गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Politics ∕ Minister Sharma urges each local levels for disaster preparedness Politics Minister Sharma urges each local levels for disaster preparedness KathmanduPati April 28, 2023 File Photo KATHMANDU – Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Rekha Sharma, has insisted on highly prioritising the disaster preparedness so as not only to reduce the impact but the risk as well. She urged the local levels across the country to take measures for mitigating the disaster risk. While inaugurating a rehearsal for disaster preparedness and response at Tulsipur of Dang today, the Minister said timely preparedness would help reduce the effects. Stating that Nepal incurred significant losses of lives and properties in incidents of earthquake, floods and landslides in the past, the Minister said the consequences could not be mitigated in absence of disaster preparedness. Minister Sharma, also the government spokesperson, was of the opinion that people’s representatives and civil society leaders should know about disaster preparedness and their learning would be of a great use during disaster. Write your comments RELATED NEWS MPS draw government’s attention on various issues Innovation Ministry gets down to business after getting leadership Nepal reassures India over border remarks but domestic political fallout… RSP appoints Hikmat Jung Karki to party’s Central International Relations… Nepal explains UK’s role in border row with India All-party meeting underway at Singha Durbar Top Headlines Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative1 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms2 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns3 Jagdamba Group Chairman Shankar Agrawal Arrested4 We will return the savings of cooperative victims within 100 days : Rabi Lamichhane5 Two Offices Under Ministry of Communication to Be Abolished6 Court Orders Release of UML Rekha Sharma7 Nepali Congress provides financial assistance for Samba’s treatment8 TRENDING Once on the Margins, Women Diplomats Are Now Making Their Mark in Nepal’s Foreign Service Sector What Makes Prithivi Narayan Shah a Philosopher and a Truly Democratic King? National Poet Madhav Prasad Ghimire no more Nepal Army opens investigation into case of captains thrashing soldier in Congo Why US Indo-Pacific strategy will fail Kulman Ghising’s reappointment issue stirs conflict between Prime Minister Oli, Energy Minister Pun Role of Vitamin D in pregnancy to combat COVID-19 Money laundering case worth millions filed against gangster ‘Bale’