<span style="color: #222222;">Jammu and Kashmir's administration has decided to set up state-of-the-art Emergency Operation Centers (EOC) in all the districts of the Union Territory to minimize the damage caused by natural disasters in the region.<br />''<br />''AIR Correspondent reports that the project will have a complete disaster management plan under National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) 2019, and it will be implemented in all 20 districts.<br />''<br />''The UT administration has signed an MOU with the NDMA for the implementation of an Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) to coordinate disaster calls on Dial No. 112.<br />''<br />''J&K falls in earthquake zone IV and V and is also highly prone to flood damage. The construction of EOC has started in Budgam district.<br />''<br />''The Government is also engaging around 1.5 lakh community volunteers in three phases, including 15 thousand volunteers in the first phase, 35 thousand in the second phase and 1 lakh volunteers in the third phase.<br />''<br />''The focus is on building the capacity of all stakeholders to respond promptly to disasters in a planned manner so as to reduce loss of life and economic losses in various forms.<br />''<br />''The Department of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction is working on identifying various hazards that threaten J&K.</span><br />