskrinangal
Kamalpura
Kadowali
9814654876
9814655645
9872764282
9878247784
9876423555
9878679947
9217710555
9815213679
9815181588
KANUNGO GURU KA BAGH
Sr
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Names
Designation
Rashem Singh
Kanungo
Sant Dalbeer Singh
Krishan
Chand
Bhagat
Kulwant Singh
Gurnaam Singh
Sarabjit Singh
Gurinder Singh
Dalip Singh
Harpreet Singh
Dawinderpal Singh
Manwinder Singh
Baldev Singh
KANUNGO RAMDAS
Sr
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Names
Designation
Parbhushan Singh
Sukhchain Singh
Manjit Singh
Charanjit Singh
Jagtar Singh
Jagtar Singh
Janak Raj
Rajinder Singh
Kanungo
Patwari
Villages
Phone
Numbers
98145694
9876043
98784040
99886812
98724309
981569700
9855004545
9914866201
KANUNGO RAJASANSI
Sr
No.
1
2
3
Names
Designation
Jaswant
Singh Kanungo
Sohal
Om Prakash
Patwari
Maninderjeet
DDMP-AMRITSAR
Villages
Rajasansi
Phone
Numbers
9878072260
Rajasansi
Adliwal
9815243137
9872265006
237
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Singh
Ikbal Singh
Kuldeep Singh
Charanjeev Kumar
Narayani Das
Harjinder Singh
Gurdial Singh
Manohar Lal
Sukhinder Singh
Mallunangal
Bholanangal
Jagdevkallan
Harsahchina
Dhariwal
Bagga
Kaler
Chanjoti
9878372200
9888166336
9815639305
9463524337
9814956108
9815692201
9872692610
9872500711
KANUNGO LOPOKE
Sr
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Names
Designation
Ashok Kumar
Ropinder Singh
Satnam Singh
Gurikbal Singh
Shivraj Singh
Shiv Singh
Gurnaam Singh
Dhanjeet Singh
Paramjit Singh
Paramdeep Singh
Lakhwinder Singh
Jaswant Singh
Kanungo
Patwari
Villages
Phone
Numbers
9815309223
9815657019
9855278759
9814015202
Chawindakallan 9878119467
Wanike
9815850501
Dhalla
9876838313
Sohra pind
9463550013
Chakmishrikah 9872954121
Mauda
9814312566
Maulkot
9417916843
Kawen
9815833166
KANUNGO KAKAR
Sr
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Names
Designation
Gurmukh Singh
Kanungo
Balbeer Singh
Patwari
Dhanjeet Singh
Maninderjeet
Singh
Gurdial Singh
Sulakhan
Singh
Dhillon
Sukhdev Raj
Baldev Singh
Harpreet Singh
Jagdev Singh
Ashwani Kumar
DDMP-AMRITSAR
Villages
Phone
Numbers
9855251439
9478155016
9463550013
9878663819
9779749983
9815899798
9316049619
9815755742
9815208484
9855706736
9814482503
238
KANUNGO THOBA
Sr
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Names
Designation
Villages
Kapoor Singh
Kanungo
Gurbinder Singh Tehsil
Gill
President
Jagtar Singh
Sabeg Singh
Sabeg Singh
Sucha Singh
Amarjit Singh
Surjit Singh
Maninder Singh
Sukhwinder Singh
Phone
Numbers
9872319976
9855507709
9463683630
9876685866
9876685866
9815155013
98722978
981545382
981545382
98711957
987618535
KANUNGO JASRAUR
Sr
Names
Designation Villages
No.
Buta Singh
Kanungo
1
Lakhbir Singh
2
Jarnail Singh
3
Satpal Singh
4
Baldev Inder Singh
5
Jaspal Singh
6
Balwinder Singh
7
Harbeer Singh
8
Jatinder Singh
9
Mangat Masih
10
Pardeep Kumar
11
KANUNGO JASTARWALA
Phone
Numbers
9464115641
9914181348
9855204521
9814934941
9915183860
9464438798
9815811765
9914985065
9872540975
9815455842
9815701606
Sr
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Phone
Numbers
9872319976
9872031476
Names
Designation Villages
Kulbeer Singh
Kanungo
Sawinderjeet Singh
Gurjaspal Singh
Daljit Singh
Baldev Singh
Kuldeep Singh
DDMP-AMRITSAR
01858-236004
9814331403
9814828135
9815139127
239
7
8
9
10
11
Malkiat Singh
Sumit Kumar
Ram Lubhaiya
Nirvail Singh
Nirvail Singh
9779325480
9814606344
9914965400
9814899942
9815755742
IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBER OF BABA BAKALA
Sr
No.
