Page 289 - LECTURETTE TOPICS eBOOK

shop.ssbcrack.com

• The head of NDRF known as the director general who is generally an IPS
officer

• There are 12 battalions in the NDRF force with each battalion having around
1149 people. Initially, in 2006, there were 8 battalions.
• By 2019, four new battalions are planned to be added as decided by the
Director General Sanjay Kumar
• The battalions are spread among 12 vulnerable areas of the country
• Both man-made and natural disasters are handled by the force.
• The Indian Airforce airlifts the NDRF teams to the areas that are hit by
disasters and require the force immediately.

Locations
The 12 locations where the battalions are located are

Guwahati
Haringhata

Mundali
Arakkonam
Pune

Vadodara

Bhatinda
Ghaziabad
Patna

Vijayawada
Varanasi

Doimukh

283 | P a g e shop.ssbcrack.com