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INPUTS FOR MONTHLY REPORT OF NDMA

Maj. Gen. (Dr.) J. K. Bansal, VSM, Chikitsa Ratan, (Retd), Hon’ble Member, NDMA

visited Bihar Veterinary

College, Patna and inaugurated

“Summer School on Cross

Sectoral Disaster Risk Reduction

Strategies in Livestock Sector”

on 29 May, 2012. Delivering his

Keynote address Hon’ble

Member highlighted the

importance of Livestock in the

agrirarian society of India and

consequential adverse impact of

disaster on the same. Citing

NDMA’s National Guidelines on

Biological Disaster Management

that has an exclusive chapter on Livestock Disaster Management, he called for a sustainable

unified strategy for mitigation of livestock disasters. General Bansal stressed upon the need of

joint research, training and operational integration to handle emerging zoonosis like Swine Flu

(H1N1) and Bird Flu (H5N1) to avoid its serious implications on human health, economy and

national security implications. Dr. Jayakumar C. Senior Specialist and Dr. A. K. Sinha, SRO

also attended the summer school and delivered lectures on Psychosocial Care and support in

disaster and Management of Biological Disaster and Management of Livestock Disaster

respectively.

Maj. General (Dr.) J.K. Bansal, VSM, Chikitsa Ratan,(Retd), Hon’ble Member, NDMA

visited Army War College at

Mhow (MP) and delivered a

lecture to Army Officers and

faculties on Disaster

Management: Emerging

Challenges for the Armed Forces

on 5 June, 2012. During his

lecture General Bansal

highlighted the Role of Armed

Forces in Disaster Management.

Highlighting some of the

emerging challenges such as

CBRN, he called for special

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initiative by Armed Forces in the field of training and capacity building for detection, protection

& response to CBRN emergencies.

Maj. General (Dr.) J.K. Bansal, VSM, Chikitsa Ratan, (Retd), Hon’ble Member, NDMA

visited Dr. Babasaheb

Ambedkar National Institute of

Social Sciences (BANISS) at

MHOW on 5 June, 2012.

Hon’ble Member discussed with

Shri. R. N. Berwa IAS (Retd),

Director General, BANISS,

about various aspects of disaster

management and creating

community based psychosocial

care worker through the faculties

of social services. Hon’ble

Member highlighted that Dr.

Babasaheb Ambedkar National Institute of Social Sciences (BANISS) can play an important role

in capacity building.

Maj. General (Dr.) J.K. Bansal, VSM, Chikitsa Ratan, (Retd), Hon’ble Member, NDMA

visited College of Veterinary

Sciences at Mhow and interacted

with Dean Dr. S.N.S. Parmar

and faculties. During the

interaction Hon’ble Member

highlighted adverse impact of

disaster on livestock animal and

their consequential impact on

food supplier and nation

economy. Hon’ble Member

called for cross sectoral

sensitization of veterinarian

livestock farmers and industries

to put in joint mechanism to minimise the impact of disaster on livestock.

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On 13&14 June 2012 NDMA conducted 6

training programme on CBRN Security and

Preparedness to handle CBRN

emergencies for security staff of

Parliament House Complex (PHC).

Programme was inaugurated by

Hon’ble Vice Chairman. In his

inaugural address, Hon’ble Vice

Chairman highlighted the need of

CBRN Security of the PHC and

reiterated NDMA’s commitment to

have regular training programme.

Giving an overview of the CBRN

training programme, Maj Gen (Dr)

J.K. Bansal, Member, NDMA

emphasized on necessity of hands on

practical training with CBRN

protection, detection and

decontamination equipment.

Approximately 70 participants attended

the programme. CBRN experts were

invited as faculty from National

Disaster Management Authority

(NDMA), Defence Research

Development Organisation (DRDO),

and Baba Atomic Research Centre

(BARC) etc. All stakeholders

participated enthusiastically. Col. (Dr.)

T. S. Sachdeva, Senior Specialist,

NDMA coordinated the training

programme.

