20 more divers are ready to go into the water and rescue. At a program held in Kurintar on Wednesday, Home Minister Ramesh Ukhar presented certificates to 20 divers who completed the training. In the program attended by high officials including Home Minister, Home Secretary and Deputy Secretary, Inspector General of Districts and Armed Police, the issue of service facilities and inadequate tools for rescue of divers was also raised.
Armed Police's Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Bharat Khanian, who is the commander of the academy in the disaster management training academy in Chitwan Kurintar, spoke to the home minister about the lack of modern equipment and resources. He raised topics like divers getting pneumonia and ear problems while taking training.
The Inspector General of Armed Police Raju Aryal said that it would be good if the divers could be provided with incentives and insurance. "Since the work they do is risky, I would like to inform the Chief Guest Home Minister that if divers are provided with good allowances and insurance, their morale will be higher," said IGP of Armed Forces Raju Aryal. He said that he is coordinating with the ministry to provide the necessary budget for the repair of old equipment and the purchase of new technology equipment.
After listening to IGP Aryal and SSP Khanian, the Home Minister said, "Will we create a fund for this?" Let's make a procedure and work. Spokesperson of the school, Superintendent of Police (SP) Janak Puri informed that the divers get an additional allowance of 300 rupees per day on the day they go to work.
In addition, there is an insurance worth Rs. 10 lakh. It was discussed in the program that the service facilities are very low compared to the risks taken by the divers . IGP Aryal said that the morale of the divers is high and the equipment needs to be repaired.
There were no divers in Nepal before. Sometimes divers would come from abroad if they needed to be rescued in rivers and lakes. In Baisakh of 2069, the Kurintar unit of the armed police sent 25 people to Bangladesh for three months and trained divers for the first time. The diver training was completed for the first time from October 9th to November 22nd of the year 076 in the number one sister of the Armed Police in Nepal .
Since then, armed police have completed such training 6 times. 20 people who completed the training on Wednesday started the training from the 25th of Chaitra in collaboration with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law of the Bagmati Province Government. So far, 143 people have reached Nepal including the team that went to Bangladesh to complete the training of divers. Out of which the number of active armed police divers is 128.
Spokesperson of Shikshalaya, Superintendent of Armed Police (SP) Janak Puri said that divers are currently being deployed in 11 units in the country, including one in the UN mission of the Armed Police. According to him, so far divers have been deployed for rescue in 151 places. Out of which 324 people have been rescued in injured condition . SP Puri informed that 276 bodies were found and handed over to the families.
