Barisal Correspondent :
Participants at a human chain and rally held on Thursday noon at the eve of seventh anniversary of Cyclone Sidr demanded immediate formation of rules and regulations against Disaster Management Act.
The programmes were held at Mahamayar Pol area of Lakutia at ward-29 of Barisal City Corporation.
Those were jointly organised by non-government organisations Prantajon Trust in association with Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihood (CSRL).
S M Shahzada, Executive Director ‘Prantojon’ presided over the programmes addressed among others by Monirul Islam Shahid, local ward councilor, Shahidul Islam Haoladar, Enayet Hossain Molla, Liton Akon, Sheikh Mohiuddin, Hakim Sardar, Jahangir Hossain, Kamal Sardar, Kawsar Hossain Monu, Shafikul Islam, Ilias Master, Harun sardar, Mamun Mallik, local leaders and activists.
The speakers said Bangladesh is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world due to unique geographical location in a low-lying deltaic region and severe climate change affects. Country’s overwhelming dependence on nature and high population density, high level of poverty, failing institutional disaster management making the nation always has to lived under risk.
They said natural calamities like Super Cyclone Sidr hit the coastal region on November 15, 2007 causing severe damages of plantation, killing more than 3,500 people, making 3.5 million people homeless and damaging properties worth Tk. 13,600 cores.
They hailed passing of the Disaster Management Act (DMA) on September 24, 2012 to secure life, livelihoods and resources of the region.
However, there were problems for proper and speedy implementation of that act as 8 rules and regulations, 1 policy and 2 administrative orders yet to be prepared, they noticed.
Immediate making rules and regulations of the DMA to better address the disaster management issues will make various institutional responses easier, smooth to overcome various legal barriers making our much appreciated and exemplary disaster management system more effective, they observed.
This small step will provide the people with at least one support on which to rely and lead the country to a desired disaster resilient path, the participants hoped.
Bringing all the related offices, government and non government organizations, classes and people under a single law with supporting rules and regulations can be the key to disaster management and making the processes easier and sustainable about managing before, during and after a disaster, they agreed.
Participants at a human chain and rally held on Thursday noon at the eve of seventh anniversary of Cyclone Sidr demanded immediate formation of rules and regulations against Disaster Management Act.
The programmes were held at Mahamayar Pol area of Lakutia at ward-29 of Barisal City Corporation.
Those were jointly organised by non-government organisations Prantajon Trust in association with Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihood (CSRL).
S M Shahzada, Executive Director ‘Prantojon’ presided over the programmes addressed among others by Monirul Islam Shahid, local ward councilor, Shahidul Islam Haoladar, Enayet Hossain Molla, Liton Akon, Sheikh Mohiuddin, Hakim Sardar, Jahangir Hossain, Kamal Sardar, Kawsar Hossain Monu, Shafikul Islam, Ilias Master, Harun sardar, Mamun Mallik, local leaders and activists.
The speakers said Bangladesh is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world due to unique geographical location in a low-lying deltaic region and severe climate change affects. Country’s overwhelming dependence on nature and high population density, high level of poverty, failing institutional disaster management making the nation always has to lived under risk.
They said natural calamities like Super Cyclone Sidr hit the coastal region on November 15, 2007 causing severe damages of plantation, killing more than 3,500 people, making 3.5 million people homeless and damaging properties worth Tk. 13,600 cores.
They hailed passing of the Disaster Management Act (DMA) on September 24, 2012 to secure life, livelihoods and resources of the region.
However, there were problems for proper and speedy implementation of that act as 8 rules and regulations, 1 policy and 2 administrative orders yet to be prepared, they noticed.
Immediate making rules and regulations of the DMA to better address the disaster management issues will make various institutional responses easier, smooth to overcome various legal barriers making our much appreciated and exemplary disaster management system more effective, they observed.
This small step will provide the people with at least one support on which to rely and lead the country to a desired disaster resilient path, the participants hoped.
Bringing all the related offices, government and non government organizations, classes and people under a single law with supporting rules and regulations can be the key to disaster management and making the processes easier and sustainable about managing before, during and after a disaster, they agreed.
