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Review meeting on COVID-19 under the Chairmanship of ACS and MD, OSDMA held today at OSDMA. Officers from UNICEF, UNDP, CRS, Helpage India, Childfund, IRCS, IAG Odisha, SRC office were present in the meeting. Besides, the meeting was through video conferencing for other agencies.

A meeting was held in OSDMA under the Chairmanship of Addl. Chief Secretary (DM) and Managing Director, OSDMA for discussion on the draft guidelines communicated by NDMA for ‘Administration of Disaster Mitigation Funds’. The representatives from Departments like Water Resources, Works, Forest and Environment, School and Mass Education, Steel and Mines, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment, Women and Child Development and Mission Shakti, Fishery and Animal Resources Development, Tourism, Energy and international organisations like Inter Agency Group and UNDP along with senior officers of OSDMA were present in the meeting. The different components and implementation modalities of the draft guidelines were discussed thoroughly during the meeting. The ACS and Managing Director, OSDMA highlighted the importance of utilising the Mitigation Funds for triggering actions for major changes in reducing the disaster risks and how the mitigation funds to be utilised for enhancing the resilience of public and private infrastructures. As the outcome of the meeting, the combined views of all the departments will be sent to the NDMA for incorporation in the Final Guidelines. [ngg src="galleries" ids="29" display="basic_thumbnail"]

The Regional Workshop of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) was held at Hotel Mayfair today. It will continue for 2 days. The inaugural sessions keynote was delivered by Sri GVV Sarma, IAS Member Secretary, NDMA. The workshop was graced by the kind presence of Sri Pradeep Jena, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Odisha & MD, OSDMA and Sri Sandeep Poundrik, IAS, Joint Secretary (Mitigation), NDMA. Dr. Aurobindo Behera, IAS (Retd.) graced the occasion as Guest of Honour. This workshop is expected to help the concerned states in planning the disaster risk reduction measures in better way which will contribute the overall risk reduction thereby the losses due to natural disasters in the country. Day One: (10.02.2020) The 1st Technical session of Regional Workshop on DRR i.e., Cyclone & Tsunami Risk Reduction was chaired by Sri GVV Sarma, IAS Member Secretary, NDMA. Four presentations were made on the theme like National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project by Sri S Kumar, Deputy Project Director, NDMA followed by Cyclone Early Warning System in the Country by Ms. Sunitha Devi, Scientist E, IMD and Dr. EP Rama Rao, Scientist F INCOIS, Hyderabad made a presentation on Tsunami Early Warning System in the Country. Sri P.K Jena, Additional…

Additional Chief Secretary to Govt. & Managing Director, OSDMA chaired the Training Programme on ‘Chemical Disaster Management on 10.01.2020 at OSDMA Conference Hall Bhubaneswar. Director, Disaster Management Institute, Bhopal, Unit Head of IFFCO, Paradeep, Chief General Manager, OSDMA, General Manager (F&B), Officers from Districts and departments and OSDMA among others were present in the meeting. Various aspects of chemical disaster management were discussed during the workshop. Accreditation of certifying institution, certification of disaster management plans and professionals in addition to standards of storage tanks, inspection strategies were some of the important points discussed during the workshop.   

Additional Chief Secretary to Govt. & Managing Director, OSDMA inaugurated the one-day workshop on ‘Scuba Divers’ at ROTI, Gothapatna, Bhubaneswar. Commandant 6th Bn-cum- Nodal Officer, ODRAF, CFO Fire Services, CGM, DGM (T&C) and about 108 Scuba Divers from ODRAF, Fire Service and across the state attended the workshop. Additional Chief Secretary to Govt & Managing Director, OSDMA emphasized upon having defence standard scuba divers and a dedicated scuba divers training institute in Odisha. Insurance of scuba divers, operation & maintenance of equipment’s are some other points were highlighted during the programme.

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