Five months post disaster, Uttarakhand still lacks disaster plan

In April, a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report had revealed that the Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority, which was formed in October 2007, has never met till date.

Nor has it made any "rules, regulations, policies or guidelines", a preliminary step for the authority to have any functional meaning.

The CAG report further highlighted that the authority had not prepared any disaster management plan to cope with unseen situations, like the flash floods.