Mock Drills exercise on Earthquake with magnitude of 6.9 was conducted at Tuensang Town organising by the Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority on 24th October 2024 at Parade Ground Tuensang.

The Nagaland Emergency Preparedness Exercise (NEPEx) incident site at DC’s office Old building, GHSS and Daily market Officer Colony. The staging area was the Parade Ground Tuensang, with make shift hospital, Morgue and Relief Camp with active participant from District Administration Tuensang, SDRF, Fire and Emergency Services, DEF Tuensang, CMO Tuensang, DPRO Tuensang and NCC of GHSS Tuensang.

During the debriefing session, Deputy Commissioner Tuensang, Lithrongla Tongpi Rutsa advised the team to cooperative and coordination between the stakeholders for timely evacuation and rescue of the casualties at the time of disaster. Commandant VG and Observer, Yanchu Chang also stated that comparing to last year, this year Mock Drills have improvement in communication and Timely executing of plan at the time of disaster.

(IA Tuensang)