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NGOs
– It has worked with NGOs in a variety
of ways. Its principle role has been of providing
technical support for a variety of programs. |
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TARU Leading
Edge, New Delhi – In the aftermath
of Chomoli Earthquake in 1999 and Kutchch
Earthquake in 2001 it associated with TARU
to take up Rapid Damage Assessment for the
Government of India as well as the formulation
of technology packages for reconstruction. |
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Bhansali Trust
– North Gujarat, India –
In the aftermath of Kutchch Earthquake it
provided technical support for (a) planning,
designing and reconstructing four relocated
quake affected villages in Kutchch, (b) retrofitting
of Trust’s own schools, (c) retrofitting
of over 600 daycare centres, (d) retrofitting
12 government aided high schools, and (e)
reconstructing 16 government aided high schools
in Kutchch. |
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SAATH Trust
– Ahmedabad, India –
In the aftermath of Kutchch Earthquake it
provided full technical support for re-housing
120 quake affected families in Rapar town
of Kutchch through planning, design and execution
of the construction. |
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Several NGOs - Provided technical training to the staff
of the NGO, and masons working in the area
of operation of the NGO for disaster resistant
construction and seismic retrofitting |
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Semi-Government Institutions |
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Building Material
& Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC),
Government of India – It took
up various projects including (a) Post Kutchch
Earthquake Rapid Damage Assessment for estimating
the cost of damage and reconstruction and
retrofitting including the development of
disaster resistant building technologies,
(b) Repair, Retrofitting and Restoration of
a 125 years old heritage building housing
the government offices, police station and
the treasury vault, (c) Retrofitting of masonry
Public Buildings in the state of Gujarat,
and (d) Design of detailed Earthquake Manual
for Uttaranchal State for repair, retrofit
and reconstruct vernacular structures. |
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Government
Institutions – It
has worked with
a variety of government institutions including the
following |
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Gujarat State
Disaster Management Authority –
It took up a variety of projects for GSDMA
in the aftermath of the Kutchch Earthquake
including Design of Earthquake safety Awareness
Materials, On-site Training of Earthquake
Engineers, Sensitization of Village Level
Government Functionaries, and Capacity Building
for Long Term Disaster Preparedness in 478
villages. |
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Disaster Management
and Mitigation Centre of Uttaranchal State – It took up Disaster Resistance Assessment
Studies of the Vernacular Building Technologies
in the State, Capacity Building Program for
the Government Functionaries in all 13 districts
of the State, Demonstration of Retrofitting
of Masonry Structures in all 13 districts,
and Design of all Earthquake Safety Awareness
Materials. |
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Project Management
Unit – Maharashtra Emergency Earthquake
Rehabilitation Program – In
the aftermath of the Latur earthquake the
principal office bearers of NCPDP undertook
design of earthquake safety awareness materials,
On-site Training of 650 government Engineers,
and Retrofitting of 150 houses. |
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International
Development Aid Organizations – It
took up projects aimed at vulnerability reduction
through Capacity Building funded by various organizations
including those listed below. |
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The World Bank (Indirect) – In the aftermath of Kutchch
Earthquake a unique program of Capacity Building
was taken up with the funding from the World
Bank |
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The Asian Development
Bank (Indirect) – In the aftermath
of Chomoli Earthquake and Kutchch Earthquake
programs were taken up for the Capacity Building
of the State Governments for Disaster Management
and Mitigation |
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UNDP – In the aftermath of Kutchch Earthquake
programs of Sensitization of Government Functionaries
and of designing the awareness materials was
taken up. |
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UNCRD &
EDM, Kobe, Japan – In the aftermath
of Kutchch Earthquake a confidence building
program was taken up to demonstrate the effectiveness
of the earthquake resisting building technologies
through the use of shock table. |
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