Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari held a meeting with senior officials and discussed the proposals for constitution of Telangana State Disaster Response Force in the state.
It may be recalled that in the light of the recent floods and drowning incidents that occurred in the state, the Chief Minister has instructed to constitute the Telangana State Disaster Response force by utilizing 10 teams of Fire department and 10 companies of Telangana Special Police Battalion and put together a strong force of about 2000 men. Required budget has also been sanctioned.
Accordingly, a meeting was held today which was attended by DGP Jitender, Special Chief Secretary Disaster Management Arvind Kumar and other senior officials.
During the meeting, Chief Secretary underlined the need for training the personnel so that they can be ready as soon as there is an alert during floods, fire mishaps and other such calamities. She said that the first batch training of personnel should begin from the
first week of next month. The meeting also discussed about the procurement of vehicles, rescue equipment, personal protective gear and other tools which are required for the rescue operations.