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Maj. Gen. (Dr.) J. K. Bansal, VSM, Chikitsa Ratan, (Retd), Hon’ble Member, NDMA

convened a meeting with Inspector

General of Police, Chandigarh for

training police force of Chandigarh

city on CBRN Security, Prevention,

Mitigation and Preparedness to

respond to CBRN scenario. During the

meeting procurement of CBRN

protective equipment like face mask,

gloves, chemical monitoring, radiation

meters and field kits for detection of

biological agents was discussed. A

CBRN training programme for

Chandigarh Police personnel on 23 &

24 August, 2012 was decided.

On 25 June Maj. Gen. (Dr.) J. K. Bansal, VSM, Chikitsa Ratan, (Retd), Hon’ble Member,

NDMA invited Mrs. Aruna Dalmia,

Chairperson of Akshy Pratishthan to

NDMA. Mrs Dalmia is a noted social

worker, running a school and

rehabilitation centre for physically

challenged. What should be special

preparedness and care of physically

challenged during disaster was

discussed. She was requested to give

her inputs to make guidelines most

useful for affected individuals during

disaster. She appreciated NDMA’s

contribution in the field of disaster

management and assured her full support.

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Maj. Gen. (Dr.) J. K. Bansal, VSM, Chikitsa Ratan, (Retd), Hon’ble Member, NDMA had a

meeting with Dr.V.M. Katoch,

Director General, Indian

Council of Medical Research

(ICMR) on 26 June, 2012.

Hon’ble Member emphasized

to create facilities for

Biosafety & Biosecurity for

prevention of Bioterrorism and

other Biological disaster

including Epidemic &

Pandemic. Inclusion of CBRN

training in medical graduate,

postgraduate & continuous

medical education programme

were also discussed during the

meeting. Dr. V. M. Katoch assured his full support for CBRN Medical Preparedness.

On 10-11 July, 2012 NDMA conducted 7 CBRN training course for parliament Security

Personnel. Delivering Keynote

Address Maj. Gen. (Dr.) J. K.

Bansal, VSM, Chikitsa Ratan,

(Retd), Hon’ble Member,

NDMA emphasized on constant

monitoring for CBRN agents, at all

entry points, security of air

condition plant from dissemination

of biological agents, vigilance of

water reservoir or tanks in

Parliament House Complex for

prevention of contamination by

virulent microorganism.

Knowledge of handling CBRN

detection equipment, proper use of face mask and gloves was highlighted by Gen. Bansal.

Hon’ble Member also emphasized the need of decontamination. Col. (Dr.) T. S. Sachdeva,

Senior Specialist briefed the participants about the course contents and delivered a lecture on

Medical Response (EMR) to CBRN Terrorism, Dr. Jayakumar C. Senior Specialist and Dr. A. K.

Sinha, SRO delivered lectures on Psychosocial Impact of CBRN Terrorism & its Management

and Bio threat perception respectively. Other faculties were from National Disaster Response

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Force (NDRF), Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), Baba Atomic Research

Centre (BARC), Apex Trauma Centre of AIIMS, Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC)

and Delhi Fire Service.

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has conducted a training programme

for National Disaster

Response Force (NDRF)

medical doctors and

paramedics from 31 July to 2

August, 2012 on medical

response to Chemical,

Biological, Radiological,

Nuclear (CBRN) scenarios.

Shri M. Shashidhar Reddy,

Vice Chairman, NDMA started

the training programme for

doctors and para medics of

NDRF. Delivering the keynote

address, Maj Gen (Dr) J.K. Bansal, VSM, Chikitsa Rattan, (Retd), Member, NDMA

elucidated about, how to treat a case at the site of incident and how to do the decontamination,

use of protective equipments like face mask, gloves & boot. He informed that monitoring of

radiation, as well as chemical agents will be fully covered during the course. Shri K.M. Singh,

Member, NDMA and Dr.V.M. Katoch, Secretary, Department of Health Research & DG, ICMR

attended the inauguration. Experts and faculty has been invited from National Disaster

Management Authority (NDMA), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Defence Research

Development Organisation (DRDO), Baba Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Apex Trauma

Centre of AIIMS, Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC) and Delhi Fire Service.

