31st July, 2003
Ministry of Railways  


MOU WITH DEFENCE MINISTRY


LOK SABHA

The High Level Committee’s Report on Disaster Management has recommended to sign an MOU with the Ministry of Defence in order to provide logistic support for rescue/relief to the victims of rail accidents. The Ministry of Defence has been requested to nominate an Officer to work out modalities in this regard.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Bandaru Dattatraya in a written reply to a question from Dr. V. Saroja in the Lok Sabha today.