Advocating liberalised grant of visas for disaster relief teams, India asked the 18 member nations of East Asia Summit to create a framework for coordination of international assistance during natural disasters such as earthquakes.<\/p>\n
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, inaugurating a two-day ‘EAS-India Workshop 2012 on Building Regional Framework for Earthquake Risk Management’ here, said a common understanding of protocols of aid during a natural calamity would pave the way for smoother global response to disasters.<\/p>\n
“A common understanding of procedures and protocol for the assistance would be a valuable step forward. It should include a system whereby search and rescue teams should get visa and airport facilitation on an immediate basis”<\/p>\n
The event was attended by officials of the national disaster management authorities of the 18 East Asia Summit (EAS) member-nations, including India.<\/p>\n
According to him, \u00a0Medical aid should reach the victims of natural disasters without delay and so should food and clothing.<\/p>\n
“We can benefit a lot from practical hands-on understanding among countries about how to channelise humanitarian assistance”<\/p>\n
Calling for assessing earthquake risks with greater precision, the home minister said: “though we cannot forecast earthquakes, we should have a clear idea about the regions which can expect earthquakes of a certain magnitude and intensity”.<\/p>\n
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By PTI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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