OUTLINE OF THE
PRESENTATION
1. DISASTER INFORMATION OF BANGLADESH
2. DISASTER CONDITIONS AND SITUATION
3. DISASTER COUNTERMEASURES
4. SPECIFIC TOPICS THAT MY COUNTRY IS
WORKING NOW
5. WHAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM ADRC
6. WHAT IS MY ACTION PLAN
7. CONCLUSION
8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

1JapanBangladesh

Natural Disasters in Bangladesh
1.Meteorological Hazards
A. Flood
B. Cyclone
C.Tornedo
D. Drought

2. Hydrological Hazards
A. Tidal wave
B. Landslides
C. River Bank Erosion
3. Geographical Hazards
A. Earthquake (Shake)

Man Made Disasters in Bangladesh
A. FireB. Agriculture Infestation
C. Oil and Chemical spill
D. Marine and Sea Accidents

E. Aviation Accident
F. Industrial and Technological
G. Civil unrest.

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Major Natural Disaster in Bangladesh
YearType of DisasterDeath

1969

Tornado922

1876

Cyclone100,000

1970

Cyclone3,00,000

1898

Cyclone

1,75,000

1974

Floods followed by famine

30,000

194344

Drought, Irregular rain, Transport dislocation &War, Including West Bengal

3,00,000

1985

Cyclone11,0691987

Floods

1,657

1960

Cyclone (2)11,1491988

Floods

2,379

1988

Cyclone

5 708

1991

Cyclone

1,38,868

1998

Flood918

1961

1963

CycloneCyclone11,468

11,5201965

Cyclone19,2701966

Cyclone (2)850

Source : BBS, 1990; Gp. Capt. Syed Ahmed 1986; CDL, 1992;
a; Kafiluddin, 1991; ADB 1991a; Mahalanobis, 1927, CR of MDMR

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Bangladesh
Killed 179,475

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SPECIFIC TOPICS THAT MY COUNTRY IS WORKING
Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MDMR) and Disaster
Management Bureau(DMB) has been established.
Building codes have been designed for the structures inBangladesh.
Efforts are continuing to improve the early warning issuing
Capability of the concerned government organizations.
Trying infrustructure development for Cyclone shelter, Flood
Evacuation center etc.

Main Government Organization
Ministry of disaster Management and Relief(MDMR)
Disaster Management Bureau(DMB)
Directorate General of Relief and Rehabilitation(DGRR)
National Disaster Management Council
Inter-Ministerial Disaster coordination Committee
Ministry of Disaster management and Relief

DMB

DGRR

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GO and NGO are working together for disaster:

1.Public awareness meeting
2.Cyclone/Flood forecasting
and warning
3.Imparting training
4.Skills to cope with disaster

WHAT I LEARN FROM ADRC

Learn lesson from the GreatHanshin Awaji Earthquake

Kobe Memorial Day-”Don’t Forget
about disaster, it can hit any time”.

8Drill in Kobe Memorial Day17th January

Practice makes a man perfect

Discussion about disaster andPrevention in an elementary school

Education of Disaster and Curriculum
Of Disaster in Maiko High School9Model of soil and water
Conservation in Mt. Rokko

Lecture about Disaster in JICASeminar

Research about Disaster inCabinet Office

Role of NHK in Disaster Reduction

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Tachikawa National Disaster
Management Head Quarter

Tachikawa Disaster prevention
Fire Dept. special rescue teamTokyo Disaster Medical Center ofNational Hospital in Tachikawa

Doctors briefing their experiences
In Disaster situation11

Affected person explained his Grea
Hanshin Awaji Earthquake
experiences

Home damage at Kobe

JMA member is explaining their
Working system in various stages

Practical visit in JMA

12Seismic Identification Station Map

Red Cross alert for Emergency
Situation

Picture of the Nojima Fault

Nojima Fault Preservation
Museum13

History of Wajyu Kiso River

Town Watching and field Survey
In Kobe city

Dam in Nagoya: Protection fromthe unavoidable flood

Information Technology andKnowledge sharing in EDM

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ADRC members visit World Largest
Shaking TableModel of World Largest Shaking Table

Deliver lecture in Fuji Tokoha Universityand exchange the idea about disaster withthe faculty members and the students.

The pioneer research institute NIED isWorking in practical experiment aboutDisaster.

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Visited Institute of Geoscience , Universityof Tsukuba and dicuss about the disasterand Environment.

Open House Exhibishion of Institute ofIndustrial Science in the University of Tokyo.

WHAT IS MY ACTION PLAN:# Need to refine and maintain forecasting and warning system atnational level. Regarding the develop of early warning system wewould like to start a joint colloboration project with ADRC andBPATC.
# To Develop of curriculum for elementary and secondary education
should be made through the National Curriculum and Text Board.
# Arrangement must be made to ensure support for training andpublic awareness at the grass root levels.
# To raise public awareness, proper utilization of mass media (radio,TV, leaflets, local songs, postal stationary, films etc. ) should bepromoted and encourage.

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# To develop evacuation center and need to establish in a small scale
substitute facility evacuation center for countermeasure Disaster like
“Tachikawa Disaster prevention Base”.
# Establish and maintain arrangements by trained and experienced
civil service officers who can be promptly sent on temporary
assignments to reinforce in Disaster affected area.
# The most vulnerable groups- children and women should emphasisand promote broad based special program for them on “ how toprepared” ( for cyclones , floods and earthquakes) and “how tominimize damage and losses.”#A computerized DIS or National Disaster Management data Bankand information should be established.
# Bangladesh Govt. should follow the building code emphasis onseismic resistance building.
# Development on an effective disaster reduction program isdeveloped from “top down”. But the “bottom up” process is needs formutual support between communities, district and so on.
# The private sector particularly large scale enterprise, ltd. company,
Multinational companies must be encouraged or, if necessary, coerced
into the Disaster program.

17# Geologically,Bangladesh is located beside the South Asian Plate.
In past, there occurred a great earthquake in 1897. So People should
be prepare for that Disaster.
#We may develop the idea of -”NPO”# Establish and maintain arrangements by trained and experiencedcivil service officers who can be promptly sent on temporary assignmen
to reinforce in Disaster affected area.
# ADRC-OCHA, Bangladesh “Who is doing what where”-Project .

CONCLUSIONFor Implementing the Action Plan, there are 4 main actors in thesituation:
1. Politicians and Governments
2. Government Administrator and professionals
3. The people and community based networks and4. The News and Information MediaMy concept:
1. Don’t forget about Disaster.
2. Reduce the Disaster cope with social and culturally.
3. We are the people of one world, so should do help each other.

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1. Japan Government and ADRC
2. Bangladesh Government and BPATC
3. Cabinet Office of Japan
4. JICA
5. NHK6. Tokoha University
7. The University of Tokyo
8. The University of Tsukuba
9. EDM authority
10. NIED authority
11. Miyagawa Elementary School
12. Maiko High School and13. Other Disaster working related
Organizations

ARIGATOGOZAIMASUTHANK YOUDHANNABAD19