Himachal Additional Chief secretary Shrikant Baldi on Tuesday held a review meeting on the preparedness of impending monsoon season with all the District Commissioners (Dc) and other departments through video- conference from here.
He asked the Public Works department, Municipal Corporations and Panchayati Raj institutions to take up the work of cleaning/ clearing of drains, channels, nallahs in a campaign mode with-in 15 days.
The Chief Secretary said that Himachal Pradesh is a disaster prone state so it is necessary to pay special attention for disseminating the weather advisories and installing advance early warning systems in state.
The places have already been identified at Kullu and Dalhousie to install such systems whereas relief and rescue base of NDRF would be set up in Rampur and Mandi. He said that the power authorities have been asked to come up with adequate system for alerting the public in downstream to avoid losses due to sudden flow of water that often results in loss of life and property.
This early warning system will help in shifting and evacuation of people from vulnerable areas and should be regularly monitored by Central Water Commission.