Lucknow, July 17 -- The Uttar Pradesh Relief Commissioner's Office and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed a Memorandum of Association (MoA) on Wednesday to strengthen disaster management in the state.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath and UNDP India head and resident representative Angela Lusigi were present during the signing ceremony.

The chief minister expressed confidence that the partnership with UNDP will help build world-class disaster management capabilities in Uttar Pradesh and enable the government and administration to make scientific and informed decisions.

"This initiative will provide new direction to the state's disaster risk reduction efforts, making it easier to develop integrated strategies to protect...