Uttarakhand Disaster Preparedness and Resilience Project

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The objective of the Uttarakhand Disaster Preparedness and Resilience Project for India is to enhance the climate and disaster resilience of critical public infrastructure and strengthen disaster risk management capacity in Uttarakhand. The project has five components. (1) Enhancing Infrastructure Resilience component will support the development of climate- and disaster-resilient priority infrastructure and integrate resilience into infrastructure planning. (2) Improving Emergency Preparedness and Response component will support improving the capabilities of Uttarakhand’s government entities and first responders to predict, prepare for, and respond to disasters. (3) Preventing and Managing Forest and General Fires component will support enhancing the capacity of the Uttarakhand government and local communities to prevent and manage forest and general fires. (4) Project Management component will support project management and knowledge sharing. (5) Contingent Emergency Response Component component will allow provision of immediate response to an eligible crisis or emergency, as needed, through the reallocation of undisbursed loan proceeds.