NDRF speeds up disaster response;takes 5-6 secs to answer call

The government's disaster relief force is set to tackle an emergency faster than ever before, taking three times less time to respond to a phone call than it did earlier.

The response time taken by the control room of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for answering a call for help has been brought down to 5-6 seconds from the earlier 15-20 seconds, a new blueprint for the force states.

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