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GAURISAGAR: A joint mock drill in the eventuality of an earthquake was conducted by the Sivasagar District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) and 12th Battalion of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) successfully at the historic Rang Ghar in the eastern Assam district on Wednesday.
The exercise gave a detailed demonstration on the role and responsibilities of responding stakeholders like Health, Civil Defence, District Administration Police and its line departments, besides SDRF and NDRF.
District Development Commissioner Shubhan Gowala played the role of Responsible Officer and Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-Chief Executive Officer of DDMA Karmadev Brahma played the role of the Incident Commander in the Mock Exercise. Assistant Commissioner Manali Prasad Rajak coordinated the entire exercise as the observer.
The Mock Exercise was actively led by the District Project Officer of DDMA Rupam Jyoti Bora, Deputy Controller of Civil Defence Pranjit Dutta and representatives from Health, PWD (Building), Police, NDRF and SDRF.
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