Cabinet Secretary chairs National Crisis Management Committee(NCMC)

Cabinet Secretary chairs review meeting of National Crisis Management Committee(NCMC) to take stock of  gas leak to review the situation arising out of the gas leak that took place in Vishakhapatnam.Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh joined the meeting through video conferencing alongwith officials of the Vishakhapatnam district.

• Cabinet Secretary took stock of the current situation, preparedness, rescue and relief operations and directed that all assistance, as maybe required by the state, be provided to mitigate the situation.
• Consultations between national and international experts on Chemical Safety and Industrial processes and the officials on site would be carried out through video conferencing, and a team of such experts would also be flown in as per requirements.
• Similar consultations between medical experts would also be arranged on the medical protocol to be followed. Requirement of assistance by way of dispatch of inhibitor chemicals was also to be ensured.​

About National Crisis Management Committee(NCMC)
A National Crisis Management Committee(NCMC) has been constituted in the Cabinet Secretariat.For effective implementation of relief measures in the wake of a natural calamity
The composition of the Committee is as under:-

• Cabinet Secretary Chairman
• Secretary to Prime Minister Member
• Secretary (MHA) Member
• Secretary (MCD) Member
• Secretary (R&AW) Member
• Secretary (Agri & Coopn.) Co-opted Member

When a situation is to be handled by the NCMC, it will give such directions to the Crisis Management Group.