NCC cadets increase their deployment in three cities of Gujarat

Increase their footprint at Valsad, Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar

As
part of Exercise NCC Yogdan, 36 cadets, 04 ANOs and 03 Permanent Instructors
have been deployed at Valsad town under Lieutenant Commander Vishal Nair for
aid to Civil Administration in fight against COVID-19. They have been deployed
at 11 locations and have been undertaking the task of queue management at banks
and provision stores.

In
Ahmedabad, 27 Girl cadets 04 ANOs and 07 Permanent Instructors have been
deployed under Col Damodaran at Sola, Sabarmati, Naroda and Odhav. 41 cadets at
Ahmedabad have been kept as standby after training to be deployed at short notice.
16 cadets have also been deployed at Gandhinagar.

Till
date, total deployment of NCC personnel under Gujarat Directorate in the
various towns is 840 which includes 684 volunteer cadets, 60 ANOs, 85 Permanent
Instructors, 02 GCI and 09 officers. 22 NCC units are involved in the
deployment process. 

All
Cadets undergo a detailed training before deployment. They are briefed about
the importance of all Covid-19 precautions, do’s and don’ts, handling and usage
of various protective equipment and need of Arogya app. The cadets are also
briefed on the process of decontamination after they reach back home. 

Response
from cadets and their parents has been encouraging and the cadets are
performing their tasks with high motivation and lot of enthusiasm.