State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) will deploy its six teams comprising ten members for each of the teams for creating awareness on how to save human life and property during the time of natural disasters like earthquake and landslides among people residing in 30 blocks of six State’s mountainous districts — Tehri, Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Uttarkashi, Bageshwar and Pithoragarh from March 6, said IG (SDRF) Sanjay Kumar Gunjyal.
He said that the team members had been given special training for conducting awareness campaign. The campaign will be conducted in two phases in the above districts, he added. The objective of the campaign is to train the gram chowkidars, gram prahari, Red Cross activists, mahila mangal dal, Nehru Yuva Dal, ex-servicemen and local residents of the respective areas.
Moreover, gram prahari and gram chowkidar will be given rescue kits. A guideline booklet has been prepared too detailing steps to be taken for conduct rescue and
relief operation during the time of natural disaster. The one-month awareness campaign would conclude on April 6, he added.