Two day Annual Conference of Relief Commissioners/Secretaries (Disaster Management) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Civil Defence, Home Guard & Fire Services of State/UTs-2024 concluded today
Two day Annual Conference of Relief Commissioners/Secretaries (Disaster Management) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Civil Defence, Home Guard & Fire Services of State/UTs-2024 concluded today
The two day annual conference of relief commissioners/secretaries (Disaster Management) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Civil Defence, Home Guard & Fire Services of State/UTs-2024 concluded in New Delhi today. Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Dr. P. K. Mishra chaired the valedictory session. Union Home Secretary, Sh. Ajay Kumar Bhalla, also attended the session along with other senior officers from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. P K Mishra said that India has demonstrated its ability to respond and reach out to other countries when disasters have struck. Our international collaborative efforts like Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) and the new G20 Working Group on Disaster risk management have been lauded all over the world. He said that while we can take pride in achievements in area of disaster management in and around the world, we cannot remain satisfied and need to have a clear vision for the future. Dr. P K Mishra highlighted six mantras to be focused in the days to come which will strengthen our position in a long run;
The two-day conference was attended by more than 300 delegates from State Governments / UTs, Ministries/Departments/Organizations of Central Government and from SDRFs/Fire Services in the States/UTs.
During the two-day conference, various sessions were organized and the experts dwelled upon the subjects like Early Warning, Post Disaster Loss Assessment, Roles of Disaster Response Forces, Coastal Hazards, satellite based early warning on tsunami, storm surge and cyclones etc.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) organizes the Annual Conference of Relief Commissioners of States/ UTs before the onset of monsoon season, to review their preparedness for dealing with any natural disaster, which may occur during the monsoon period. Simultaneously, NDRF organizes capacity building conference for State Disaster Response Forces (SDRFs), Civil Defence, Home Guard & Fire Services of States/ UTs for the preparedness of response forces.
With a view to bring synergy in response efforts, as well as to take Relief Commissioners/ Revenue Secretaries on board for strengthening of SDRF; this year MHA organised a combined conference.
Issues ranging from preparedness on South West Monson as well as how to look into managing emerging risks of Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF), Forest Fire & CBRN were discussed in the conference.