Create a force in India that is first in the field of disaster management in the entire country, says Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said dangers like avalanches, landslides, floods, and storms are going to increase everywhere in the future due to climate change. The Union Minister said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has left no stone unturned and never looked at the budget for the development of the NDRF, training and providing modern resources to the force. He said that in 10 years between 2004 and 2014, a total budget of ₹66,000 crore was allocated to SDRFs and NDRF for disaster relief, which increased to ₹2 lakh crore in 10 years from 2014 to 2024,” he added This, Mr. Shah said, shows how prepared the Indian government is for a disaster. The work of creating a winning alliance of NDRF and NDMA through training, raising the morale of the force, forming the force, providing adequate numbers of the force, ensuring the availability of the force’s personnel everywhere in such a large country and advance information for disaster assessment has been done,” the Minister said. “The NDRF must align itself with the goal of zero casualty, and achievement should never become a reason for satisfaction, but it should become a reason to set more difficult goals -- whether it is Turkey or Syria, Biporjoy or Michaung, the ropeway incident or the rescue of climbers, the tunnel incident or the triple disaster in Japan or the earthquake in Nepal, wherever NDRF personnel have gone, they have returned with a good start and it is a matter of great pride for the entire country,” Mr. Shah said.