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the preparations every morning Disaster comes as an
and evening. We ensured that opportunity for us. The earthquake,
necessary arrangements were in in 2001, wreaked havoc in
place where power transformers Kutch causing unprecedented
were likely to collapse. The damage. After coming out of that
Health Department also made disaster, we started rebuilding
arrangements for essential our inner strength and potential.
medicines in the hospitals. The Disaster Management Act
Wherever there was a likelihood was enacted by the Gujarat
of flash floods, we shifted people Legislative Assembly. We also
living in low lying areas in all created score of administrative
those villages and dispatched apparatus like Gujarat State
NDRF and SDRF teams in Disaster Management Agency,
advance. Moreover, we made Gujarat Institute of Disaster
all necessary arrangements for Management, Indian Institute of
water supply in advance so that Seismological Research, etc. Not
uninterrupted water supply can only this, we also built more than
continue in the event of power 70 shelters in the coastal areas.
outage. The Road and Housing In every district, to tackle the
Departments effectively ensured disaster, separate centers were
timely trimming of trees so that set up so that the entire local
the roads were not blocked. The machinery could come together
Fisheries Department made to devise an integrated approach
arrangements to bring back and communicate all relevant
each and every fisherman and information to the talukas and
his boat from the sea. In fact, villages immediately. This is
the Science and Technology how the control rooms of all the
Department, together with all the blocks of the affected districts
mobile operators, decided that got connected with each other
they will use the tower of another when the news of impending
operator by providing roaming Cyclone Biparjoy was relayed to
facility in case any mobile tower them.
collapses. Satellite phones were
arranged for staying in touch When the Prime Minister
with all departments. was the Chief Minister of the
Keeping everything in mind, State, he made unforgettable
we identified more than 1,100 contributions for Gujarat to get
pregnant women whose delivery it out of the horrors of Kutch
was due during the cyclone. We earthquake. The state-of-the-
shifted them to Government art system that exists here
hospitals in advance. During this today in the state was created
period, more than 700 women by him only. He was guiding us
gave birth. When the Union during this cyclone as well. He
Home Minister Amit Shah went even inquired about well-being
to meet these women at Mandvi of wildlife in Gir forest. He gave
Government Hospital, a woman us guidance towards every
told him that she has named person and system. Our crew
her baby girl Khushi. Because at sea collectively performed
of our advance planning, many exceedingly well under the
mothers gave birth to healthy leadership of the Prime Minister.
babies in a safe environment. We
had also made arrangements to
take the livestock along with the
people living in the affected area To listen to the Chief
to safer places. We took about Secretary's interview, scan
70,000 animals to safer places in the QR code
advance.
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