Kathmandu, July 16: Minister for Home Affairs, Ramesh Lekhak, has pointed out the need of coordination and cooperation among three-tier governments in disaster risk reduction and management.
At a programme organised at the Home Ministry today, Minister Lekhak opined that disaster management falls under the jurisdiction of three levels in the allocation of jurisdiction of federal, province and local governments.
“We are in a high-risk geography. So, coordination and cooperation among the three-tier government is a must for disaster preparedness and management,” he mentioned.
Stating that all seven provinces have emergency warehouses, the Home Minister shared that such warehouses have already been handed over in order to operate them by the province government. According to him, the Disaster Management Authority has the responsibility of warehouse of Kathmandu Valley.
He laid emphasis on the need of making such emergency warehouses capable up to lower levels for disaster management by establishing it in local levels as local people’s representatives are closest to the citizens.
Collaboration and cooperation of all was necessary in early warning of disaster and in post-disaster search, rescue and rehabilitation, the Home Minister argued. #nepal #political #rss
