Asian Age: Disasters such as earthquake, fire, flood, drought, cyclone and salinity are damaging lives, crops and infrastructures – causing a huge economic loss.
Bangladesh counts 1.8 percent GDP loss every year due to natural disaster, said Md Quamrul Hasan, former Joint Secretary of Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, while presenting the keynote at a workshop.
The workshop titled ‘Post Disaster Dead Body Management Guideline 2016’ was held at DNCC at Karwan Bazar office yesterday. DNCC, Save the Children and Community Participation and Development (CPD) jointly organized the program with support from European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO).
Disaster incident management team, zone-5 of DNCC and representatives from Save the Children and CPD attended the program. Speakers at the program called for preparedness to face the disasters.
If preparedness not taken, disasters may cause massive damages to lives and properties endangering our livelihoods, they said, calling for raising awareness about the issue.