India to become global leader in disaster management soon, says HM Amit Shah –

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that India is moving towards becoming a global leader in the field of disaster management. Addressing the annual conference of Relief Commissioners and Disaster Response Forces of States and Union Territories in New Delhi today, Mr Shah said that India has achieved a great deal in the development of early warning systems. He said, by providing accurate forecasting and early warnings, society has been made aware and successfully engaged in relief and rescue operations. The Minister said, whenever the history of India’s disaster response is written, these ten years of the Modi government will be recorded as a transformative decade. Mr Shah said, in the last ten years, the government has achieved significant milestones in the areas of capacity building, speed, efficiency, and accuracy in disaster management. He highlighted that by pursuing the goal of Minimum Casualty, the government has amazed the entire world by achieving the target of Zero Casualty’ in ten years. Mr. Shah has asked Relief Commissioner to prepare a District Disaster Management Plan for their districts in their state within 90 days.