SWAYAMSIDDHA

About: 

• Under it, Odisha’s Ganjam district administration will train women in evacuation, rescue, restoration and rehabilitation during natural calamities, especially cyclones.
  
  
• Members of Women Self-Help Groups (WSHGs) in the age group of 18 to 35 of this cyclone-prone region will be roped in.
  
  
• Training of WSHG members is expected to start from June this year. A control room of ‘swayamsiddha’ will operate at district headquarters Chatrapur.
  
  
• The Kerala government used WSHGs successfully in rehabilitation and restoration work after the floods it faced last year. The WSHG movement has been quite successful in Ganjam district and penetrated to the grassroots.
  
  

Ganjam district and cyclones:

• After facing Phailin, Hudhud and Titli cyclones in the past, Ganjam escaped the wrath of Fani.
  
  
• It has always faced cyclones in October. By that time, Ganjam will be well prepared through these trained women volunteers.