As rainfall intensifies in Vidarbha, 4 NDRF teams airlifted to Nagpur

NDRF groups from Pune can be deployed to Nagpur. (Supply: NDRF)

4 groups of the Nationwide Crisis Reaction Pressure (NDRF) are being airlifted from Pune to Nagpur as a preemptive measure in view of the evolving rainfall scenario within the Vidarbha area of Maharashtra.

“In view of evolving scenario in districts of Vidarbha department, 4 groups of NDRF are being airlifted from Pune to Nagpur. Those groups can be deployed in Nagpur and Chandrapur district tentatively. Those 4 groups are along with the only staff already deployed for flood water rescue operation in Nagpur District,” mentioned Sachchidanand Gawade, 2d-in-Command of the fifth Battalion of the NDRF.

Those NDRF groups are being airlifted through and Indian Air Pressure (IAF) shipping airplane from Pune IAF base round midday Sunday.

Because the final week of July when the southwest monsoon intensified in Maharashtra, the Pune-headquartered fifth Battalion of the NDRF has deployed 15 of its groups in western and coastal portions of the state, and one staff in Nagpur.

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Each and every type staff of the NDRF contains specialist seek and rescue teams comprising engineering, technical and electric mavens, together with workforce canine squads and paramedics. In circumstances the place explicit necessities get up, groups are reconfigured.

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