Introduction
Young innovators participating in the Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2024 can take up these urgent issues in the sphere of disaster management. This theme aims at creating tools that will augment the disaster risk and its management preparedness. Six central problem statements within the Disaster Management theme in this blog are written with the aim of enhancing safety, resilience, and life within communities impacted by disasters.
Problem Statements Overview:
| Problem Statement Title | Description & Potential Impact | Abstracts |
| Student Innovation (Hardware) | Description: Disaster Management Strategies include any ideas that seek to understand and make plans aimed at reducing the risk before, during, or even after an event of a disaster.
Potential Impact: Such Hardware in cases of calamities or disasters improves preparedness, response and recovery of the affected people and their environment thus improving safety while reducing destruction. |
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| Enhancing Body Detection in CSSR Operations Using Advanced Technology | Description: This technology development project is to create better Technology hardware to locate and identify deceased persons trapped under collapsed structures more effectively when conducting the Collapsed Structure Search and Rescue (CSSR) operations.
Potential Impact: It greatly improves the chances of finding bodies during rescue operations hence saving both time and maximum lives possible. |
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| Student Innovation (Software) | Description: Disaster Management Stratergies include any ideas that seek to understand and make plans aimed at risk minimization either prior to, or during and even after the occurrence of a disaster.
Potential Impact: Software solutions seeking enhancement of related procedures such as Planning, Response and Recovery of disasters and related scenarios. |
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| Early Warning System for Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) | Description: Creating a remote sensing and sensor-based Early Warning System (EWS) for the GLOF occurrences using IoT and machine learning.
Potential Impact: Allows sufficient time for evacuation and remedial measures and therefore prevents loss of lives and properties in the areas prone to GLOF. |
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| Real-Time Disaster Information Aggregation Software | Description: This infrastructure project is aimed at developing a system such that people will be able to gather and track real time all disaster activities on social media and other sources including the news.
Potential Impact: Given this time period, it is possible to prepare effective actions to minimize the consequences of the disaster, leading ultimately to a decrease in the number of people and property lost in the flood prone regions. |
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Conclusion
The Disaster Management theme in SIH 2024 is a unique subject which provides an avenue for innovators to come up with lifesaving solutions, hence averting the dire consequences of disasters. Assisting the participants in addressing these problem statements will make it possible for the creation of a safer and a more prepared world.
Call to Action
If disaster management inspires you and you wish to make a difference, you can do so on these problem statements. These are problem statements that highlight your skills and creativity. Join SIH 2024, form your team, and work on solutions for the problems that matter most in the area of disaster preparedness and response!