The Hindu 04.09.2014
Seminar on disaster management held
The capital city is the only one in the State to be
chosen among eight cities in the country to benefit from the Climate
Risk Management Project in Urban Areas through Disaster Preparedness and
Mitigation project, being jointly implemented by the Union government
and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The
State’s nodal agency, the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority,
decided to take it one step further by organising a day-long awareness
seminar for municipalities across Kerala on the best practices and tools
they need to be equipped with.
Deputy Mayor G.
Happykumar inaugurated the seminar held here on Wednesday. Over 50
participants representing municipalities attended the workshop, which
was moderated by G. Padmanabhan, head of UNDP’s India disaster
management unit. National Programme Coordinator of the Climate Risk
Management Project Aabha Mishra was also present.
The
Disaster Management Cell of the capital was set up at the Corporation
in 2010 and since then one of the key priorities has been to integrate
climate risk reduction measures with development activities. This year,
the cell has already organised training programmes for trade union
workers in a bid to ‘enhance community capacities to manage climate risk
in urban areas,’ officials said.
The objective of
the seminar was to share the best practices in disaster mitigation
through case studies which were discussed through the day.
The concept of training local people to be the ‘first responders,’ in particular, was discussed.
The objective was to share the best practices in disaster mitigation through case studies.
