India, Aug. 1 -- Lieutenant Governor and Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) chairperson Taranjit Sandhu has directed all departments involved in emergency response to post their officials at the DDMA's Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) on Shamnath Marg to strengthen inter-agency coordination during disasters, officials said on Friday.

According to officials, the directions were issued at a recent DDMA meeting, and the authority will now write to the Delhi Police, Public Works Department (PWD), Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and other key agencies, asking them to nominate officers for deployment at the centre.

The EOC is the city's main control room for handling emergencies, and having officers from different departments wo...