'India still long way from disaster mitigation'

VARANASI: Have we moved from relief-centric disaster management to disaster mitigation that calls for early preparation to minimise the damage from disasters? If experts of disaster management in the country are to be believed, the country has still a long way to go in disaster mitigation, even if the latest developments in the field are promising. As per VK Sharma, professor, disaster management and environment and convener, Training Advisory Committee, Indian Institute of Public

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