The Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty
Alleviation (HUPA) Kumari Selja has said that Bureau of Indian Standards
(BIS) has published various standards/codes on earthquake engineering.
Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) has published these
guidelines on quake safe construction for greater public awareness.
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today she said, Ministry of HUPA
has not constituted any ad hoc body to ensure that BIS guidelines and
engineering codes are being followed by new structures in the country.
She said, an Expert Committee constituted by Ministry of Home Affairs
had prepared a Model Town and Country Planning Legislation, Zoning
Regulation Development Control and Building Regulation / Bye-laws for
safety against natural hazard with special emphasis in earthquake
hazard. The committee recommended among other things amendments in Town
& Country Planning Act, regulation in land use zoning and mandatory
use of codes related to earthquake resistant construction to be
implemented by State Governments.
Kumari Selja said, with the enactment of Disaster Management Act in
2005, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) was set up by the
Government to spearhead and implement a holistic and integrated approach
to Disaster Management in India. The NDMA has issued Earthquake
Guidelines envisaging State Government to review, revise the Town &
Country Planning Act, land use zoning regulations, Building Bye-laws and
Development Control Rules.
Building Materials Technology Promotion & Council has also organized
several workshops in States/Union Territories (UTs) to disseminate the
information contained in the above recommendations, the Minister added.
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