Prevention of Biological Disasters
- Proper maintenance of sewage and drainage pipelines can reduce the occurrence of disasters caused due to flies and mosquitoes.
- Integrated disease surveillance system should be put in place to deal with the early surveillance of biological disasters.
- Proper conduct between the international organizations and agencies can help in continuous flow of information relating to diseases.
- Awareness among the general public regarding the personal hygiene should be propagated.
- Details about the biological disasters and its prevention needs to be started at the local level and hence education to the general public in the vernacular language is the need of the hour.
Disaster Management in India
Disaster management has been a tedious task in India keeping in view the aspects related to it. Although, definite steps have been taken in this direction still it lacks in some respects. This article deals with disaster management in India from the time of India’s independence, and what changes have been done in each successive phase.
Disasters can be caused due to many factors such as natural, human-induced, biological, etc. Since Biological disasters have a composite nature incorporating both natural and human-related phenomena, this has been discussed in greater detail. Further, it being a continuous process involving the political, environmental, social, and economic angles minimizing has been an impressive area of research all over the world so that lives can be enhanced and disasters can be minimized. As is usually understood by many individuals, disaster management involves reducing the occurrence of disasters but disaster being an unavoidable circumstance, disaster management deals with minimizing the effects of disaster.
Table of Content
- What is Disaster?
- Agencies involved in the management of disasters in India
- Financial arrangements under the Disaster Management Act
- Drawbacks of the Disaster Management Act
- Biological Disasters
- Legislations for prevention of biohazards in India
- Legal Framework for Biological Disasters
- Prevention of Biological Disasters
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