New Delhi: As robust tremors jolted Delhi-NCR and different elements of northern India, officers on Wednesday stated consciousness programmes and mock drills are a few of the measures being taken by the federal government to minimise earthquake injury.
O P Mishra, the director on the Ministry of Earth Sciences’ National Centre for Seismology (NCS), stated earthquake danger mitigation consciousness programmes are being held and mock drills are additionally being performed to be able to educate folks in regards to the dos and don’ts throughout an earthquake.
“Earthquake cannot be stopped but its impact can be minimised by various measures. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is the nodal agency to conduct the mock drills in coordination with other institutes and such drills are conducted at regular intervals,” Mishra instructed PTI.
Strong tremors jolted giant swathes of north India, together with Delhi-NCR, on Tuesday night time as an earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck the Hindu Kush area in Afghanistan. Mild tremors had been felt in Delhi-NCR once more on Wednesday, as an earthquake of two.7 magnitude hit the area at 4.42 pm, in keeping with NCS.
Mishra stated that the Centre has tried utilizing the brand new constructing design code for earthquake danger resilience through which seismic microzonation is finished. “If we see the seismic hazard zonation of the nation particularly from zone 2 to zone 5, the federal government of India tried to make use of the brand new constructing design code for earthquake danger resilience.
Seismic micro zonation has already been accomplished in lots of cities, however in cities having a inhabitants of 5 lakhs and extra, micro zonation might be performed in an in depth method,” he stated.
He additional stated the NCS has the mandate of monitoring earthquakes across the clock. “Sophisticated equipment helps us monitor earthquakes not only in India but also the adjoining regions,” he added.
A senior Delhi authorities official from Southwest district stated {that a} assembly was held on Tuesday, following the instructions of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) to debate catastrophe preparedness and that ‘Aapda Mitra’ volunteers might be appointed who will act as first responders in case of any catastrophe.
“We have been conducting mock drills to review the preparedness and they will continue. Meanwhile, we will also be appointing ‘Aapda Mitra’ volunteers who will act as first responders in case of disasters. The volunteers will be common citizens, but they will be trained and given special kits,” the federal government official instructed PTI.
“We will also assess the buildings, carry out retrofitting and identify staging areas where officials can work,” he added. On Saturday (March 18), Delhi Lieutenant Governor V Ok Saxena had requested the DDMA officers to begin work on the retrofitting of all faculties, hospitals, police stations and different susceptible buildings within the metropolis to stop injury in case of earthquakes.
The DDMA assembly was additionally attended by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and it was held within the wake of latest disastrous earthquakes in Turkiye and Syria, because the nationwide capital falls within the “High Damage Risk Zone IV” on India’s seismic map.
