India, May 8 -- To develop a community-led disaster resilience, a group of 100 volunteers from Gautam Budh Nagar will undergo a 12-day residential training that is designed to prepare interested youth into capable first responders in their local areas during any calamity or disaster.

In total, 4,800 "Aapda Mitras" will be trained in two phases across 48 districts of the state. Each district has nominated 100 participants, officials said.

At the Collectorate premises in Surajpur, Greater Noida, district magistrate Manish Kumar Verma on Wednesday flagged off the volunteers who will undergo training under the "Aapda Mitra" scheme, a central government initiative launched by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to train community v...