SNS KASHMIR
SRINAGAR MARCH 10 :
General Retired Syed Atta Hasnain, Member National Disaster Management Authority, Government of India, inaugurated a daylong workshop on Incident Response System here at Srinagar on Wednesday.
A statement issued in this regard to GNS reads that the workshop was also attended by Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang K Pole besides by Director SKIMS Soura, Deputy Commissioners, Chief Engineers various Heads of Departments including Director Disaster Management, Director School Education, Regional Transport Officer Kashmir, Senior Superintendentt of Police Traffic, SP Headquarter Srinagar and senior officers from Districts.
General Hasnain, as per the statement, said that the purpose of holding this workshop on Incident Response System or IRS, was to sensitise the officers, so that their response in any disaster can be better and professional even as he dwelt on his personal experiences when he was earlier posted as Corps Commander of 15 Corp.
He appreciated the officers of J&K for handling disasters in a professional manner, the statement reads.
Divisional Commissioner Kashmir gave a detailed resume of the initiatives taken by the Divisional and District Administration in handling various types of disasters, with focus on earthquake preparedness measures, the statement reads.
On the occasion, Aamir Ali, Director DM and Nodal Officer SEOC gave details of the mitigation measures taken by various departments in J&K.
General Hooda shared his experiences of having handled the Earthquake of 2005, when he was the Brigade Commander in Uri even as Dr. Babita from National Seismic Centre Delhi explained about the seismicity of J&K and its vulnerability.
Brig Kuldip Singh Senior Consultant NDMA, explained the functioning of the IRS. Bilquees Dar Consultant Disaster Management highlighted the salient features of the State Disaster Management Plan and emphasized on mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in all developmental programmes.
Besides them, Ravi Kumar Panditta, Commandant NDRF 7th Bn and Uttam Chand Commandant 13th Bn NDRF also spoke on the occasion, the statement reads. (GNS)
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