Home Minister opinions preparedness of metropolis military in flood catastrophe administration in districts

Home Minister Shri Tamradhwaj Sahu at the moment reviewed the preparations made by the senior officers of the town military within the flood catastrophe administration within the districts by taking a gathering at his residence workplace situated at Raipur Civil Lines. He has directed to make sure all needed preparations for rescue and reduction in flood inclined districts. Minister Shri Sahu stated that on the idea of previous experiences, needed reforms must be made within the system. Keep essential issues for catastrophe administration within the assembly to be taken by the collector. He directed the district fighters to maintain in fixed contact with the Collector and the officers of the Water Resources Department for data earlier than filling the reservoirs and releasing water in case of overflow. Minister Shri Sahu instructed to ship proposals for buy of boats as per requirement. He additionally directed to deliver out the folks trapped within the floods safely throughout the rescue and to reward the troopers of the town military who’ve performed wonderful work for the security of life and property throughout the catastrophe.

In the assembly, Additional Director General, Municipal Army, Shri Arun Dev Gautam knowledgeable concerning the position of Municipal Army for flood catastrophe administration within the districts and the rescue operation. He stated that at current 94 motorboats can be found for flood rescue. These embrace 46 rubber motor-fibre boats with OBMs, 31 fiber boats and 17 aluminum motorboats with OBMs. He stated that 142 metropolis troopers have been skilled within the final one yr to rescue the folks engulfed within the floods. Along with this, a mock drill of Under Water Search and Rescue Operation was performed by the personnel of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) models from throughout the state together with senior officers at Khuntaghat Dam in Bilaspur district, Gourghat in Koriya district. Similarly, in CTI Raipur additionally, SDRF and metropolis military personnel got rope rescue demos.

Director Municipal Army, Mayank Srivastava knowledgeable within the assembly that preparations have been made for flood prevention within the flood inclined districts of Bastar, Konta, Bijapur’s Bheramgarh, Bhopalpatnam, Rajnandgaon, Durg, Bemetara, Balodabazar, Janjgir, Raigarh. At the state degree, a flood rescue management room of the town military and civil protection has been arrange at its headquarters at Nava Raipur. Flood groups have been deployed in every district, which might be obtainable within the district for twenty-four hours. To cope with varied disasters within the state, 7 groups of SDRF have been fashioned, which have been deployed within the divisional headquarters. Along with organising of management rooms for flood prevention in all districts, needed tools has been made obtainable.