Mock exercise to generate awareness among people about earthquake
Mock exercise to generate awareness among people about earthquake
New Delhi, June 27 (HS): To improve preparedness and response mechanisms of the local administration in the event of an earthquake, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with the state governments will conduct a mock exercise on earthquake preparedness on Friday (June 28).
The exercise will cover Delhi (all 11 districts), Haryana (4 districts – Jhajjhar, Faridabad, Gurugram and Sonipat ) and Uttar Pradesh (3 districts – Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad and Meerut).
The entire National Capital Region falls either in seismic Zone IV or Zone III and is, therefore, highly vulnerable. This exercise will help in filling gaps, ensuring better communication and improving coordination among various stakeholder agencies. It will also generate awareness among the local population who need to be conscious of vulnerability of the NCR.
Under the Centre’s 100-day Action Plan, several mock exercises on different disasters have been planned across the country. This is the first exercise from that series, while an exercise is underway ahead of the upcoming Amarnath Yatra, other exercises include a flood and an earthquake preparedness exercise in July in Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, respectively.
