A mock drill is proposed to be organised by the State administration on September 22 in view of the vulnerability of some areas in the plain region to flooding and flood management for areas near the Chandrabhaga river in Rishikesh in case of water being released from the Tehri dam.
As part of the system to be facilitated, officials of various departments concerned participated in a table-top exercise on Friday at Bhagirathi Bhawan, THDC, Haridwar bypass in Rishikesh. Various issues related to the proposed mock drill including advance arrangements, coordination between officials responsible and volunteers, resource mobilization, staging area and other aspects were deliberated upon by the officials in the meet.
Additionally, various other aspects related to the proposed mock drill were also addressed in the meeting. Officials attending the meet were also given information related to the incident response system (IRS) so as to increase the chances of that the government machinery being prepared and responding as required in case of any such disaster scenario in the future.
The Tehri district senior superintendent of police, deputy secretary off disaster management, executive director of the disaster mitigation and management centre, Rishikesh municipal council chairperson, sub divisional magistrate of Rishikesh and Narendranagar, officers of the medical health department and personnel of the national disaster response force, state disaster response force, THDC and other departments concerned along with office bearers of local river rafting associations were also among those who were present during the table-top exercise.