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Disaster management centre soon

Nurpur (H.P.): A regional centre of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) would soon be set up here. “A NDMA team headed by specialist Shivaji Singh had last week conducted site inspection of the proposed centre in Kopra village of this sub-division of Kangra district,” Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Indersingh Bhardwaj, who accompanied the team, said.

The team would submit its report to the NDMA for a final clearance of the site, the SDM said. The centre for the northern states — Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana and Uttrakhand —will have a big battalion to provide relief to people in the times of natural calamities, official sources said. The battalion will be divided into 18 teams with 1,150 jawans, 18 doctors and other paramilitary staff, they said. — PTI

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