Dehradun, March 28 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 27 Mar: Dehradun district administration has stepped up its preparedness on disaster management, with a series of key decisions taken to strengthen mitigation measures in vulnerable areas. At a meeting of the District Disaster Management Authority chaired by District Magistrate Savin Bansal at Rishiparna Auditorium today, several proposals related to protective works in sensitive zones were granted conditional approval under the relevant provisions of the Disaster Management Act, 2005.

In a significant development, the administration also accorded green signal to river channelisation and dredging works and has directed all the executive agencies to complete disaster mitigation projects...