South DDMA meets to take stock of monsoon preparedness

NAMCHI, 15 June [IPR]: A high level meeting on Monsoon Preparedness of District Disaster Management Authority was held under the chairmanship of District Collector South, AK Singh in the conference hall of District Administrative Center, South District this afternoon.
The meeting was attended by the departmental heads of South District, as well as the representatives of various companies based and established in the district.
During the meet DC, Mr. Singh appealed to all the heads of the departments and companies to be ready and well equipped during this season of monsoon with disaster management equipments, man power and machinery.
He also requested the representatives of various companies to provide the government with their machinery as well as manpower in the hour of need.
BDOs and the officials of the concerned departments should furnish him with daily reports of any disaster which has occurred in the district and in the absence of any such incidents they should report it as nil, but it should be reported everyday, Mr. Singh urged.
Further he added that no matter how small the incident or disaster maybe, it should be reported and not ignored so that it can be treated in time and not allowed to swell in the future.
The main challenge during the monsoon is to keep the roads free from blockades due to landslides, so all the roads should be immediately cleared in case of landslides and blockades should be prevented in order to keep the district connected to the rest of the state as well as country, he stressed.
Any excavation works being carried out in the district should be stopped immediately and the cutting and the widening of the roads should also be stopped till the end of monsoon season he added.
All the schools which fall under vulnerable areas during this season should be well equipped and the students should be educated on disaster management and about its consequences and its prevention, the District Collector appealed to the officials of Human Resource Development department.
The DC further appealed to all the departmental heads not to leave the headquarters during the season and in case of certain unavoidable circumstances, it should be reported to him immediately and the second in-command of the department should be given all the instructions and charges to deal with any disasters.
Superintendent of Police, South District, Manoj Tiwari who also attended the meet in his address appealed to the people to try and avoid any sort of man-made disasters and drive carefully during the monsoon season.
SDM Headquarter, P Yonzon earlier welcomed the guests and also gave an account of last year’s meeting on Monsoon Preparedness of the District Disaster Management Authority.