Nagaland constitutes committee on disaster statistics

Kohima, Oct 1 : The Government of Nagaland has constituted a Coordination Committee on disaster statistics for collection of information and creating a database for smooth and regular flow of disaster data both at the state and district levels.

Official sources said that a notification has been issued by the Department of Economics and Statistics and the Government has constituted the team of State Level Coordination Committee of Disaster Statistics including Home Commissioner as the Chairman, Commissioners and Secretaries of Agriculture Department, Health and Family Welfare, Secretary of Economic and Statics Department, Engineer-in-Chief of Roads and Bridges (PWD), Chief Engineer of Public Health Engineering Department, Chief Engineer of Power Department, Director of Information and Public Relations Department as the members and the Director of Economic and Statistics as the Member Secretary.

In the district level, it would be headed by the Deputy Commissioners of the districts as the Chairmen, along with the Superintendent of Police, Districts Agriculture and Public Relation Officers as the members, the notification said.