Haryana Revenue and Disaster Management Minister, Capt Abhimanyu on Friday said that the State Government has taken an initiative of making Haryana a disaster resilient State to effectively deal with emergency situation such as earthquake.
In this direction, a state-level mega mock exercise would be organised in each district on December 21 in the State, said Capt Abhimanyu while presiding over a meeting with officers of the Department, here.
It was informed in the meeting that the entire mega mock exercise would be videographed and its report would be sent to SDMA which would further send it to NDMA.
Apart from all the concerned departments, representatives of Military, Paramilitary Forces stationed in the districts, NGOs and other stakeholders would participate in the mega mock exercise in all districts of Haryana.
The deputy commissioners have already been asked to make elaborate arrangements for the mega mock exercise in their respective districts and ensure wide publicity of this exercise so as prevent the spread of panic and other misunderstandings among the people.
The Minister was also apprised that the first modern revenue archive has been set up at Kaithal to preserve revenue records safely and there is a plan to set up such archives throughout the State.
Capt Abhimanyu also expressed satisfaction over the efforts being made by the officers and officials towards bringing transparency and improving the functioning of the Department.