Secure all health facilities, O2 plants during monsoon: Home Secy
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New Delhi: Senior Assam-Meghalaya cadre IAS officer Ajay Kumar Bhalla was appointed Union Home Secretary succeeding incumbent Rajiv Gauba, on Aug 22, 2019. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, May 21 : Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Friday advised all states and Union Territories to make extra efforts to secure all health facilities, and oxygen generation plants from heavy rains or floods during the South-West Monsoon or any other impending disaster.
His direction came at an annual conference of state/Union Territory Relief Commissioners and Secretaries, Disaster Management, organised by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to review the status of preparedness for dealing with natural disasters that may arise during the South-West Monsoon 2021.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Friday reviewed the national disaster management apparatus and advised concerned agencies to be better prepared, secure all oxygen generation plants and health facilities during the upcoming monsoon season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Bhalla made the remarks, according to an official statement issued by the home ministry, during the annual conference of relief commissioners and secretaries of the departments of disaster management of states and union territories, over a video conference link. The conference was convened primarily to review the status of preparedness for dealing with natural disasters that may arise during the south-west monsoon 2021, the statement said.
MHA holds annual conference to review preparedness for dealing with natural disasters ANI | Updated: May 21, 2021 23:26 IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): In wake of Cyclone Taukte and the ongoing pandemic, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday organised a conference to review the status of preparedness for dealing with natural disasters that may arise during the South-West Monsoon 2021.
Presided over by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, the Annual Conference of Relief Commissioners and Secretaries of the Departments of Disaster Management of States and Union Territories was organised via video conference.
Speaking at the conference, Bhalla stressed on the need for building up capacities and response reflexes to ensure 24x7 preparedness throughout the year.
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