On the occasion of the 17th Foundation Day celebrations of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Shri Amit Shah released the training manual of Aapda Mitra Scheme and plan documents of Aapda Mitra and Common Alerting Protocol on September 28, 2021.
- With the help of Aapda Mitra, the up-gradation of skills of people will be done who have the zeal to fight against disaster, work for others and save people by risking their lives.
- He said that Aapda Mitra has been implemented on an experimental basis in 30 flood-prone districts of 25 states. Work has been done to prepare 5,500 Aapda Mitras and Aapda Sakhis for flood protection. Those who can swim were selected for this and wherever there was a flood, they did a great job. Shri Amit Shah congratulated the Aapada Mitras on behalf of the Government and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
- Shri Amit Shah said that out of 36 states and union territories of the country, 27 are severe disaster prone states and 58 percent of the land area is prone to moderate to very high intensity of earthquakes, 12 percent is flood prone area where river flows through erosion.
- About 7,516 kms of coastline is marked by cyclone vulnerabilities, 68 percent of the arable area is prone to drought every third year and around 15 percent of the land in mountains is prone to landslides. About 5,161 urban units, be it municipal or municipal corporation, are prone to floods and at such times disaster management in our country is a huge responsibility.
