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VASCO
The District Magistrate and Chairperson of South Goa District Crisis Group, Dr Tariq Thomas have decided to conduct a mock drill between 10.30 am and 12 pm on August 29 at Indian Oil Corporation Ltd and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd, Vasco.
The general public are informed that the traffic along the F L Gomes Road will be diverted through the Swatantra Road during the mock drill on the given day and Dr Thomas has appealed to people to cooperate with authorities.
The drill is a part of the planned activity to have such drills at all 8 Major Accidental Hazardous Units (MAH) in South Goa.
Assessing the risk areas in the likely scenario, i.e, the fruit and the vegetable market along with others during the drill, Dr Thomas expressed the need to coordinate with people undertaking the activity by having a meeting with the stakeholders by the agencies concerned.
Dr Thomas stressed the need to have minimal disruptions of normal life of putting the general public to inconvenience and difficulties and felt that the people in the vicinity should participate for their own good - to prepare themselves for actual reality.
Dr Thomas called upon all the line agencies to appoint a Nodal Officer for the purpose and sought co-operation to ensure and improvise upon the SOP to meet any eventualities in real life.
It may be informed that the South Goa District Crisis Group had recently successfully conducted drills at two installations, namely, Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd and Zuari Indian Oil Ltd out of the 8 Major Accidental Hazardous Units (MAH) in South Goa.
The objective of the drills is to create awareness among the residents of the locality on how to take safety measures and prepare themselves during such incidences.
