Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force

The Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) is a specialised unit of Odisha Police constituted "To act immediately in case of disaster which may be due to natural calamity or industrial accident" by a state home department resolution.

[4] The aim of the ODRAF is to immediately respond to disaster which may be either due to natural calamity or industrial accidents.

The units mobilise at the request of Special Relief Commissioner/Orissa State Disaster Mitigation Authority (OSDMA)/ District Collector .

[1] ODRAF has proved its usefulness with its commendable performance during various disasters including the boat capsizing, devastating floods and Cyclones.

Some of the major response operations of NDRF as below: 2005 2009 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016 2019 2020 On 24 September 2021, an Odisha TV journalist died while another was critically injured when the boat they were travelling to cover the elephant rescue overturned due to the river current.