1
2
3
4
5
Names
Designation Area
Sh.Tejinderpal
Singh
Smt. Seema Singh
Sh.Sukhdev Kumar
Bangar
S.
Lakhwinder
Singh
S. Malkeet Singh
SDM
Tehsildar
Naib
Tehsildar
Naib
Tehsildar
Office
Kanungo
Kawaljeet Bill Clerk
7
8
Smt.
Kaur
S. Major Bhoma
S. Harjit Singh
9
S. Tarsem Singh
10
Sh. Amit Kumar
6
Kanungo BabaBakala
Sr
Names
No.
Amit Kumar
1
Dalbir singh
2
Raspal singh
3
Sukhtar singh
4
Manidar singh
5
Kulwant singh
6
Chanan singh
7
Patwindar singh
8
Sucha Singh
9
Jagdeesh Kumar
10
DDMP-AMRITSAR
A.O.K.
Tehsil
President
General
Tehsil
Secretary
Cashier
Tehsil
Phone
Numbers
Baka Bakala 01858221037
9915000510
Baka Bakala 991554780
Baka Bakala 925730313
Baka Bakala 981534046
Baka Bakala 8146426700
Baka Bakala 987936141
Baka Bakala 9465483043
Baka Bakala 987611032
Baka Bakala 9855819301
01832765892
Baka Bakala 9915930494
01835062134
Designation Village
Phone
Numbers
9915930494
9780512022
9872864729
9915306013
9855484828
9815350458
9876133834
9814916119
9876938907
9872506424
240
11
12
Jagdeesh kumar
Amarjeet Singh
9872506424
01832744225
KANUNGO SATHIALA
Sr
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Names
Designation Villages
Balbir
Singh
Cheema
Narinder Singh
Sukhwant Singh
Yograj Singh
Harpreet Singh
Parveen Kumar
Gurder Singh
Baldev Singh
Balbeer Singh
Princejeet Singh
Journail Singh
Tarsem Singh
Kanungo
Phone
Numbers
9872411170
9876201250
9023043245
9914416001
9888230888
9872039177
9779994785
9876029281
9463400442
9872235035
9815272587
9878096027
KANUNGO KHILCHIAN
Sr
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Names
Designation Villages
Sukhchain Singh
Ramesh Pal
Sarabjit Singh
Balwinder Singh
Jaswinder Singh
Sardool Singh
Bikramjit Singh
Tarsem Singh
Satnam Singh
Sukhdev Singh
Kanungo
Phone
Numbers
9915986013
9463771946
9915670894
9463730637
9878478070
9815385021
9815361810
9872493206
9872472750
9872104299
KANUNGO TARSIKKA
Sr
No.
1
2
Names
Harjit Singh
Ranjit Singh
DDMP-AMRITSAR
Designation Villages
Phone
Numbers
9876110322
9417306708
241
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Manjit Singh
Sangara Singh
Charanjit Singh
Mukhtar Singh
Manjit Singh
Major Singh
Lakhwinder Singh
Harjit Singh (Add President
itional Charge)
Joga Singh
Kanungo
9815207087
9876801658
9815688169
9815494615
9815207087
9814112689
9814200223
9876110322
9317552092
KANUNGO MATEWAL
Sr
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Names
Designation Villages
Tarsem Singh
Prem Singh
Ranjit Singh
Satpal Singh
Dalbeer Singh
Davinder Singh
Satnam Singh
Dilbaag Singh
Baljinder Singh
Shamsher Singh
Amreek Singh
Kanungo
Phone
Numbers
9855819301
9876429964
9888873540
9814410255
9815207807
9876246014
9465484052
9872113335
9814571189
9815833504
KANUNGO MEHTA
Sr No.
Names
1
2
3
Ikbal Singh
Inder Singh
Manjit
Baba Bakala
Singh
Kulwinder
Singh
Sukhdev
Raj
Keval Singh
Dalip Singh
Dalip Singh Additional
Charge
Jagir Singh
Jagir Singh Additional
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
DDMP-AMRITSAR
Designation Villages
Phone
Numbers
9915469355
9988020507
9815236860
9815554495
9814224032
9915744798
9915757084
9915757084
9815595140
9815595140
242
11
12
Charge
Randhir
Kanungo
Singh
Sucha Singh
9855440715
9878310333
KANUNGO CHAUGWAN
Sr No.
