Mangaluru: The scouts and guides, police, home guards and firemen of the city, all in full uniform, observed ‘Disaster Reduction Day’ under the directions of Directorate of Home guards and Civil Defence on Wednesday January 11

The Disaster Reduction Day was celebrated to create awareness among people about disasters and ways to mitigate it.

As a part of the celebration, a rally of the participants was taken out from Milagres Church. They marched up to the District police grounds holding placards namely, against communal riots, not to fall pray to narcotic drugs and asking people to join Civil Defence.

At the District Police grounds, the Fire and Emergency Services personnel demonstrated fire and emergency drills.

Additional Deputy Commissioner Sadashiva Prabhu, Mangaluru Police Commissioner S.Murugan and Chief Fire Officer S.Varadarajan took part in the event. They distributed cash prizes to winners of the essay and drawing competitions held as a part of the celebration.