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India: Civilians to help with disaster management

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By M. P. Praveen

State to recruit 3,000 volunteers

After developing a formidable institutional system in disaster management, the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) is now planning to create a pool of trained civil defence volunteers to reduce disaster risk.

The idea is to have 3,000 such volunteers across the State in four years in keeping with a proposal in the first State Disaster Management Plan approved by the government last year.

As a pilot project, the National Disaster Management Authority has approved the training of 200 civil defence force volunteers in Kottayam under its Aapatha Mithra scheme. The programme is likely to be launched jointly by the Chief Minister and Revenue Minister on October 13, the International Day for Disaster Reduction.

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Themes Civil Society/NGOs Disaster risk management
Country and region India

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