What are the disaster and its mitigation which could affect chandigarh.?

Question

What are the disaster and its mitigation which could affect chandigarh.?

Answer 1

Chandigarh can be affected by 'earthquake' amongst major types of natural disasters.

Situated near Himalayan foothills it is in high risk ('zone 4' and very close to the highest category 'zone 5' as per Wikipedia map) zone. Greatest Earthquake in this area was 'Kangra Earthquake' 1905, but the city was not built then. It was built in 1950's.

There are no skyscrapers in this city of a million. With an educated population and modern life style, disaster management is easy. There are many gardens and open spaces into which citizens can run to out of their dwellings. Medical facilities are adequate with one institute of national importance and stature. Being the capital of both Punjab & Haryana and its own administartion there is no dearth of organisational and adminstrative infrastructure and support.

Routine disaster management drill is adequate if done well.