THE ROLE OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN DISASTER: AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE

India is country of huge population and many problematic like earth quick, flood, drought,<br>thunderstorm, cyclone, tsunami, volcano, and Winter Storm natural calamities and terrorist attacks, so<br>even government is also failure in some situation to manage the circumstances.<br>Unexpected natural disasters cause incalculable loss of property and lives worldwide every<br>year. In recently 2013, uttarakhand's natural calamity and flood were swollen 5780 innocent pilgrims<br>died without any intimation some time we fail to control the situation but at least post-calamity we can<br>manage the conditions by handling the position carefully and cleverly.<br>This study investigates supply chain management (SCM) related issues in disaster<br>management such as evacuation (transportation routing), information management, supply and disaster<br>relief issues. The purpose of this study is to help with disaster management by applying SCM knowledge<br>and technology in business world to improve evacuation efficiency, quick response to emergent demand<br>etc. Several suggestions concerning the strategies to prepare and response to unexpected disasters are<br>proposed.