Jamshedpur, July 5 -- With an eye on effective disaster response during the monsoon, the Jharkhand government has deputed a 30-member unit of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in East Singhbhum district. The deployment was approved by the Disaster Management Department on the request of Deputy Commissioner KarnSatyarthi.
The team arrived in Jamshedpur on Thursday and was immediately pressed into action, successfully carrying out relief and rescue operations after a drowning incident in a reservoir in Jadugoda. The unit comprises four officers and 26 trained personnel equipped to respond swiftly to floods, waterlogging, drowning cases, gas leaks, and other emergencies.
Until now, NDRF teams had to be requisitioned from Ranchi, Pa...