Kathmandu: The Armed Police Force, Nepal has formed a trained and dedicated monsoon response team which will be deployed round the clock to work in disaster management.
There will be a platoon in a brigade and a minus platoon in a company under the command of the senior officer to carry out immediate rescue works for those affected from flood, landslide, inundation and other disasters.
Assistant Spokesperson of APF, Nepal Shailendra Thapa said that well-equipped monsoon response teams were formed in the AFP, Nepal units.
There are altogether 50 such teams in all brigades and they are deployed for risk reduction and awareness raising in the field.
Such dedicated response teams would work in coordination and cooperation with the entire stakeholders including the disaster management committee and other agencies.
Likewise, heavy equipment, disaster relief system containers and mass causality vehicles have been kept in the ready status, it is said.
Source: National News Agency RSS