The Government of India will be organising a seminar of Asian ministers from November 3 to 5 in New Delhi on the subject of disaster risk mitigation. The said conference is to be presided over by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
According to officials, the aim of the seminar is to work towards preparation of a framework for prevention and mitigation of disaster risk in the Asian region. The State chief secretary Shatrughna Singh had a video conference on this subject with the Central Home Secretary at the Secretariat.
It was stated that for participation in the said conference, five district Panchayat heads and five additional chief officers will be chosen by the Panchayati Raj department. Additionally, the director
general of fire service, the director general of home guard, the inspector general of police and State disaster response force (SDRF) commandant were also named for this.
On October 20, the online registration of all officials and public representatives will be facilitated. PM Narendra Modi will be inaugurating this
conference on October 3 at the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Harish Rawat has also been invited to the occasion.
From Uttarakhand, the heads of 10 municipal councils, 10 executive officers, two Indian Administrative Service officers and five Indian Police Service officers along with three officers of the disaster management department will also be among the participants in the conference.
On the occasion, an Uttarakhand painting competition and stalls of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises will also mark the State’s presence on the occasion. Apart from this, Uttarakhand will also take part in the pictorial exhibition based on disaster scenarios.
Principal secretary of home, Umakant Panwar, urban development secretary DS Garbyal, disaster management secretary Amit Negi, additional secretary of disaster management C Ravishankar and various other officials concerned were also among those present in the meeting.