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The government will also train members of Mission Shakti groups, Vana Surakya Samitis, and other community-based organisations and equip them with the knowledge required to manage disasters and pandemics.
"The time has come for us to create a massive knowledge infrastructure in the state that will make everyone a warrior...We will train our people at large on how to deal with known emergencies and how to respond to situations where the outcome cannot be predicted," Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik said.
The Council of Ministers has resolved to make Odisha a leading state in disaster preparedness, ready to tackle any disaster- whether it is biological or climatic, Patnaik said.