3rd National Level Disaster Management Exercise From Sep 15

Visakhapatnam: The third national-level joint disaster management exercise will be held in Gujarat's Bhuj from September 15, a senior Navy official said.

The second such exercise titled 'Prakampana' is presently going on here and it will conclude on Thursday. Around 250 delegates are participating in the exercise.

"The three-day third national level disaster management exercise will be held at Bhuj in Gujarat from September 15," Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command, Vice-Admiral HCS Bisht told reporters on Wednesday.

The first such exercise was conducted by the Army in Guwahati of Assam. The second one is being conducted by the Navy and the third exercise will be organised by the Air Force, a Defence release said.