SHIMLA, Himachal Pradesh, April 26 -- The Department of Information and Public Relations, Himachal Pradesh issued the following press release:

Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has extended his felicitation to State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) for securing first position in the National level SDRF, CSRR competitions organized by NDRF at Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh recently.

The Chief Minister lauded the outstanding performance of the team and said that Himachal Pradesh was prone to many kinds of natural disasters and SDRF has to play an instrumental role in saving the valuable lives and carrying out rescue and rehabilitation operations. He said that the State Government was committed to strengthen the SDRF and equip it with the...