Names
1
Sukhram
singh
Charnjeet
Tarlochan
singh
Janak Raj
Santokh
singh
Dalwindar
singh
Gurpal
singh
Balwindar
singh
Kawaljeet
singh
Sushil
kumar
Suresh
kumar
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
DDMP-AMRITSAR
Designation Villages
Phone
Numbers
9815646814
Patwari
9815515015
9914265903
9988158492
9815511328
9814565586
9914134674
9855665650
9815071923
9872230551
9888982466
243
Block Wise Telephone Numbers of Sarpanch and Panchayat Secretary of
Amritsar District
BLOCK JANDIALA GURU
List of Tel. Nos. of Sarpanch & Panchayat Secretary
Guru
Ser Name of Name
of Telepho Name
of
ial Gram
Sarpanch
ne No. Panchayat
No. Panchay
(Sarpan Secretary
at
ch)
1
2
3
4
5
Baba
S. Angrej 9888228 S.
Sukhbir
1
Ghani
Singh
210
Singh
Shah
Baba Jas S.
9815256 S. Balwinder
2
Havelian Gursangat
813
Singh
Singh
Bachan
Smt.
9876639 S. Balwinder
3
Singh
Dalbiro
087
Singh
Wala
Balia
Smt.
9646901 S. Balwinder
4
Manjpur
Lakhbir
520
Singh
Kaur
Bamma
S. Darshan 9888S.
Karanjit
5
Singh
75996
Singh
Bandala
S.
Sham 9888726 S.
Sarabjit
6
Singh
247
Singh
Beshamb Smt. Surjit 9915196 S.
7
erpura
Kaur
211
Sukhwinder
Singh
Bhangwa S. Saroop 98152S.
8
n
Singh
38666
Sukhwinder
Singh
Bhagtupu S.
Inder 9878204 S. Ramtasvir
9
ra
Singh
120
Singh
S.
10 Bhagwan S. Mukhtar Not
sar
Singh
Availabl Raminderjit
e.
Singh
Smt.
98155S. Naranjan
11 Bhaini
Badeshan Paramjit
12042
Singh
Kaur
Smt.
98141S. Salwinder
12 Butt
Rajwant
68215
Singh
Kaur
DDMP-AMRITSAR
of Block Jandiala
Telephone
(Panchayat
Secretary)
No.
6
94637-17485
9888280819,8146366766
9888280819,8146366766
9888280819,8146366766
94637-32285
94647-45013
98882-85121
98882-85121
81462-99599
9478358477
99888-54725
97798-27668
244
13
Chajalwa
di
14
Chappa
Ram
Singh
Chinna
Patti
15
16
17
Jheeta
Chet
Singh
wala
Chohan
20
Dera
Baba
Dyal
Singh
Devidasp
ur
Dharar
21
DhereKot
22
Dhudhala
23
Fatehpur
Rajputtan
24
Gadli
25
Gehri
26
Gunowal
Havellian
27
Gunowal
28
Gurbaksh
Singh
Wala
18
19
Smt.
Kulwant
Kaur
Smt.
Rupinderjit
Kaur
Smt.
Sukhraj
Kaur
Smt.
Kulwinder
Kaur
9915825070
S.
Ranjit 98782-68568
Singh
9872316
066
S. Balwinder 9872316066
Singh
9855782
278
Sh.
Rajesh 9814244957
Kumar
9876933
642
Sh. Subhash 81462-99799
Chander
S.
Amandeep
Singh
S. Kuldip
Singh
9815833962
S.
Sarabjit 94647-45013
Singh
9417276766
S. Kawaljit 81468-99399
Singh
S.
Dara
Singh
S. Kawaljit
Singh
Smt.
Sawinder
Kaur
S. Jagwant
Singh
Smt.
Sukhwinder
jit Kaur
Smt.
Surinderpal
Kaur
S. Jaswinder
Singh
S.
Gurcharan
Singh
S.
Sukha
Singh
Smt.
Maninder
Kaur
9815303343
9815526
406
9779292582
S. Naranjan 98553-42987
Singh
S. Naranjan 98553-42987
Singh
S.
Karanjit 94637-32285
Singh
9915571
709
9855645
232
Sh.
Rajesh 9814244957
Kumar
S. Balwinder 9855645232
Singh
9915309596
S.
Karanjit 94637-32285
Singh
9814481638
9815260
957
S.
Karanjit 94637-32285
Singh
S. Naranjan 98553-42987
Singh
9464434062
9463917
491
S.
Ranjit 98782-68568
Singh
Sukhbir
94637-17485
Singh
DDMP-AMRITSAR
245
29
Hundalha
r
30
Jand
31
Janian
32
Jhangi
Sahib
Jheeta
Kalan
33
36
Jheeta
Khurd
Joga
Singh
Wala
Khalehra
37
Khela
34
35
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
S.
