Role as a Disaster Management Resource Centre (DMRC), SSK shall maintain an information resource center that is comprised of a core collection of materials on disasters, complex emergencies, humanitarian assistance, peacekeeping and relief operations. It will also rely heavily upon electronic means of information retrieval and dissemination for the timely delivery of its services. One of the goals is to provide open source information exchange and sharing between public, government and non-governmental agencies. To accomplish this, efforts are directed toward creating and promoting an environment that is conducive for open exchange of information in complex emergency and disaster situations. The main objective is to fill information gaps between various organizations and agencies involved in humanitarian and relief operations for better coordination and execution of aid operations.

Flood Situation in Uttar Pradesh External assistance for post - disaster reconstruction/ preparedness and the streamlining of disaster management structures also is a part of the Plan. Uttar Pradesh has an estimated 190 million inhabitants and a size of 243.286 km2. Huge parts of Uttar Pradesh are located in the “flood plains”. 27.000 km2 of area is annually affected by floods.As a result more than 21.1 million people are annually affected by flooding leaving back the vulnerable families in the jeopardy of survival due to this high frequency disaster.read more>>