Over 780 cadets and staffs deploy in Gujarat in view of lockdown

The NCC Directorate Gujarat has been actively involved in employing its cadets at various towns in support of Civil Administration towards its fight against Covid-19. Presently 637 cadets, 54 ANOs and 85 Permanent Instructors have been deployed at 20 places. All the five Group Headquarters under the Gujarat Directorate located at Ahmedabad, Rajkot, VV Nagar, Vadodara and Jamnagar have been working relentlessly while maintaining a close coordination with their units and the Directorate.

The
officers of 21 NCC units under the Group Headquarters have been actively
involved in deployment of their cadets in support of the administration. More
units are likely to join in as and when requisition from the Administration is
received. The Commanding officers of these units have been playing an important
role in terms of maintaining a close liaison with the administration,
motivation and training of cadets and ensuring that all precautions are adhered
to while undertaking the tasks. 

The
teams have been mainly employed for traffic management, queue management, food
distribution and in educating the locals on Covid -19 precautions. The cadets
are divided into small groups and positioned at main junctions as per the
requirement.

Jamnagar
group cadets have been mainly deployed at five main towns namely Jamnagar,
Bhuj, Gandhidham, Porbandar and Mundra.  The deployment on Thursday 
has been 143 cadets, 28 Permanent instructors and  15 ANOs under this
Group. The Cadets have also been deployed in two shifts at few places.  05
NCC units have been involved under this group in support of Exercise NCC
Yogdan. 

VV
Nagar Group Volunteer cadets have  been deployed at five main towns,
Anand, VV Nagar, Nadiad, Mahemadabad and Himmatnagar. A total of 189 cadets, 17
Permanent Instructors and  14 ANOs have been deployed  for assisting
the Civil Administration. 05 units under this Group are involved in support of
the administration. At Nadiad, cadets are deployed in two shifts. 

In
Rajkot 126 volunteer cadets, 13 ANOs and 09 permanent Instructors have been
deployed under the Rajkot Group. The towns covered are Rajkot, Padadhari, 
Gondal,  Junagarh, Keshod and Mangrol. 02 units are involved in managing
these cadets. More units are in the process to join in.

In
Vadodara 34 volunteer cadets, 03 ANOs and 05 permanent Instructors have been
deployed under the Vadodara Group. The town covered are Navsari, Bharuch and
Ankaleshwar city. 03 NCC units under the Group are involved in the support of
Civil Administration.

145
Volunteer Cadets, 02 GCIs, 13 ANOs and 23 permanent Instructors have been
deployed under Ahmedabad group. The towns covered are Ahmedabad city,
Gandhinagar and  Banaskantha. Cadets of 06 units under the group are
involved in the NCC Yogdan.

The
efforts  put in by all the personnel of the NCC Directorate Gujarat has
been appreciated by Civil administration at all levels and forums.