Haryana first to have disaster management plans for all districts

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Saturday said Haryana is the “first” state in the country to have disaster management plans for “all the districts”.

Reviewing the disaster management preparedness of the state during a meeting here, NDMA member Kamal Kishore also offered technical assistance to Haryana for state and district level disaster management, an official release said.

It was informed in the meeting that, 26 disaster management control rooms have been set up in the state and are linked with 29 police stations.

Earlier, the NDMA member and his team visited Panchkula and took stock of the disaster management preparedness there, the release stated.

Kishore said that in view of rapid urbanisation in National Capital Region (NCR), multi-storied buildings in Gurgaon and Faridabad should have structural design besides making them earthquake resistant.

Apart from this, fire fighting management should be made mandatory in these buildings, he added.