Integrated Disaster Risk Management in Koshi River … Disaster Risk Management in Koshi River Basin Gautam Rajkarnikar ... Nepal 1996 • Tenth Five year Plan ( 2002-2007 ) • Water

Integrated Disaster Risk Management in Koshi River Basin

Gautam RajkarnikarWater and Energy Commission Secretariat

National Workshop on Flood Management in the Koshi River Basin

20 December, 2011

Good Morning and Welcome

The tributaries of Nepal contributes to:

~ more than 45 percent of the total flow of the Ganges

~ nearly 70 percent of the Ganges flow in dry-season

months (March to May)

Farakka

River Basins in Nepal

Coverage of Koshi River Basin

KOSHI RIVER BASIN

SUNSARISAPTARI

UDAYPUR

SINDHULI KHOTANGBHOJPUR

DHANKUTA

TERHATHUM

TAPLEJUNGSANKHUWASABHA

SOLUKHUMBHU

RAMECHHAP

DOLAKHA

SINDHUPALCHOK

KAVREPALANCHOK

OKHALDUNGA

CHINA (TIBET)

INDIA (BIHAR)

DISTRICT BOUNDARY

RIVER

LEGENDPANCHTHAR

17 districts

• 12 districts of Eastern regions

• 5 districts of Central Region

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Freshwater

779 glaciers with an area of 1,410 km2

Estimated ice reserve of 152 km3

16 potentially dangerous glacier lakes

National Plans and Legal Instruments

• National Disaster Relief Act 1982

• National Action Plan for Disaster Management in

Nepal 1996

• Tenth Five year Plan ( 2002-2007 )

• Water Resources Strategy 2002

• National Water Plan 2005

• Water Induced Disaster Management Policy 2006

• National Policy and Strategy for Disaster Risk

Management 2007

• KRBM Strategic Plan 2011

Water Resources Strategy 2002

Goal: Living conditions of Nepali people are

significantly improved in a sustainable manner

Strategy outputs : Short , Medium and Long term

purposes

Short-term 5-year purpose : Tangible benefits

Medium-term 15-year purpose: Subtantial

benefits

Long-term 25 Year purpose :Benefits are

maximized in a sustainable manner

Ten Outputs of Water Resouces Strategy

• SECURITY

1. Effective measures to manage and mitigate water induced disasters

made functional

2. Sustainable management of watershed and aquatic ecosystems

achieved

• USES

3. Adequate supply of and access to potable water , sanitation and

hygiene awareness provided

4. Appropriate and efficient irrigation made available to support

sustainable use of irrigable land

Ten Outputs of Strategy

5. Cost- effective hydropower is developed in a sustainable manner

6. Economic uses water by industries and water bodies

by tourism, fisheries and navigation is optimized

• MECHANISMS

7. Enhanced water related water related information systems are madefunctional

8. Appropriate legal frameworks made functional

9.Regional co-operation for substantial benefits achieved

10.Appropriate institutional mechanisms for water sector management aremade functional.

National Water Plan 2005

• The objective of National Water Plan is to

contribute in a balanced manner to the

overall national goals of economic

development, proverty alleviation, food

security, public health and safety and decent

standards of living for the people and

protection of natural enviroment.

NWP 2005 Contd..

National Water Plan 2005 includes following

subsector wise action programs:

• Identified sectors : water induced disasters,

Water supply and sanitation, Irrigation,

Hydropower, Industries, Tourism, Fisheries

and Navigational Uses.

NWP Targets and Action Programme

Targets • Potential disaster zones will be identifed by type and located on

district maps.

• Emergency relief materials will be available in all five development

regions.

• Infrastructure to mitigate predictable disasters will be in place in

twenty districts, by 2017.

• Warning systems will be established and functioning in the whole

country, by 2017

• Social and economic lossess caused by water induced disasters will

be reduced to levels experienced in developed countries, by 2027

•

NWP Targets and Action Programme contd…

Action Programmes

� A water related disaster management policy and programme.

� A risk and vulnerability mapping and zoning programme.

� A disaster networking and information system improvement programme.

� A community level disaster preparedness programme.

� A programme for relief and rehabilination.

� Activation of Inundation committee.

� A flood, drought, landslide abd debris flow, GLOF, and avalanche

mitigation programme.

Koshi River Basin Management Vision

Water and related

resources of Koshi

basin are best utilized

to promote socio-

economic

development for the

benefit of all local

people, especially the

poorest, maintaining

the ecological

balance.

Indrawati Sub Basin

Dudhkoshi Sub Basin

• Based on 3 strategic principles

SustainableEnvironment

EconomicEfficiency

SocialEquity

KRBM

Koshi River Basin Management Approach

Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM )

Principles

• Development and management of water

resources shall be undertaken in holistic and

systematic manner.

• Water utilization shall be sustainable to

ensure conservation of resources and

protection of environment.

Basic Features of Disaster in Koshi River Basin:

Socio-economic, climatic, cultural

•Disaster has significant relationship with poverty alleviation, natural

resource management, sustainable development

•Disaster has multi-dimensionality: geological, ecological,

humanitarian, technological, behavioral, legal dimensions

•Unstable soil condition due to young mountains and geological

vulnerabilities

•Lack of general tendency to maintain gradient in mountainous

settlements

•Deforestation and vegetation loss due to unscientific agro-farming and

livestock farming

Information sharing

Integrated Resource Management Committee

IRMC Learning and Sharing

Way Forward

• Mainstreaming: Cross-cutting and mutli-sectoral

response to disaster

• Institutional capacity development

• Collaboration and partnerships building

• Networking

• Legislative reforms

• Establishment of Early Warning System

• Capacity development of community for improved flood

management

• Sustainable development and improving the quality of life by

reducing flood vulnerability

Thank you for your kind attention