UP Civil Defence dept to have units in 9 more districts

Uttar Presh Civil Defence department is set to expand its footprint in nine more districts of state, a senior official said on Monday.

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At present, re are civil defence units in 15 districts of UP, with dition of new units in nine more districts all divisional hequarters and municipal corporations in state will be covered, said Principal Secretary, Civil Defence, Rajan Shukla said. He said nine districts where civil defence units will come up are, Aligarh, Mirzapur, Banda, Basti, Azamgarh, Firozab, Gonda, Ayodhya and Farrukhab.

During recent protests in state against new citizenship law, civil defence volunteers assisted ir respective district ministration in ensuring that rumours are t spre, Shukla said. He said volunteers were given responsibility to disseminate correct information on Citizenship (Amendment) Act by distributing handouts to people.

During 2019 Lok Sabha elections, civil defence volunteers were roped in for voter education and electoral participation activities in various districts of state. "Our volunteers contacted 'Divyaang' voters, and helped m exercise ir franchise on polling day," Shukla said. role of civil defence volunteers is "very important", as y generally get first information whenever any accident or disaster takes place, officer said. At present re are 1,08,878 civil defence volunteers in state, Shukla said.

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