To test the response of disaster management agencies and also generate public awareness, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) will conduct a large-scale exercise in the tricity of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula as well as Shimla on February 13.
This will be the first-ever disaster management initiative in the country at a multi-state level. A unified command and control centre is expected to be set up to handle operations and co-ordinate activities of different state governments across the affected areas.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/tricity-shimla-set-witness-disaster-management-exercise
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/tribune-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/himachal-pradesh
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/shimla-d
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chandigarh
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/disaster-management
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mohali-d
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/earthquakes
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/haryana
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters