Collector instructed the officers concerned to ensure necessary measures against natural disaster and possible flood situation in the district. He told them to be vigilant towards it and inform the concerned immediately, so that needed relief measures could be taken at time.
A flood control room has been set up at district level to collect information about the flood situation in the district and to ensure necessary measures.
The telephone number of the flood control room set up at room number 25 of collectorate is 07752-233771 and the toll-free number is 1077. Superintendent of land Records Nevare will be the in-charge of the control room and in-charge officer of Relief section will be the nodal officer.
The mobile number of Nevare is 97700-67853 and the mobile number of relief section in-charge officer SR Kurre is 94255-74642.
The collector has also instructed to set up control rooms at sub-division and tehsil level, the in-charge officer of which would the tehsildar concerned. These control rooms will inform the district-level control room about the flood situation the respective tehsils.
The collector has instructed the officers to ensure preparations for shifting affected people from probable flood affected areas to secured places and to mark schools, government buildings, Dharmashalas and public places as rescue homes.
The collector asked the food controller and the chief medical and health officer to ensure supply of sufficient foodgrains and medicine to the unreachable areas, on the possible flood situation.
Similarly, for the purification of drinking water, the municipal corporation and the public health engineering department were also told to sprinkle bleaching powder in the wells, hand pumps etc.
He also instructed the joint director veterinary services to ensure sufficient supply of life-saving medicines for the cattle in the unreachable areas. District Senani Homeguard was asked to provide the information about the divers, their name, residential address, telephone number etc to the district level flood control room.