Nagpur :- The Nagpur Municipal Corporation has received a total of 926 participants application for city’s Aapda Mitra/ Sakhi programme.
· The Aapda Mitra/ Aapda Sakhi will be community volunteers who will act as first responders within the community. The volunteers will be provided with a one day training workshop in which they will be introduced to theoretical concepts of disaster management, such as hazards, risk, Vulnerability along with practical implications such as search & rescue, use of fire extinguishers, Basic first aid & life support, lifting & stabilizing load.
· The applications will be shortlisted based on physical criteria & the shortlisted candidates will be further provided the one day training workshop. The physical criteria is one of the most important qualifying criteria as being in good physical, mental & emotional health is of high importance for which medical fitness Certificate is Mandatory according to Centre’s Aapda Mitra Scheme.
· As per Aapda Mitra guidelines based on population districts with population above 30 lakh are allowed to engage 500 volunteers.
· Keeping in consideration the estimated population of Nagpur city according in 2024 is 3415000 for which is divided into 10 administrative zones. Therefore it is beneficial to have a resource pool of total of 150 Aapda Mitra/ Aapda Sakhi for the city.
