NDMA directs to build quake-resistant basements in Haryana

Due to rapid urbanisation in National Capital Region (NCR) area, the multi-storied buildings in Gurgaon and Faridabad districts of Haryana should have structural design besides making them earthquake resistant, directed Member, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Kamal Kishore on Friday.

In a meeting with senior officers of Haryana Government held here to review the disaster management preparedness in the state, Kamal Kishore said that fire fighting management should be made mandatory in these buildings.

On behalf of NDMA, he offered technical assistance to Haryana for State level Disaster Management and District level Disaster Management. Earlier, Kishore and his team visited Panchkula and took stock of the disaster management preparedness. Haryana is the first State in the country to have Disaster Management plans for all districts in the state, he said.

It was informed in the meeting that, 26 Control Rooms of Disaster Management have been set up in the state and these are linked with 29 police stations. Apart from this, there are 2046 mobile pump sets of 8000 cusecs capacity for drainage of water . It was also informed that while there is possibility of flooding in districts of  Kaithal and Sirsa due to river  Ghaggar,  Faridabad is prone to flood due to river Yamuna.

Notably, Haryana Institute of Public Administration (HIPA) imparts training to government employees and officers in capacity building in disaster management. As many as 20,000 employees and officers of the State government have so far been imparted training in capacity building.Also, disaster management programmes were also being organized by HIPA at village level and in school safety.