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On 23 August, 2012 Mr. Christian Tino, Executive Director, Austrian Technology

Corporation, Vienna, Austria &

Mr. Michael Lederer from

Austrian security research had a

meeting with Maj. Gen. (Dr.) J.

K. Bansal, VSM, Chikitsa

Ratan, (Retd), Hon’ble Member,

NDMA. They apprised Hon’ble

Member about their expertise in

production of CBRN protection

equipment including CBRN

casualty evacuation bags. Hon’ble

Member enquired about merit of

their equipment vis-a-vis product

of other manufacturer and advised

them to demonstrate their product & technology.

NDMA conducted CBRN training programme for Chandigarh Police on 23 to 24 August,

2012. Maj. Gen. (Dr.) J. K.

Bansal, VSM, Chikitsa

Ratan,(Retd), Hon’ble Member,

NDMA delivered keynote address

on preparedness and response to

CBRN scenario. Hon’ble Member

emphasized the need of training of

all stakeholders including medical

professionals. Gen Bansal also

stressed that CBRN training

without equipment is not of any

use and advised to procure CBRN

equipment. He also stressed on

regular hand on practice for better preparedness. Mr. Srivastava IG Chandigarh & Mr. K.K.

Sharma Advisor to the Administrator Chandigarh also attended the training programme. CBRN

equipment demonstration was given by NDRF. Col. (Dr.) T. S. Sachdeva, Senior Specialist,

NDMA coordinated the training programme.

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Maj. Gen. (Dr.) J. K. Bansal, VSM, Chikitsa Ratan, (Retd), Hon’ble Member, NDMA

inaugurated CBRN training

programme at Indo American

Cancer Institute, Hyderabad on 1

September, 2012 at IACI,

Hyderabad. Organized by

AmeriCares India, Mumbai.

Defence Research Development

Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior

gave demonstration of

equipment. A mock drill for

evacuation & management of

CBRN casualties was conducted

under supervision of Hon’ble

Member. He identified the gaps

and advised to fill these gaps by various stakeholders.

NDMA has organized one day seminar on “CBRN Scenario: Prevention & Mitigation” for

Delhi Police at Police

Headquarters on 27 September

2012. The keynote address on the

“Overview of CBRN Scenario”

was delivered by Maj Gen (Dr)

JK Bansal, VSM, Chikitsa Ratan,

Hon’ble Member, NDMA.

Hon’ble Member told about, how

to detect CBRN agents, use of

protective equipments like face

mask, gloves, boot &

decontamination. Gen Bansal

also discussed about treatment of

CBRN injuries including

specialized investigation like, radio biodosimetry, use of decorporation drugs for radiation and

antidotes for hazardous chemicals. The programme was attended by senior police officers

including Shri Neeraj Kumar, Commissioner of Police. The training programme was very useful

for awareness and sensitization of senior police officers that paved the way for the road map for

training of all police personnel so that they will be able to handle any such eventuality. The

expert faculty was invited from National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Defence

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Research Development Organisation (DRDO) and Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC)

The programme was coordinated by Mr. Anil Shukla, Additional Commissioner of Police, Delhi

and Dr. A. K. Sinha, SRO from NDMA. It was proposed that training must be an ongoing event

where more number of police officers and other personnel need to be trained and refresher

courses need to be conducted regularly. Delhi Police also need to be equipped with CBRN

equipments to handle any such eventualities in prompt and an effective manner.

Maj. Gen. (Dr.) J. K. Bansal, VSM, Chikitsa Ratan, (Retd), Hon’ble Member, NDMA

participated during discussion

on technical session held on 28

September, 2012 during

NDMA Foundation Day

Celebration Programme. He

shared his experience of

Nagapattam during Tsunami,

2004. Hon’ble Member also

stressed on the need of

preplanning and earmarking the

place for evacuation in flood

prone area, so that affected

population can be evacuated

promptly in case flood situation

demands so.