The State Government has deployed several IAS officers for coordination and integrated approach in relief and rescue operation. The decision came after the meeting of Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna with Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and other officers of the State Government, BRO, Army, ITBP, Air Force.
The State Government deployed IAS Dr Pankaj Kumar Pandey as the nodal officer for co-ordination works in Badrinath and Chamoli. Similarly, Ravinath Raman, IAS, has been made nodal officer for Guptakashi and Rudraprayag. IAS Sachin Kurve has been given responsibility of nodal officer for evacuation and relief works in Gangotri and Uttarkashi. Deepak Rawat has been asked to look after necessary coordination in Dharchula and Pithoragarh. Ranjit Sihna, IAS, who is presently posted as Upadhyaksh, HDA has been assigned with the duty of evacuation of people in Haridwar and arranging all logistics to arrange their transport to their respective home towns.
He is also to arrange a relief camp for people to avail medical facilities along with food. PCS Gunwant has been posted as SDM, Rudraprayag to give an extra hand to the existing machinery along with PCS Harak Singh Rawat who has been posted as ADM.
A total of 1,640 Patwaris, 152 Kanungoes, 95 Naib tehsildars, and 79 tehsildars are actively doing the relief works in the districts coordinating and using the help received from various quarters. The DIG of Garhwal is in Rudraprayag monitoring the rescue operations.
Neelesh Barane, IPS has been posted in Rudraprayag for evacuation works, as he had served earlier in the district as SP. One commandant has been posted in Kedarghati in Rudrprayag along with the SP of (SCRB). Around 20 senior and middle-level officers along with 2,000 additional police force has been deployed for relief operations.
The State Government is providing each evacuated person with Rs 2000 cash for any exigencies on their way back. Arrangements have been made for free railway tickets for the pilgrims back home along with provision of extra two extra railway coaches in the regular trains.
Helicopters have been deployed by the State Government and requisitioned from the Air force too. On June 22, the helicopters of the State have made 100 sorties evacuating 400 people. The Air Force has made 33 sorties evacuating 400 people. Jangal chatti would now be the focal point for rescue operations and major resources have been diverted to this area.
PWD has opened 549 roads for movement and has deployed 364 machines and 5,775 employees for this work. 600 PRD (Prantiya Rakshak Dal) personnel and near about 800 gram praharis have been deployed for relief works in various affected regions.
PRD has mobilised the Mahila Mangal Dals and Yuva Mangal Dals for the relief works. The volunteers trained under District Disaster Management have been deployed in the affected areas. About 2000 police personnel who have been specially trained in rescue operations during disaster have been mobilised and deployed.