Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management, as part of efforts to strengthen disaster management infrastructure in the state, ceremonially handed over 40 motorized high-speed rescue inflatable rubber boats to Fire & Emergency Services, Assam, at a programme held today at the Gateway Terminal in Guwahati.
The event was attended by Additional Director General of Police and Director of Fire & Emergency Services, Assam, Shri Surendra Kumar; Additional Chief Executive Officer of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), Smt. Minakshi Das Nath; Senior Superintendent of Police and Advisor, Fire & Emergency Services, Dr. Sadiq Ali Ahmed; Advisor, Inland Water Transport Development Society, Comodor K. C. Choudhury; along with officers of ASDMA and Fire & Emergency Services, and personnel of SDRF.