Balwinder
Singh
S.
Balwinder
Singh
S.
Dalbir
Singh
Baba
Parmanand
S.
Kabal
Singh
9779043600
S.
Kuldip 97806-56263
Singh
9914388
556
Sh. Subhash 8146299799
Chander
9815167095
9815880037
9915541
216
S.
Ranjit
Singh
S. Naranjan
Singh
S. Balwinder
Singh
98782-68568
S.
Manjit
Singh
S. Hardev
Singh
9814320974
9914072
880
S.
Sukhwinder
Singh
S.
Sarabjit
Singh
Sh.
Rajesh
Kumar
S. Balwinder
Singh
S.
Sukhbir
Singh
9888285121
S.
Kuldip
Singh
S. Balwinder
Singh
S. Balwinder
Singh
9464941092
S.
Heera 9872954
Singh
132
Smt. Dalbir 9646008
Kaur
582
Kishanpu Ravi
9915002
ra
164
Lalka
S.
Massa 9855064
Nagar
Singh
427
Makhanw Smt.
9814135
indi
Kashmir
102
Kaur
Malakpur S.
Punan 9780587
Singh
065
Mallian
S. Baldev 99150Singh
94886
Malluwal Smt.
9878571
Paramjit
889
Kaur
Manawal S. Gurdial 99159a Kalan
Singh
06664
Manawal S. Naunihal 9914649
a Khurd
Singh
080
Meharban S. Gurpal 9815669
pura
Singh
180
Mehima
S. Sarwan 98157Singh
95291
DDMP-AMRITSAR
98553-42987
9888280819,8146366766
S. Ramtasvir 81462-99599
Singh
S. Salwinder 97798-27668
Singh
94647-45013
96467-00723
9780928571
94637-17485
98882-80819
81463-66766
9888280819,8146366766
S.Raminderjit 94783-58477
Singh
S.
Sukhbir 94637-17485
Singh
S.
Kuldip 9464941092
Singh
S. Kawaljit 81468-99399
Singh
,
246
48
Mehnian
Kuharan
49
Mehoka
50
Nangal
Dyal
Singh
Nangal
Guru
51
Smt.
Mohinder
Kaur
Smt. Gurmit
Kaur
S. Tarsem
Singh
9814475
175
S.
Gurnam 98767-63338
Singh
9855454035
9914649080
S. Ramtasvir 81462-99599
Singh
S. Ramtasvir 81462-99599
Singh
Smt.
Amarjit
Kaur
Sh. Lakha
Singh
S.
Jaspal
Singh
9779292294
S.
Ranjit 98782-68568
Singh
9855654
968
9814414245
S. Balwinder 9780928571
Singh
S.
Sukhbir 99888-62981
Singh
9780637
507
S. Naranjan 98553-42987
Singh
9814124
034
9814780
147
9417956
105
S. Karamjit 94637-32285
Singh
Sh.
Rajesh 9814244957
Kumar
S. Balwinder 97809-28571
Singh
9988465
376
9815207593
S.
Kuldip 9464941092
Singh
S. Kawaljit 81464-99399
Singh
9888074
685
9872726
113
S.
Ajitpal 97792-50821
Singh
S. Salwinder 97798-27668
Singh
9888138
139
Sh. Subhash 8146299799
Chander
9872445
450
9815876
964
S.
Gurnam 98767-63338
Singh
S.
81463-66466
Sukhwinder
Singh
52
Najowali
53
Nand
Wala
Nawanpin
d
Nawi
Smt.
Abadi
Rajwant
Kaur
Nawakot Smt. Manjit
Kaur
Nawapind S. Mehnga
Singh
Nijampur Smt.
a
Narinder
Kaur
Nijjarpura S. Satnam
Singh
Pandori
Smt.
Kashmir
Kaur
Patti Gopi S.
Gulzar
Ki
Singh
Patti
S. Gurdial
Masoor
Singh
Ki
Kila
S. Ravinder
Jiwan
Singh
Singh
Raipur
S. Sarabjit
Kalan
Singh
Rakh
S.
Balkar
Devidasp Singh
ura
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
DDMP-AMRITSAR
247
65
Rakh
Jheeta
66
67
Rakh
Manawal
a
Rampura
68
Ranakala
69
Saffipur
70
Sukhewal
71
Surjan
Singh
Wala
Talwandi
Dogran
Taragarh
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
Teja
Singh
Wala
Thathian
S.
Sukhwinder
Singh
(Parbhandak
)
Smt.
Rupinder
Kaur
Smt.
Sukhbir
Kaur
S.
