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3-day Mock Exercise on Earthquake, Disaster Management concludes 2/14/2015 11:32:20 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 14 : The 3-day Disaster Management Mock Exercise on Earthquake (DMMEE) today concluded under the Chairmanship of District Development Commissioner Ajeet Kumar Sahu, here this evening. The DMMEE was organized by District administration, Jammu in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and State Disaster Management Authority. In the first 3-day DMMEE, a coordination conference was organised wherein all the District heads of different departments, District police, Traffic Police, Jammu Municipal Corporation, Jammu Development Authority, NDRF, SDRF, CRPF, Indian Army, Indian Air Force, Indian Metrological department and others participated. In his address, Sahu exhorted upon all government functionaries, representatives of the National Disaster Relief Force, private companies, NGOs and people in general to take part in the drill in the larger interest. From National Disaster Management Authority of India (NDMA), Maj Gen V.K.Dutta (Retd.) and Dr. Saxena sensitized the stakeholders of the District Disaster Management. A table-top exercise was conducted in which all the District heads of different departments shared their preparedness plans for disaster management and specialist from NDMA deliberated on the Incident Response System. Day long deliberations were held on likely disaster vulnerability of District Jammu and its adjoining pockets. In the meeting, emergent deliberations were held for damage assessment, rescue and relief. The Exercise was well coordinated through the wireless communication network presuming the failure of landline and mobile connectivity. Whole mock exercise was completed within three (3) hours followed by a hot-wash and review in the EOC headed by the Responsible (RO), Chairman DDMA Ajeet Kumar Sahu wherein the short comings, experiences and the real-time requirements were deliberated upon and the preparedness of the District was accessed.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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