In-charge Secretary of the district R S Vishwakarma on Thursday tested the alertness of the staff deployed at district-level control room of the Health Department while in a meeting for reviewing the monsoon season preparations.
On the directives of Vishwakarma, Superintendent of Police Sheikh Arif Hussein made a call to the control room to test the responsiveness of the staff.
During the meeting, the In-charge Secretary stated that special attention be paid to the regions which had been previously affected during the monsoons season and the villages located in the inaccessible areas of the district.
He directed that sufficient storage of life saving drugs be ensured in the affected villages during the previous monsoon and the inaccessible regions of the district. Vishwakarma directed that the officials must tour the district and make on-the-spot assessment of the arrangements being made to prepare for the monsoon season.
The in-charge Secretary also directed officials to make complete arrangements for protection of stored paddy crop during the monsoon season.
He directed that arrangements be made for drinking water in schools through installation of solar pumps and conventional power supply in schools.
Vishwakarma also told officials that the forest area coverage is less in the district which would require four-fold increase in the number of saplings to be planted in the district.
He also directed that proper signage be put near all bridges which get submerged during the monsoon season as a precautionary measure.
