Shortage of men, outdated equipment force officials to play with fire
The Hindu
Seminar highlights the need to upgrade technology in firefighting
The Fire Services Department is working with ageing machinery and approaching the firefighting job in the traditional way, when the world has gone ahead by inducting high-end technology based firefighting equipment. This was the opinion of all the experts from the department, who attended the one-day seminar on the Indian Fire and Security Yatra- 2021, organised by the Fire and Security Association of India (FSAI) here on Friday. Delivering the keynote address, District Fire Officer B.V.S. Ramprakash said that lighting a fire is easy but fighting it is difficult. He said that despite the drawbacks such as shortage of man and machinery, the men in his department were putting the best foot forward.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.