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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has told the need to increase vigilance and awareness to prevent various disasters. Emphasizing that disaster management should be included in the school curriculum, he has said that if people know what precautions they should take during floods, earthquakes, lightning, fire etc., then surely major loss of lives can be avoided.
Addressing disaster management experts in this two-day third regional conference of disaster management authorities of various states organized by the National Disaster Management Authority, the Chief Minister gave information about loss of lives due to lightning in districts like Mirzapur and Sonbhadra and alerted to stop it. The need to further improve the system was also expressed. While appreciating the role of Aapda Mitras in the prevention of disasters, the Chief Minister also stressed on involving Gram Panchayats in this work and increasing the number of Aapda Mitras.
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In the inaugural session of the two-day conference, referring to the three types of calamities (Adi Daivik, Adi Physical and Adi Dahik) mentioned in Bhartiya Manisha, the CM also discussed the efforts being made by the state government in relation to all three. Referring to the special geographical conditions of Uttar Pradesh, the Chief Minister also apprised everyone about the ongoing efforts for a permanent solution to the flood disaster, which has been causing huge loss of life and property in the state every year. The CM said that till a few years ago, 38 districts of UP were affected by floods every year. There was widespread loss of public money. Today it is limited to only 4 districts.
Sharing the efforts behind this success, the Chief Minister said that when the government was formed in 2017, he received a file of ₹100 crore related to Elgin Bridge regarding flood protection. Such a huge amount was spent at one place every year. In such a situation, he himself inspected the site and decided to channelize the river by dredging it. As a result, Bahraich, Gonda and Barabanki were saved from floods, instead of spending ₹ 100 crore, only ₹ 5 crore was spent.
Road accidents happen due to carelessness, stopping it is a big challenge
In this important conference of State Disaster Management Authorities, the Chief Minister also drew everyone’s attention towards road accidents. He said that 30 thousand people have died so far in a state with a large population like Uttar Pradesh due to the global pandemic Corona, which has tied up the whole world, but about 22 thousand people die prematurely every year due to road accidents. become The reason behind this is possible due to bad road engineering, but not using helmet, seatbelt, driving after drinking alcohol, over speeding are the biggest reasons. To stop this, we have to raise awareness.
Extending best wishes for the fruitfulness of the two-day regional conference, the Chief Minister said that there are 09 such states in North India which are often affected by disasters. To minimize these, this two-day event organized in a state with the largest population of the country like UP will prove to be very important. Representatives of the states of Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Chandigarh, Madhya Pradesh, representatives of various agencies related to disaster management and subject experts also participated in the conference organized at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, Lucknow.
