Ooty District machinery geared up for monsoon

Udhagamandalam: With the South-West monsoon advancing rapidly steps have been initiated to gear up the district machinery. At a meeting of the Flood Steering Committee held here on Wednesday officials were asked to be in a state of preparedness to meet any eventuality. The District Revenue Officer C. Rajakumar presided.The Personal Assistant (General) to the Collector has been designated as the Emergency Relief Officer and Headquarters Controlling Officer. He can be contacted over telephone number 2444012 or Toll free number 1077 from June 1.

Other Emergency Relief Officers: Coonoor Taluk: Revenue Divisional Officer (Phone number 2206002),Kotagiri: District Supply Officer (271718),Gudalur: Revenue Divisional Officer (261295),Pandhalur: District Adi-dravidar Welfare Officer (220734), Kundah: District Backward Class Welfare Officer (2508123) and Ooty: Additional Personal Assistant to the Collector (2442433).To oversee rescue and relief operations there would be 16 zonal officers in the rank of tahsildar or deputy tahsildar.Steps will be taken to stock essential commodities in all the fair price shops particularly in remote places like Geddhai,Avalanchi and Kinnakorai.

All the control rooms would start functioning by June 1.Wirelesssets will be installed at the Collectorate and the Revenue Divisional Office.A close watch would be kept on landslide and flood prone areas.Roundthe clock patrolling of such areas would be done by the police.Men and machinery would be available at appropriate places to clear road blocks caused by natural calamities like landslides.Drivers would be instructed to be on their toes.The officers incharge of locals bodies would ensure that there was no disruption in water supply while Electricity department workers would look into disruptions in power supply without delay.

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