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&lt;em&gt;NEW DELHI: &lt;/em&gt;As a humongous natural calamity grips Uttarakhand, it is now emerging that the state has had no disaster management plan worth its name despite the region being highly disaster prone due to fragile mountains, tectonic activity and climatic events.
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&lt;em&gt;NEW DELHI: &lt;/em&gt;As a humongous natural calamity grips Uttarakhand, it is now emerging that the state has had no disaster management plan worth its name despite the region being highly disaster prone due to fragile mountains, tectonic activity and climatic events.
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&lt;em&gt;NEW DELHI: &lt;/em&gt;As a humongous natural calamity grips Uttarakhand, it is now emerging that the state has had no disaster management plan worth its name despite the region being highly disaster prone due to fragile mountains, tectonic activity and climatic events.
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What&#039;s shocking is that this colossal apathy was despite the fact that 653 persons lost their lives between 2007-8 and 2011-12 in various natural disasters and other hazards. Of these 55% were lost in landslides and heavy rains. There were 27 major landslides in the state in this period. In 2012 alone, 176 people lost their lives in disasters.
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The CAG report draws attention to glaring irregularities in the State Disaster Response Fund. The government is supposed to invest unspent amounts in designated securities. But Uttarakhand did not make the requisite investment ranging from Rs.5.9 crore to Rs.67.2 crore during 2007-8 and 2011-12 resulting in a loss of Rs.9.96 crore.
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<em>NEW DELHI: </em>As a humongous natural calamity grips Uttarakhand, it is now emerging that the state has had no disaster management plan worth its name despite the region being highly disaster prone due to fragile mountains, tectonic activity and climatic events.
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&quot;The state authorities were virtually non-functional,&quot; the report says, referring to the disaster management system, which by definition and law, includes both preparedness as well as response to disasters. &quot;The state disaster management plan was under preparation and actionable programmes were not prepared for various disasters,&quot; the report says.
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As a matter of fact, the central government released no funds for the state's disaster management in 2011-12 because there was no accounting of previous funds, the report said.
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Uttarakhand disaster plan doesn't exist, CAG warned in April -Subodh Varma

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