NDRF holds awareness camp

Hemanta Kumar Pradhan

Berhampur: National Disaster Respond Force (NDRF) organized an awareness programme on Tuesday to sensitise the coastal people about the precautionary steps to tackle at the time of natural calamity in different parts of the coastal blocks of Ganjam.

There are 36 CISF jawans of third battalion; Cuttack under the leadership of Inspector Bijendra Singh visited the cyclone-prone area Chatrapur, Ganjam, Rangeilunda and Chikiti block of Ganjam district under the guidance of Deputy Commandant Dillip Kumar.

While visiting, the CISF officials taught the valuable tricks of disaster management and how to tackle the situation at the time of cyclone, earthquake and flood. They also taught about how to save own life as well as others, use of cyclone shelter, migrate from lower to higher place and the use of first aid. Along with this, the jawans demonstrated some war tricks through mock drill.

The jawans covered 15 coastal villages. These are Kanamana, Matikhala, Upulaputi, Bada Arjeepalli, Nolia Nuagaon, Agasti Nuagaon and Haripur of Chatrapur block, Kantiagada, Binchanapalli, Purunabandha, Arunapur, Prayagi and Sipakuda of Ganjam block and Chandanabada of Chikiti block in first phase.

The next camp will be held in Tulu village of Rangeilunda block on May 26. After completion of the camp they will hand over the report to the District Magistrate about the data and road map collected from different people at the time of training and awareness programme, said Dillip Kumar.