The Kodagu district administration has taken various measures to cope with any exigencies arising out of natural disasters and has constituted committees to deal with the same.
It has also urged the public not to panic over speculations of fresh outbreak of any natural calamity.
A release said senior officials of the district administration and the district in-charge minister had reviewed the existing system to cope with emergencies some time ago and strengthened the response mechanism in case of a natural calamity.
Consequent to last year’s disaster caused by incessant rains and landslips, the authorities have identified areas which are prone to such events and an Emergency Relief Response and Recovery Committee has been constituted.
In addition, there is an Early Warning and Evacuation Committee, Search and Rescue Committee, First Aid, Mass Casualty Management Committee, Shelter Management Committee etc.
This in addition to constitution of a specific groups to ensure nutrition in shelters, relief management, animal protection and carcass management, psychological first aid, damage assessment, reconstruction and rehabilitation among others. Such committees have been established at the taluk and gram panchayat levels as well, the release stated.
In addition, steps have been taken to put in place a Disaster Management Plan in consultation with the Geological Survey of India, Administrative Training Institute, District Training Institute, and other organisations.
The authorities said an awareness programme and a simulated exercise on response in case of any emergency, has been held in rural areas. In addition, a team of National Disaster Resonse Force (NDRF) has been allocated to the district and will be deployed by the end of May.
Besides, the final report of the GSI survey to identify sensitive and hypersensitive areas is expected in due course and all measures will be taken to minimise the impact of any calamity.
The district administration has also taken steps to ensure that there is no dearth of medical assistance in case of any emergency and hence the public has been asked to eschew fears over the issue.
