People living in disaster- prone areas or in the remote parts of Dehradun district can call up disaster control room by dialing 0135-2726066 and Toll Free number 1077 and once such calls are made the officials concerned will respond swiftly.The disaster control room will also be operational at Tehsildar level from July 1, said Dehradun additional DM Pratap Singh.
Furthermore, the district administration has set up a disaster response team comprising officials from different departments – Police, Heath, Jal Sansthan, Peyjal Nigam, Municipal Corporation, Public Works Department and some others in the district.
The heads of such departments have been made nodal officers. The officials have also been directed to ensure repairing of roads, filling up breaches and potholes, temporary repairing of bridges/embankments of bridges
Singh said that the officials concerned have been directed to take appropriate steps after receiving complaints from the people living in various parts of the district.
Since July last year, the disaster control room had received around 1800 phone calls and most of them had been addressed by the department officers concerned, said the official.