Conclusion of two-day workshop organized by District Disaster Management Authority
The two-day special workshop on “Psycho-Social Care” organized by the District Disaster Management Authority concluded today at Bachat Bhawan here.
On this occasion, Deputy Commissioner Anupam Kashyap attended as the chief guest. During the workshop, he said that managing people’s mental state during a disaster is the biggest challenge. At that time, all of us have a big role to play. By supporting each other, we can reduce the impact of the disaster. Psycho-social care is extremely important in rescue operations. Such training makes more and more people stronger to deal with disaster situations.
He said that last year’s Samej tragedy was very painful from which we have learnt a lot. We had made every possible effort to deal with the disaster. In this connection, the activism of the administration has been increased to deal with the disaster immediately and people’s participation is also being increased. The administration has completed all the preparations for monsoon preparations and nodal officers have been appointed across the district. Strict action will be taken against the nodal officer who shows negligence during the disaster.
In the workshop, the Samej tragedy was shown through a short play. The steps taken for psycho-social care during this disaster were also explained in detail.
District Disaster Management Authority CEO Jyoti Rana gave detailed information about the workshop.
In the two day workshop, detailed information was given on the importance of psycho-social care, impact of disaster on children and what techniques should be adopted with children, impact of disaster on women and during disaster management, gender sensitivity, psychological techniques with senior citizens during disaster, psycho-social care, what techniques should be used by oneself, etc.
