PANAJI
The State Executive Committee of the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) Goa has appointed the director, Directorate of Fire & Emergency Services as the nodal officer for the State for undertaking the up-scaling of Aapada Mitra Scheme' in Goa. The Goa Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (GIPARD) and the Directorate of Fire & Emergency Services have been empanelled as training institutes for imparting training under the Up-Scaled Aapada Mitra Scheme.
The up-scaling of the Aapada Mitra scheme envisages training one lakh volunteers in disaster response in 350 districts across India. The Goa State has been approved to train 400 volunteers (200 in North Goa and 200 in South Goa). The enrolment of Aapada Mitra and Aapada Sakhi (Community Volunteers in Disaster Response) will commence in the month of September 2021. The candidates selected will undergo residential training for 12 days duration.
The upscaling of the Aapada Mitra scheme is to provide community volunteers with the basic skills they will require for responding to their community's immediate need in the aftermath of a disaster.
