City Desk :
Community-based early preparedness at grassroots levels alongside strengthening efficient emergency response management systems could substantially reduce risks of natural disasters, loss of lives and properties.
The opinion came at an emergency meeting of the Upazila Emergency Disaster Response Coordination Committee organized recently by the upazila administration at Gangachara upazila parishad auditorium in Rangpur district. Gangachara Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Ershad Uddin presided over the meeting participated by members of the Upazila Emergency Disaster Response Coordination Committee and upazila level officials and local public representatives, reports BSS.
Moderated by Upazila Project Implementation Officer Mominul Haque, Gangachara upazila Vice-chairman Shaju Ahmed Lal, Upazila Social Service Officer Mosaddekur Rahman, union parishad chairmen Liyakat Ali and Abdullah Al Hadi addressed the meeting.The speakers discussed floods, river erosion, earthquake and other natural disasters, statistics on losses of human lives, and properties and discussed the way-outs to reduce risks in disaster-prone areas during natural calamities.
They put emphasis on coordinated efforts of volunteers, community leaders and public representatives in creating awareness and disseminating necessary knowledge among common people in disaster-prone areas. The UNO urged all concerned to adopt early preparedness and ensure efficient emergency response management systems through effective dissemination of information among commoners to minimize losses during natural disasters.
