Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju and Punjab's Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia laid the foundation stone of the campus of National Disaster Response Force, NDRF at Ludhiana yesterday. <br/><br/>Mr Rijiju said, India is included among the frontline countries combating natural disasters in an effective way and NDRF is counted amongst one of the most disciplined and efficient forces around the globe. He said, establishing of NDRF campus in Ludhiana would not only result in dealing with any natural disaster in state in timely fashion, but would also prove beneficial to Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. He said, NDRF is an ideal force for combating both man-made and natural disasters and its personnel have proven their mettle many a times. <br/><br/>The Minister added that the Government is seriously considering to increase central assistance to compensate the farmers suffering from natural disasters.<br/><br/>State Minister Bikram Singh Majithia said, the security apparatus of Punjab has been further strengthened with this campus to be established at Ladhowal in Ludhiana. <br/><br/>He also declared that the approaches to NDRF campus would be widened by the state government which would also specially train the more police personnel with the help of NDRF so as to form a separate force to combat natural disaster. <br/><br/>This ultra modern campus would come up at a land provided by Punjab Government on 51 acres of land and would incur the cost of 200 crore rupees. The campus would be completed in 2018.

Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju and Punjab's Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia laid the foundation stone of the campus of National Disaster Response Force, NDRF at Ludhiana today. <br/><br/>Mr Rijiju said, India is included among the frontline countries combating natural disasters in an effective way and NDRF is counted amongst one of the most disciplined and efficient forces around the globe. He said, establishing of NDRF campus in Ludhiana would not only result in dealing with any natural disaster in state in timely fashion, but would also prove beneficial to Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. He said, NDRF is an ideal force for combating both man-made and natural disasters and its personnel have proven their mettle many a times. The Minister added that the Government is seriously considering to increase central assistance to compensate the farmers suffering from natural disasters.<br/><br/>State Minister Bikram Singh Majithia said, the security apparatus of Punjab has been further strengthened with this campus to be established at Ladhowal in Ludhiana. <br/><br/>He also declared that the approaches to NDRF campus would be widened by the state government which would also specially train the more police personnel with the help of NDRF so as to form a separate force to combat natural disaster. This ultra modern campus would come up at a land provided by Punjab Government on 51 acres of land and would incur the cost of 200 crore rupees. The campus would be completed in 2018.