Sukhwinder
Singh
(Parbhandak
)
Smt.
Sukhwinder
Kaur
S.
Harwinder
Singh
S. Kuldip
Singh
9888285121
S. Ramtasvir 81462-99599
Singh
9463723
398
S.
Kuldip 81461-44544
Singh-2
9876221
313
S.
Mandip 9317793554
Singh
9888285121
S. Balwinder 98882Singh
80819,814636676
6
9781177
220
S. Salwinder 97798-27668
Singh
9256170464
S.
Ajitpal 97792-50821
Singh
9814052
682
S.
Ranjit 98782-80819
Singh
S.
Giyan
Singh
S. Jaswant
Singh
9876919866
9779383087
S.
Ranjit 98782-68568
Singh
S. Balwinder 98882Singh
80819,8146366766
S.
Kuldip 81461-44544
Singh
S. Varinder 99889Singh
80080
S. Mangal
Singh
Timmowa S. Dilbagh
l
Singh
Tirathpur S.
Jaimal
Singh
9814649721
9781603
333
9914192
313
Vadala
Johal
Vadali
Dogran
9878620201
9888332087
S. Dilbagh
Singh
Smt.
Kulwant
Kaur
DDMP-AMRITSAR
S. Ramtasvir
Singh
S. Naranjan
Singh
S.
Raminderjit
Singh
S. Ramtasvir
Singh
S.
Sukhwinder
Singh
81462-99599
98553-42987
9478358477
81462-99599
98882-85121
248
80
Wanchari
Smt. Gurpal 98786Kaur
66600
S. Kawaljit 81464-99399
Singh
Block Verka
List of Panchayat Secretary /Sarpanches and their Telephone numbers
Sr. Name of Gram Name of the Telephone
Name
of Telephone
no. Panchayat
Sarpanch
number of Panchayat number of
Sarpanch
Secretary
Panchayat
Secretary
1
2
3
4
5
6
Mulle Chak
Gurmit singh 9815584384 Harjit
9463747208
1
Singh
Thande
Manpreet
9915829025 Harjit
9463747208
2
Kaur
Singh
Khairabad
Veer Kaur
9876592153 Harjit
9463747208
3
Singh
Kirtangarh
Balwinder
9815505837 Gurmukh
9815229902
4
Singh
Singh
Loharka Kalan
Dalbir Kaur
9876554586 Gurmukh
9815229902
5
Singh
Pandori Waraich
Jasbir Singh
9417490828 Gurmukh
9815229902
6
Singh
Pandori Lubana
Chainchal
9815574962 Gurmukh
9815229902
7
Singh
Singh
Gumanpura
Jaswinder
9814089418 Rajiv
9465128908
8
singh
Kumar
Mudhal
Balbir Singh
9915384830 Rajiv
9465128908
9
Kumar
9356002579 Rajiv
9465128908
10 Silver state Nagar Ajay Arora
Kumar
Daljit singh
9872746945 Rajiv
9465128908
11 Muradpura
Kumar
DDMP-AMRITSAR
249
12
Bhaini
Partap Singh
9872898472
13
Rampura Abadi
Kulwant kaur
9780266085
14
Ram nagar colony
9781271616
15
Khapar Kheri
16
Heir
17
Sachander
Sukhwant
kaur
Mangwinder
singh
Balwinder
singh
Karj singh
18
Naushera
Amarjit singh
9815577055
19
Wadala Bhitewid
Parbjot kaur
9876350371
20
Kotla Dal Singh
Raj rani
9463231902
21
Gonsabad
Balbir kaur
9876773625
22
Heir Colony
Jaswant kaur
9815600080
23
Bal
9814476522
24
Mira Kot Kalan
25
Mira Kot Khurd
Kulwinder
kaur
Jaswinder
kaur
Sati
26
Nangli
Amrik kaur
9815735842
27
9417295766
28
Abadi Dya Nand Pawan kumar
nagar
Dhaul kalan
Gian kaur
29
Dhaul Khurd
9915379990
30
Rodiwal
31
Abadi
nagar
Veer kaur
Harmandeep
kaur
sundar Kashmir
singh
DDMP-AMRITSAR
9855472264
9876045460
9872550180
9872320224
9872892808
9876854766
9463247769
9815263717
Vijay
Kumar
Vijay
Kumar
Vijay
Kumar
Pawan
Kumar
Pawan
Kumar
Pawan
Kumar
Pawan
Kumar
Kuldip
Singh
Kuldip
Singh
Kuldip
Singh
Kuldip
Singh
Kuldip
Singh
Kuldip
Singh
Kuldip
Singh
Kuldip
Singh
Kuldip
Singh
Sukhdev
Singh
Sukhdev
Singh
Sukhdev
Singh
Tejpal
singh
9888182324
9888182324
9888182324
9876098038
9876098038
9876098038
9876098038
9872969349
9872969349
9872969349
9872969349
9872969349
9872969349
9872969349
9872969349
9872969349
