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Supply Chain Issues in Disaster Management

- by Uday Sankar A. & S. Yogendra *

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Case Study

Mumbai Background

Mumbai lies on the windward side of Western Ghats due to which it receives heavy rainfall every year between June & Sept. This year Mumbai recorded the highest rainfall on earth beating Chirapunji to become the rainiest place in the world.

Mumbai being a densely populated metropolitan will result in suffering greater damage to life and property when inundation results due to heavy rainfall.

Following sheds light on how an effective supply chain response can be chalked out if a similar scenario is faced with in the next year.

The Issue

  • Shutting down of the financial hub.

  • Snapped communication lines

  • Closed airports, paralyzed suburban riles which serve 5 million people daily.

  • Shanty townships and slums were demolished by the unforgiving rains leaving lakhs of people houseless and hundreds dead.

    Problems Identified

  • No proper warning system

  • Lack of efficient disaster RESPONSE plan for SHORT TERM immediate action

  • Supply Chain not geared up to meet the demands of the situation

    • Recommendations

  • Install automatic self-recording rain/flow gauges at suitable location(s).

  • Monitor/record at 1-5 minute intervals.

  • Simultaneously, monitor level in nearby trunk drain, particularly 3 hours before occurrence of high tide levels.

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    * Contributed by: -
    Uday Sankar A. & S. Yogendra,
    National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai.

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