UNB, Dhaka :
Policymakers here on Wednesday underscored the need for involving general people in disaster management activities, aiming to cope with the increasing natural disasters.
“Disaster risk reduction is now everybody’s task in Bangladesh and we all should work together to curb disaster risks,” Disaster Management and Relief secretary Md Shah Kamal said while addressing a seminar.
The Disaster Management and Relief Ministry and Save the Children jointly arranged the seminar on ‘Disaster Management (Committee formation and Activities) Rules 2015 and the Disaster Management Policy 2015’ at Cirdap auditorium in the capital.
Kamal said, Bangladesh has taken various initiatives to make disaster management system operative in an effective and efficient manner while the government enacted the Disaster Management
Act in 2012 and announced the Standing Order on Disaster (SOD) in 1997. “The Disaster Management Policy-2015 and the Disaster Management (Committee formation and activities) Rules-2015 are the additions to these and I believe these will help all the stakeholders define their roles and responsibilities at different stages,” he said.
Country director of Save the Children Mark Pierce said disaster preparedness and risk reduction play an important role in preventing the loss of lives and livelihoods during disasters. “And I do believe that the Disaster Management Policy-2015 and the Disaster Management (Committee formation and activities) Rules-2015 will certainly help the stakeholders for better coordination in disaster risk reduction. We are really proud to be the partner of the government in this regard,” he added. Deputy Secretary of the Disaster Management Ministry Mirza Ali Ashraf presented the highlights of the Disaster Management Policy-2015 and the Disaster Management (Committee formation and activities) Rules-2015.
Director general (acting) of the Department Of Disaster Management M Khalid Mahmood, and additional secretaries of the ministry Md Sazzad Kabir and Md Golam Mostafa also spoke at the seminar.
Policymakers here on Wednesday underscored the need for involving general people in disaster management activities, aiming to cope with the increasing natural disasters.
“Disaster risk reduction is now everybody’s task in Bangladesh and we all should work together to curb disaster risks,” Disaster Management and Relief secretary Md Shah Kamal said while addressing a seminar.
The Disaster Management and Relief Ministry and Save the Children jointly arranged the seminar on ‘Disaster Management (Committee formation and Activities) Rules 2015 and the Disaster Management Policy 2015’ at Cirdap auditorium in the capital.
Kamal said, Bangladesh has taken various initiatives to make disaster management system operative in an effective and efficient manner while the government enacted the Disaster Management
Act in 2012 and announced the Standing Order on Disaster (SOD) in 1997. “The Disaster Management Policy-2015 and the Disaster Management (Committee formation and activities) Rules-2015 are the additions to these and I believe these will help all the stakeholders define their roles and responsibilities at different stages,” he said.
Country director of Save the Children Mark Pierce said disaster preparedness and risk reduction play an important role in preventing the loss of lives and livelihoods during disasters. “And I do believe that the Disaster Management Policy-2015 and the Disaster Management (Committee formation and activities) Rules-2015 will certainly help the stakeholders for better coordination in disaster risk reduction. We are really proud to be the partner of the government in this regard,” he added. Deputy Secretary of the Disaster Management Ministry Mirza Ali Ashraf presented the highlights of the Disaster Management Policy-2015 and the Disaster Management (Committee formation and activities) Rules-2015.
Director general (acting) of the Department Of Disaster Management M Khalid Mahmood, and additional secretaries of the ministry Md Sazzad Kabir and Md Golam Mostafa also spoke at the seminar.