9815072904
9815072904
9815072904
9814949831
250
32
Kambo
Jagir singh
9988733153
9814949832
9463320316
Tejpal
singh
Tejpal
singh
Gurinder
singh
Gurinder
singh
Gurinder
singh
Gurinder
singh
Iqbal singh
33
Loharaka khurd
Jaspal singh
9217790096
34
9855820686
35
Baba tehal singh Harbajan
colony
singh
Indra colony
sivdyal singh
36
Gumtala colony
9814926918
37
9815417019
38
Ram
nagar Kanwaljit
colony(N)
Kaur
Ranjit vihar
Gurdev kaur
39
Ek roop avenue
9814113095
Iqbal singh
9914680209
9815212189
Iqbal singh
9914680210
41
Bhupinder
kaur
Baba deep singh Mela singh
avenue
Bal kalan
Kabal singh
9417210111
9872595912
42
Bal khurd
Surjit singh
9855709174
43
Bhaiani gillan
Rajinder kaur
9815163265
44
Mankiana
Amlok Singh
9815403615
45
Charan Singh
9876476065
46
Fatehgarh
Shukerchak
Nabipur
9815565532
47
Uthian
Lovedeep
kaur
Rani
48
Khankot
Ajit Singh
9914157229
49
Sohia Khurd
Daljit kaur
9815974520
50
Abadi
Guru Balwinder
Nanak Nagar
singh
Jahangir
Parmjit kaur
Nirmal
singh
Nirmal
singh
Nirmal
singh
Nirmal
singh
Nirmal
singh
Nirmal
singh
Nirmal
singh
Nirmal
singh
Jirmal
singh
Jirmal
singh
Jirmal
singh
40
51
DDMP-AMRITSAR
Kundan singh
9815512739
9815574962
9914063393
9815144138
9814949833
9814748295
9814748296
9814748297
9814748298
9914680208
9872595913
9872595914
9872595915
9872595916
9872595917
9872595918
9872595919
9815524633
9815524634
9815524635
251
DDMP-AMRITSAR
252
APPENDIX F: NGOs OF AMRITSAR
Name of
NGO
Coordi Addre
nator
ss
Phone/
Mobile
All India
Pingalwara
Charitable
Society
(Regd.)
Dr.
Inderjit
Kaur
(Presid
ent)
G
T
Road,
Amrits
ar.
143001
0183pingal@jla.vsnl.
2584586, net.in
2584713,
Fax
01832584586,
Mobile 9814055
166
All India
Women's
Conference
(AIWC)
Mr.
Narind
er
Sharma
,
Project
Manag
er
Dr.S.S
Chhina
Chowk
Shantp
ura, G.
T.
Road,
Amrits
ar
143001
72,
sector
4,
Amrits
ar.
75/23
A,
Kashm
ir
Avenu
e B. O.
65 A,
Londo
n
House,
Katra
Sher
Singh,
Amrits
ar
9815386
326
Amritsar
Education
Society and
Research
Institute
Amritsar
Health and
Family
Welfare
club
DDMP-AMRITSAR
Email
aiwcfsw.tipsacs
@gmail.com
0183sarbjitchhina@y
2507622, ahoo.com
9855170
335
Area of Expertise
Registr
ation
No.
Enviroment,
Development,
Pollution,
Water/Sanitation,
Income
Generation,
Agriculture,
Population
Issues,
Education,
Housing, Slums
HIV - FSW
130,
1956
-57
282,
198485
Rural
318,
Development and Dt. 11Poverty
11Alleviation
2003
RCH Activities:
Family Welfare
including family
planning, Couple
protection, Care
and services for
pregnant women.
253
Amritsar
Vikas
Manch
Sh.
Charan
jit
Singh
Gumtal
a
All India Ms.
Women
Aruna
Conference Mehera
Executi
ve
Secreta
ry
All Over Sh.
Awareness Yash
Party
Pal
Bhaska
r
253,
Ajit
Nagar,
Amrits
ar
143006
0183asrvikas@gmail. Art and Culture,
2582323, com
Civic
Issues,
9417533
Disaster
060, Fax:
Management,
0183Education
and
2582323
Literacy,
Environment and
Forests, Housing,
Human Rights,
Right
to
Information and
Advocacy,
Tourism, Urban
Development and
Poverty
Alleviation,
Water Resources,
Youth
Affairs,
Any Other
A-223, 0183RCH Activities:
A-224, 2224158,
Family Welfare
Ranjit Fax No.
including family
Avenu 0183planning, Couple
e,
2294404
protection, Care
Amrits
and services for
ar
pregnant women.
