Centre for Disaster Management

Activities

Community Capacity Building by the Centre for Training to Indian Forest Service probationer Disaster Management at MGSIPAP (October 2011)

The immediate impact of any disaster, natural or man-made is faced by the individual and the community at the place of its occurrence. This calls for capacity building of the community at large to enable them to face and manage the brunt of such disasters. The Disaster Management Centre at MGSIPAP has taken up capacity building programmes for the community to prepare it for such challenges.
A series of capacity building programmes based on Urban Local bodies and Panchayati Raj Institutions are being conducted. So far, ten programmes have been conducted in Amritsar and Ludhiana.
A group of 20-30 persons was taken up for each of these fivedays' long programmes. The participants were imparted training on what to do in case of natural calamities like floods, earthquakes and hazards like fire, etc. They were also trained in first aid.
This programme was the first of its kind in the area thus there is a vast scope of such programmes among the community more particularly in risk prone areas.

Competition for students-Painting, Poster and slogan writing on disaster Reduction day.

On the occasion of the United Nations (UN) International Day for Disaster Reduction on the second Wednesday of October, the National Disaster Management Institute, New Delhi proposed to get different events organized in the schools of the State to create about Disasters and their management.
Under the guidance of Director General School Education Punjab, Shri B. Purushartha activities like various competitions of painting, postermaking, slogan writing, etc. on the theme 'Safety from disasters' were held for the school students. Students in the age group of 13-17 years participated in these competitions.

Contact: Shri S S Gill, Faculty I/C, CDM, Ph: 0172 2791228 Ext-210, ssgill@mgsipap.org