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Community Awareness on Earthquake Risk Reduction & Preparedness Activities
An awareness orientation on “Earthquake Risk Reduction and Preparedness Activities” was held on Tuesday, 17th March, 2015 at Chamber hall, Birendranagar,Surkhet. The presentation was diffused to the members of Surkhet Chamber of Commerce& Industries (SCCI) as well as other leading private sectors such as, Hotel Associationof Nepal (HAN), Tourism Development Forum etc. The entire session was locally coordinated by SCCI with technical aid from National Society for Earthquake Technology-Nepal (NSET) under promoting Public-Private Partnership for Earthquake Risk Management (3PERM) program supported by USAID/OFDA.
The entire presentation session was divided into two major components namely Earthquake Risk Reduction and Preparedness/Response Activities, covered by Mr. Pradip Thapa, Civil Engineer, 3PERM, NSET and Mr. Anil Upadhayay, Sr. Media Officer, 3PERM, NSET respectively. The participants were particularly informed to focus on earthquake preparedness in personal and community level rather than panicking by the risks posed by uncertain but inevitable earthquake hazard.
In addition to the current need of massive awareness raising on earthquake risks, the NSET presenters briefly highlighted the need of disaster recovery of businesses, industriesand their stakeholders in the post-disaster stage. The emphasis was given to set an example by developing an effective and proactive Business Continuity Plan (BCP) so that the critical functions/services of the businesses would not be interrupted due to a disaster; natural or otherwise.
Mr. GaneshKanchanBharati, President of Federation of Nepalese Journalist,Surkhet majorly emphasized the need of massive public awareness on disaster/earthquake risk reduction and preparedness planning. He highlighted the need and importance of such programs to bring awareness among the business community and the public in general.
Besides professional interactions, the major intention of the program was to raise the “Earthquake Risk” awareness level of private sector businesses and improve their capability building programs to stay resilient.Towards the end of the session, Mr. PadamBahadurShahi, President, SCCI, made his closing remarks by thanking the participants and NSET team for taking initiation to ignite the business sector stakeholders to start earthquake preparedness activities to mitigate the impact and loss.
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