As per the
provision given in Section 44 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 the
Government of India have already constituted ten (10) battalions of National
Disaster Response Force (NDRF) by upgradation/conversion
of standard battalions of Central Armed Police Force (CAPFs), as a specialist
Force to deal with disaster or threatening disaster situation.
The NDRF battalions have been
trained to deal with various types of natural and manmade disasters. Four battalions of NDRF are also trained to
deal with Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) disasters
besides natural disasters. Each of the
NDRF battalion are equipped with specialised equipments and trained for rendering
effective response to disaster.
Based on the vulnerability profile
of the country NDRF battalions have been located in the following States:
|
Sl
|
Name
of Bn.
|
State
|
|
1
|
1st
BN NDRF
|
Assam
|
|
2
|
2nd
BN NDRF (CBRN)
|
West
Bengal
|
|
3
|
3rd
BN NDRF
|
Orissa
|
|
4
|
4th
BN NDRF (CBRN)
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
|
5
|
5th
BN NDRF (CBRN)
|
Maharashtra
|
|
6
|
6th
BN NDRF
|
Gujarat
|
|
7
|
7th
BN NDRF (CBRN)
|
Punjab
|
|
8
|
8th
BN NDRF
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
|
9
|
9th
BN NDRF
|
Bihar
|
|
10
|
10th
BN NDRF
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
This
was stated by Shri Mullappally Ramachandran, Minister
of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today
RS/GK