State level mock exercise on earthquake held
Source: The Sangai Express
Bishnupur, December 11 2020:
As a part of the State Level Mock Exercise on Earthquake, held across 16 districts by SDRF and NDRF under Relief and Disaster Management a mock exercise on earthquake was organised by the district administration Bishnupur at Mini Secretariat complex, Bishnupur, today.
AC Bishnupur, Laishram Bobr Singh; Bishnupur police Additional SP (Ops) Luikham Lanmiyo; members of District Disaster Management, Bishnupur and Incident Response Team, IRT Bishnupur attended the programme.
The mock exercise was led by Okram Achbuba, sub team commander SDRF.
Department of Relief and Disaster Management consultant, K Chandrasekhar mentioned the roles of the 14 departments in the district identified by the State Government as emergency support functionaries like Electricity, Water Supply, Medical, Veterinary and Animal Husbandry and PWD during a natural calamity.
Manipur being in seismic zone 5, it is important to give awareness on disaster management to the people.
The Department of Relief and Disaster Management is organising many awareness camps in the State to spread the awareness on the do's and don'ts during a natural calamity.
The mock exercise was organised to increase the effectiveness and coordination of the response team, he added.