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The territory volition soon person a stronger community-based catastrophe effect system, with astir 250 younker volunteers acceptable to person focussed grooming successful catastrophe absorption basics to grip exigency situations, including earthy calamities and accidents. The inaugural is expected to importantly fortify the operations of assemblage rescue squads portion besides creating a web of maestro trainers to usher preparedness efforts successful their respective villages.
The grooming programme, inaugurated by Deputy Collector (Disaster Management) S. Sajid astatine the Kozhikode Youth Hostel connected Monday (April 20, 2026), is being organised nether the Yuva Aapda Mitra project, jointly implemented by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS). The archetypal batch, comprising NYKS volunteers, volition acquisition grooming till April 26.
According to District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) officials, the campy has been designed arsenic a seven-day non-residential programme for the convenience of participants and trainers. Sessions volition beryllium led by taxable experts, including the District Hazard Analyst and the Coordinator for the Disaster Management Plan (Local Self-Government department).
