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In a bid to beforehand catastrophe absorption consciousness among assemblage students, the Alappuzha District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has launched a task titled Campus Safety and Disaster Prevention Measures. The task was inaugurated by Fisheries Minister Saji Cherian astatine a relation held astatine Carmel Engineering College auditorium astatine Punnapra connected Monday (October 13, 2025).
Speaking astatine the event, Mr. Cherian said that the young procreation successful Kerala was a exemplary for the satellite and had a beardown beingness successful the tract of knowledge. “Students should beryllium capable to respond promptly and instrumentality enactment during situation situations caused by clime change. For that, children should beryllium fixed due training. Educational institutions and the territory medication should guarantee that students person grooming successful swimming, utilizing occurrence information systems, CPR and archetypal aid,” helium said.
At the function, Mr. Cherian officially announced the motorboat of the Campus Rapid Action Team (CRAT) and released the catastrophe absorption handbook prepared for them. The project, the archetypal of its benignant successful the State, has been launched nether the enactment of the DDMA to make consciousness of catastrophe absorption among assemblage students and to make enactment skills and a consciousness of work to respond rapidly and efficaciously during emergencies.
As portion of the initiative, 100 students from each assemblage are being selected and fixed training. The task is being implemented with the enactment of the State and District Disaster Management Authorities, exigency work departments, teachers and students from selected colleges successful the district.
Ambalappuzha artifact panchayat president Sheeba Rakesh presided. Additional District Magistrate Asha C. Abraham, District Police Chief M.P. Mohana Chandran, Deputy Collector (Disaster Management) C. Premji, Carmel Engineering College manager Fr. Justin Alukkal and others attended the function.
