The Armed Police Force has set up camps at 69 locations for monsoon disaster management and is preparing to mobilize divers and special rescue teams.
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The Armed Police Force is going to set up temporary base camps in 69 places across the country to provide immediate rescue in disasters that occur during the monsoon.
The Armed Police Force is preparing to regularly receive weather forecast information in collaboration with the Meteorological Department and reach the risk areas on time.
At the 22nd anniversary celebration of the Disaster Management Training School of the Armed Police Force in Kurintar, Chitwan, Inspector General of the Armed Police Force, Raju Aryal, informed that since 2063, 36,084 natural disaster incidents have been rescued across the country. Out of which 15,541 people were rescued safely. He said that 88,500 injured people have been rescued.
Similarly, Inspector General Aryal said that 25,778 bodies have been collected. Divers are mobilized for rescue in rivers, streams and lakes. He said that divers go to deep lakes and fast-flowing rivers to save the lives of those in distress. Inspector General Aryal said that 11 members of the Armed Police Force who were deployed in the rescue operation lost their lives. “We have proposed to declare those who lost their lives while deployed in the rescue operation as disaster martyrs,” said Inspector General Aryal.
Home Minister Sudhan Gurung said that he is knowledgeable about rescue and other matters because he has taken training in disaster management from Kurintar. He said that he hopes that the government will provide modern equipment and additional training for the training center for the rescue.
He said that the government has provided accident insurance of Rs 1 million for divers. Similarly, Inspector General Aryal said that an accident insurance of Rs 2.5 million has been provided for an additional 500 people involved in risky work, including divers, with Nepal Life Insurance and an additional accident insurance of Rs 2 million for divers from National Insurance. Thus, the accident insurance of divers has reached Rs 3.7 million.
He said that since 2068, the Kurintar school alone has mobilized 6,512 personnel in a total of 393 disaster incidents, including 183 road accidents, 13 landslides, 167 river-related, 12 fires, and 18 others. Of these, 1,07 people were rescued alive. Similarly, the school has reported that 421 bodies have been recovered from these incidents.
The school has been providing training in search and rescue, water rescue, diver training and mobilization, rope rescue, fire, road accidents, and other accident rescues in the event of earthquakes or other disasters. It also has emergency rescue equipment, ambulances, vehicles used for rescue in major accidents, a trauma center, and a dog squad.
