In a bid to train the officials concerned including police, home guards, to name a few on how to carry out relief and rescue operations in a disaster like situation, the district administration, Almora has launched such a training programme in Ranikhet's Dwarahat tehsil area.
The district disaster management department, Almora has launched this training programme on disaster management in association with the district adventure sports department, said the officials concerned. The district disaster management department, Almora, has been launching these kind of training programmes in collaboration with other agencies like the district adventure sports department time to time on how to deal with natural disasters like landslides caused by heavy rainfall, earthquakes to name a few particularly during monsoon season.
This is fifth phase of the training programme on disaster management being launched in Ranikhet's Dwarahat tehsil area, said the officials concerned. As many as 25 personnel drawn from different departments including the police, home guards, block panchayat to name a few are being trained on how to carry out relief operations, taking precautionary measures and minimise damage caused by natural disaster particularly during the monsoon season, said the officials concerned of the Almora district disaster department.
The awareness campaign would continue till February 17, 2014, added the officials concerned. The training on disaster management is being organised atn Dwarahat's Riyuni and Basauli nyay panchayats, they further said. It is worth mention here that Almora district is very sensitive from natural disaster point of view among some other hill districts of Uttarakhand, given its tough geographical terrain.