NDRF has proved its efficacy with its commendable performance during various disasters including the drowning cases , building collapses , landslides , devastating floods and Cyclones . NDRF has saved 1,33,192 human lives and retrieved 2760 dead bodies of disaster victims in 73 response operations in the country . Some of the major response operations of NDRF as below : ' '' 2007 ' '' ' '' 2008 ' '' ' '' 2009 ' '' ' '' 2010 ' '' ' '' 2013 ' '' ' '' 2015 ' '' ' '' 2018 ' '' ' '' 2019 ' '' During the Kosi breach in Bihar in August 2008 , which was declared a national calamity by Prime Minister Shri Manmohan Singh , NDRF personnel actively engaged themselves in rescue operations and relief duties in districts Supaul , Madhepura , Araria and Purnia . About 780 NDRF personnel trained in flood rescue operations along with 153 high capacity inflatable boats and other rescue equipment were deployed in the flood affected areas . The swift and highly skilled operations of NDRF saved more than 100,000 people trapped in swirling waters of river Kosi . NDRF personnel distributed relief supplies including drinking water to the stranded flood victims . Medical camps were also established to provide medical care to the flood affected people . Impressed with prompt and efficient response of NDRF , Chief Minister of Bihar Shri Nitish Kumar approached Prime Minister Shri Manmohan Singh for a NDRF Bn to be stationed in Bihar and offered of land at Bihta near Patna
Kosi breach in Bihar
2008 Bihar flood
National Disaster Response Force