Goa will set up a dedicated disaster response force and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) based in Maharashtra's Pune district for this, State Revenue Minister Atanasio Monserratte said in the Assembly on July 11.
He was responding to a calling attention motion moved by the Opposition MLAs Vijai Sardesai, Sankalp Amonkar, Altone D'Costa and others. These MLAs had raised apprehensions over the disaster management mechanism in the coastal State against the backdrop of heavy rains witnessed last week.