Role of various sectors in demonstrating resilience during Chennai floods 2015

This document explores the roles of various sectors in demonstrating resilience in the Chennai floods of 2015, when the widespread impact of the 2015 floods brought people and institutions in and around Chennai together to provide support to the flood victims. These case studies are intended to help urban local bodies and other government agencies understand some of the challenges that are likely to emerge during urban flood disasters and use some of the learning to create coordination and collaboration mechanisms to ensure efficient rescue and response operations in the future.

The report provides an insight into the actions undertaken by government departments, institutions, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), civil defense, private enterprises, Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and social media during the flood incident. Mainstreaming of some of the actions taken by these institutions can help cities improve their coping mechanisms and build climate resilience. Best practices can be derived from the same to strengthen the existing risk handling capacities of the city as well as learn lessons and replicate similar initiatives for preparedness across some of the other Indian cities.