Mysuru

The Kodagu district police have begun offering mountain climbing coaching to police personnel to conduct rescue operations extra successfully throughout pure calamities, officers conscious of the matter mentioned.

Thousands of individuals incurred lack of properties and cattle when the district witnessed landslides, incessant rainfall, in 2018 ,2019 and 2020 throughout the wet season notably in August.

During each wet season the individuals dwelling in low-lying areas stay beneath worry. Hundreds of villagers are shifting to kin’ homes to flee from doable calamity, officers mentioned.

This yr the Kodagu police division supplied coaching to greater than 100 police personnel to work successfully throughout pure calamities in wet season. ‘’Along with police personnel we’re additionally utilizing civilians to help police forces throughout pure calamities in wet season,’’ Kodagu SP Okay Ramarajan instructed HT.

Now, coaching is being supplied at stone quarry areas with depth of greater than 120 ft to workforce of 20 civil police and 20 reserve police personnel. “During calamities the police forces can’t reach remote areas due to road blockages and heavy rains. During such situations we could use the service of local people as they know the local areas well and play vital role in rescuing people and cattle,” he mentioned.

He mentioned together with mountain climbing the coaching is supplied to climb up timber to police personnel. In case of floods and landslides, they’ve practiced the right way to attain the damaging locations and save the individuals. They have additionally practiced strolling on wires. He assured the those that they’re prepared to guard them by means of this and would face any sort of scenario. SP Ramarajan himself climbed the stone quarry to instill braveness to the workers.

He mentioned robust coaching isn’t supplied to civilians however they use their providers.