District Monitoring Officer Shilpa Prabhakar Satish presided over a review meeting on rainfall preparedness at the Collectorate on Saturday.
The monitoring officer along with District Collector K. M. Sarayu reviewed the inter-departmental coordination and instructed the first response officials and others to audit the arrangements. The monitoring officer was appraised of the areas highly vulnerable to inundation and flooding and the corresponding preparedness for relief and evacuation. The officials were instructed to inspect drainage channels and ensure they were free of encroachments.
Further, relief centres must be equipped with all basic amenities to house the evacuated people in times of flooding in habitations, Ms. Satish said.
Published – November 30, 2024 09:14 pm IST