SHILLONG, APR 25: With Meghalaya located at “seismic-zone” and frequent earthquakes rocking the state, , the state government is going to undertake identification of 400 schools under the Non-Structural Litigation Measures to ensure students safety during times of sudden natural calamity.State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) Executive Officer HB Marak told reporters at the sideline of the state level workshop under NSSP on Thursday, “The non-structural litigation measures will be taken up with 400 schools – 200 in Ri Bhoi and 200 in Garo hills.”
Meghalaya and other north eastern states fall under seismic Zone V and which have been identified as having highly active seismological plate in the earthquake map of the country.
According Marak under the non-structural measures anything that might lead into hampering the students’ safety will be taken care and look into.
Marak said, “The team will also conduct inspections to these schools to ensure that there is proper entrances and exits in the schools and based on the findings, the department will issue instructions to the school authorities accordingly.”
Terming the non-structural measures as an inexpensive programme, Marak said, “Awareness programmes would be held to educate the masses and put down policies which needs to be followed when such calamity occur.”
The government has also sent engineers to undergo training on both Structural and Non-Structural Measures outside the state.
“The training will enable them (engineers) to conduct what is called the ‘rapid-visual-survey’ to know what is required as well as suggesting what is ‘safe’ and ‘unsafe’,” Marak added.
While the non-structural measures would be taken up in two districts, the structural measures would however be taken in two schools of the districts.- By Our Reporter
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