The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology will also contribute to the restoration of infrastructure damaged in the recent disaster in Uttarakhand.
According to Dr Sameer Brahmchari, secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), New Delhi, and director general, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) said that UCOST and CSIR will jointly work to supply relief materials to the disaster hit areas of the State. He claimed that scientific equipments invented by the scientists at CSIR centres would be used in the disaster hit area of Uttarakhand.
It is noteworthy that the CSIR had already made arrangements for supplying three tonnes of energy foods, 5200 ORS packets and two tones of snacks packets to the disaster hit areas. A joint meeting was chaired by Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology, director general Dr Rajendra Dobhal and Director IIP, Dr MO Garg and said that no stone would be left unturned to provide relief to the disaster hit victims of Uttarakhand.
It was also decided to provide RO system for providing clean potable water, sanitation equipments, non-leather footwear and tents would be supplied to the disaster hit areas. It was also decided to hold brain storming sessions with different nodal agencies for drafting norms and policies for reconstructing damaged buildings and roads in the mountainous parts of the State.