International Disaster Reduction Day was observed in Kaliganj with the theme “Starting from home, building a disaster-resilient country”. Various programmes were organised under the management of the Upazila Disaster Management Department and organised by the Upazila administration.
A colorful rally was organised on the upazila parishad premises on Tuesday marking International Disaster Reduction Day. The rally started from the upazila premises and after parading the main roads, participated in a fire-fighting drill.
People from different walks of life participated in the rally. After the rally, the fire service personnel organised a fire-fighting drill. They demonstrated various skills to save themselves in times of disaster. After the rally, a discussion meeting was held in the upazila conference room.
Upazila Project Implementation Officer delivered a welcome speech at the programme chaired by Upazila Nirbahi Officer A.T.M. Kamrul Islam Abul Kalam Azad.
Upazila Family Planning Officer Md. Nahida Khatun, Upazila Public Health Engineer Abul Hossain Akash, Upazila Rural Development Officer Israt Jahan spoke at the meeting.
Among others, Upazila Animal Husbandry Officer Dr. Mahmudul Hasan, Social Service Officer Afroza Begum, Upazila BNP Convener Master Humayun Kabir, Upazila Youth Development Officer Md. Shamsuzzaman Akhand, Upazila Women Affairs Officer Mir Tarin Bashar Lima, heads of various departments of the administration, fire service officials, journalists and students of various schools were present.
UNO A.T.M. Kamrul Islam said in his speech that Bangladesh is a disaster-prone area. In every disaster, the people of this country are affected in various ways. To reduce the damage of disasters, the people must be aware of disasters and reach out to the people in advance.
Today’s initiative is to increase the awareness of the people and those concerned to reduce the risk of disasters. Trained to deal with earthquakes, lightning and man-made disasters he emphasized on manpower development.