<p>The Karnataka government will take measures to strengthen State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) in the state, Younus Ali Kausar, Deputy Director (Training and SDRF), Karnataka Fire and Emergency Services said. </p>.<p>He added that measures have been taken to induct ex-servicemen into the SDRF. </p>.<p>Kausar, after visiting the fire station at Pandeshwar and inspecting the SDRF training, informed that the SDRF units are located in Bengaluru, Mangaluru, Belagavi and Kalaburagi. A proposal has been submitted to the government to set up units in Davangere and Mysuru.</p>.<p>The NDRF tackles disasters at the national level, while the SDRF at the state level.</p>.<p>Kausar said that the SDRF was set up in 2012 to tackle natural calamities.</p>.<p>The SDRF needs personnel from KSRP and internal security force. There is a shortage of staff in the Police Department. As a result, 25 personnel from the Fire and Emergency Service, Home Guards and Paura Rakshana Pade each, are being taken to the SDRF. They are being trained in Mangaluru, he added.</p>.<p>Kausar said the government has given the required equipment to the SDRF. The unit in Mangaluru has rescued 400 flood-affected people in Udupi recently, he added</p>
<p>The Karnataka government will take measures to strengthen State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) in the state, Younus Ali Kausar, Deputy Director (Training and SDRF), Karnataka Fire and Emergency Services said. </p>.<p>He added that measures have been taken to induct ex-servicemen into the SDRF. </p>.<p>Kausar, after visiting the fire station at Pandeshwar and inspecting the SDRF training, informed that the SDRF units are located in Bengaluru, Mangaluru, Belagavi and Kalaburagi. A proposal has been submitted to the government to set up units in Davangere and Mysuru.</p>.<p>The NDRF tackles disasters at the national level, while the SDRF at the state level.</p>.<p>Kausar said that the SDRF was set up in 2012 to tackle natural calamities.</p>.<p>The SDRF needs personnel from KSRP and internal security force. There is a shortage of staff in the Police Department. As a result, 25 personnel from the Fire and Emergency Service, Home Guards and Paura Rakshana Pade each, are being taken to the SDRF. They are being trained in Mangaluru, he added.</p>.<p>Kausar said the government has given the required equipment to the SDRF. The unit in Mangaluru has rescued 400 flood-affected people in Udupi recently, he added</p>
