A 12-day-long disaster management training for local youth in Kargil under Aapda Mitra scheme was organised by Ladakh Disaster Management Authority (LDMA) and District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) Kargil in collaboration with 8 Mountain Division, 6th Batallion Madras Regiment on July 6.

64 volunteers were trained in two batches under Aapda Mitra scheme at Kargil and Batalik respectively from May 23 to June 03 and now in the third batch, 36 volunteers from different organizations in the district are being trained.

Chief Agriculture Officer, Kargil, Kacho Muhammad Ali Khan says, “Since Kargil is a disaster-prone area, the local volunteers should be trained in disaster management and humanitarian intervention and with the help of this training, the District Administration aims to train local youth in handling disaster situations and emergencies.”

He further instructed the volunteers to learn disaster management techniques in the training session and promptly act in disaster situations whenever the District Administration and the local population need their help.

He further said that worthy Chairman DDMA has directed him to give the message that all the volunteers should take this training seriously to build the coping capacity of the local community during a disaster situation.

In the end, Kacho Muhammad Ali Khan and Major Deepak Walia distributed rescue kits and training modules among the volunteers.