DC Volunteers

Pathanamthitta District witnessed a devastating flood in 2018. Massive mobilisations of people were required during this time for rescue, control room management, food supply and packing activities. Lot of youngsters were engaged in many voluntary activities which was a strong support for the District Administration. During 2019, Kerala was again hit by a severe flood. Even though Pathanamthitta was not severely affected, the District Administration sent aid to the northern districts of Kerala in the form of food kits and other essential commodities with the assistance of volunteers. Involvement of volunteers in District Administrations’s activities were very crucial and beneficial for the smooth and fast running of the works. Considering this rising need of voluntary help from the public, a volunteer team was officially formed in 2020 as an initiative of the District Collector Pathanamthitta. This volunteer team is commanded by the District Collector and known by the name – District Collector’s Volunteer Team (DC Volunteers). The volunteer team has been very active in the Covid’19 Management Activities since March 2020. The works done by the district administration, with the help of volunteers along with the various departments, received attention from National and International levels. These works mainly included border and transit point screening, contact tracing, quarantine adherence, call centre, food supply, covid care centre management and other associated activities. An action plan for flood mitigation was also prepared with the involvement of volunteers with the District Disaster Management Authority. Emergency Response Teams are also working with the involvement of DC volunteers to get field data about flood, landslides, rain and local news very quickly during natural calamities. This enabled the administration to deal with the disaster more efficiently. Currently the we undertake various projects for the betterment of people.