Exercise NCC Yogdan enters day 18

<p>Ahmedabad Mayor Bijal Patel was presented 1000 homemade masks by NCC cadets Ahmedabad Mayor Bijal Patel was presented 1000 homemade masks by NCC cadets by volunteer cadets of 1 Gujarat Girls NCC Battalion for the needy under Exercise NCC Yogdan. The NCC Directorate Gujarat has been continuing to deploy volunteer cadets at various towns for […]</p>

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Exercise NCC Yogdan enters day 18

Ahmedabad Mayor Bijal Patel was presented 1000 homemade masks by NCC cadets

Ahmedabad
Mayor Bijal Patel was presented 1000 homemade masks by NCC cadets by volunteer
cadets of 1 Gujarat Girls NCC Battalion for the needy under Exercise NCC
Yogdan.

The
NCC Directorate Gujarat has been continuing to deploy volunteer cadets at
various towns for last the 18 days in support of Civil Administration towards
its fight against COVID-19. Presently, a total of 578 cadets, 61 ANOs and 79
Permanent Instructors have deployed at about 26 towns covering 20 districts in
Gujarat. 

All
the five Group HQs under the Gujarat Directorate located at Ahmedabad, Rajkot,
VV Nagar, Vadodara and Jamnagar have been involved to deploy cadets from the
units under them. More than 22 units have been involved in deployment process.
The teams have been employed for traffic management, queue management, food
distribution and in educating the locals on COVID -19 precautions.

In
addition, the cadets who could not be deployed for various reasons are actively
involved on social media and circulating large number of educational videos and
messages including usage of Arogya Setu app and stitching homemade masks for
the benefit of the people and other cadets. 1000 masks have been handed over to
Mr RG Gohil, Distt Collector, Anand by the cadets. Cadets are also distributing
homemade masks personally at various places.

The
volunteer cadets, before being employed on the ground in a COVID Warrior role
are being adequately empowered with suitable basic training/ orientation
conducted by the NCC supervisors as well as the representatives of the police
stations of various districts. The cadets are also imparted training on
importance of all COVID precautions, dos’ and don’ts, handling and usage of
various protective equipment, Arogya Setu app decontamination process and
maintaining social distancing during deployment. 

It
has been ensured that the volunteer cadets are adequately protected with the
protective clothing and equipment while deployed.  They are being employed
as a cohesive group of 3 to 20 cadets, under the supervision of ANO and /or
uniformed staff. The Coordination Cell at the Directorate remains in continuous
touch with the Nodal officers and receives regular inputs on the deployment and
other activities.

The
efforts have been appreciated by the Civil administration. The commitment
displayed by the cadets, ANOs and PI staffs and all officers of Gujarat
Directorate has been commendable. The morale and motivation level of the
personnel are very high.

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