State level mock exercise on "Disaster management" held
Source: The Sangai Express / DIO
Bishnupur/Thoubal, April 21 2022:
District Administration, Bishnupur, Department of Relief and Disaster Management and State Disaster Management Authority, Government of Manipur on Thursday organised a State Level Mock Exercise on Earthquake Disaster Management in coordination with National Disaster Management Authority, Government of India.
The mock exercise was conducted at three sites namely, Panchayat Resource Centre, Bishnupur, Mini Secretariat (DC Office) Building, Bishnupur and Bitej Gasoline Centre (Oil Pump), Bishnupur.
It was carried out to check the preparedness for disaster management and to create awareness on how to respond immediately at the time of disaster.
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The mock drill was conducted assuming a scenario of an earthquake of 7.2 magnitude in the Richter Scale occurring with an epicentre located at Noney district.
In the drill, fire tender, ambulance with medical team, excavator and water tanker were utilised.
Volunteers from NYK Bishnupur and NDRF demonstrated different strategies including fire management, victim evacuation, rescue teams coordination, administration of first aid to victims.
The demonstration was carried out with an aim to minimize loss of life and property during the disaster.
H Bobby Sharma, ADM Bishnupur, Rishikanta Loitongbam, BDO Moirang, Dr S Dhanachandra, District Coordinator NYK, volunteers of NYK Bishnupur, members of Incident Response Team, (IRT) Bishnupur, official concerned of CMO, PWD, PHED participated in the mock drill.
Ritesh Thakur, 2 In-charge 32 Battalion CRPF, Loktak Project also attended the mock drill as an Observer.
THOUBAL
District Administration Thoubal under the supervision of National Disaster Management Authority, Government of India and in co-ordination with Department of Relief and Disaster Management, Manipur also conducted a Mock Exercise on Earthquake Disaster Management at two identified locations of Thoubal district namely Mini Secretariat Complex, Thoubal and NRL Oil Pump.
The mock drill was participated by personnel of SDRF; Police; Fire service; water resources, electricity, medical department and volunteers of NYK.
A Subhash Singh, IAS, Deputy Commissioner Thoubal, SP Thoubal, Jogeshchandra Haobijam, IPS, ADC, and other District Level Officers also took part in the mock drill.