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Events States - Kerala Kerala beefing up grassroots disaster management Our Bureau Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 30 The State Government has initiated moves to strengthen disaster management facilities at the district level, according to the Revenue Minister, Mr K.P. Rajendran. Delivering his inaugural address at a training programme on disaster management for officials of the Police and Fire and Rescue Services, he said that efforts were on to identify youth volunteers and train them in rescue activities. The Government had launched a major initiative to strengthen disaster response mechanism. Work on the proposed National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) centre at Kozhikode is expected to commence in two months. A State Disaster Response Force unit will be established at Peermedu in Idukki and 10 acres has been identified in Thrissur for setting up a State Civil Defence Institute. District-level civil defence institutes will also be set up at Kochi, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kottayam. More Stories on : Events | Natural Calamities | Kerala
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