Shimla, Oct. 22 -- Effective steps must be taken to build safer and disaster resilient Himachal by developing a holistic, pro-active, multi-disaster, technology driven and community based strategy for disaster management through collective efforts of all government agencies and non-governmental organisations.
This was stated by the Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur while presiding over the two days regional workshop on "Challenges of Disaster Risk Reduction in Hill Towns" for the stakeholders of Uttrakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, union territory of Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh, here today. The workshop has being organized by the State Disaster Management Authority (HPSDMA) and HP Council for Science Technology and Environment (HIMCOSTE) in collabor...