The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) chalked out a plan to educate the residents of Bokaro about disaster preparedness and its earliest mitigation.
On this move, a fortnight training programme is scheduled to kick-off on Tuesday at Bokaro, said Rai Mahimapat Ray, Deputy Commissioner, Bokaro. “A team of NDRF lead by Assistant Commandant Hari Charan Prasad rushed to make people aware in the complex task of disaster management”, he added.
Bokaro is an industrial town, Road accidents, Accidents inside the plants, Earthquake, land subsidence, leakage of gas and chemicals are common for such town. The NDRF has come up with this training programme to get large-scale participation in the task of disaster management, said Prasad.
In addition to providing training to the Bokaro Steel Plant and Electrosteel Steels Plant’s employees, we will educate the school students on how to face the natural disasters and how to mitigate it,” added the Assistant Commandant.
Speaking to the mediapersons, Assistant Commandant Prasad said, “We have talked with the school managements for their cooperation in creating the needed awareness among children. We have also planned to provide training to the district police cops, home guards and Civil Defence people. The objective of this training programme is to build capacities. People will be shown how to save lives during the hard time.”