"Disaster management should be in our thought. Houses, roads, shopping malls, schools, colleges and other buildings should be designed and constructed and even street poles should be installed in accordance with this thought," Rijiju said here while addressing the inaugural session of two-day meeting of ministers for disaster management from the BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
He said that the policies should be incorporated while ensuring participation from the people.
He said that the world is facing new challenges in the field of disaster management due to rapidly increasing urbanisation, population and arbitrary exploitation of natural resources and the new policies should be incorporated while considering these challenges.
Rajasthan disaster management and relief minister Gulab Chand Kataria said that the state government provided relief to farmers and transferred Rs 2,467 crore to bank accounts of those who suffered losses in crops due to hailstorm last year.
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The meeting is focused on the themes of 'Flood Risk Management' and 'Forecasting of Extreme Weather Events in the context of Changing Climate'.
This is the second meeting and is the follow up of the first meeting of the BRICS ministers for disaster management convened by the Russian Federation in St Petersburg.
The Ufa Declaration signed by BRICS nations in July last year identified the need to promote cooperation in developing responses to emergency situations.