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Col Nadeem Arshad on the occasion said that response strategies for these mock scenarios have been discussed threadbare and any gap areas identified have been addressed. He said that the mock exercise has been very fruitful in ensuring that all stakeholders are well versed with their responsibilities. He said that the exercise has been instrumental in ensuring interdepartmental coordination.
NDMA experts trained the participants on key aspects of disaster management such as the formation of Incident Response Teams, coordination among various participating agencies, evacuation, medical preparedness and trauma counselling. This exercise aimed at enhancing the preparedness of officials of the Shri Amarnath ji Shrine Board (SASB), district administration and other key Government agencies to deal with any disaster during the Yatra.
The mock drill was attended by Senior officials from all the important departments such as Camp Director Baltal, Additional Camp Directors, SASB, NDRF, SDRF, Rashtriya Rifles, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Army, police, health, Civil Defense, transport, fire and other emergency services. After the drills, post-exercise analysis was also carried out by the NDMA experts and they discussed the entire operation and underlined areas that needed improvement.
Later, a meeting was held with the observers who put forth their suggestions for improvements in response. Among others, the mock drill was attended by SDM Kangan, Tehsildar Gund, representatives from Police, CRPF, health, fire and emergency, SDRF and NDRF teams.