Field Investigation Highlights

FI1: April 25 -  27, 2009

• Strategic Planning Workshop was conducted to map out the activities for the project in the Work Plan.
• Composition of the Project Implementation Team would be made up off the Core Group Members and the Task Leaders.
• Local Expertise would be used to provide sustainability and support to the project.
• Role of Focus Groups, Research Consortium, Advisory Committee, Peer Reviewer and Partner Institutions were discussed highlighting their importance to the project.

FI2: May 27 – June 1, 2009

Legal and Institutional Arrangements (LIA) and Emergency Management (EM) Components

• Project Implementation Team Meeting
• Meeting with the following Insitututions:
  • Brihan-Mumbai Electricity Supply and Transportation (BEST)
  • Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDS)
  • Mumbai Municipal Mayor Shoba Raul
  • Deputy Mayor Vinod Popatlal Ghedia
• Stakeholder Workshop on Moonsoon Preparedness was conducted to identifty gaps and possible solutions.
• Focus Group Discussion with Stakeholders discussing the different roles of organizations in disaster risk management.
• Specific Laws which are directly related to DRM were examined and analyzed during a meeting with the MCGM Department Heads

FI3: September 15-19, 2009

Emergency Management (EM) Component

• Project Implementation Team Meeting
• Key Informant Interviews with the following:
  • Mr. Mahesh Narvekaw, Disaster Management Unity
  • Mr. Amin Kadam and Mr. Subhash Rane, Fire Brigade
  • Mr. Manohar Bhoir, Deputy Commissione of Police
  • Dr. R.V. Sharma, Deputy Director, India Meteorological Department
• Field Visit to the following:
  • Local Emergency Medical Hospital
  • Lovegrove Pumping Station (Wastewater Treatment Plant)
  • D Ward, a low-lying flood prone area
• Training Exercises for the Incident Command System (ICS) were conducted for the Disaster Management Unit and Emergency Management Focus Group

FI4: October 5-9, 2009

Legal and Institutional Arrangements (LIA) Component

• Project Implementation Team Meeting
• Three Workshops were conducted by the LIA Team for the following stakeholders:
  • State Level Government Institutions
    • Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA)
    • Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)
    • Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA)
    • Civil Defense (CD)
    • All India Institute of Local Self Government (AIILSG)
  • MCGM Departments
    • District Collectorate
    • Public Relations Department
    • Assistant Commisioner for Planning
    • Finance Department
    • Engineering Department
    • Solid Waste Management Department
    • Brihan-Mumbai Electric Supply and Transport
    • Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation
    • Western Railways
    • Mumbai Police
  • Private and Governement Owned Corporations
    • Maharashtra Telephone Nigam Limited
    • Mumbai Port Trust
    • Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
    • MSEB Mahavitran
    • India Meteorological Department
    • Tata Power Company Limited
    • Reliance Energy Limited

FI5: November 5-9, 2009

Shelter and Disaster Risk Resiliency

• Project Implementation Team Meeting
• Conducted Interviews with Different Stakeholders
  • Mumbai Transformation Support Unit
  • Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority
  • All India Institute of Local Self Governance
  • Water Supply and Sanitation Department
  • Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers
  • Mumbai Metropolitan and Regional Development Authority
• Group Discussions about the 2005 Flooding was conducted to gather the following:
  • The experience of these agencies and institutions with 2005 floods,
  • Strengths,  weaknesses of services’ performance during 2005 floods,
  • Ranking of the disasters and risks that the population and assets of Mumbai are or might be facing,
  • Recommendations to make the services more resilient to disasters including possible opportunities and threats, and suggestion of steps and measures that would help overcome possible threats.

FI6: February 7-12, 2010

Shelter and Disaster Risk Resiliency (Shelter, Transportation and Water, Sewerage and Stromdrain Systems)

• The EMI Field Investigation Team gave a presentation to the Mumbai Project Implementation Team that discussed the following:
  • The concept of Shelter and Disaster Risk resiliency,
  • Gave a account of the interviews conducted by the SDRR team during the 5th field investigation, as well as
  • Gave a summary of the outcome of the workshop that took place during the previous field investigation.
• Interviews with different key institutions involved in the design and implementation of the DRMMP.
  • Mumbai Transformation Support Unit (MTSU)
  • All India Institute of Local Self Government (AIILSG)
  • Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA)
  • Society for the Promotion of Resource Area Centers (SPARC)
  • Water Supply and Sanitary Department (WSSD)

FI7: March 22-26, 2010

Emergency Management

• Project Implementation Team Meeting
• Emergency Management Focus Group Training and Workshop Exercises
  • City level emergency management systems
  • City emergency planning process
  • Emergency Support Function Matrix exercises
  • Components of Emergency Operations Plans: Basic Plan and Annexes
• Analysis of the MCGM Disaster Control Room and Emergency Operations Center
• Presentation to the Advisory Committee

FI8: May 17-21, 2010

Emergency Management, Land Use Planning (LUP), Hazard and Vulnerability Risk Assessment (HVRA), and Training

• Project Implementation Team Meeting
• Presentation to the Advisory Committee
• Started work on Gaps Analysis
• Exploratory Meetings with different institutions
• Three LUP Focus Groups were formed
  • LUP
  • Construction Codes and Standards (CCS)
  • Process and Development
• Presentation on HVRA