Since 2017, NDRF teams conducted over 40 rescue operations in Delhi-NCR
New Delhi: Between 2017 and 2018, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has carried out over 40 rescue operations across Delhi-NCR, in which more than 20 bodies were retrieved and five persons were rescued.
Data accessed by Millennium Post shows that from January 2017 to July 23, 2018, NDRF conducted rescue operations in 31 drowning and missing cases, from which 11 bodies were found and one person was rescued. Meanwhile, in ten cases of collapsed structures, 17 bodies were retrieved.
On July 17, five teams of NDRF conducted a search and rescue operation in Noida's Shahberi village where a six-storey building due to rains. Nine bodies were recovered from the collapsed structure.
In a roof collapse incident in GT Road near Haryana, two NDRF teams conducted search operations between June 12 and 14, and retrieved four dead bodies.
In April last year, NDRF rescued a 55-year-old man who had fallen into a 30-foot dry well in Harsaon village in Ghaziabad. The same year, the Force conducted rescue operations in three fire incidents as well.
NDRF teams also carried out rescue operations in Tuglakabad where a chemical tanker had caused poisonous gas leakage near the boundary wall of a school.
Overall, in this period, NDRF conducted 732 rescue operations across the country, in which, over a lakh people were evacuated to safety, 4,168 persons were rescued and 613 bodies were retrieved.
NDRF has 12 battalions across the country, each with a strength of 1,149 personnel. Additionally, the force also has 168 dogs in the canine squad.
"Despite all odds, the brave-hearts of NDRF always lead from the front to respond to eventuality and restore normalcy," said a senior NDRF official.
Due to the rise in practical and mock drills, the response time of NDRF teams has greatly reduced and enhanced the efficiency of the Force.
Moreover, the canine squads are highly trained and provide aid to handlers in rescuing people trapped under debris in the aftermath of natural calamities.
