Rs 10 cr earmarked
for mitigation process
SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER
17: Secretary PHE, I&FC and Disaster Management, Relief,
Rehabilitation & Reconstruction, Farooq A Shah reviewed draft guidelines
for J&K State Disaster Mitigation Fund here today.
It was decided that
an action plan for disaster mitigation would be formulated with a corpus of Rs
10 crore. The meeting was informed that the said amount will solely be spent on
disaster mitigation.
Farooq Shah
directed the officials to organize community-based disaster management
programmes and involve local socio-religious committees so that they provide
volunteers for training who can become first responders in any kind of
disaster. These volunteers will be given training besides basic equipment to be
used during disasters, he said.
The meeting was attended by Director Disaster Management Amir Ali,
Director Finance and other officers of the department.
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