Dehradun, Jan. 16 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday addressed one-day workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, through virtual mode.

The Chief Minister said that the workshop would involve in-depth deliberations on important subjects such as disaster risk reduction, pre-disaster preparedness, early warning systems, and community participation. Concrete strategies would also be formulated to strengthen technological innovation, research collaboration, and partnerships, he said, according to a release.

He said the suggestions from this workshop would be useful not only for Uttarakhand but also for the entire Himalayan region. Referring to the natural...