Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the budgetary provision for disaster management has been increased by 122 percent in the last eight years by Prime Minister NarendraModi, which shows the priority given by Modi towards disaster management.
Presiding over a meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Home Affairs on “Disaster Management” was held at Kevadiya, Gujarat, he said that the Ministry of Home Affairs, in collaboration with NDMA and NDRF, is playing an important role in helping the States and Union Territories by providing logistics and financial assistance and coordinating response and relief measures during natural calamities.
Union Home Minister said that to tackle with disasters on priority basis, the spirit of public participation imbibed under AapdaMitraYojana launched at the local level is very important because till the time people do not join it, the work of disaster management does not reach the bottom.
Amit Shah said that the concept of disaster management in India has been in existence since ancient times and in ancient times, it was taken care of at the time of establishment of cities.
He said that India is at the forefront of the world in the field of disaster management and by the completion of the Centenary of Independence in 2047, India will further strengthen its position in this field, for this the Ministry of Home Affairs, NDMA and NDRF are making full efforts.
The Ministry of Home Affairs, NDMA and NDRF are working diligentlyto reach this goal. The Home Minister said that an early-warning system has been developed through innovative technologies such as SMS, mobile app and portal, so that early warning of natural calamity can be conveyed to the people. He said that the ‘Common Alerting Protocol’ project is being implemented across the country to strengthen the last mile spread of early warnings.
