Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 20/05/2019 – Posted in: Press Information Bureau – Tags:

 

Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

(Ministry of Home Affairs)

 

WHAT

A high level Indian delegation is participating in the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2019 being held at Geneva, Switzerland from 13-17 May 2019.

 

HIGHLIGHTS

  • India is not only focusing on reducing mortality from major disasters but also from small or medium, and locally-specific disasters such as heat wave, thunderstorm and lightning.
  • Focussed attention and investments in cyclone risk mitigation has yielded dividends in saving precious  human lives.
  • Deaths during cyclone Phailin in 2013 and Fani in 2019 have reduced considerably.
  • Government has issued national guidelines for managing the risk of losses from Thunderstorm, Lightning, Squall, Dust Storm, Hailstorm and Strong winds.
  • It will help improve the capacity of our States, assist with local level Action Planning, and ultimately help reduce preventable losses from such frequently occurring disasters.
  • All the States and more than 95% of Districts in India have prepared their Disaster Management Plans. ​
  • There is an urgent need to ensure that the new infrastructure to be created anywhere should be resilient to disaster.
  • In this direction, India has initiated a dialogue with more than 40 countries to build a Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure.
  • In order to further develop the notion of a Coalition, India in collaboration with UNISDR, has hosted international Workshops on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure in January 2018 and March 2019. ​
  • In  India’s commitment and support towards implementation of SFDRR and Asia Regional Plan, India is focusing on strategies and approaches that can help in fulfilling SFDRR commitments and is dedicated to reduce the vulnerabilities and impact of disasters through national efforts as well as regional and international cooperation.

 

India believes in working together with other nations in DRR as there are common challenges, benefits of sharing best practices and a need to respond together for search and rescue.  Towards this end, India hosted the First ‘BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise’ in the National Capital Region in October 2017. Likewise, in February 2019, India hosted a meeting on Disaster Risk Management of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), an intergovernmental organization of 22 members and nine dialogue partners. These Exercises provided a platform for sharing Best Practices on all aspects of DRR, and for strengthening regional response and coordination among BIMSTEC and IORA member countries.​

 

Source: PIB

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