Emergency preparedness is being added to festivities through a training initiative. Volunteers are being equipped with basic emergency response skills, including CPR and first aid. This training aims to help volunteers respond to situations like fainting or sudden cardiac emergencies before medical assistance arrives.

A hospital has partnered with mandals to provide this training and foldable stretchers for emergencies. The initiative has already trained a number of volunteers.

Further details about this initiative are available from the source, including the number of mandals and volunteers involved.