Mapping of flood-prone areas must, says Chief Secretary

Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a high-level meeting regarding flood preparedness and response review in J&K.

CS called for devising an effective strategy to deal with any eventuality. He called for evolving proper standard operating procedure (SoP) to deal with the situation where every concerned person is fully aware of his/her role and responsibility in the times of emergency. He directed the officers to remain in a state of alertness to combat any eventuality that may arise.

He further called for having a detailed flood mapping/inundation of each area to act accordingly. He exhorted upon the concerned officers to have proper planning in place to deal effectively with the natural disasters and mobilisation of resources to be done in advance and flood duty charts issued.

Regarding the Decision Support System, CS said that it should be upgraded and supported by Digital Risk Data Base which is an inventory of all the resources, infrastructure etc available in an area so that a proper and coordinated plan is framed and executed in time.