Flood Rescue Simulation Exercise Conducted on Bagmati River

Rautahat. A flood disaster rescue simulation exercise has been completed on the Bagmati River, located on the border of Rautahat and Sarlahi districts.

This special artificial incident exercise was conducted on Asar 5 in the Bagmati River at Nuntahar, Chandrapur Municipality-1 of Rautahat and Bagmati Municipality-11 of Sarlahi.

The exercise was organized in coordination with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Communication and Law of the Madhesh Province Government and in collaboration with the Armed Police Force Nepal No. 2 Chhinnamasta Vahini Headquarters, Mahottari. The Minister of Home Affairs, Communication and Law of the Madhesh Province Government, Fakira Mahato, was present as the chief guest to observe the simulation exercise.

The program was attended by the chiefs of various municipalities and rural municipalities in Rautahat and Sarlahi districts, the Vahini Pati of Armed Police Force Nepal No. 2 Chhinnamasta Vahini Headquarters, Mahottari, Deputy Inspector General of Armed Police Vishnu Prasad Bhatta, chiefs of district security bodies, local representatives, and dignitaries.

This exercise has been conducted keeping in mind the weather-related disaster incidents such as floods and inundation that may occur in various districts of the Madhesh Province with the onset of the rainy season. The artificial incident simulation exercise was conducted on the Bagmati River to demonstrate how people can be safely rescued and human casualties minimized when sudden floods occur in the river or people get trapped.

The simulation exercise was conducted by a special team of the Armed Police Force Nepal, trained in disaster management, deployed from Armed Police Force Nepal No. 11 Brigade, Rautahat, and the Security Base Sundarpur, Chohadwa, Sarlahi. The trained team skillfully demonstrated methods of bringing citizens trapped in the strong river current to the safe bank using various technologies and rescue equipment.