State level mock exercise to prepare for floods held in Assam

By Saraswat Kashyap: The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), conducted a state level mock exercise on Thursday focused on the flood disaster scenario in Assam. The mock exercise was conducted in the revenue circles across eight districts of the state — Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Nalbari, North Lakhimpur, Dhubri, Nagoan, Cachar and Darrang.

Around 1,000 stakeholders from various departments and agencies were involved in the exercise, with the aim of assessing the readiness of responders in flood-vulnerable areas in each district.

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Prior to the physical mock exercise, an online exercise was organised on Tuesday, with all the eight participating districts through video conferencing, where all the key departments, stakeholders and disaster managers were briefed about their roles and responsibilities during various simulated flood emergency situations.

Here, the ASDMA, District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Public Works Department (Roads), Agriculture department, UNICEF, Indian Army and Indian Air Force presented their respective disaster management plans to tackle emerging situations during the annual floods in the state.

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