A District Disaster Management Committee (DDMA) meeting was held on Thursday under the chairmanship of Collector Parul Patwari.
The DDMA acts as the district planning, coordinating and implementing body for disaster management. A district disaster management plan was decided upon for disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Officials connected with DDMA were instructed to implement the yearly district disaster management plan way to minimize human, property and environmental loss.
The meeting was participated by Jagatsinghpur MP Dr Rajashree Mallick, District Planning Committee Chairman MLA Prasanta Muduli, ZP President Manoj Kumar Bhoi, ADM Satchidananda Sahoo, the Project Director DRDA, BDOs from all eight blocks, municipality chairpersons, Panchayat Samiti Chairpersons, Tehsildars, Deputy Collectors, Executive Engineers from line departments, officials from the district health department and District Emergency Officer.
