Tamil Nadu State Disaster Management Authority

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Tamil Nadu State Disaster Management Authority
Agency overview
Formed2003; 21 years ago (2003)
Jurisdiction
Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Parent departmentDepartment of Revenue and Disaster Management

Tamil Nadu State Disaster Management Authority is a

disaster management
, planning and recovery.

History

On 8 July 2003,

Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu as the chairperson for monitoring the disaster management activities in the state.[1]

Composition

SDMA is constituted of a chairperson and ten members:[3]

Constituent Role
Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
 Chairperson
Minister for Revenue Member
Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu
Secretary of Revenue
Secretary of Finance
Secretary of Home
Secretary of School Education
Secretary of Higher Education
State relief commissioner and Commissioner of Revenue Administration
Director, Centre for Disaster Management and Mitigation, Anna University
Head, Department of Civil Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

TN disaster response force

Tamil Nadu disaster response force was planned to be set up on the lines of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).[4] In 2017, TN disaster response force (TNDRF) was setup as a special team of Tamil Nadu Police at Avadi with 1,000 people to be trained by NDRF.[5][6]

Reference

  1. ^ a b "TNSDMA, introduction". Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  2. ^ Parliament of India (23 December 2005). Disaster Management Act, 2005, [23rd December, 2005.] NO. 53 OF 2005 (PDF) (Report). Ministry of Home. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  3. ^ Tamil Nadu state disaster policy (PDF) (Report). Government of Tamil Nadu. 2003. p. 14. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  4. ^ NDMA Tamil Nadu, profile (PDF) (Report). Government of Tamil Nadu. p. 17. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  5. Times of India
    . 26 November 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  6. ^ "TN: Avadi Disaster Management gears up with necessary equipment to face Cyclone Michaung". ANI news. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
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