Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 27: For effective flood mitigation plan, the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan today directed all Deputy Commissioners of the valley to establish 24×7 flood control room immediately in their respective districts where officers of Irrigation and Flood Control, Disaster Management, PHE, PDD, Revenue, Health, Food and Police should be deployed to provide real time information to the District Administration and people.
The Divisional Commissioner made these directions while reviewing the Flood Mitigation Plan of the Kashmir Division.
All Deputy Commissioners (DC) briefed in detail about the flood scenario risks, mitigation, management, plans in place, resources available and future plans.
The Divisional Commissioner asked the DCs to collect an information of resources, including men, low lying areas, Satellite phones, availability of Geo quality of sand bags, JCBs, Ambulances, tents, De-watering pumps, evacuation plan, storage of essential commodities, list of nodal officers, water tankers, water supply schemes, NGOs working for disaster management, database of volunteers machinery and boats available from every department in their respective districts with location of control room and number of village level committees in their respective 24×7 flood control rooms and send the complete information to Divisional Commissioner office within three days for necessary action.
All Deputy Commissioners were also asked to conduct mock drills of flood disaster in every tehsils and low lying areas besides identify more volunteers for disaster management training in their respective districts. The field staff needs to be proactive in identifying the other vulnerable areas for natural disasters and appropriate measures be taken to avoid any damage at the time of disaster, he said.
Director Disaster Management was stressed to make the Divisional level emergency control rooms at Humhama and Hari Niwas functional in all respects with all mandatory infrastructures within the shortest possible time. For establishment of another divisional level emergency control room at Bakura Ganderbal, it was decided that Director Disaster Management shall inspect the site and furnish the report to the Divisional Commissioner.
Chief Engineer, Kashmir Irrigation and Flood Control Department was directed to conduct zoning of river Jhelum and other streams and immediate conduct safety audit of river embankments of Jhelum and other streams especially at vulnerable spots and plug it at an earliest.
PHE, PDD, SMC were asked to mobilize their men and machinery besides Health department will issue roasters of doctors, paramedical staff with Medicines and Ambulances.
The Divisional Commissioner called all officers for close coordination between various departments to deal with any flood calamity effectively at the time of emergency so that fool proof mechanism will be made and better services delivery to the people could be ensured.
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