Collector Reena Kangale, in the weekly review meeting held here on Wednesday, ordered to ensure proper arrangements for dealing with natural disasters in the district during the ongoing monsoon season.
The Collector sought information about the floods that occurred during the last monsoon season in the district and the type of measures that were taken as a precautionary measure at that time. She told the officers that there should be no laxity in taking up disaster management exercises. In the meeting, Kangale said to make the telephone number of all district officers related to disaster management available at the district-level control room and to make publicity of it.
She instructed to monitor the water levelsof rivers and rivulets and accordingly inform the police control room, district level flood control room and the downstream districts. The Collector told the officers to make arrangement for boats, tubes, rope, jacket, torch and swimmers, to collect information about the boat drivers’ name, address, telephone number, to ensure maintenance of affected electric poles and proper management for treatment of seasonal diseases and cattle related diseases.
Similarly, Kangale directed the officers concerned for making arrangements for food grain, light and medical treatment at shelter centres, repair of damaged bridges and culverts, put up signboards indicating not to cross overflowing bridges and to clean of drainages and nullahs. She issued directives to identify water-logged areas, special safety arrangement like camps for the rehabilitation of affected people at safe places.
The Collector asked the Executive Engineer of Water Resources Department to inform the Collector, Superintendent of police, Municipal Commissi-oner, SDO (Revenue) Korba and Katghora, before releasing water from Bango dam. She asked all the departments to ensure their contribution in sapling plantation work.
The Collector also directed the officers concerned of the Education Department for intense tour of schools, to peruse the condition of midday meal, distribution of uniform, availability of students, regular attendance of teachers, cleanliness etc and to take tough action against the absentee teachers.