With participation of national and international emergency experts, the Guwahati Emergency Management Exercise (GEMEx) - a joint emergency management programme - kicked off here on Monday.
The week-long programme, initiated by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with Assam State Disaster Management Authority and District Disaster Management Authority Kamrup (Metro) district, is the highest level of emergency management exercise ever conducted in the country after Mumbai and Chennai.
"According to the 2012 World Disaster Report, 15 million people across the world are displaced by natural and technical disasters every year. As many as 50,000 people are killed by earthquakes every year in the world. Flood affects the lives of 99 million people across the globe every year. Training to combat disasters has become crucial in view of such high number of causalities," said Margarita Tileva, the chief of emergencies, Unicef.
She has put thrust on getting prepared to combat disasters as India has witnessed 431 different kinds of disasters in the last three decades. Tileva added that precautionary measures to make the people ready should be undertaken in India where 5,000 people are dying due to disasters every year.
Citing the example of India, Tileva said all agencies must equip themselves since 49 million people are affected by disasters in India every year. Till the conclusion of GEMEx, 2012, on Sunday, a series of trainings on emergency medical services, hospital emergency management, emergency nursing services, etc will be provided by 65 national and international faculties. Muzaffar Ahmad, a member of NDMA, expressed hope that GEMEx will play a key role in training the people of the state on how to respond during emergency. "Unplanned development can be disastrous during the earthquake or any other disaster today as population of cities is increasing at a rapid pace due to migration of people," said Ahmad.
The week-long programme, initiated by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with Assam State Disaster Management Authority and District Disaster Management Authority Kamrup (Metro) district, is the highest level of emergency management exercise ever conducted in the country after Mumbai and Chennai.
"According to the 2012 World Disaster Report, 15 million people across the world are displaced by natural and technical disasters every year. As many as 50,000 people are killed by earthquakes every year in the world. Flood affects the lives of 99 million people across the globe every year. Training to combat disasters has become crucial in view of such high number of causalities," said Margarita Tileva, the chief of emergencies, Unicef.
She has put thrust on getting prepared to combat disasters as India has witnessed 431 different kinds of disasters in the last three decades. Tileva added that precautionary measures to make the people ready should be undertaken in India where 5,000 people are dying due to disasters every year.
Citing the example of India, Tileva said all agencies must equip themselves since 49 million people are affected by disasters in India every year. Till the conclusion of GEMEx, 2012, on Sunday, a series of trainings on emergency medical services, hospital emergency management, emergency nursing services, etc will be provided by 65 national and international faculties. Muzaffar Ahmad, a member of NDMA, expressed hope that GEMEx will play a key role in training the people of the state on how to respond during emergency. "Unplanned development can be disastrous during the earthquake or any other disaster today as population of cities is increasing at a rapid pace due to migration of people," said Ahmad.
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