Kargil being one of the District of Union Territory of Ladakh, which was part of erstwhile J&K State along with District Leh of UT Ladakh before bifurcation of Ladakh UT from then J&K State on 5th August, 2019 and become 2nd and populated District of the Union Territory of Ladakh. Kargil faces many Disaster whether natural or man made in the past which made it multi hazard prone District of the country. Climate change is showing its impacts in almost all parts of the world and Kargil is not an exception. In the last one decade, Kargil has witnessed some major flash floods and drought that caused huge damage to crops, livestock and property. Apart from this, snow avalanches and earth-quake is another disaster that can cause a huge impact to the district. Ladakh region lies at the Zone IV of Damage Risk Zone as strike-slip fault is running along Zanskar and Ladakh ranges. As the district is very remote with wide area and population is scattered, it adds further complication as help may take some time before it reaches which was witnessed in the previous disaster. So there is need of a proper planning to deal with such disasters to avoid loss of life and property and also to get back to normality at the earliest possible.In Disaster prevention and reduction, mitigating their impacts, enhancing the awareness of coping-up mechanisms among the people and preventing loss to life and property is very crucial. At the time of any disaster, coordination between different stakeholders is very important when it comes to relief, restore and rehabilitation of the affected people. An attempt has been made to study the capacity of various departments and the need for capacity addition to be prepared for a disaster.Institutional mechanism is very well elaborated and roles/duties of different stakeholders is clearly mentioned. Natural/ Anthropogenic disasters, like cloud bursts, flash floods, heavy rains, earthquake, snowfalls, snow avalanches, drought, accidents, fire and cross border shelling causes a lot of troubles to the people of the District. In case of such miseries and sufferings, immediate relief is provided to the sufferers and rescue operations are provided on considerable scale. Besides this repair and restoration works are taken on priority. Although the District have not been effected much by natural disasters like earthquake and rain in the past,but has been affected by natural disasters such as floods, droughts and snow avalanches and Man-made disasters like Fires, bomb-blasts, road accident etc. Kargil has experienced minor fire cases and no shelling from across the border after 1999 Kargil War.
