Jammu, Dec 2 (Representative) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo on Sunday impressed upon the Department of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction to further gear up for making the action plans regarding different disasters the UT is vulnerable to.Chairing a meeting to take an assessment of the measures taken for disaster mitigation in Jammu and Kashmir, the Chief Secretary urged them to make the Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) functional by the end of this fiscal as it has added a role at the time of disasters.He even emphasised upon the expeditions carried out to study Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) by visiting different mountainous lakes here.He called for training students and other volunteers to enhance their ability to play their role during relief activities.The Principal Secretary, DMRR&R, Chandraker Bharti informed the meeting about different activities and achievements including strengthening of UT, Divisional, and district-level disaster management authorities by deploying necessary manpower there.He also revealed that DDMPs for the year 2024-25 of all 20 districts had been updated.Other hazard-specific plans like Heat Wave Action Plan, Flood Management Action Plan, and Cold Wave Action Plan had been prepared with the Development of a Landslide Management Plan under process.
It was added that an EOC has temporarily been established at Srinagar with its permanent campus coming up at Ompura, Budgam.The Department has also launched an Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) with a toll-free number of 112 for receiving the disaster response calls over it.Other initiatives and activities of the Department that were discussed here include Common Alert Protocol (CAP) by integrating alert-generating agencies IMD, CWC, INCOIS, DGRE, FSI and disseminating these alerts about disasters through TSPs, TV, Radio, Cable TV, Social media, Indian Railways, Coastal Sirens etc.A Total of 118 alerts have been disseminated to date, the meeting was apprised.Earlier a presentation was also made about the benefits and plans devised for the welfare of different categories of migrants from Kashmir and Jammu divisions.
The location-wise status of 6000 transit accommodations for Kashmiri Pandit (PM Package) employees was discussed threadbare along with that of the recruitment of the rest of the designated posts.In addition, it was revealed that these migrants are being covered under NFSA to extend different social security benefits like old age, and widow pensions to them as well as covering the eligible under PM Kisan, Ayushman Bharat, and other self employment and skilling opportunities.The meeting also took note of the progress made on outreach campaigns to cover PoJK and other West Pakistani Refugees (WPRs) under the Rehabilitation Package meant for them.Other developmental activities like the establishment of ‘PoJK Bhawan’ at Suketar, Community Hall at Jagti, and other relief activities carried out for the displaced persons were taken appraisal of by the Chief Secretary for obtaining desired results out of them.