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]

National Programme for Capacity Building of Engineers for

Earthquake risk management

Ministry of Home Affairs,Govt. of India

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

•Sustainable earthquake risk reduction in all states.

NPCBEERM

All states and UTs – May 2004 to April 2007

Stakeholders

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

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

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

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.

•Sustainable earthquake risk reduction in all states.

NPCBAERM

All states and UTs – September 2004 to August 2007

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

National Resource Institutions

• IIT Roorkee• SPA Delhi• CEPT Ahmedabad• IIT Kharagpur• MA-NIT Bhopal• JNTU Hyderabad• MIT Manipal

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

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