Quick dissemination of info stressed to minimise loss of lives, property
Sunday, 19 April 2009
Experts at a workshop Saturday stressed the importance of quick dissemination of information among vulnerable people to minimise the loss of lives and property during natural disasters, reports UNB.
They also laid emphasis on the role of the media in raising awareness of the people living in the country's coastal belt about any imminent natural calamities and thus minimise human casualties and loss of property.
The Disaster Management Bureau (DMB) in collaboration with the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) organised the workshop tilted 'Disaster Risk Reduction and Mass Media' at BIAM auditorium in the city. DMB Director General M Farhad Uddin inaugurated the daylong workshop with its Director Dildar Ahmad presiding.
"The loss of lives and property can be reduced through quick and timely dissemination of information," Dilder said.
Describing the mass media as strong weapons for mobilising people, he urged the media people to write positive reports on disaster management and make the people living in disaster-prone areas aware about natural calamities. "You can save thousands of vulnerable people by your authentic, fair and positive reports," the DMB director also said.
Addressing the programme, M Farhad Uddin underlined the need for coordinated efforts of all so that people can learn how to live in disaster-prone areas. "We'll have to adopt an appropriate strategy to survive in Bangladesh, a country which is regularly hit by natural calamities."
They also laid emphasis on the role of the media in raising awareness of the people living in the country's coastal belt about any imminent natural calamities and thus minimise human casualties and loss of property.
The Disaster Management Bureau (DMB) in collaboration with the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) organised the workshop tilted 'Disaster Risk Reduction and Mass Media' at BIAM auditorium in the city. DMB Director General M Farhad Uddin inaugurated the daylong workshop with its Director Dildar Ahmad presiding.
"The loss of lives and property can be reduced through quick and timely dissemination of information," Dilder said.
Describing the mass media as strong weapons for mobilising people, he urged the media people to write positive reports on disaster management and make the people living in disaster-prone areas aware about natural calamities. "You can save thousands of vulnerable people by your authentic, fair and positive reports," the DMB director also said.
Addressing the programme, M Farhad Uddin underlined the need for coordinated efforts of all so that people can learn how to live in disaster-prone areas. "We'll have to adopt an appropriate strategy to survive in Bangladesh, a country which is regularly hit by natural calamities."