Officials instructed to take precautionary measures for monsoon eventualities: DC Sasikanth Senthil

Team Udayavani, May 21, 2018, 5:59 PM IST

Mangaluru:  Addressing a meeting held at the DC office auditorium on Monday, the Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil has instructed officials to take all necessary precautionary measures in order to avoid any eventuality during rains and natural calamities.

Officials were directed to analyse problems that occured previously in areas prone to artificial flooding, to take stock of the water inflow and outflow from dams,  suitable  advice and suggestions to farmers  on areca diseases, to identify places for Ganji Kendras, to keep boats on standby in the eventuality of floods,  to operate a  disaster management control room at taluk levels, to identify places where there is possibility of landslides, to  take preventive measures against sea erosion and to intimate public in advance regarding any adverse weather condition.

He also instructed health officials to check the spread of  water borne and contagious diseases during  monsoon.