Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has given directions to District Magistrates to take the warnings announced by the Met department seriously. He stressed that the disaster management unit of every district must be strengthened. Areas sensitive to snow avalanches must be well equipped to tackle any disaster-like situation.
The CM asked all DMs to maintain coordination between various units of disaster management departments. In any kind of emergency-like situation, the Disaster Management department must be informed. Any requirement at the government level must be sent at the earliest.
Weather alerts for mountainous areas must be not ignored. The district magistrates must ensure that there are sufficient food items, medicines and other basic emergency material for disaster-like situation, stressed the Chief Minister while addressing the DMs.
It is worth mentioning here that avalanche alerts have been issued till February 3 especially in high altitude areas located above 2,500 metres altitude in the mountainous districts of Chamoli, Tehri, Pauri, Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh while medium to light rain has been forecast in the lower altitude areas.