katihar katihar dm udayan mishra on sunday said of 236 panchayats in the district devices to measure rainfall have been installed at 138 places ahead of onset of monsoonthe dm who attended a virtual meeting chaired by minister incharge of the district pramod kumar to review monsoon and flood preparedness said district agriculture officer has prepared a blueprint for crop insurance and mapping of resources has also been done in all anchalsall elected representatives of the district chiefs of political parties and senior officials attended the meeting deputy cm tarkishore prasad land reforms and labour resources minister and additional chief secretary rcd were also present the dm saidwe have entered into an agreement with 371 private boat operators and around 250 governmentrun boats have been repaired the embankments in the district were inspected by the engineers and officials of the district administration it was decided that a home guard jawan will be deployed after every 1km of the embankment and a junior engineer after every 10km the control room in the district has also been activated he addedthe dm said the civil surgeon has been asked to keep sufficient stock of medicines the requisition for one battalion of ndrf has been made divers are being trained to carry out rescue operations he added