NA has claimed that the new technology would keep it ready for any kind of rescue operation and the rescue teams would be in constant contact even when all other means of communication stop working.[break]
“We are preparing for a worst case scenario. In case all communications systems are destroyed, we would still be able to contact and communicate through our own system and mobilize our teams for rescue operations,” said Johnson Khadka, chief of Siddhidal Battalion in Pokhara. He hoped that the new system would help reduce human causalities through prompt rescue efforts.
Khadka also informed that the new system can become operational at short notice and be extended to rural areas throughout the country to enable contacts from the center to the villages.
According to Khadka, NA has signals battalions in all the five development regions and through these it can make contact with the villages. NA has been practicing with the new system for disaster management preparedness. “We have our own radio signal for use at disaster time,” Khadka informed, adding that NA is updating its old communications system.
Khadka said NA is trying to send out a message among the people that the national defense force is technologically capable of dealing with any disaster and can organize itself accordingly whenever needed.
“The system will kick in at once as NA will not be hampered by destroyed infrastructure,” said Maj. SurajLamichhane. He also informed that NA would keep the system on constant standby.
According to Lamichhane, all these new devices have been installed in an army truck.
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