RANGPUR, July 16 (BSS): Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya has said Bangladesh has achieved laudable success in disaster management following directions of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The country is experiencing newer types of natural disasters due to adverse impacts of climate change, the minister added.
"We've achieved laudable success in disaster managements by implementing the farsighted directions of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina," Maya said while addressing a meeting here on Monday afternoon as the chief guest.
The district administration organised the meeting of the District Disaster Management Committee at conference room of the Deputy Commissioner.
Secretary to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief Md Shah Kamal moderated the event presided over by Deputy Commissioner Enamul Habib.
Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Public Administration H N Ashiqur Rahman, MP, Mayor of Rangpur Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa, Police Super Mizanur Rahman, Acting President of district Awami League Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed and its city unit General Secretary Tushar Kanti Mandal, addressed the event as special guests.
High officials of different government departments, including district administration, Water Development Board, LGED, Department of Agriculture Extension, Fisheries and Livestock, Civil Surgeon Office, Fire Service and Civil Defense and other organisations presented their preparations to face the possible floods this season in the district.
Shah Kamal directed the district administration to form a committee involving heads of different departments to assess the situation and meet every month to forward suggestions to the government for taking actions to face flood situation and conduct relief and rehabilitation activities.
He also directed heads of different government departments and organisations to prepare their own contingency plans for facing the situation during possible floods and submit those to the district administration for better coordination.
The Minister said, "The time of appearance of rainy and winter seasons has been changed causing early floods and river erosion in the country due to climate change. The number of death toll from thunderstorms has risen to 300 to 350 annually."
"The number of natural disaster prone districts has risen to 38 now from 15 to 16 due to climate change increasing intensity of disasters like floods, droughts, cyclones, tides and other calamities from May to September months in the country," he said.
The Minister said there was not a single incident of any malpractice, irregularities of corruption in conducting relief and rehabilitation activities all over the country during any natural disaster time.
He called upon all concerned to work with utmost sincerity and honesty to resolve any problem for proper disaster managements and said that the government would provide necessary relief and inputs to every affected person.
The Minsiter also announced allocations of 500 bundles of corrugated iron sheets, Taka 15-lakh, Taka 6-lakh for making six boats, 200 tonnes of general relief rice and 3,000 packets of dry foods for river-eroded and other disaster-hit people of Rangpur district.
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