Joshimath, Lessons From Turkey Earthquake On Centre's 2-Day Meet Agenda
NDTV
As per the Home Ministry, as many as 1,500 participants would participate in the meet which would be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Parts of Joshimath are sinking but what led it to be declared a "subsidence-hit zone" is still unclear. To look for answers, the centre is going to discuss "devbhoomi" is affected by over-construction or the obstruction of the natural flow of water in a two-day meet starting Friday.
"Issues related to all sorts of rapidly changing disaster risk in the wake of climate change would be discussed," said Kamal Kishore, member secretary of National Disaster Management Authority or NDMA.
According to him, the focus of the two-day meeting would be on capacity-building, especially in the wake of rapidly changing disaster risk scenarios. "Building resilience in changing climate is the theme this year. So, issues related to subsidence-hit zones in Uttarakhand and in Jammu Kashmir are on agenda," he explained.
"Issues related to natural calamities would also be discussed. Infact, a separate session is being organised as to what lessons have been learnt from the Turkey earthquake and how to implement those lessons, " explained Atul Karwal, Director-General of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
