Rajnath to inaugurate 2-day conference on Capacity Building of SDRF-2017 tomorrow
05 June, New Delhi
Streamlining the training process of State Disaster Response Forces (SDRFs) and conducting it in a planned and coordinated manner will be discussed during a two-day national level conference — ”Capacity Building of SDRF-2017”– which begins here tomorrow.Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the two-day national conference.
The conference is being organised by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to develop a synergy and to highlight way ahead to strengthen the response capabilities of SDRFs.During the conference, various other agenda points like strategy for joint efforts towards community preparedness, integration of operational efforts between NDRF and SDRFs, requirement and creation of training infrastructure in each States, creation of a pool of instructors, sharing of best practices, improving response time by SDRFs’ will be discussed.
The Standard Operating Procedure on Disaster Management for Differently Abled Persons will also be released, Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement today.This year, NDRF took Community Awareness Programmes to a new level.As a special initiative for boosting the confidence and skills of the students, a special campaign was launched in all Kendryia Vidayalayas of Delhi and NCR.
Under this campaign, Inter- School, School Safety Mock Drill competition, and Inter School Open Essay competition on “How will I respond in case of an earthquake” were organised.As a part of event, winner of Inter School Safety Mock Drill Competition and Open Essay Competition will be awarded during the event.Trophies will also be awarded to the winners of NDRF Inter Battalions Professional Competitions.Dr PK Mishra, Additional Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister and Mr Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog will also participate in the conference.
The conference will be attended by the Director-Generals of Police of All States/UTs, Relief Commissioners and representatives from State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), India Meteorological Department (IMD) and National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM).