EHRADUN: The Uttarakhand government and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) officials have decided to establish the NDRF state headquarters at Jwalapur in Haridwar district.
The decision was taken in a meeting on Wednesday between government functionaries including chief minister Vijay Bahuguna and NDRF officials.
Bahuguna said the decision was given a green signal by the state cabinet later on Wednesday.
Bahuguna said meeting decided to initially establish three NDRF companies at Jwalapur while three other NDRF companies will be set up each in Garhwal and Kumaon divisions. Bahuguna said government will soon acquire the land to set up infrastructure to support these companies.
A senior IAS officer said that this would help considerably facilitate and speed up rescue and relief operations after major disasters the hills during monsoon.
He said once these NDRF companies are set up, government will cease to depend on its ill-equipped disaster management department which often fails to handle natural disasters that keep hitting ecologically sensitive areas in the state.
Senior officer in National Disaster Management Authority A K Duggal said that they would urge the Planning Commission to sanction money to the state government to help relocate 233 villages which have been damaged by natural calamities such as cloudbursts and landslides.
The decision was taken in a meeting on Wednesday between government functionaries including chief minister Vijay Bahuguna and NDRF officials.
Bahuguna said the decision was given a green signal by the state cabinet later on Wednesday.
Bahuguna said meeting decided to initially establish three NDRF companies at Jwalapur while three other NDRF companies will be set up each in Garhwal and Kumaon divisions. Bahuguna said government will soon acquire the land to set up infrastructure to support these companies.
A senior IAS officer said that this would help considerably facilitate and speed up rescue and relief operations after major disasters the hills during monsoon.
He said once these NDRF companies are set up, government will cease to depend on its ill-equipped disaster management department which often fails to handle natural disasters that keep hitting ecologically sensitive areas in the state.
Senior officer in National Disaster Management Authority A K Duggal said that they would urge the Planning Commission to sanction money to the state government to help relocate 233 villages which have been damaged by natural calamities such as cloudbursts and landslides.
TOI
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