Shillong, April 03: A joint Disaster Management cell , a first of it’s kind , headed by Gp Cdr ,NCC Gp Shillong and Director ,Higher Technical Organization (DHTE) was set up today at Shillong at NCC Gp HQ.The aim of this was to have a coordinated employment of NCC volunteers and staff in fight against CORONA.
A coordination meeting, chaired by Brig P M Bali, was held between all stakeholders today , which was attended by DIG Law & Order, Dir DHTE , Health Department representative , State NCC liaison offr and NCC officials
Ministry of Defence guidelines for employment of NCC volunteers, procedure for requisitioning and responsibilities of requisitioning agency were explained .It was stressed that all volunteers will undergo the preventive measures training and usage of PPEs by health department, before being employed.
The DHTE also agreed to handover 100 PPE sets to NCC for this task, the team is optimistic that this joint Disaster Management mechanism will ensure timely response for fight against Corona Virus.
