From Preetam Brahma Choudhury
Kokrajhar: A Mock Drill on major Chlorine Leakage was conducted at Chlorination plant inside the plant premises of NTPC Bongaigaon situated at Salakati in Kokrajhar today.
NTPC, CISF, SDRF, Bongaigaon Refinery (IOCL), officials from Factory Inspectorate, Kokrajhar State police, district administration and State Fire Service took part in the joint exercise.
As part of the exercise, a total of 5 victims from different locations of the plant were rescued by a joint team of SDRF, CISF and State Fire service. Rescued persons were given medical treatment by the medical team.
The whole exercise was undertaken under the chairmanship of Chief Incident Controller (Chief General Manager –Rakesh Kumar) wherein H.K.Brahma Commandant CISF, NTPC Bongaigaon were present along with other senior officers.
The Mock drill is the requirement organised every six months to observe the Safety measures, fire-fighting arrangements and response time by various departments to handle the disaster.
After the mock drill exercise, a debriefing meeting was held in CGM’s conference room in which different observers posted at different locations shared their observations.
T Ravinder, GM (O&M), Ramakant Panda GM (Maintenance), D P Patra, GM (Operations), Tapan Jyoti Das, official from Factory Inspectorate, Kokrajhar, A K Chawla, AGM (HR) attended the mock drill and later the debriefing meeting and gave their suggestions.
The entire exercise was conducted keeping in mind the COVID 19 protocols in place.
