Madikeri, May 27 -- With the early onset of monsoon, a team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) landed in Kodagu district on Sunday night to take precautionary and relief measures during the monsoon.

Since its arrival from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, the team, comprising the 10th Battalion of NDRF, has been camping at 'Maitri' Police Samudaya Bhavan at the district headquarters in Madikeri. The team members will work with co-ordination in rescue and relief operations when natural disasters like mud slips, landslides, flooding, house collapse, caving of roads etc., are expected to happen due to heavy rainfall during the season.

The Police, Fire and Emergency Services, Home Guards, Revenue, Gram Panchayats and other concerned...