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Group of geologists participated in a geology field school organized in Aizawl

Projects

Rapid Visual Screening (RVS) of 400 School Buildings in Tripura

GHS has been working with the Department of Revenue and Disaster  Management in Government of Tripura to execute Rapid Visual Screening  (RVS) of school buildings in 400 schools selected under the Nation  School Safety Programme.


Developing Messages for Protective Actions to Take During Earthquake Shaking

What people should do during an earthquake shaking to protect  themselves from injury or death? Is “Drop, Cover, Hold On” always the  safest response, particularly where the buildings are seismically  vulnerable?

GeoHazards Society along with its International Partner worked with  experts from different parts of the world to work out evidence-based  guidance to

  1. Describe the process of developing effective messages
  2. The key considerations for creating such messages that serve in different contexts. This project was supported by USAID.

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Protective Actions to Take during Earthquake Shaking document
Papers written based on the project



Design and Implementation of an Earthquake Risk Management Program in Aizawl City (2013-2017)

Aizawl is the capital city of Mizoram, a state in the North-Eastern  part of India and has been built on steep slopes of the young mountains  of the lower Himalayas. This city has a population of 291,822 (Census  2011) and is considered to be one of the most hazard-prone cities in the  region. The city faces an exceptionally high per-capita lethality  potential, due to a vast number of two to ten-story collapse-risk  concrete buildings built on steep, landslide-prone slopes.

Aizawl has few local technical resources to provide the guidance  needed to address its problems in a meaningful way. A project has been  launched with the Disaster Management & Rehabilitation Department – Design  and Implementation of an Earthquake Risk Management Program in Aizawl  City, Mizoram, India – Reducing Risk, Raising Awareness and Limiting  Predictable Losses under which GHS will work towards the earthquake and landslide safety of the Aizawl city in partnership with the Government.

Under the project, we are also working closely with the Aizawl  Municipal Council (AMC) to study the existing building Bye-Laws and the  Master plan and recommend modifications with the long term goal of  reducing disaster risk in the city. We assisted AMC in setting up a  landslide policy committee that has met several times and worked out a Road Map to Safety with long term strategies to reduce risk available here.

Earthquake scenario created on Aizawl city
Main Scenario
Appendices


Assessment of Shelter in post Phailin Cyclone for UNDP (2013)

The cyclone Phailin and the extraordinary response of the Government  at all levels, non–governmental organizations and the community  themselves is among the few success stories of disaster mitigation and  preparedness across the world in recent times. In this time the GHS team  helped UNDP India as a technical consultant to evaluate the condition  of the housing and Technology Demonstration Units (TDUs) constructed  after 1999 Super Cyclone.
End of project report 


Mw 8 Mandi Earthquake Scenario: Multi-State Exercise and Awareness Campaign (2012-13)

Earthquakes can happen anywhere anytime. The seismic zoning map shows  a large part of Indian landmass is vulnerable to moderate to severe  seismic hazards. Hence, the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA)  decided to conduct a hypothetical scenario-based simulation exercise for  three North Indian states. GHS helped the project with technical and  coordination support.  
End of project report


Hospital Safety Workshop series (2012)

Hospitals are critical facilities that have a very important role  during the response to a disaster. However, in India, most hospitals are  not well prepared for natural and any human-induced hazards that will  affect both the hospital and the community they serve. These hospitals  need practical guidance on how to improve the robustness of their  facility systems and organizational preparedness to help them remain  functional after an event like a strong earthquake. WHO India helped GHS  to organized workshops in five hospitals across the country. The  programs were organized in Shimla, Guwahati, Aizawl, Mumbai, and  Thiruvananthapuram.
Project End Report


Documentation of the Demonstration Housing Project at Amethi, Uttar Pradesh (2011)

Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC) did a  program to provide housing to the masses applying low-cost technology.  As a part of the program, a Demonstration Housing Project has been  started at Raipur Phulwari, Amethi. GHS did an assessment to find out  the technical viability of the housing project.
End of project report


Documentation of Seismic Retrofitting of MCD School Buildings at New Delhi

Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC)  retrofitted a masonry load-bearing school building owned by Municipal  Corporation of Delhi. GHS conducted the documentation work for the  report which can be useful for Practicing Engineers, Architects, Public  and Private agencies involved in seismic strengthening, repair and  maintenance of the building.
Click here to view the report.
Lajpat Nagar
Vivek Vihar


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