143001
12,
0183bhaskaryashpal
Aged/Elderly, Art
Sandhu 5016816, @yahoo.com
and
Culture,
Avenu 9316249
Children,
e, Near 426
Drinking Water,
Mandir
Education
and
Batala
Literacy,
Road
Environment and
Amrits
Forests, Health
ar,
and
Family
Corres
Welfare,
ponden
HIV/AIDS,
ce
Human Rights,
Addres
Legal Awareness
s: First
and Aid, Sports,
Floor
Tourism,
Sanjee
Women's
v Store
Development and
Main
Empowerment
Ghala
DDMP-AMRITSAR
786,
Dt. 24091993
102,
Dt. 08122006
254
Mala
Chowk
Majith
a Road
Amrits
ar
–
143001
Ambedkar
Social
Justic
Sh.
Lakha
Singh
Azad
Bhai Lalo Dr. L.
Ji
Social S.
Society
Bhullar
,
MBBS,
NCPR
(USA),
Dr.
Lakhbi
r Singh
Bhullar
MBBS,
NCPR
(USA),
Preside
nt
Bodh
Women
and
Children
Welfare
Society
VPO
Rayya
Khurd,
Tehsil
Baba
Bakala,
Distt.
Amrits
ar.
4 SCF
Golden
Avenu
e, C/o
Bhullar
Neonat
e child
Care
Centre,
Amrits
ar
01853214178,
9463570
178
454,
Akash
Avenu
e,
Fatehg
arh
Churia
n
Road,
Amrits
ar
01832423570
DDMP-AMRITSAR
lakhaazad007@
yahoo.com
0183ls_bhullar@yah
2585244 oo.com
®
,
Mobile 9356408
282
Dalit Upliftment
132,
Dt. 30092009
RCH Activities: 20080,
Family Welfare 1980
including family
planning, Couple
protection, Care
and services for
pregnant women.
255
Dr.
Hahneman
n
Social
and
Welfare
Society
Ganesh
Das
Chadha
Rotary
Centre
Lok
Kalyan
Samiti
12-13,
Gagan
Colony
, Batala
Road,
Amrits
ar
Sh.
(A
Sunil
project
Kapur, of
Chairm Rotary
an
club
Amrits
ar
Midto
wn),
1442/1
1,
Bomba
ywala
Khoo,
Amrits
ar
0183279011,
275974
Sh.
Jagmo
han
Singh,
Chairm
an, Mr.
Davind
er
Singh,
Project
Manag
er
9872465
799,
9779324
620
# 456,
Sham
Niwas,
Near
Govt.
Senior
Second
ary
School.
PO
Chheha
rta,
Amrits
ar
143105
DDMP-AMRITSAR
9814811
424
sunilkapur26@y
ahoo.com
Provides medical
care to general
public
and
vocational
guidance
to
females, Medicat:
General
OPD,
Dental Care Unit,
Eye care unit,
Clinical lab, Eye
operation,
Vocational
(Female):
Computer
Courses, Dress
Designing,
Needle
Craft,
Textile
Designing.
jagmohansingh.a Organizes
sr@gmail.com
awareness
generation
programmes for
poor
rural
women,
Environment
conservation,
Development of
entrepreneurial
skills among the
poor
and
marginal sections
of the society like
widow, SC, ST,
Older
persons
and poor rural
women etc., HIV
- Migrants
613,
Dt. 08102001
831,
06-022002
256
Mata
Kamalaji
Welfare
centre
(Trust)
Bhai
Guriqb
al
Singh
Ji
Tran
Tarn
Road,
Amrits
ar
01833294659,
3292255,
2483920,
9876525
839
Mission
Aagaaz
Sh.
Opp.
Deepak Khalsa
Babbar Colleg
e,
B.Ed.
Gate,
GT
Road,
Amrits
ar
Police
DAV
Public
School
Amrits
ar
143001
Sh.
# 760,
Amit,
Gali
Secreta No 2,
ry
Mustfa
bad, P.
O.
Khann
a
Nagar,
Amrits
ar
Sh.
