Yupia, June 27: Deputy Commissioner Papumpare, Jiken Bomjen has called for remaining vigilant and prepared to tackle disasters with the onset of the monsoon season. He urged citizens to stay informed and follow guidelines issued by the authorities.
Chairing a monsoon preparedness meeting at Yupia on Wednesday, Bomjen urged all the line departments including PHED, RWD, Medical, Food and Civil supplies, Power, PWD, Highways to have a contingency plan to handle any kind of emergency situations induced by natural or man made disasters.
Speaking about mudslides due to illegal earth cutting, the DC informed that “there is a ban on earth cutting; except for those that have obtained NOC from the District Administration.” 
He exhorted the public to be vigil and report any kind of illegal earth cutting activities to the administration immediately.
Sania Ngurang, Head of Operations, Pare Hydro Project spoke about the strategic use of dams to control and mitigate flood risks during monsoon season through regulated water release, storage capacity management, flood buffer zones and hydrological monitoring and forecasting.
“The residents living downstream of Pare dam needs to stay informed and updated from official channels regarding water release. This can significantly reduce the impact of the floods,” Ngurang added while urging all residents to stay alert and follow the guidelines issued by the authorities.
Taba Gagung, Deputy General Manager, (Tech) Pare Hydro Project, highlighted about the Warning System for opening of Dam gates for controlled release of water from the downstream dam, in response to any critical situations caused by unprecedented monsoon rains.
“Automated warning systems, sirens, early warning systems, public addressing systems, signage, advertisements and WhatsApp group are being used to disseminate information regarding the opening of the dam gates,” he informed while urging the public not to venture near the river when warning alerts are sounded.
Gagung further informed that whenever water is to be released from the dam radial gates, sirens are blown three times; 30 minutes ahead of releasing the water. These sirens are blown all along the downstream river banks at different locations by the siren operators. At present sirens have been installed at ten places; Dam site Jampa, Mount Cliff Resort, Sopo, Poer House Sopo, Chiputa, Mani,Midpu, Khola Camp, Doimukh, Togdo and Saturday Market, Doimukh, he added.
DDMO Nima Tashi, sought cooperation from all the stakeholder departments and requested them to appoint a nodal officer, who shall be the point of contact of the department in any case of emergencies.

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