author(s)
Sanober Rasool, SA Hamdani, Aaliya Fayaz, Abdul Hai, Sheikh Shubeena, Arshak Asfar and AH Akand

abstract
The present study was purposively carried out in Kashmir Division of Jammu and Kashmir state that was severely hit by devastating floods in September 2014. This study elaborates the role of Government organizations/agencies in livestock disaster management system. The findings of the study revealed that majority of the respondents (74.58%) reported the absence of reception of information from the government agencies with regard to livestock management during disasters and (62.92%) complained about the non availability of inputs and other services offered by these organizations during the floods. The results give a glimpse of the existing veterinary service setup in the study areas with lack of proper information dissemination system and also depict that least preference is given to the livestock sector in terms of rescue, relief and rehabilitation measures. The need of the hour is to necessitate the strengthening and mobilization of the Government agencies/organizations in case a disaster (flood) like situation arises in future and also Concerned Government agencies/State agriculture universities and meteorological departments should work together and have a greater coordination for better management of livestock during disasters through an efficient and reliable forecasting mechanism in place. Lack of early warning system followed by inadequate emergency medicine and ambulatory clinic facility were reported as major constraints in disaster risk communications. Further the findings depicted that private agencies and NGOs working for livestock disaster management were totally absent in the respective study areas which is to be taken into consideration.