HYDERABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority on Wednesday unveiled a grandiose plan to combat natural and man-made disasters. NDMA vice-chairman Gen. N.C. Vij and member M. Shashidhar Reddy said a World Bank-funded, Rs. 1,600-crore National Cyclonic Risk Mitigation Project was being finalised for 13 coastal States and Union Territories. They were speaking at a function, where a book of guidelines brought out by the NDMA was released by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy. Cyclone shelters, shelter-belt/mangrove plantations, last-mile connectivity and link roads to vulnerable habitations would be taken up under the project. It would take off in Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Gujarat and Maharashtra. A digital project report was under preparation. Gen.Vij said the thrust was not only on natural calamities but also man-made disasters which were on the rise, thanks to industrialisation. Four battalions, equipped with response teams and materials, were established