Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 4: Consequent to the intervention by Governor, N N Vohra, urging the NDMA to constitute a Multi-Disciplinary Expert Group to evolve an Action Plan for dealing with the situation arising out of the landslides and consequential blockage of the river Phuktal in Zanaskar Sub Division of district Kargil, an Expert Committee has been constituted by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) which will reach Leh on February 8 and from there proceed to the blockage site.
This was decided in a meeting held in NDMA yesterday.
The Expert Committee comprised V D Roy, Director CWC as team leader; O P Gupta, Director CWC, B D Patni, Director NHPC; B M Gairola, Director, GSI; Maheshwar Singh, Officer Surveyor, SOI; R K Varma, Scientist-F, SASE; R K Dhiman, SE HQ, Vijayak; Major Abhishek Kumar, 70 Engineering Regt.; Rajesh Kumar Basotra, SDM Zanskar and a Medical officer to be nominated by the State Government.
Deputy Commisioner Kargil shall be the Nodal Officer for conducting and liasioning with the Committee which would work out the modalities of mitigating the situation arising out of the blockage after physically visiting the site.
The district administrations of Leh and Kargil have already taken various preventive measures including stopping all movement of people on the Chadder trek between Chilling and Padum in the Ladakh region, and also cautioning people residing in the adjoining areas.
A Raj Bhavan spokesperson recalled that following the directions of Governor, N N Vohra, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Rohit Kansal has made arrangements for airlifting of persons who have been stranded due to the stoppage of movement of people on the Chadar route. The district administrations of both the districts are also working on detailed communication, rehabilitation and rescue plans.
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