The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is going to organise a public awareness campaign on how to take precautionary measures and minimise damage caused by natural disaster in different parts of Almora from Monday.
The awareness campaign aimed at making people aware about how to minimise damage caused by natural disasters like earthquake, cloudburst and landslides and take precautionary measures to protect themselves from the same will be launched by the NDRF at tehsil and block levels, said P K Arya, ADM, Almora.
More importantly, the said awareness campaign would be started from Sarvoday Inter College, Jainiti at 10 am on Monday, added Arya. Similarly, the awareness campaign on natural disaster mitigation would be launched lamgarha block on December 17 followed by Dhauladevi block on December 18, Government Inter College, Almora on December 19 and Government Inter College, Manan on December 20, added the official concerned of district administration, Almora.
In the meanwhile, the similar disaster mitigation awareness campaign would be launched at Dawarahat on December 21, while people of Chaukhutiya block would be able to know basics of natural disaster management on December 22, further said the official concerned. In the meanwhile, according to the said awareness campaign schedule, the NDRF will conduct the awareness campaign in Bhikiyasain area of Almora on December 23, while the people of Syalde block will be able to know about the natural disaster prevention measures on December 24, according to the Almora district administration.
The similar awareness campaign will be launched at Salt block on December 25 followed by Tarikhet block on December 26, Ranikhet tehsil on December 27, Bhaisiyachhana block on December 28 and police line Almora on December 29, further said the officials concerned of the Almora district administration. It is worth mention here that Almora district is also very sensitive from natural disaster point of view among some other hill districts of Uttarakhand, given its tough geographical terrain.