Speakers at a seminar in the city called for increasing government’s capability along with international cooperation to reduce disaster risks.
Twenty-one local and foreign agencies organized the seminar at CIRDAP auditorium in the city on Sunday ahead of an Asian minister-level conference on disaster risk reduction to be held in New Delhi in November.
The speakers said regional cooperation and basis-based river management should be taken into consideration to tackle cross-border migration.
Conducted by Rezaul Karim of Coast Trust, the seminar was attended by Disaster Management and Relief Secretary Shah Kamal as chief guest and Department of Disaster Management Director General Reaz Ahmed as special guest.
Hasina Imam of Dan Church Aid, Shashanka Shadi of BRAC, K Zakaria Khaled of Bangladesh Red Crescent, M Jasimuddin of ADAB, Aminul Kaiser Dipu of ESC, Wahida Bashar of CordAid, Kabita Bose of Help Ag, Palash Kundu of SKS and AB Banerjee of Pidim Foundation took part in the discussion, among others.
The speakers said the governments would have to build infrastructures to save people from cyclone, seasonal high and low tide and influx of salty water.
They said the countries of this region, including Bangladesh, which are not responsible for climate change, have the right to get assistance from developed countries to face this menace.
All governments should make policies and develop agencies under the UN principles to resolve the problems of internal and cross-border migrants, they added.
