12 day disaster management training program under Aapda Mitra scheme begins in Kargil

KARGIL, JULY 06, 2022: Ladakh Disaster Management Authority (LDMA) and District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) Kargil in collaboration with 8 Mountain Division, 6th Batallion Madras Regiment today started a 12-day long disaster management training for local youth in Kargil under Aapda Mitra scheme.
Chief Agriculture Officer, Kargil Kacho Muhammad Ali Khan, Major Deepak Walia and Captain Gomati Shankar, young volunteers attended the inaugural session of the training.
Speaking on the occasion, the CAO said since Kargil is a disaster prone area, the local volunteers should be trained in disaster management and humanitarian intervention. He said with the help of this training, the District Administration aims to train local youth in handling disaster situations and emergencies.
The CAO further instructed the volunteers to learn disaster management techniques in the training session and promptly act in disaster situations whenever the District Administration and the local population need their help.
He further said that worthy Chairman DDMA has directed him to give the message that all the volunteers should take this training seriously in order to build coping capacity of the local community during disaster situation.
In the end, Kacho Muhammad Ali Khan and Major Deepak Walia distributed rescue kits and training module among the volunteers.
Pertinently, 64 volunteers were trained in two batches under Aapda Mitra scheme at Kargil and Batalik respectively from May 23 to June 03 and now in third batch 36 volunteers from different organizations of the district are being trained.