Shimla, July 3 -- Himachal Pradesh Chief Secretary Kamlesh Kumar Pant on Friday called for strengthening institutional mechanisms, community participation and technology-driven interventions to build a disaster-resilient state, stressing the need for better coordination among agencies in view of the increasing frequency of climate-induced disasters.
Addressing a post-disaster review seminar jointly organised by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (HPSDMA) here, Pant said the state's fragile Himalayan ecology and difficult terrain made it highly vulnerable to cloudbursts, flash floods, landslides and other natural disasters.
He said the devastating disasters witness...