Seminar on disaster management held in Srinagar

SRINAGAR, JULY 12: DC Office Srinagar Thursday hosted an interactive seminar on disaster management by the Vice President, Asia Programme Development, International University School of Medicine Professor Dr Ravi Jyee.

The programme was attended by officers from various departments from Budgam and Ganderbal besides the Srinagar district. The participants also included disaster management professionals from all three districts.

Dr Jyee considered as an authority on the subject gave a detailed lecture on disaster management during the session highlighting the need for administrative proactiveness and preparedness to deal with disaster situations. 

The programme included sessions on both causal factors and remedial measures required to effectively deal with disaster situations in a disaster-prone state like J&K.

He stressed that decreasing forest cover, filling up of water bodies and shrinking capacity of water bodies are the main causes leading to frequent flooding in the State and emphasized the need for reversing these.

The interactive session also included a question-answer session on the subject.

Professor Ravi Jyee has authored the acclaimed 12-volume International Encyclopedia on Disaster Management.