Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today directed Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) at Janata Bhawan for sending an advanced warning of impending natural calamity through All India Radio and Door Darshan so that maximum people can be reached at the grassroots.
He also directed the state officials of ASDMA to hold video conference with the gaonburhas to gather real time information from the ground level about floods and other such calamities.
The Chief Minister also asked the ASDMA to arrange a telephonic conference with the gaonburhas soon where he himself would participate to gauge the disaster preparedness at the grassroots.
Sonowal chaired a review meeting of the ASDMA at its officeconference hall and instructed the ASDMA officials to efficiently usetechnology for issuing early warning of natural calamities to minimize damageof lives and property.
Emphasizing on the need for coordination among all thelevels of ASDMA mechanism right from the village to state level, the ChiefMinister instructed the officials to generate awareness among the masses aboutthe usage of early warning information about floods, lightening etcdisseminated by ASDMA so that they can take precautions beforehand.
The Chief Minister also said that since Assam falls in the high seismic zone people of the state should be encouraged to form a habit of being prepared for such disasters by ASDMA through regular awareness activities, seminars, mock drills etc and he also suggested providing knowledge of traditional boat operation to the people in flood-prone areas as contingency survival measures.
