Disaster preparedness reviewed for Kargil

Member National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Lt Gen (Retd) N C Marwah along with Deputy Commissioner Kargil Baseer ul Haq Choudhary, who is also Chairman District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) Kargil, reviewed the status of disaster preparedness in the district.

During the meeting, threadbare discussion was held on thepreparedness of the DDMA to deal with disasters and natural calamities in thedistrict.

   

The Deputy Commissioner Kargil apprised the Member NDMAabout disaster scenario in the district due to cloudbursts, flash floods,agricultural drought, locust, snow avalanches, earthquake, landslides, coldwaves etc.

The DC informed that the district needs augmented infra todeal with various eventualities and disaster situations and sought theintervention of the Member NDMA in this regard to effectively deal witheventualities.

The Member DDMA was urged to permanently station a team ofNDMA at Kargil with all manpower and machinery to swiftly deal with disastersand calamities. Other requirements like the provision of satellite phones foran effective communication system in far-off and inaccessible areas of thedistrict were also projected.

Lt Gen (Retd) Marwah, while appreciating the commitment ofthe District Administration in its efforts towards disaster risk management,assured all possible support from the NDMA to strengthen the DDMA in terms ofnecessary requirements.

While underlining the importance of awareness about variousdisasters and calamities at the community level, the Member NDMA called for theneed to organize capacity building programmes for the general masses so as toimpart knowledge about disaster-prone areas as well as the immediate ways andmeans to deal with disasters.

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