section 16
Declaration of Area as Disaster Prone Area or Disaster Affected
Sikkim State Disaster Management Act, 2004General200423 sections
Statutory text
- (1) Where there is threat of impending Disaster or where a Disaster has occurred.
- (a) in an area spread over more than one District, the Commissioner, and
- (b) in an area restricted to a District, the DC may immediately make a report to that effect to State Government. (2)
- (a) The State Government on receipt of such report shall declare such area as Disaster prone area or Disaster affected area through notification in the official Gazette and use other means to give wider publicity.
- (b) Where the State Government decides not to make declaration under clause (a), it shall send communication to the Commissioner or, as the case may be, the District Collector.
- (c) A notification under clause
- (a) shall specify the period not exceeding fifteen days during which the area shall, for the purpose of this Act, be the affected area: Provided that the State Government may extend such period from time to time by any period not exceeding fifteen days at any one time.
- (3) During the notified period the Commissioner or the District Collector, as the case may be, within an affected area perform such function related to-
- (a) Prevention,
- (b) Response,
- (c) Warning,
- (d) Emergency operation,
- (e) Evacuation, and
- (f) Recovery.
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