District administration prepared for monsoon: Collector

Pune, May 27 (UNI) District Collector Prabhakar Deshmukh today said the district administration is fully geared up to meet any eventualities during the monsoon.

Addressing a press conference here, Mr Deshmukh said the District Disaster Management Plan is fully prepared to tackle the flood situation during the monsoon.

He said the district administration was working in co-ordination with the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), police and irrigation department.

Around 1,200 employees have undergone training and all the machinery had been updated to tackle any eventualities, Deshmukh said.

A 24 hours central control room will be established and irrigation officials will provide daily information to the public, he said.

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