Revenue staff trained in rescue operations

Similar programmes will be held covering the taluk-level revenue officials at Koyilandy, Vadakara and Thamarassery in the coming weeks.

September 19, 2014 11:14 am | Updated 11:14 am IST - Kozhikode:

Members of the National Disaster Response Force conduct a demonstration at the Kozhikode taluk office auditorium on Thursday. Photo: S. Ramesh Kurup

Members of the National Disaster Response Force conduct a demonstration at the Kozhikode taluk office auditorium on Thursday. Photo: S. Ramesh Kurup

Members of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) organised a special training programme for Revenue Department officials at the Taluk Conference Hall here on Thursday.

Tahsildar Roshni Narayanan opened the programme. The staff members were imparted basic lessons in rescue operations.

Similar programmes will be held covering the taluk-level revenue officials at Koyilandy, Vadakara and Thamarassery in the coming weeks.

The staff were familiarised with the method of operating various life-saving instruments during floods, landslides and earthquakes.

Rojan Thomas, Assistant Team Commandant, NDRF, led the session. Members of various voluntary organisations too attended the programme.

The 40-member squad reached here from Chennai.

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