Madha
Rajpal v
Gupta, sadan,
Preside Bharat
nt
Nagar,
Bhatala
9815261
302
Param
Vaibhav
Principal
Paryas
Jansewa
Society
Pariver
Sewa
Samiti
(Regd)
DDMP-AMRITSAR
9814299
728,
0183224750,
9876411
709
01832557857,
2274316
mission.aagaaz
@gmail.com
vikaskundal200
6@yahoo.com
Provision of free
ration and cloths
for 855 wards
and
2240
Children
along
with
chips,
books, uniforms
giving in Mata
Kamala
Ji
Welfare centre of
G.
T.
Road
Amritsar.
Environment
198XX11860,
2007
RCH Activities:
Family Welfare
including family
planning, Couple
protection, Care
and services for
pregnant women.
To open centres
imparting
training in skill
and
self
employment
oriented
activities, Child
Care Centres
447,
Dt. 22032005
Education, Help
to poor and needy
families
257
Road,
Amrits
ar
Peerit
Pariwar
Sewa
Samiti
Madha
v
Sadan
Bharat
Nagar,
batala
Road,
Amrits
ar
Society for Sh.
131,
Education, Virinde Partap
Environme r
Nagar,
nt
and Sharma Opp.
Protection
Main
of Animals
Gurud
wara,
G. T.
Road,
Amrits
ar
143001
State
Consumer
Protection
Corporatio
n (Regd.)
Dr.
Sarlok
Singh
Sidhu
(Advoc
ate)
0183258820
01832555714,
Mob.
9814455
625
33/Gur 0183u Teg 2257226
Bhadur
Nagar,
PO
Khalsa
Colleg
e,
Amrits
ar
143002
DDMP-AMRITSAR
Awarness
generation
Education/trainin
g
Campaigns,
Consultancy
projects,
field
implementation
in the field of
Environment,
Agriculture
Education,
Biotechnoloty in
the
field
of
Environment,
Agriculture,
Education,
Biotechnology.
Work for Human
Rights, Work for
justice
to
consumers
through courts.
258
S. Diwan
Singh
Memorial
Educationa
l Welfare
Society
Sh.
Mohin
der
Singh
Suri,
Preside
nt
Surya
Buildin
g 10/1,
Katra
Ghana
ya,
Goal
Hatti
Chowk
, Gali
Aroria
n,
Amrits
ar
SAWERA Mrs.
241-E,
(Social
Kulbir Street
Action for Kaur,
No. 4,
Women
Directo Bhalla
Empowerm r
Colony
ent
and
,
Rural
Amrits
Advancem
ar
ent)
143105
01835099100,
9872631
372
Social
Welfare
and Public
Education
Charitable
Society
9815335
554,
01832583680
150,
Golden
Avenu
e,
Amrits
ar
DDMP-AMRITSAR
9814488
353
sawera.india@g
mail.com
Runs two schools
of 50 children
each
under
National
Child
Labour Project,
Arranges Pulse
polio camps as
well as medical
check up camps,
Conduction RCH
project under the
guidance of Civil
Surgeon,
Amritsar
Runs a Charitable
Clinical
Laboratory
at
Chheharta,
Organizes
free
health / HIV
camps, Organizes
women
awareness camps,
Conducts
selfentrepreneurship
training
programmes in
dairy,
bee
keeping
and
making
the
achars, awareness
programmes on
female feticide.
552 Dt.
17-92001
349/AS
R/SOC,
Dt. 06012006
259
Swami
Vivekanan
d Medical
Mission
(Regd.)
Dr.
Adarsh
Pal
Vig,
Honora
ry
Secreta
ry, Mr.
Rajan
Chawla
,
Project
Manag
er
12Makan,
Krisha
n
Nagar
(Islama
bad),
Amrits
ar
143002
9417062
796,
9888776
543,
01832210429
Tercentena
ry
Educationa
l
and
Welfare
Society
Dr.
Tarvin
der
Singh
Chahal
54,
Adarsh
Nagar,
Ram
Tirath
Road,
Amrits
ar
143002
01832225460
(R),
9914122
224
DDMP-AMRITSAR
swamivivekanan Runs a charitable 91, Dt.
dasr@yahoo.co hospital attending 26-05m
150 patients daily 1981
and have a Dental
clinic, Gyne, Eye
and
Physiotherapy
Units, Organizes
awareness
programmes on
AID's,
Child
development and
women
empowerment,
Organizes
free
medical check up
camps with free
medicines,
Educate
the
general
public
against all types
of
epidemics,
ailments,
personal health
problems
and
hygiene. HIV IDU
Social
welfare
through
education,
research
and
appropriate
activities. We are
trying to get
some
projects
from
various
organizations
such as PSAMB,
Chandigarh,
HIIS, Shimla and
other
funding
organizations.
260