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MHA’s Earthquake mitigation initiatives

MHA’s Earthquake mitigation initiatives. National Core Group on Earthquake mitigation National Earthquake Mitigation Project Urban Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction (for accelerated earthquake mitigation ) in 38 cities around the country

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MHA’s Earthquake mitigation initiatives

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  1. MHA’s Earthquake mitigation initiatives • National Core Group on Earthquake mitigation • National Earthquake Mitigation Project • Urban Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction (for accelerated earthquake mitigation ) in 38 cities around the country • National Programme for Capacity building of Engineers for EQ risk management [NPCBEERM] • National Programme for Capacity building of Architects for EQ risk management [NPCBAERM]

  2. National Programme for Capacity Building of Engineers for Earthquake risk management Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India

  3. MHA’s advisory to all States • Review and amend building byelaws • In Municipal areas, all building plans to be submitted by architects and certified by a structural engineer (who will be responsible for code compliance) • Evaluate seismic safety of existing life-line buildings and initialize retrofitting process • Mandate for retrofitting of private hospitals, office and shopping complexes • Carry out awareness generation campaigns

  4. NPCBEERM • Sustainable earthquake risk reduction in all states. All states and UTs – May 2004 to April 2007

  5. Stakeholders • N.R.I s • S.R.I s • All State/UT Governments • Municipalities/Urban local bodies • Govt engineers • Private engineers • Institution of Engineers

  6. Activities • Selection of N.R.Is • Finalise curriculum for T.o.T (6 wk and 2 wk) • Selection of S.R.Is & faculty • Training Calendar • Training of SRIs • Establishment of Hazard safety cells • Training & certification of serving/practicing engineers • Consultancy services to state for Building byelaws review • Consultancy services to state for vulnerability assessment and retrofitting

  7. National Resource Institutions • IIT Roorkee • CBRI Roorkee • IIT Delhi • IIT Kanpur • BITS Pilani • IIT Kharagpur • IIT Gawahati • IIT Bombay • IISc Bangalore • IIT Madras • SERC Chennai

  8. Outcomes • Capacity building of state resource institutes • 420 faculty of SRIs/Govt nominees trained in seismic safe constructions • Establishment of Hazard Safety Cells • Framework for compulsory certification of practicing engineers • 10,000 practicing engineers trained • Appropriate Techno-legal regime in place in all States/UTs • Consultancy services for vulnerability assessment and retrofitting of lifeline buildings in all States/UTs.

  9. NPCBAERM • Sustainable earthquake risk reduction in all states. All states and UTs – September 2004 to August 2007

  10. Stakeholders • N.R.I s • S.R.I s • All State/UT Governments • Municipalities/Urban local bodies • Govt Architects • Private Architects • Council of Architecture (CoA) • IIA, Other bodies of Architecture

  11. National Resource Institutions • IIT Roorkee • SPA Delhi • CEPT Ahmedabad • IIT Kharagpur • MA-NIT Bhopal • JNTU Hyderabad • MIT Manipal

  12. Activities • Selection of N.R.Is • Training Calendar • Selection of SRIs & faculty • Training of SRIs • Training of serving/practicing Architects • Development of Certification system by CoA

  13. Outcomes • Capacity building of state resource institutes • 250 faculty of SRIs/Govt nominees trained in seismic safe constructions • Framework for compulsory certification of practicing Architects • 10,000 practicing Architects trained

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