The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has saved the lives of more than 6,000 people in 900 operations conducted in 2023, Director General of NDRF Atul Karwal said on January 19.
Speaking at the 19th Raising Day event of the NDRF, Mr. Karwal said the NDRF personnel also rescued 51,000 people as well as 3,000 animals in various operations conducted last year.
The head of NDRF discussed equipment authorisation, mentioning that the last authorisation was drafted in 2006 and since then no review has been done. Leveraging the experience and utilisation of this equipment over the past 17 years, a comprehensive new authorisation has been completed for all types of equipment, Mr. Karwal said.
