Minister for Home Affairs, Ram Bahadur Thapa, has said that possible losses from disasters could be reduced through public awareness and appropriate legal arrangements for disaster management.<\/p>\n
Home Minister Thapa said so at a programme organised by Kathmandu Metropolitan City in memory of those who lost their lives in the earthquake occurred on Magh 2, 1990 BS.<\/p>\n
He said, "Safe building and common commitment towards it is the best method to be safe and make safe from unexpected risk that might take place sometimes."<\/p>\n
The Home Minister clarified that the government has given priority to reconstruction of physical infrastructures damaged by the 2015 Gorkha earthquake.<\/p>\n
Similarly, KMC mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya said that the KMC has formed ward-level disaster risk mitigation and citizen security committee to mitigate losses of natural disasters as well as to increase public awareness.<\/p>\n
He said that the KMC has strictly implemented the building construction code in course of constructing any type of houses inside the KMC.<\/p>\n
Likewise, Coordinator of KMC Disaster Management Committee, Nilkaji Shakya, said that activities are underway to make citizen feel safe through Disaster Risk Mitigation and Citizen Security Committee formed at wards.<\/p>\n
The programme was organised to mark 22nd National Earthquake Safety Day under the slogan ‘Earthquake resilient infrastructures, basis of long-term happiness and prosperity’.<\/p>\n
Magh 2 is being observed as the National Earthquake Safety Day since 2055BS with an objective of creating public awareness about earthquake safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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