 Disaster Management Plans will need to be prepared for various levels. The National Disaster Management Plan focuses on procedures for various role-players and their inter-coordination. The plan lays down the general guiding principles to be followed by the disaster management system in the country. However, in order to have an efficient ground based preparedness and response mechanism, it is essential to progressively detail this plan as national capacities get built, and to prepare Province and District Disaster Management Plans covering the entire country in detail and with locally appropriate specifications. Preparation of these plans needs to be taken up with immediate effect and the exercise may go in parallel with that of constant revision and upgrading of the National Plan. In addition, local plans for villages and urban centres need to be prepared. These should primarily have a people based approach. |