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Earthquake Risks and Disaster Preparedness Orientation to the Business Sector
An awareness orientation on “Earthquake Risk Reduction and Preparedness Activities” was held on Wednesday, 18th March, 2015 at Kohalpur, Banke. The entire presentation session, widely participated by the members of KCCI, was locally coordinated by KCCI 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 session majorly covered Earthquake Risk Reduction, Preparedness and Response Activities, presented by Mr. Surya Bhakta Sangachhe, Program Manager, 3PERM, NSET and Mr. Anil Upadhayay, Sr. Media Officer, 3PERM, NSET. The participants were particularly informed to focus on earthquake preparedness and emergency response activities in personal, community as well as organizational levels. NSET presenters also briefly highlighted the need of disaster recovery of businesses, industries and their stakeholders in the post-disaster stage. The emphasis was given to developing an effective and proactive Business Continuity Plan (BCP) so that the businesses would not be interrupted due to a disaster.
Mr.Chakra Adhikari, Vice President of Kohalpur Chamber of Commerce and industry, emphasized the need of massive public awareness on disaster/earthquake risk reduction and preparedness planning. He highlighted the importance of such programs to bring awareness among the business community and the public in general.
Mr. Narendra Sharma, President, KCCI, 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 disaster risks. 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 disaster resilient.
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